Re: Verse reading–Exodus 20:13-17; Leviticus 19:16-18; Zechariah 7:8-10; Matthew 5:13-16 (day three)
“I am the Lord.” If God is in fact the Lord, then you are not. That’s more than an exercise in basic logic. It’s a statement of your place in this universe under God. Paul reveals that we will each stand before the judgment seat of Christ. Jesus says that time of standing before the Lord will take into account the way that we have lived with one another: “What you have done to the least of these, you have done to me.” Therefore, each moment that we encounter our neighbor is a moment that we encounter the Lord. It is a moment in which he reminds us: I am the Lord. If you’re not ready to stand before your neighbor, you won’t be ready to stand before God.
