6 Labels We Need to Stop Using Today

[phkrause]

I get why people use labels, but that doesn’t make it right to use them. When we label someone, we dehumanize them and absolve ourselves of the need to show them Christ’s love. In Matthew 9:11, the Pharisees tried to avoid having to love others they weren’t comfortable around by labeling them as “tax collectors” and “sinners.” Jesus responded forcefully, saying, On hearing this, Jesus said, ‘It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners (Matthew 9:12-13). Like “tax collectors” and “sinners,” here are six types of labels Christians should avoid in today’s world:
Read more at http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/nextsteps/2017/05/label-called-love.html

[dgrimm60]

PHKRAUSE

this  was  a  very  good  article  with  every  good  points------we  as  S.D.A. CHRISTIANS    should  not  use  labels  ---

dgrimm60