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Honour One Another. In the Bible, we're told to honour all people. But what does this mean? How can we honour someone who is different from us, or who has done something that we don't agree with? It's not always easy to honour those closest to us. We may not like them, or agree with them. But honouring one another is something that God calls us to do. Learn how you can honour one another in this message.
Have you ever found it difficult to honour someone?
If you haven’t, you haven’t lived long enough knowing that when you follow Christ, it means you’re called to honour all people.
That doesn’t mean we don’t confront things that hurt others or keep them from finding God. Jesus did that when he cleansed the temple… twice. John records the first time he took his time to make a whip and chase everyone out of the court of the gentiles - which was the place non-jewish people could seek God. He said,
John 2:16 NLT Then, going over to the people who sold doves, he told them, “Get these things out of here. Stop turning my Father’s house into a marketplace!”
Temple’s Court of the Gentiles had very recently—perhaps as recently as A. D. 30—also been made available for such commerce; it appears that Caiaphas, the current High Priest, was responsible for this development.
Jesus was not confronting an ancient custom, but to an innovation introduced by the leader of those who opposed him
Matthew, Mark and Luke record the time Jesus did it again, during the passover when he would die.
Look at how each writer describes the event.
All three mention Jesus’ language was a little more harsh. Let me give you what Mark writes. Mark tells us after the triumphal entry he looked around and went back to Bethany because it was already late in the afternoon. The next morning on the way back to the temple, he cursed the fig tree.
Mark 11:17 NLT He said to them, “The Scriptures declare, ‘My Temple will be called a house of prayer for all nations,’ but you have turned it into a den of thieves.”
That’s more aggressive than the first time. It was intentional. It was strategic. It was to make a point. It wan’t enough for the Romans to come in force and put down an uprising, it was enough to get himself killed.
Mark 11:12 Jesus entered the Temple and began to drive out all the people buying and selling animals for sacrifice. He knocked over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves.
Money changers were people who performed a needed service, but everyone knew they were cheats. Money with the face of a foreign god, or emperor made God, was not acceptable for the temple of YHWH. But you know - even today - you lose percentage coming and going. It was worse at the temple.
The ones selling doves…doves were the offering of the ones who couldn’t afford more. And Jesus was flipping over their chairs calling them a bunch of thieves.
Matthew mentions after this that
Matthew 21:14 The blind and the lame came to him in the Temple, and he healed them.
So he comes in intentionally. He targets what offends God. And then He starts healing people who were there to beg from others.
Then the teachers and leaders were indignant enough to come to him and tell him to stop what the children were saying.
Matthew 21:15-17 NLT The leading priests and the teachers of religious law saw these wonderful miracles and heard even the children in the Temple shouting, “Praise God for the Son of David.”
But the leaders were indignant. They asked Jesus, “Do you hear what these children are saying?”
“Yes,” Jesus replied. “Haven’t you ever read the Scriptures? For they say, ‘You have taught children and infants to give you praise.’” Then he returned to Bethany, where he stayed overnight.
Luke makes it clear that these events - the triumphal entry, the flipping over tables that confronted the ruling of Caiaphas, and the praise even from children for what He had done…these things help push Jewish leaders to kill Jesus.
Luke 19:47-48 After that, he taught daily in the Temple, but the leading priests, the teachers of religious law, and the other leaders of the people began planning how to kill him. But they could think of nothing, because all the people hung on every word he said.
So Jesus cleared them out with a whip at the start of His ministry, now at the end of His ministry He returns on a donkey and they lay palm branches and coats down. Then he comes in and starts flipping the tables, begins healing people and confronts the ones who want to confront him.
Why would I start a message called “Honour One Another” by looking at Jesus cleansing the temple?
That’s a great question. I asked it myself many times this week.
I was wrestling with this sermon for a while.
You see, I wanted to talk about how Jesus honoured his disciples when he cleaned them with His words.
