"Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful."(Luke 6:36)
Treating people the way you want to be treated has always been the "golden rule" as said by Jesus. It isn't about doing to others as they've done to you, that's revenge. What it is is behaving in a way that you expect from others.
This last sentence though is about behaving the way you've been treated by God. How does your experience of God play out in your day to day life.
When I encounter someone who professes faith in God, I'm sometimes surprised by the anger and really condemning words towards others. And wonder have they experienced God's mercy and love or not. God's invitation is to show others what God's dealing with us is, in how we treat others.
I've experienced God only in loving and certainly forgiving ways. I try to treat others the same way.
Blessings,
Ed
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