Teach me that I might teach (part 3)

The Lord is more interested in that we show the good when we speak the good. That we hate what He hates. (Zechariah 8:17). Fasting and feasting during times of Zecariah (Zechariah 8:19) demonstraed the joy and love of God and of abhoring what He abhors and doing good and sharing His love. In that way Jesus taught and is teaching me so that I may teach others and engrain in myself to love everyone like myself and love God with all my heart, soul mind and body. (Matther 22:37) and that way follow His blest command. Also in doing that I can learn to love my enemies, (Luke 6:27) because that is how we become like God, by walking and loving as He does, not as the world does. And that isn't easy. Otherwise Christ would not have said in Luke 6:32 “For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.” The ultimate in agape love, unconditional and godly, is the love described by Christ to love our enemies and give without expecting returen (Luke 6:35. That means not just donations, because those returns are not expected regularly, although a lot of us take that off our income tax. No He is referring to lending money to a friend and then expecting repayment from that friend, or complimenting a friend and expecting a complement in return. In fact it is following the blest command that Jesus spoke of in Luke 10:27, love God with everything we've got, heart, mind, soul, and body and then love everyone as ourselves. If you do one the other follows because as John says, you can't love God and not love everyone else.(1 John 2:9,10)

Teach me that I might teach (part 2)

And basically God through His word and in our lives tells all of us that we are big boys and girls and that what we learn we learn when we are receptive and wise to listen and learn. If we are not receptive we will not be open to correction. Which means that when we correct someone, we have to determine whether or not those people are open to our correction (and therefore wise). If they are not then our correction is useless and love cannot exist between us and those we choose to rebuke simply because the one rebuked doesn't get it, (Proverbs 9:8) On the other hand when we go humbly and speak truth in love and speak truly then we will be loved by many but especially the Lord. (Proverbws 16:13; 18:21) And of course the expression of that love comes when we realize that His blessings come from the love He has for us and that He wants us to join Him. And that we must teach one another. (Song of Solomon 1:3,4) Above all, He wants us to teach and show each other what the good is: as Micah 6:8 spells out for us, “He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? “

Teach me that I might teach... (from levites to ministers)

And He warns me not to give up wisdom or understanding. (Proverbs 4:6) Because that wisdom will preserve me. And will lesd to Christ and God. And without wisdom and knowledge we sin against Christ and God and demonstrate our love for death, ultimately rather than making the choice for eternal life.(Proverbs 8:36) He also tells me wisdom involves timing. (Ecc 3:8) And vision. He after all sees the wickedness on earth and abhors it. (Hosea 9:15) but He also promises unconditional love always. (Hosea 14:4) And He instructs the body of believers and me in particular to do the same. (Amos 5:15)

There are no Jew, no Greeks.... (people of the church part 2)

In God is love of all people, within and without the church, all races, all status of income. In God is no resentment and no ill-will toward others. And this is hard because the world teaches us to stay to our own and love those only who love us and hate those who do us wrong. (Matt 5:43-44) Otherwise, Jesus says in Matthew 5:46, how does that make us different from anyone in the world. And in God and Jesus we have the best way to pray so that we are not like those who are verbose and demonstrative and put on display how they pray so that they will be rewarded by the public followers. (Matt 6:5)