Liberty, Love and Life with Christ Part 3

1)The early church functioned as an institution.
2)The church instituted a specific "code of conduct" for its members.
3)The church addressed the "code of conduct" to those who were "stronger" in their faith and "freer" in their practices (Gentile Christians), not those who were "weaker" in faith(Jewish Christians).
4)The stronger majority did not tell the weaker minority it was wrong to have such scruples(sensitivities).
5)The church addressed its "code of conduct" to the people and issues relevant to its specific situation.
6)The church did not regard its code as something its members could accept or reject, according to their personal preferences.
7)The church was not being legalistic in establishing this code of conduct.
8)Gentile Christians gladly accepted this code of conduct.