1) You are to treat people like you would like to be treated. 2) You are to treat people like Jesus would treat them. 3) You are to treat people as if they were Jesus. The first is laid down in the Golden Rule. The second is expressed in the modeling behavior of our Mentor–Jesus. The third is expressed in the parable of the sheep and the goats.
“The King will answer and say to them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.’ Matthew 25:40 (NASB)
(You are reading from the book “In The Steps Of The Shepherd”, by H. Lamar Smith.)
