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“Even Christ pleased not Himself” (Romans 15:3).
We live in a world where more and more people are taken up with themselves, and even the world around us is noticing this trend. Recently, a writer in the New York Times commented about the United States of America, “Far from softening toward one another, the whole country feels even more hardened and increasingly blind to lives other than our own.” This attitude is becoming rather common in the whole world. The feeling in the world today is, If I do not look after myself, no one else will!
But there was one Man who walked through this world who never did anything to please Himself. Rather, He could say of God His Father, “I do always those things that please Him” (John 8:29). Sin makes people selfish and mean, but the Lord Jesus came right down into that kind of a world, to show God’s heart of love by serving others. He healed the sick, raised the dead, fed the hungry, comforted the weary, and in every way displayed the love of God.
As Christians, the Lord calls on us to show the same kind of love for one another and for the world around us, the love of God. Many people may not read the Bible, but they should be able to see the love of God in the Christians with whom they come in contact.
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