Harmonious Love Expressed In The Diverse Body of Christ (Part 1)

Harmonious Love Expressed in the Diverse Body of Christ
PART I: Mutually Accept One Another
Romans 14:1-12

This Week:
Main Idea: Mutually accept one another (14:1-12)
Receive the one who is “weak” (1-2)
Don’t disdain the “weak” in matters of food (3a)
Don’t judge the “strong” in matters of food (3b-4)
Next Week:
Be fully convinced in disputable matters (5-12)
Honor the Lord in “days” (5-6a)
Honor the Lord in “food” (6b)
Our judgment is from God! (7-12)
APPLICATION
Self-Test

1. Am I the “weak” person or the “strong” person in this passage?
2. What does God command me to do?
3. What do I need to do to make that happen?
   HOW CAN I DO THIS?
   “And my whole hope is only in Thy exceeding great mercy.
   Give what Thou commandest, and command what Thou wilt.”
   Augustine, Confessions, Book X, Chap XXVII
   “Give what you command; command what you will!”