How Do I Get with Peoples

How to Get Along with People | |
|Just a few years ago, a simple placard was often displayed on the walls of many public school rooms. It said, "Remember the Golden Rule: Do unto others as |
|you would have them to do unto you." This simple code of behavior, when practiced, made our schools, and society, a far better place than they are today. |
|The Golden Rule has been called the greatest principle of human relations and originated from the Bible with these words of Jesus: "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" (Matthew 7:12). |
|According to Jesus, two great commands serve as the foundation of all the teaching of law and the prophets (Matt. 22:37-40). The first and greatest |
|commandment is to "love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, mind, and soul." He stated that the second great command is to "love thy neighbor as thyself," |
|which is another reference to the Golden Rule. In other words, "love" is the act of doing unto others as we would want them to do unto us. |
|The Golden Rule continues to be Jesus’ expected standard of behavior by His followers. It is not an option, but is considered a command of the Lord. |
|Christians are taught to treat others in the way which they wish to be treated, themselves. "This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have |
|loved you" (John 15:12). |
|The Golden Rule: A Catalyst of Human Behavior |
|When God created mankind, He established the law of "reciprocity," which gave man the ability to reap in accordance to what he would sow. "Be not deceived; |
|God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man