M. R. Callahan - 07/2/2008
Romans 14; 15
Let’s listen to Pastor Callahan talk about how to help a fellow brother in Christ who may have fallen into sin. This is from a Wednesday Night Bible Study.
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Main points of this messages:
- Mature Christians need to help new Christians
- Love the weaker brother
- Admonish a sinning Christian in a loving way
- Edification is the purpose of helping a Christian brother
Scripture from this message* (in order of reference):
Romans 14:13 – “Therefore let us not judge one another anymore, but rather resolve this, not to put a stumbling block or a cause to fall in our brother’s way.”
Romans 14:17-19 – “for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. For he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men. Therefore let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which one may edify another.
Romans 15:1 – “We then who are strong ought to bear with the scruples of the weak, and not to please ourselves.”
Romans 15:6-8 – “that you may with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore receive one another, just as Christ also received us, to the glory of God. Now I say that Jesus Christ has become a servant to the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made to the fathers,”
Romans 15:3-4 – “For even Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written, ‘The reproaches of those who reproached You fell on Me.’ For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.”
