There are no Jews, Greeks Part III

My whole relational being in God is to love my brethren. I was made as a social being, and a steward of God’s kingdom, much as Adam was created to be in His image, to look after His world. His emissary. What does that mean? Does that mean cracking the whip over creation? Make everything and everyone obey me? There are some like that, have been some all through history that have in the name of evangelizing have tried to force people under their religious rule. This is not what God wants of me. And He had to sacrifice His Son to show me what He meant by being His emissary. He wants me to bestow grace on my brethren, like Paul did in 1 Cor 16:23, 2 Cor 13:14 and so on. He wants me to be a peacemaker. As Paul says, “Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace be with all them that loved our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.” (Eph 6:23,24) How can I do that and not respect my brethren? How can I walk as Jesus walked and yet maintain prejudices against men, other women, Americans of every declension, Russians, Chinese, Hispanics, Greeks, and Jews? How can I say I love Christ yet spit on those who are different than me? How can that be? God tells me that He sends me His grace, through Paul, through Timothy. (1 Tim 1:2) How can I repay such grace with hateful actions, with hurtful actions, with painful actions? Paul sends Timothy a blessing on his spirit from Christ. (2 Tim 4:22). And most of all these blessings should remind me that God and Jesus sacrificed so much for me. “Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, throughout the blood of the everlasting covenant. Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory for ever and ever. Amen Grace be with you all. Amen”. (Heb 13:20,21,25) How can I say that I accept God and Jesus being in control of my life, when I do not treat my fellow man as Christ would? When I accept His grace and knowledge, it is not just for me. It is to be spread to my brethren and to those not yet in the fold, like rain refreshing their spirit. (! Pet 1:2; ! Pet 5:10,11,14; and 2Pet 1:2-4) My presence is to be like a flower of God, full of mercy and grace, a wonderful fragrance to Him.