"Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcision party criticized him, saying, “You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them.” But Peter began and explained it to them in order ...

“... And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’ If then God gave the same gift to them as he gave to us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could stand in God's way?”

When they heard these things they fell silent. And they glorified God, saying, “Then to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance that leads to life.”

(Acts 11.1-4,16-18 ESV)

Those who are in the "other party", those who hold opposing beliefs from mine, those who are different from me, those who I dislike - What if they turn their hearts to God and follow Jesus? Would I insist that they conform to uniformity and be "like me"?

I do not think that is what God wills. God wants them to repent from their sins and stop sinning and change their lives to conform to his words. But God recognises them as who they are and their differences from other Christians.

They are not perfect, just like I am not perfect. They still sin, just like I still sin. And God still accepts me, as he would any of his Children, who strive to sincerely obey him.

So I ought to treat "the Gentiles" - those who are different from me - as Jesus would treat them. This is how I reflect Jesus to them.