OUR DAILY BREAD : DO UNTO OTHERS

[cimi]

May 7
Wednesday


DO UNTO
OTHERS

READ:
Matthew 7:7-12
_________________________________

Whatever you want
men to do to you, do
also to them, for this is
the Law and the
Prophets.
__Mathew 7:12
__________________________________

In May 2006, a man set out from base camp to make his third attempt on Mount everest. He actually reached the summit, but on his way down he ran out of oxygen. As he lay on the side of the mountain dying, 40 climbers passed him by.

Some say that at such oxygen-deprived altitudes, rescues are too perilous. But others say that climbers are too eager to reach the top and too selfish to help those in trouble.

I wonder what would have happened if someone who passed that stricken climber had said, "I will treat him the way I want to be treated."

In Matthew 7:12, the golden rule, Jesus gave His disciples the secret to fulfilling the entire Old Testament relational regulations--love others and live for their benefit. He said this in the larger context of all the radical principles that He had taught up to this pint in His sermon (5:17-7:11).

As difficult as it is to live for the benefit of others, Jesus knew His followers could consistently live out this ethic as they drew strength from a righteousness that went beyond duty and outward conformity to rules (5:20). It is a righteousness that can come only from God Himself.

If we are Jesus-followers, let's walk in His steps__loving others and living for their benefit. __Marvin Williams
_____________________________________________________________

`````````````````Love is an attitude, love is a prayer```````````````
`````````````For someone in sorrow, a heart in despair;`````````````
````````````````Love is good will for the gain of another,````````````
```````````Love suffers long with the fault of a brother. __Anon.``````
_____________________________________________________________

Love is the debt we owe one another.

****************Today's Bible Reading __ Matthew 7:7-12***********

7 Ask, and it will be given
to you; seek, and you will
find; knock, and it will be
opened to you. 8 For
everyone who asks receives,
and he who seeks finds, and
to him who knocks it will
be opened. 9 Or what man
is there among you who, if
his son asks for bread, will
give him a stone? 10 Or if he
asks for a fish, will he give
him a serpent? 11 If you
then, being evil, know how
to give good gifts to your
children, how much more
will your Father who is in
heaven give good things to
those who ask Him!

12 Therefore, whatever you
want men to do to you, do
also to them, for this is the
Law and the Prophets.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<


The Sermon on the Mount (Matt. 5-7) is by far our Lord's
most familiar message. What is sometimes forgotten is that He
undoubtedly preached many of these principles more than once.
In fact, Luke records a message referred to as the "Sermon on
the Plain" (6:17-49). In Luke 6, our Lord delivers the Beatitudes,
calls His followers to love their enemies, and warns against the
temptation to pull splinters from another's eye while having a beam
in their own--all truths found in the Sermon on the Mount as well.
__Bill Crowder