Yesterday a friend from high school posted a picture of roses she got from a friend. The friend told her it was an action to let her know that God loves her, she loved her and loves their kingdom friendship. Then she posted this verse.
Romans 12:10...
'Be kindly affectionate one to another with brotherly love; in honor preferring
one another'
I thought it was a pretty cool gesture. Of course, I looked up the scripture and wanted to know the context. There are a lot of translations of this verse. I really liked the King James.
The words used, be kindly affectionate, aren't used anywhere else in scripture. Isn't that interesting! The type of kindly affection describe is like the affection used in a family. So, Christians should have this type of affection in the Christian family. Next, brotherly love is a pattern seen throughout scripture. What is different about this is Paul says brotherly love should be done kindly.
To sum it up. We are called to be kind and love. I heard of a story about an ex gang member who came to church. After awhile he left the church. When he was asked why, he said church wasn't what he thought it would be. In his gang they treated eachother as a family. He did not find that at church. How sad is that?! That a gang did a better job at loving than the church. Once again I am humbled and challenged!
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