Is the Golden Rule in the Bible?
In this week’s sermon, Pastor Rick explored Jesus’s teaching about the Golden Rule from Matthew 7:12, connecting it to the previous week’s message about God’s goodness. He explained that God’s goodness to us should inspire us to be good to others, emphasizing that our conduct toward others isn’t based on how they treat us, but on how God treats us. Pastor Rick outlined three practical ways to live this out: through giving (investing in relationships), forgiving (extending grace as God has forgiven us), and handling conflict with gentleness. He concluded with Jesus’s teaching about the narrow and wide gates, reminding the congregation that there are only two paths in life – the broad way that leads to destruction and the narrow way that leads to life through Christ. The message challenged everyone to examine which path they’re on and to treat others with the same love and grace God has shown them.