Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for,
“God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble" 1 Peter 5:5
The Lord must surely find it refreshing to see so many of His children striving to submit to the other in this time of doubt. And such scriptures each of them have to support their quick submission too!
Sound a bit sarcastic? Not seeing that in your neck of the woods? Does it go more like, "I'm right in this and the other Christian is wrong, why won't he or she obey God and submit to my rightness?" Have you found yourself at odds with a brother or sister in Christ over an issue that suddenly has become of critical importance during this time of trial? Do both of you have scriptures to support your rightness? Once upon a time, the Devil and the Christ met in the wilderness and both of them had scriptures too.
Examine the scriptures used by our Lord and His Adversary. Do your arguments resemble one or the other? Still convinced you are in the right? Submit to your brother or sister in Christ. Wait? Me submit when I'm right in this? Yes, the Word calls upon us to submit one to another. I cannot answer for you, but I would rather be humble and have grace than be proud and know I'm right.
Love to you in Christ our Lord,
Bucky
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