Labels
Today’s Reading: Luke 11:27-37
Focal Verse: Luke 11:37b
Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”
If you go into the store to buy beans, you will see all different kings of labels. Open up the cans, and what do you find inside them all? Beans! Regardless, they have different labels because most people pick their favorite label to buy.
People have all kinds of labels and, many times, they separate us: Baptist, Methodist, Catholic, Pentacostal, Muslim, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, rich, middle class, poor, pretty, plain, ugly, fat, thin, tall, short…and it goes on. If you take off the label and look inside, they all are the same thing – “our neighbor”.
God doesn’t look at labels and we aren’t supposed to either. We are to show mercy to all of our neighbors. We can’t pick and choose who to show mercy to. Take the labels off. Be merciful as your Father has been merciful.
Really, there is only going to be one “label” that matters in the end – whether or not someone was a believer. Be a good neighbor to all and spread the gospel where you have opportunity.
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