Hebrews 10:24,25 teaches us….Let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling together. Affirmation is one of the best ways to correct bad behavior, not constant criticism. Affirm one another’s strengths, abilities and gifts. Affirm one another’s equal importance in Christ. Affirm one another through visible affection. Please now listen to my podcast for this day, just for you and yours! Amen!
Most of us are familiar with the “one another” commands of the New Testament. In the study guide for Gospel in Life: Grace Changes Everything, Tim Keller offers a helpful taxonomy under the categories of affirming one another, sharing with one another, and serving one another. These form, he says, “nine ‘community-building practices’—specific behaviors that build Christian community.” For a more detailed unpacking of each point, see pp. 58-71.
- Romans 12:10: “Honor one another”
- James 5:9: “Don’t grumble against each other”
- Romans 12:3-8: Confirm the gifts of one another
- Romans 15:7: “Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you”
- 1 Corinthians 12:25: “Have equal concern for each other”
- 1 Peter 5:5: “Clothe yourselves with humility toward one another”
- James 2:1: “Don’t show favoritism”