I wanted to say, “Jesus honoured all people”. But I couldn’t get off my image of him cleansing the temple.
How is that Jesus honouring others?
Maybe a better question is WHO was Jesus honouring?
The first time John records, Jesus took the time to make the whip. It was intentional and strategic. It was the first passover at the start of His ministry and He sent a message to Caiaphas, and everyone who felt excluded by the High Priest’s new way of doing things.
The second time. It was also intentional, it was also strategic. Jesus left in the afternoon and came back the next day. Jesus was on God’s timetable. It was that passover he needed to die.
His ministry was only three years long. The Passover in the middle, he was in Galilee - walking on water and feeding the five thousand. He was far away from Jerusalem because it wasn’t his time.
I was thinking his cleansing of the temple was a spur of the moment reaction to injustice. NO
First off, anger isn’t sin. We’re told to not sin in our anger. Ephesians 4:26 It’s OK to be offended by what offends God, because what offends God is anything that hurts us or draws us away from him or keeps others from finding him. That’s the definition of sin, anything that hurts us, or draws us away from him or keeps others from finding him…basically anything that hurts us or hurts others.
We’re to confront sin, not opinions we disagree with.
The court of the gentiles was the closest place non-jewish people could get to God. And people who cheated others, did their business there. They cut off people’s access to God by what they did and where they were.
Jesus was honouring the Father when he intentionally and strategically cleansed the temple both times.
We may think we are honouring others by not confronting sin, but most the time we’re excusing ourselves from the tough conversations.
I want to have those conversation in relationship. I want to speak the truth in love. But I also teach how to honour when you excommunicate people and hand them over to satan, so, they can be taught not to blaspheme.
When we honour one another we need to honour God first. If we don’t honour God, the honour we show others, can seem a lot like blowing smoke.
Who we are to Honour
It’s easy for us to honour the honourable. We come by it naturally to esteem those worthy of respect.
But specifically , we’re told to honour our parents (Exodus 20:12) our wife (1 Peter 3:7), widows (1 Timothy 5:3 ), one another (Romans 12:10) , all people and kings and everyone in authority (1 Peter 2:17).
These people may not be worthy of honour.
Peter wrote we should honour kings and the king he wrote about who would have him executed.
You may have people who should be worthy of honour treat you without honour.
Our prime minister has labeled my views as extremist. I still need to honour him. Do you know how difficult it is NOT to share some memes and articles at times?
It’s tough to honour people who have chosen to treat you dishonourably
It’s easier to see the dishonourable the closer we are to them.
Jesus said only in his home town is a prophet without honour (Mark 6:1-6).
We judge those we know the best, the most harshly.
Does this really matter?
That’s another great question, I’m so glad you asked.
Yes it matters. Because one of the One Another commands in scripture is for us to honour one another above ourselves (Romans 12:10).
We live in a world that any conversation can devolve into an argument. Even the most trivial statements have people passionately fighting for it and against it. People are offended and highly offendable. And it’s not just in the world, it’s always - in my lifetime - been in the church.
We just don’t honour the ones who don’t do anything ever to upset us. We need to honour the ones God has put us together with, and as you know… life gets messy.
We see each other’s warts. We see the mistakes. We have a history with each other. And most of us, most the time, could honestly say “It takes less to tick me off (I’m sorry - ‘trigger me’) than it used to.”
And we need to honour one another above ourselves.
What does that look like? How can we practically do it?
Let’s see if can follow the example of Christ.
Jesus honoured his disciples…even when they did things that likely embarrass him.
Johns records, In the last time of teaching his disciples that Jesus talks about the vine and branches.
Cleaned disciples with His word
John 15:1-3 HCSB
“I am the true vine, and My Father is the vineyard keeper. Every branch in Me that does not produce fruit He removes, and He prunes every branch that produces fruit so that it will produce more fruit. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.
Let’s see how He used his words to trim back growth that not in line with his will.
