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Minister of Reconciliation
As Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. preached on a Sunday morning in 1957, he fought the temptation to retaliate against a society steeped in racism.
“How do you go about loving your enemies?” he asked the Dexter Avenue Baptist congregation in Montgomery, Alabama. “Begin with yourself. . . . When the opportunity presents itself for you to defeat your enemy, that is the time which you must not do it.”
Quoting from the words of Jesus, King said: “Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you” (Matthew 5:44-45 KJV).
As we consider those who harm us, we are wise to remember our former status as enemies of God (see Romans 5:10). But “[God] reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation,” wrote Paul (2 Corinthians 5:18). Now we have a holy obligation. “He has committed to us the message of reconciliation” (v. 19).
Ours is a “ministry of reconciliation” that imitates the selfless servant-heart of Jesus. Tim Gustafson
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When pressure rises from the expectations of life, men need to know that they can stand strong in the power of the Lord. These 10 devotionals from Our Daily Bread will help you grow in your relationship with God, live a life of integrity, and build a legacy of faith for the next generation.
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