Do to others as you would have them do to you.“As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them.And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
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… This is one translation of it, but let's put it up. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. By the way, today we have at core.org slash next a photo of this that you can download and then you can turn it into your wallpaper on your phone. You have this memorized already. Do unto others as you'd have them do unto you. But I thought what would happen if every time you picked up your phone, like we've done several times during this series, every time you picked up your phone, you saw the golden rule there. and it might just prompt you or remind you, hey, don't forget to live this. And I know you pick up your phones 20 times in a day, maybe more. So what if 20 times in a day, you happen to look down there and go, oh yeah, I got to do unto others as I would have them do unto me, right? …
… like commandments imperatives meant to save our lives do look do consider in the sermon on the mount, they're snug up against other imperatives such as do to others as you would have them do to you or do not store up treasures for yourself on earth. If the teachings about the birds and the lilies do not stick in our minds the way the others do, is it because we're still reluctant to value a singing heart as much as we value a tired one. Yet all these teachings come from the same Savior. If we can do what he says for even a moment, if we can let ourselves be steered to a place where we can sit and gaze for even a little while, at a meadow, an asphalt parking lot, at a gray kitten chasing a laser light, God can make anything beautiful. there's no telling what might happen next. The song that rises up may be so woven into the divine song, the divine score, that we can't even hear it without being healed. …
You have enough there, though all contradict you. You have enough there, and all the councils of the fathers, and all the Church will be less than the small dust in the balance if you find not the law to be Christ's! Whatever He says, the true friend of Jesus does—neither less nor more—for he knows that none can legislate in his realm but the King, Himself, and all that pretend to legislate do but err when they get away from the, "It is written," of the grand old Word of God! Remember, too, all friends of Christ's, that this Doctrine of Christ's supremacy stands good always. He is your Lord and He is to command you everywhere, not only in your religious thought, but at home, in the chamber, in the parlor, in the drawing room, outside, in the street, on the mart, on the Exchange, in your shop. His rule contained in His own life—His Golden Rule, "Do you to others as you would have them do to you"—His new commandment that you love one another—these are always binding! A soldier may have a furlough, but a Christian never does. You might plead that concerning such-and-such a law you were exempt before men—but to Christ you are never exempt, nor would you wish to be, for His service is freedom, and His Law, O friend of Christ, has now become your delight! Grasp, then, that first thought, "You are My friends if I command you"—if you recognize Him as being the Leader and the Commander unto you, His people. You must recognize Christ in that capacity—and Him only—or you are not His friends! …
“Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine; lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For everyone that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened. Or what man is there of you, who, if his son ask bread, will give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will give him a serpent? If ye, then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good gifts to them that ask him? Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them; for this is the law and the prophets.” 1. Our blessed Lord, having now finished his main design, having first delivered the sum of true religion, carefully guarded against those glosses of men whereby they would make the Word of God of none effect; and having, next, laid down rules touching that right intention which we are to preserve in all our outward actions, now proceeds to point out the main hindrances of this religion, and concludes all with a suitable application. …