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All i ever needed to know i learned in kindergarten
All i ever needed to know i learned in kindergarten











all i ever needed to know i learned in kindergarten

Verse 1 reminds us of our family connection: we are to love each other as brothers and sisters, because we are in Christ. The Golden Rule plays out in two or three ways here. Other religions say, “Don’t mistreat people because you don’t want them to mistreat you!” Jesus flips to the positive side and says, “Do to others as you would have them do to you” ( Luke 6:31). However, the unique thing about Jesus’ Golden Rule is the positive twist to it. But one universal across all world religions is some version of the Golden Rule. By the way, you know how some people say all world religions are pretty much the same? That’s not really true. I’ve summed up the first three verses with the Golden Rule. Treat others as you would like to be treated (vv. So think about these lessons that maybe we should have learned back in kindergarten, but could probably use a refresher on from time to time. And out of that practical advice our lives can be enriched today. Why this potpourri of advice? Well, it appears in the very last part of the letter to the Hebrews, so maybe the writer had this sense of urgency, like he was running out of time to add some final, very practical advice. It seems like a list of very important but mostly common sense lessons we should have learned a long time ago. Robert Fulghum wrote a popular book a while back entitled, “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten.” I thought of that title when I read today’s scripture. Things I Should Have Learned in Kindergarten













All i ever needed to know i learned in kindergarten