This week we discussed how as followers of Christ we should respond to those with whom we disagree. Philip Yancey summed up the lesson very well in his quote, “Ask for a new set of eyes – what I call grace-healed eyes. So that we see even people who offend us not just as immoral people but as thirsty people, like the Samaritan woman at the well.”
We also discussed how we can see people with a new set of eyes (seeing them as God sees them):
- By remembering that despite our own sinfulness, we are completely loved by God;
- By realizing that we are called to love those who are unlovable even more;
- By understanding that though we can share God’s truths, it is God who changes hearts.
