Count Me In!Īt least that’s what it’s meant to be. And it is a love that remembers that etiquette can get in the way of good manners.FREE Five-Day Challenge LEARN THE 25 HABITS OF A REMARKABLY CLASSY PERSON. It is a love that respects the customs of a country. It is a love that doesn't start eating until everyone is served. It is a love that doesn't embarrass others. It is a love that doesn't laugh at crude humor. It is a love that says thank you, and please. It is a love that doesn't burp or make unwanted biological gestures. It is a love that stands up in the presence of one's elders. Maybe we should all pray the prayer of the little girl who closed her eyes in bed one evening, and said, "Lord, make the bad people good, and the good people nice." The love that comes from God in Christ is not discourteous. ![]() There are no ordinary people behind every exterior is a person worth knowing, a person who deserves to be treated with dignity, and decorum. Bad manners are a failure to love your neighbor. Courtesy may seem to be a small thing in comparison with forgiveness and patience, but in the context of 1 Corinthians 13 it is evidently a big thing. There was an offensive rudeness about the behavior of some at Corinth that needed to be confronted, and curbed. Other members used their superior knowledge and liberties to trample over the consciences of weaker brothers with regard to eating meat sacrificed to idols (1 Cor. Instead, they ate their fancy food with little thought of the poor among them (1 Cor. The rich were acting shamefully around the Lord's Supper in failing to wait for the less fortunate to arrive. The activities of certain women in the assembly were bringing shame on their "heads" by dressing in a way that showed disregard for the distinction between the sexes (1 Cor. They were acting disgracefully as those who had been saved by grace. A lack of love was evident in the rude behavior of the church at Corinth. From the context of the letter itself we can see that the Corinthians needed to hear this call to courtesy for many were behaving in unseemly, and inconsiderate ways toward each other. It is not misshapen, but adopts its behavior to and in consideration of others, as exemplified by Cecil Rhodes. ![]() In 1 Corinthians 13:5, Paul reminds us that love "does not behave rudely." The basic idea here is that love does not behave in a way that is indecent or shameful. Love is more concerned about people than etiquette, proper behavior over proper form. On an evening of great public formality, Cecil Rhodes reminded his guests and us that love is not rude or discourteous. Not long after, he returned wearing a shabby old blue suit so his young guest would not feel uncomfortable. Performing a vanishing act Rhodes quickly disappeared, leaving his guests to wonder what had happened to him. Yet one evening during a formal dinner while welcoming his honored guests, who were all wearing full evening dress, he was informed about a young man who had just arrived by train without the opportunity to change from his travel-stained clothes. ![]() …does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil…Ĭecil Rhodes, the South African statesman and financier, was known to be a stickler for correct dress.
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