The gospel redefines our relationships with each other so the challenge for us in verses 1 and 2 is do we actually see each other as family, and do we treat each other like family? So that we're willing to love and support each other even at personal cost and inconvenience to us. Are we willing to adjust our level of busyness to make time in our lives for our brothers and sisters in Christ? Are we willing to put up with each other's personality quirks and be patient toward those have a tendency to just sort of rub us the wrong way but we love them anyway. That's how family works, right? You see God uses all those tensions and bumps between us for our sanctification and this is why we have to relate to each other through the gospel. That means acknowledging when we've sinned against each other, seeking reconciliation, and then responding with forgiveness because that's exactly what Christ has done for us.
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1 Timothy: Church Made Clear Sunday Service Bethel Church
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