Episode 150 - The Golden Rule

Welcome to Daily Growth Point, I’m Pastor John Bingham.Charles Spurgeon was the most famous preacher in the world during his lifetime. At one point, Spurgeon ran a large orphanage to take care of children. Another pastor, Joseph Parker, made a remark about the awful lives those children faced. The remark was reported publicly as a criticism of the orphanages.So the next Sunday, a furious Spurgeon went to the pulpit and criticized Parker. Again, the press printed the retort in the papers. The following Sunday, Pastor Parker showed grace when he announced that they were going to take a special offering for Spurgeon’s orphanages. Later that week, Spurgeon arrived at Parker’s office and said, “Parker, you have practiced grace on me. You have given me not what I deserved, you have given me what I needed.”When we interact with others, we face a choice of how we will treat them. Will we be kind to our attackers, or will we respond in hate? Will we defer to our anger, or will we allow God to settle any scores that need to be made right?