Tolerance

Tolerance

INTRODUCTION

Have you ever looked through a microscope? This tool allows you to see things that are invisible to the unaided eye. Under a microscope lens, a whole new world is visible! Similarly, God gives a perspective that we don’t have. He sees much more about a person than we can. You may see only people’s facial expressions, attire, manners, quirks, or personalities. Others’ behaviors or choices may annoy or frustrate you, yet God sees a person created in His image and of great worth. He sees beyond His child’s shortcomings to who he can become in Christ. Because God is patient, merciful, and forgiving, He tells His children to treat others in the same way. “Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God” (Romans 15:7).

Ananias Sees Saul Through God’s Eyes

TOLERANCE Acceptance of others as unique expressions of specific character qualities in varying degrees of maturity