Living Peaceably Is Possible!

Romans 12:18

"If it be possible, as much as lieth in

you, live peaceably with all men." 

         The Christian must meet persecution with a prayer for those who persecute him. A good man will choose rather to suffer evil than to do evil; and it is always evil that hates. When the Christian is hurt, and insulted, and mistreated, he has the example of Christ before him, for Christ, upon his Cross, prayed for forgiveness for those who were killing him.
        There has been no greater force to move men into Christianity than this serene forgiveness which the martyrs in every age have showed. Stephen died praying for forgiveness for those who stoned him to death (Act 7:60). Among those who killed him was a young man named Saul, who afterwards became Paul, the apostle to the Gentiles and the slave of Christ. There can be no doubt that the death scene of Stephen was one of the things that turned Paul to Christ. Many a persecutor has become a follower of the faith he once sought to destroy, because he has seen how a Christian can forgive."
         Leighton once wrote: "The mode of Church government is unconstrained; but peace and concord, kindness and good will are indispensable." When strife enters into any Christian society, the hope of doing any good work is gone.  Paul was well aware that Christian conduct must not only be good; it must also look good. So called Christianity can be presented in the hardest and most unlovely way; but real Christianity is something which is fair for all to see.
        Amen!!

Reading: (Rom. 12:9-21)

May God Bless You

And Your Families

Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.

The Cross Life Ministry