Recently, on Desiring God’s blog, I saw a blog post by Sam Crabtree about outdoing one another. I love the imagery that Paul gives us in Romans 12:10: ” Love one another with brotherly affection, outdo one another in showing honor.” Paul goes farther than just commanding us to love one another, he asks us to outdo one another in that. And if we are to think that this is a road leading to pride, Crabtree emphasizes that in showing honor we give honor, not obtain it. That is the essence of giving honor to others, that we are humbled.
Crabtree also offers a second observation:
If God enables you to outdo others in showing honor, the others will receive more honor than you (at least until heaven’s rewards are bestowed).
And if God enables you to succeed in outdoing others in love, the others will be, well, less loving than you, because you’re outdoing them. And that’s exactly how love behaves. It loves those who are less loving.
To read the whole post on Desiring God, click here.
Miscellaneous Item of Interest
For the curious, or for those who are actually interested in becoming a pastor one day, Joshua Harris is starting a series on his blog where he is uploading preachers’ sermon notes that are used during a Sunday morning service. Although I’m not planning to be a pastor, I thought it was just very interesting to see what their sermon notes actually look like. And Harris has some good preachers lined up:
The first was Mark Dever’s exposition of Isaiah 52:13-53:12. Click here to see Devers’ manuscript.
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