Minister Lydia Amekuedi brought the message today from Genesis 3 entitled "Sentenced to Life...". The serpent was sentenced to life on the ground. The woman was sentenced to life with painful childbearing. The man was sentenced to life with painful work and toil. But God promised that the seed of the woman would prevail over the seed of the serpent. We will all be sentenced to life. Either we will be sentenced to life in eternal torment and pain, separated from the loving presence of God. Or we will be sentenced to life in eternal joy and happiness in the loving presence of God.
Let us NOT demonize those who are on the opposite side as you. It
takes work to give people the benefit of the doubt and try to understand their perspective. It's easy to make a caricature of others and ridicule them. People have various reasons as to why they voted for someone. Psalms 1 tells us not to sit in the seat of scoffers. We should not scoff, ridicule, or make fun of others even those who are politically different than us.
1 Peter 2:13–17 (ESV): Be subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good. For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people. Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God. Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor.
Peter tells us to “honor everyone,” which for him was probably Emperor Nero who hated Christians. Let us not “cancel” people simply because they voted differently than us. Aren't you glad that God didn't just “cancel” us since we didn't and couldn't live up to His standard? Don't ruin your Christian witness by how you talk about others especially on social media.
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