Selah Sunday - Pausing for God's WordChristian Behavior (Part 3)

Last week, we talked about "abhor what is evil" the second part of Romans 12:9. Remember, we are to abhor, detest, loathe anything that is contradictory to God's word and cling to what is good and healthy for spirit man.


Another part of Christian Behavior is Romans 12:10.

"Be kindly affectionate to one
another with brotherly love,

To be kindly affectionate is to be generously having a tender attachment, to be soft not hard-hearted.


Strong's dictionary defines brotherly love (#5360; greek word philadelphia) as the love of brothers, fraternal love, the love Christians have for other Christians.

"Let brotherly love continue," (Hebrews 13:1).

Part of behaving like a Christian is expressing brotherly/sisterly love as well as being generous and affectionate.

"In honor giving preference to one another' refers

to expressing brotherly/sisterly love without selfish ambitions.

In other words, not worrying about what's in it for you.

Instead, you are putting someone else's needs above your own.

"Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit,

but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than

himself. Let each of you look out not only for his own

interests, but also for the interests of others,"

(Philippians 2:3-4).

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Heavenly Father, teach us how to show brotherly/sisterly love to Your people.  Please give us a heart that is affectionate, kind, and generous without any selfish ambitions, so that people will see that Christ lives in me.  It is written that we ought to love our neighbors just as we love ourselves.  In  Jesus' name I pray.....Amen.

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Until next week,


SELAH