James and John calling down fire;
Luke 9:51-56
As the time drew near for him to ascend to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem. He sent messengers ahead to a Samaritan village to prepare for his arrival. But the people of the village did not welcome Jesus because he was on his way to Jerusalem. When James and John saw this, they said to Jesus, “Lord, should we call down fire from heaven to burn them up?” But Jesus turned and rebuked them. So they went on to another village.
Some manuscripts add an expanded conclusion to verse 55 and an additional sentence in verse 56: And he said, “You don’t realize what your hearts are like. 56 For the Son of Man has not come to destroy people’s lives, but to save them.”
We don’t know how Jesus rebuked them, but The Chosen series has a scene how it might have gone down…
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Trim: Jesus rebuked them. He cleansed them with his word.
Or the time James and John asked to sit at right and left;
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Trim: the greatest among you needs to be the servant of all
Thomas doubting
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Trim: Blessed are those who do not see yet still believe
Peter Rebuking
Peter has the revelation that Jesus is the Christ, and 5 verses later is telling Jesus that He is wrong about being crucified. He agrees with Satan’s temptation to take the easy way out, don’t go through the cross. Jesus’ words were harsh, but most times we’re trimmed it seems harsh.
Trim: Get behind me Satan!
Jesus cleansed them, cleaned them, trimmed them with his word.
The good news is he cleanses us with His word as well. You and I can become less offended by others as we hear Him speak in His word and His presence.
Have you been spending time in His word?
Have you been spending time in his presence?
I find I don’t when I’m living offended at Him. But that’s not the point of the message today, just a little something to prick the conscious. Maybe Holy Spirit will us it to “Trim”
Today, I want to get to how we can practically and with Holy Spirit’s help Honour One Another.
How to Honour One Another
Holy Spirit empowers us to Honour all people. We can’t do it without His help. We can’t even honour one another without him empowering us to accomplish every good work prompted by faith.
Honour One Another Tool - LISTEN
The challenge: we talk at about 225 words/minute. We can listen at 500 words/minute. Our minds fill in the other 275 words if we’re not intentional and strategic.
The good news is you don’t have worry about showing someone you’re paying attention, if in fact you are paying attention. If you can do 1 of these things in your next conversation, you’ll start having better conversations.
L - Learn to be present Romans 12:10
I - Ignore pontification Proverbs 27:14
S - Segue with open questions Ephesians 4:29
T - Tune into Holy Spirit Galatians 5:25
E - Enjoy the interaction Romans 1:12
N - Nurture amazement 1 Thessalonians 5:11
L - Learn to be present
Romans 12:10 Love each other with genuine affection, and take delight in honouring each other.
Be present. Be in that moment. Don’t be half in it and half out of it.
Tip:
Put down the phone. Turn off notifications. Don’t walk away until conversation is over. You’re not listening if your down the hall doing something that popped into your head. If you can’t be present, reschedule.
Can I be present for this conversation?
I - Ignore pontification
Proverbs 27:14 A loud and cheerful greeting early in the morning will be taken as a curse!
You may know more than the person you’re talking to could ever know about a topic. Don’t pontificate. Assume you have something to learn. People don’t care about how much you know until they know how much you care.
Tip:
“True listening involves the setting aside of oneself” M Scott Peck
Can I keep my mouth shut and let them speak?
S - Segue with open questions
Ephesians 4:29 Don’t use foul or abusive language. Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them.
Have you ever noticed how many questions Jesus asked? Even though Jesus knew all things (John 16:30)—including people’s hearts (John 2:24–25)—he still asked over 300 questions in the Gospels.
What do you want me to do for you? (Matt 20:32).
Do you believe I can do this? (Matt 9:28).
Do you not yet understand? (Matt 16:8).
Why were you looking for me? (Luke 2:49).
What are you thinking in your hearts? (Luke 5:22).
