We are to Walk Overall with Gentleness, Part 2 (TMF:1023)

Wednesday, November 21, 2018
Peace to Live By: We are to Walk Overall with Gentleness, Part 2 (TMF:1023) - Daniel Litton
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       Paul told the Ephesians, “I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace” (Ephesians 4:1-3, ESV). There is much that could be said about these verses, but our focus here is on gentleness. God calls us to be gentle toward one another in the body of Christ, and even to be gentle toward people who do not belong to Christ. Really, as Paul noted, humility and gentleness work together; they go hand-in-hand. You have to be humble if you want to be gentle. If you are proud, odds are you are going to show less gentleness toward others. That’s because you believe you are the only one who is right, or you believe that your way of doing something is the only right way of doing it.