David's Daily Devotion for February 7

February 7, 2023 - Good Morning! It’s Tuesday, February 7.

“I would be a Christian, if it were not for Christians.” This is a quote from the Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi. Before he was assassinated in 1948, Gandhi led India to win its independence from England. And his method of nonviolent resistance influenced American civil rights leader Martin Luther King.

Gandhi, a Hindu, had a lifelong interest in Christianity. He read through the Gospels and often quoted from the teachings of Christ. As the story goes, when he was a young man, he tried to enter a Christian church, but was turned away because of the color of his skin. From that experience, and others, came that famous quote.

Gandhi, in studying the words of Jesus, no doubt came across this verse from John 13, which speaks to us again today. "A new commandment I give to you. Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this shall everyone know you are my disciples, if you love one another".

Meet you back here tomorrow,
Bro. David
dmathis@fbccenter.org