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Is it just me, or is everyone so rude lately? Drivers cutting each other off. Eye-rolls at the dinner table. People treated like objects. The mood is rude. But before we point fingers, here’s the harder question: what do my manners say about me?
In this message, Ed Young kicks off a new series on something that sounds surface-level but goes all the way down: manners. Not salad forks and cotillion. Manners are simply how we treat God and others, and Scripture is the greatest book on etiquette ever written.
Ed puts it this way: ignorance plus arrogance equals rudeness, but humility plus wisdom equals respect.
Manners begin and end with God. When Jesus was asked what matters most, He said, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind… and love your neighbor as yourself” (Matthew 22:37–40). That’s the foundation of manners: treating others as more important than ourselves, because we’ve never locked eyes with anyone who doesn’t matter to God.
Jesus modeled it. His first miracle spared a host from embarrassment. He welcomed children when others wanted them sent away. He washed His disciples’ feet. He honored the overlooked. And on the cross, He put us before Himself.
Manners flow from the inside out. When the Holy Spirit lives in us, our interior sets the tone for our exterior. Ed shares a story from when he was 17 that marked his life: watching a former NFL player walk past the powerful people in an exclusive locker room to greet the attendants by name. The real test of character is how you treat people who can do nothing for you.
“Walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received” (Ephesians 4:1). “Whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God” (1 Corinthians 10:31).
Jesus doesn’t force Himself on anyone. He extends His nail-scarred hand. If you’ve never taken it, you can today.
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Excuse Me, Your Manners Are Showing | Ed Young, Fellowship Church
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