Word for the Week

Applying the Golden Rule

Week beginning: 13th November, 2016 | By Mark Cawson | Manchester

'So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets. Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.'

Matthew 7:12-14 (ESV)

In creating the world, God's plan was to bring order out of disorder and provide for his creation. To function as God intended, this created order fundamentally depends upon justice being done (Proverbs 21:15 and Psalm 89:14). It is only if justice c