“The identifying mark of a resilient disciple is to have love for one another. How can we be offended with others if we have love?” - David Tan
In week 2 of our sermon series on being Resilient Disciples, David brought us a word on being unoffendable, speaking from Matthew 18:15-17, and Galatians 5:16-17. In life, there are many opportunities for us to be offended, but David reminded us that when people offend others intentionally, it’s because they feel hurt. In those situations, as disciples of God, our response shouldn’t be to be hurt by the person causing offence, but to hurt for them, knowing and seeing the hurt that the person carries.
Scripture also tells us that receiving offence is inevitable in life. However, to be offended is a choice that we make. May we instead make the decision to live our lives fixing our eyes on what is unseen and on Jesus, to remain unoffended and live with eternity and love for one another in mind.
