Nathaniel
Taylor inquired concerning the Golden Rule, "Which feature is most obvious
in human behavior, doing as we want others to do to us or doing as we have been
done to?” It's difficult not to criticize when criticized, to refrain from
retaliating when emotionally or physically hurt, or to refuse to be defensive
when confronted with a defensive attitude.
Jesus preached, "Do unto others
as you would have them do unto you," and he was serious about putting it
into practice. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote, "Jesus preached to all people
the gospel of the Golden Rule. He believed the deed and not the creed would
help us in our greatest and ultimate need."
Today Longfellow
could say, "Walk the walk, not just talk the talk” or “Don’t be all talk
and no action." Listen to Ephesians 2:10. "For we are God's workman-ship,
created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance that we
should walk in them." Good works represent our faith in Christ Jesus as
well as our values and our choices.
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