How is it that you seek praise from one another and not seek the praise that comes from God? (John 5:44).
As Stephen Covey observed,
“Most people don’t listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.”
Don’t assume your experience is there experience. It tends to shut people down. Segue withopen-ended questions.
Tip:
Complicated questions bring back simple answers. Simple questions bring more thoughtful responses.
“How did you feel?” vs “You must have been terrified.”
How can I draw them out?
T - Tune into Holy Spirit
Galatians 5:25 Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit’s leading in every part of our lives.
Be led by compassion. Ask yourself and Holy Spirit - What does God love about them?
Encourage them with what your compassion unlocks.
Tip:
Go with the flow. Don’t hold onto a question for a part of the conversation that’s been moved on from.
What does God love about them?
E - Enjoy the interaction
Romans 1:12 When we get together, I want to encourage you in your faith, but I also want to be encouraged by yours.
People respond to being heard. We like being seen and validated. It’s a joy to see the other enjoy the conversation.
Tip:
Stay out of the weeds. You can fact check later.
Try not to repeat yourself. It’s condescending and boring.
If you don’t know, say that you don’t know. Talk should not be cheap.
Do they seem to be enjoying the conversation?
N - Nurture amazement
1 Thessalonians 5:11
So encourage each other and build each other up, just as you are already doing.
Be teachable. Be brief. Be interested in the other. Be prepared to be amazed. You’ll be encouraged as you encourage others, you’ll be blessed as you bless others.
Tip:
Seek to understand, not just be understood.
What have I learned and experienced?
It takes effort and energy to pay attention to someone. But if you can’t do that you’re not in a conversation, you’re just two people talking out barely related sentences in the same place.
L - Learn to be presentCan I be present for this conversation?
I - Ignore pontificationCan I keep my mouth shut and let them speak?
S - Segue with open questions How can I draw them out?
T - Tune into Holy Spirit What does God love about them?
E - Enjoy the interaction Do they seem to be enjoying the conversation?
N - Nurture amazement What have I learned and experienced?
If you can focus on one of these things, you’ll be having better conversations. You’ll be learning how to practically and powerfully Honour One Another. Try it out before we leave today.
Can I pray?
Blessing
Romans 15:5-6 May God, who gives this patience and encouragement, help you live in complete harmony with each other, as is fitting for followers of Christ Jesus. Then all of you can join together with one voice, giving praise and glory to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The Bible is full of advice on how we should live our lives. One important principle it teaches is to consider others better than ourselves. This means thinking of others' needs and wishes before our own, and putting their interests ahead of our own. It's not always easy to do this, but it's an important part of being a good and godly person.
Watch, listen or read the notes on the message Consider others better than yourself
It’s tough being a Canadian….because we’re too polite.
Don’t believe me? You know you’re Canadian if you’ve ever been in this situation…
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And you know that you’re facing a Canadian at a 4-way stop when this happens.
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You know as a Canadian you’ll be delayed at a door because you and someone else insist each other goes first.
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Painfully polite
“Painfully polite” is a good description of these.
What we’re going to talk about today, I don’t want to you think of as “Painfully polite”. It’s much more life-transforming and Spirit empowering than that.
Philippians 2:1-18 NIVUK Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself — by becoming obedient to death – even death on a cross! Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed – not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence – continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfil his good purpose. Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, ‘children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.’ Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky as you hold firmly to the word of life. And then I will be able to boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labour in vain. But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service coming from your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you. So you too should be glad and rejoice with me.
Can I pray?
There’s a lot to unpack in these verses, but I need to focus on what Paul said in verses 3-4.
Philippians 2:3-4 NIVUK Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.
What is selfish ambition and vain conceit?
Selfish ambition is saying or thinking, “I need to look good or I need to avoid looking bad.”
Vain conceit is saying or thinking, “I deserve this.”
The interesting thing to me is that is how we’re marketed to.
Don’t believe me?
