Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. 1 John 4:20 NIV
Watching Cake Boss, there was an episode where a New York socialite wanted to impress the rich, beautiful people and make her entry onto the social scene. She wanted an over the top cake using about $30 million...yes million...dollars worth of diamonds as decoration on the cake. Can anyone say liability? It turned out very pretty but once you took the diamonds off it was just a plain, white cake. She went through an awful lot of trouble just to get people like and accept her.
As a Christian I am charged with the first commandment to love God, and with the second commandment, to love my neighbor. I am only an empty vessel if I don't channel God's love to all those I meet, whether they like me or not and whether I like them. I am charged to love them. Period. They aren't supposed to impress me or bribe me. I should show them God's love, God's agape love.
I will strive every day to follow this commandment because I do truly love God and I don't need bribes to do so. But if you happen to throw a party with a $30 million dollar cake, I'm in!
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