Perhaps many Christians judge or dislike certain people within the c…

Perhaps many Christians…
Within the church, they judge or dislike someone…😨
…There may be some who harbor darkness in their hearts…🤔.
…A pastor at a church I know…
…spoke from this scripture in his sermon,
"Go to the person you dislike…the person you judge and make reconciliation with❗️.
【I'm sorry. I apologize🙇‍♂️】"
And they took time for mutual confession.
…And it turned out that…a line formed in front of one person…because reconciliation was so necessary.
…I heard this before.
…1 John 4:20…
…"If anyone cannot love their brother or sister whom they see, they cannot love God, whom they do not see❗️."
…Even we, who think we are in the light, if we harbor hatred and anger…create darkness in our hearts…😨
…When our hearts are in darkness…we only fantasize about bad things.
We become pessimistic, destructive, and are led astray. ... 1 John 1:7.
"If we walk in the light, as God is in the light,
we will have fellowship with one another, and the blood of his Son, Jesus, will purify us from all sin."
... Jesus, the Son, shed His blood in my place.
This morning too... let's choose to obey God and receive freedom and joy!
Shalom 😄

This page archives a Morning Word message shared by Pastor Peter Sunagawa on LINE. The English prose is a translation of the Japanese source message. For Scripture wording, use the BSB link above.