Love That Yields, Mercy Over Judgment
March 2, 2022 · 8:51 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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Summary
Real love, the preacher says, is not revealed when we stand our ground or step on someone's foot, but when we step back and give way to one another. At home and in every sphere of life, choosing to yield rather than to demand our rights is God's own wisdom, and both heaven and people honor it. If something must be given up or even paid for, it is better to let it go than to insist on what is ours.
We often warn each other not to be offended, but the Holy Spirit shows the other side of the coin too: we must take care not to offend or wound others, and instead to help and build them up. The preacher recalls a joyful Pentecostal brother who was eagerly witnessing, until he saw him buy a cup of coffee and instantly judged him - how can a believer drink coffee? Rather than argue, the preacher quietly set the cup down.
People will write you off over eating meat or drinking coffee, but we should not let our good be spoken of as evil. Like the Pharisees who memorized the Scriptures by heart yet, as Christ said, had no love of God in them, knowledge without mercy is empty. God desires mercy: whoever serves his neighbor in love is good in God's eyes and worthy of honor.
Key Points
- Love is revealed when we step back and give way to one another, not when we insist on our own way.
- Yielding at home and in every sphere of life is the wisdom of God that both heaven and people approve.
- Do not chase after your own rights; it is often better to give something up than to demand it.
- Guard not only against being offended, but against offending, wounding, or stumbling others.
- Refuse to judge people over food, drink, or outward things, and do not let your good be spoken of as evil.
- Memorizing Scripture like a Pharisee means nothing if the love of God is missing from the heart.
- God desires mercy: the one who serves his neighbor in love is honored by God and by people.
Devotional
Where do I quietly demand my rights instead of giving way to the people around me? Today the call is to let love show itself in the small surrenders - stepping back, holding my tongue, setting down what I could insist on. May I weigh my words ten times and speak only to build others up, never to wound them. And may I never let knowledge harden into judgment, for God looks past my information to the love in my heart, and He desires mercy.
Love is revealed not when you stand your ground, but when you step back and give way.
Do not look for your own rights; seek the good of others.
You can memorize the whole Bible like a Pharisee and still have no love of God in your heart.
Transcript
Auto-generated transcript of this service.
smaller jets the god will say goods good job good job illudia's casual and the people will say they will approve it not when you step on somebody's foot but when you just go away like step back that's how the love is revealed when we at home when we um give way to one another this is how this is love and this is god's wisdom hallelujah i want us to be careful in our do not send me this i understand this is their pain if need be it's better to pay anyway [Music] i'm not gonna have to do that yeah don't look for your rights yeah don't look for for your right for if you will or sister in any kind of spheres [Music] often we talk about oh you you we're not supposed to be offended i sent a video about the sermon of one brother so we would not be offended this is only one side of the coin but also the other side of the coin the holy spirit revealed me so we do not offend others so we would not offend others but help others i met one black person he was a pentecostal um he was like lit up he was like when he saw me he knew that i also pentecostal he was so joyful he was witnessing he lives we go to the kitchenette over there that you you can buy tea or coffee for 50 cents a lot of things you you could buy there you miss him and we are talking yes and i was like punching the numbers and he was looking what am i patching punching a regular coffee and i put like regular coffee and i look at him and he's his light he's his joy disappeared somewhere and he looks at me you drink coffee i thought first i thought he wants coffee too seriously he said how come you're a believer you're pentecostal and you drink coffee i didn't know what it was it's good that the only two of us were there do you know what i did yeah i put it down so i wouldn't i wouldn't tell okay that doesn't matter i drink coffee decaffeinated coffee it's decaffeinated coffee let your goods do not be judged and some people if they see you eating meat okay you're not a believer let's seek for the good of the others not for yourself let's think twice ten times before we say something and say something to edify the other. the word of god would not be mocked i can study in the bible academy just like like a pharisee is a remembered scripture by by by memory by by heart but do you know what christ told about them he said in a chapter five of the gospel of john god knows your heart so in your heart you do no love you don't have god's love but they have a lot of knowledge but god said go and learn whatever prophet said so i want me i want mercy unlocked whoever serves with this each other to our neighbors that person is good in the eyes of god and he is worthy of appreciation of people he says
