"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!" (Philippians
2:1-8 NIV)
Rick
Warren has observed, "Our culture has accepted two huge lies. The first is
that if you disagree with someone’s lifestyle, you must fear or hate them. The
second is that to love someone means you agree with everything they believe or
do. Both are nonsense. You don’t have to compromise convictions to be
compassionate." Jesus didn't. He demonstrated that on the cross.
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