They're Family
1 Timothy 5:1 Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but exhort him as if he were your father. Treat younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.
How are Christians supposed to treat each other. We all have heard; they will know you are my disciples, if you love one another. And, it is true. Non-Christians will recognize you as the church of God when they see our love, one for another. That statement is how non-Christians will see us, but how should we feel about each other? How is practical love lived out? Paul tells Timothy that he needs to treat fellow believers like family. When he needs to work with someone under his care, he shows respect and supports them and is careful not to take advantage of them.
A and K, how you treat your fellow believer says a whole lot about your spiritual maturity. With those older than you... show deep respect and make room for their faults. When you work with those younger than you do not look down on them nor overpower them in any way. Be full of purity with propriety, being careful not to be tempted in any way. Some persons would have trouble knowing how to treat as family because so many families are broken and dysfunctional. Yet most know how they want to be treated and so do you. So, act that way towards others.
~Dad
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