Look at the next car ad. See how the people around are admiring the car the person just bought. That is appealing to our selfish ambition.
This February, there will be an ad for trip to Cancun or the Mexican Riveria and the words will be “You deserve this.” In the middle of February it might be easy to think we deserve a little sun and fun. But realize they are pitching to you vain conceit.
I’m not saying having a new car is bad. I’m not saying going on trip is not a good thing. I’m saying Paul tells us to do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit but in humility value others above ourselves. We’re to not look out for our own interests, but each of us need to look out for the interests of others.
It’s being Canadian without the painful politeness.
It’s not a smile and wave when inwardly we’re seething.
Does this really matter?
That’s a great question, I’m so glad you asked. Jesus said,
Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.”John 13:35
Do they know we’re Christians by our love?
Or do they know what you stand for because of what you stand against?
As a Christian and a Canadian, I apologize for us regularly. We say and we do really silly and hurtful things. We look out for our own interests and don’t think about how it affects others. That has to stop.
For example:
Did you come to get something from God today or did you come to encourage someone else?
If you came to encourage someone else, you might not have known who the someone was, but you came with your smile and gave your handshakes and appropriate hugs, you may have already prayed for someone already. You either knew intuitively or learned from experience that
The generous will prosper; those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed. Proverbs 11:25
It’s in refreshing others that we are refreshed. It’s in blessing others that we are blessed. We have to look out for the interests of others. We can’t demand our own interests be honoured.
Paul goes on to say we do this… we value others above ourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others… because that’s what Christ did for us.
It is a wonderfully stirring poem Paul goes into as he tries to explain that in our relationships with one another, we’re to have the same attitude as Christ. Who didn’t push himself to the head of the line or demand others get out of the way because He is the Way. God took on flesh. This thing he made from dirt and breathed His Spirit in to give life, that’s what He took on. The immortal took on mortality. The creator became his creation.
Paul’s excitement goes into this wonderful praise of what has happened and what is to come… that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Then he writes “Therefore”, meaning “because of this… this is how you should live
— continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling,
WHY — for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfil his good purpose.
What?
Paul says the same thing another way to church in Corinth…
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them – yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. 1 Corinthians 15:10 NIVUK
You can’t do this on your own. It’s Holy Spirit that makes it possible for you to consider others better than yourself. If you don’t do it with Holy Spirit you do it with painful politeness…and we all know what you’re doing.
Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in love. Honour one another above yourselves. Romans 12:9-10 NIVUK
— Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, ‘children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.’
WHY — Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky as you hold firmly to the word of life.
Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.”John 13:35
It is Holy Spirt who empowers you to accomplish every good work prompted by faith. But we also have a role. He’ll help us in our role, but we need to do what He shows us to do.
With that in mind, I present today’s tool.
Do each other RIGHT Tool
R - Release selfish ambition Philippians 2:3a
I - Ignore vain conceit Philippians 2:3b
G - Generate real humility Philippians 2:3c
H - Hold the same attitude as Christ Philippians 2:5-7
T - Transform with Holy Spirit’s help Philippians 2:12-16
R - Release selfish ambition
Philippians 2:3a Do nothing out of selfish ambition…
How do you release selfish ambition?
Regularly pray this psalm:
Psalm 139:23-24 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.
And wait for God to answer. Whatever he shows you that need to confess and repent of, confess and repent of it.
Am I trying to look good or not look bad?
I - Ignore vain conceit
Philippians 2:3b Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit
How do you ignore vain conceit?
This is what the Lord says: “Don’t let the wise boast in their wisdom, or the powerful boast in their power, or the rich boast in their riches. But those who wish to boast should boast in this alone: that they truly know me and understand that I am the Lord who demonstrates unfailing love and who brings justice and righteousness to the earth, and that I delight in these things. I, the Lord, have spoken! Jeremiah 9:23-24
Take time to be in awe of God. Spend time in his creation, read theoretical astrophysics or anything that makes your brain hurt. See God AS God and you’ll see yourself in a much better light.
