Accept One Another

Readings:
Esther 9
Romans 15:7-13

Focus:
Romans 15:7: "In a word, accept one another as Christ accepted us, to the glory of God."

In this passage, Paul speaks of both Jews and Gentiles (non-Jews), and talks of how Christ came for the benefit of both. Because God cares about both Jews and Gentiles (which means that he cares about all people), we also should care about all people.

Although Paul is speaking here of Christians accepting each other, this passage can also apply more widely. It is God's glory that we must be thinking of, and not our own purposes. And God's desire is to reach out to all people. For that reason, then, we accept all people and reach out to them with God's message, to the glory of God.