How Do You Treat Others?  

New people move in a few houses down from you. With baggy pants, loud music, tattooed bodies, and pierced faces, you wonder what this neighborhood is coming to. Or what about that tattered couple who aren't even married but have all those rowdy little kids? Is there a person at work that just rubs you the wrong way? Are you good with different races coming to your church?

And talking about different cultures and ethnicity, the Mexicans and Chinese were bad enough, but at least some of them open up pretty decent restaurants, but what about the Middle Eastern immigrants suddenly coming in. Decent folks had better leave them alone, right? You never know how dangerous someone like that could be.

Our attitude toward others determines how we treat them. You don't have to harass them or be outwardly cruel to mistreat someone. Ignoring them or shunning them is also a form of mistreatment. As Christians, we're supposed to have a loving attitude toward all people. That's ALL people - no exceptions. 

Jesus set the example of how we're to treat others. Look at the prostitutes, lepers, tax collectors, and demon-possessed. How did he treat them? How would we? He even taught us to love everyone as He does. Do we? We need to ask ourselves every day if we've treated everyone we've come in contact with the way Christ wants. If not, we need to repent and try to do better tomorrow. With the help of the Holy Spirit and the will to obey, we can do better.

And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me (Matthew 25:40).

How are you treating Jesus?

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