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    Reasonableness

    Why should Christians be reasonable?

    Php 4:5; Tit 3:2; Jas 3:17

    See also 1Ti 3:2, 3

    • Relevant Bible account(s):

      • Ge 18:23-33​—Jehovah patiently allows Abraham to question Him regarding the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah

      • Ge 19:16-22, 30​—Jehovah is reasonable with Lot, yielding to Lot’s request to flee to Zoar instead of to the mountains

      • Mt 15:21-28​—Jesus shows reasonableness, yielding to the pleas of a Phoenician woman because she demonstrates extraordinary faith