Am I doing it because I think I deserve it?
G - Generate real humility
Philippians 2:3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit but in humility consider others better than yourselves
How do you have real humility?
Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
Humility is not putting yourself down.
You are not your own, you have been bought with a price, you belong to God.
Don’t presume you have to put yourself down to lift someone else up.
You don’t honour anyone by making yourself less. You honour them by seeing them and hearing them and looking them in the eye. In a few weeks I’ll unpack this more. Today I want you know that humility is not putting yourself down. It’s lifting others up.
Am I lifting others up or putting others down?
H - Hold the same attitude as Christ
Philippians 2:5-7 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.
How can you have the same attitude as Christ?
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now he is seated in the place of honor beside God’s throne. Hebrews 12:1-2 (NLT)
It was the joy set before him that he could endure. It’s what he’s done for us and what will come that we can have the same attitude.
It’s the attitude that says we’re here to serve and not to be served.
Am I a servant of others or am looking to be served?
T - Transform with Holy Spirit’s help
Philippians 2:12-16 Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed – not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence – continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfil his good purpose. Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, ‘children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.’ Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky as you hold firmly to the word of life.
How do we transform?
And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him. Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. Romans 12:1-2 (NLT)
Am I conforming to the world or am I being transformed?
Does this make me more like Jesus?
Do each other RIGHT Tool
R - Release selfish ambition
Am I trying to look good or not look bad?
I - Ignore vain conceit
Am I doing it because I think I deserve it?
G - Generate real humility
Am I lifting others up or putting others down?
H - Hold the same attitude as Christ
Am I a servant of others or am looking to be served?
T - Transform with Holy Spirit’s help
Does this make me more like Jesus?
The Father’s will is for us to become more and more like Jesus. He’s put us in community to help us lay down our own lives. What if God created marriage to make us holy not happy? What if God created church to make us holy and not happy?
33 Bible verses to help you Consider others better than yourself
Philippians 2:3 ESV Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.
Romans 12:10 ESV Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honour.
1 Corinthians 10:24 ESV Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbour.
John 15:13 ESV Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
Leviticus 19:18 ESV You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbour as yourself: I am the Lord.
Galatians 5:26 ESV Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
Mark 12:31 ESV The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
1 Peter 5:5 ESV Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
Colossians 3:12 ESV Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience,
James 2:8 ESV If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbour as yourself,” you are doing well.
Philippians 2:2 ESV Complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.
Ephesians 4:32 ESV Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
Galatians 5:14 ESV For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbour as yourself.”
1 Corinthians 13:13 ESV So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
Acts 24:16 ESV So I always take pains to have a clear conscience toward both God and man.
Luke 14:7-11 ESV Now he told a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the places of honour, saying to them, “When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in a place of honour, lest someone more distinguished than you be invited by him, and he who invited you both will come and say to you, ‘Give your place to this person,’ and then you will begin with shame to take the lowest place. But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when your host comes he may say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ Then you will be honoured in the presence of all who sit at table with you. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
Luke 10:27 ESV And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbour as yourself.”
Matthew 19:19 ESV Honour your father and mother, and, You shall love your neighbour as yourself.”
James 4:6 ESV But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
Galatians 5:13-14 ESV For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbour as yourself.”
Proverbs 27:2 ESV Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
John 3:30 ESV He must increase, but I must decrease.”
Matthew 7:12 ESV “So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
Romans 13:10 ESV Love does no wrong to a neighbour; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Luke 6:31 ESV And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.
1 John 4:18 ESV There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.
1 Peter 4:8 ESV Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.
1 Peter 3:8 ESV Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind.
1 Timothy 1:5 ESV The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
Colossians 3:13 ESV Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.
Philippians 4:13 ESV I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
Ephesians 4:2 ESV With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
1 Corinthians 13:4 ESV Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant
