“Treating Others As You Want To Be Treated”

Lead Pastor, Stephen Macaluso

 

 

            As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olive, Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt by her.  Untie them and bring them to me.  If anyone says anything to you , tell him that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.”

            This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:

            “Say to the Daughter of Zion, ‘See, your king comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”

            The disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them.  They brought the donkey and the colt, placed their cloaks on them, and Jesus sat on them.  A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.  The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted.

            “Hosanna to the Son of David!”

            “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”

            “Hosanna in the highest!”                                                                                                                        Matthew 21:1-9

           

Bold Living Requires:

 

#1. Bold relationship with Christ  

            The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted.

            “Hosanna to the Son of David!”

            “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”

            “Hosanna in the highest!”           

                                                                        Matthew 21:9

 

#2.  Bold relationship between the church & the community

 

            Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all who were buying and selling there.  He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves. “It is written,” he said to them, “ ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it a ‘den of robbers.’”

            The blind and the lame came to him at the temple, and he healed them.                Matthew 21:12-14

 

#3 Bold relationships with others

 

            But when the chief priests and the teachers of the law saw the wonderful things He did and the children shouting in the temple are, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they were indignant      . 

            “Do you hear what these children are saying?” they asked him. 

            “Yes,” replied Jesus, “have you never read,  ‘From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise?’”  And He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where He spent the night.                                                                                               Matthew 21:15-17

 

            Treat others the way you want them to treat you.                                                               Luke 6:31 (LB)

 

            Try to show as much compassion as your Father does.                                                     Luke 6:36 (LB)

 

 

7 Relationship Principles of Jesus

 

Place the highest value on relationships.

Feelings are important.

Love one another, as I have loved you.

Think of others as more important than yourself.

In the same way you judge others you will be judged.

The greatest are the servants.

Treat others as you want them to treat you.

 

 

 

~ Bold Living

Requires Bold Loving ~