The Golden Rule

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The Golden Rule
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• In everything do to others as you would have them
  do to you for this is the law and the prophets.
  Matt. 7.12

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The larger context

• Sermon on the Mount

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The immediate context (maybe)

• Ask and youll receive

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Lukes context

• Love your enemies

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- from Scarboro Missions
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How to mess up a good thing

• "Do not do unto others as you would expect they
  should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the
  same."
• - George Bernard Shaw

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Platinum Rule

• Do unto others in the way they would have you do
  unto them.

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A Gods eye view

• Do unto others the way you each would want
  everyone to do to each other if you all saw the
  big picture as clearly as God does.

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Double platinum rule

• Do unto others in the way they dont even know
  yet that they want you do to them

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• Ralph When she put two potatoes on the table,
  one big one and one small one, you immediately
  took the big one without asking me what I wanted.
• Norton What would you have done?

Ralph I would have taken the
small one, of course. Norton You would? Ralph
Yes, I would. Norton So, what are you
complaining about? You got the small one! - The
Honeymooners