If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful and helpful way toward one another.
Winston Churchill (1874-1965, British statesman, Prime Minister)
Romans 14:2-4 (HCSB)
One person believes he may eat anything, but one who is weak eats only vegetables. One who eats must not look down on one who does not eat; and one who does not eat must not criticize one who does, because God has accepted him. Who are you to criticize another’s household slave? Before his own Lord he stands or falls. And stand he will! For the Lord is able to make him stand.
Much of what Paul is saying here is directed to Christians. He knew how human nature works, and he knew how a spirit of competition could cause friction in the Church. When we engage in competition it is natural for us to size up our opponent. What Paul is saying here is that your brothers and sisters in Christ are not your opponents, they are your compliments.
Paul is telling us that we are to compliment, or to build up each other before our God, and that God is able to make each one of us stand. In competition it is our wish that we succeed and someone else fails. But in God’s Kingdom competition we are racing along pushing our brothers and sisters in Christ in front of us to win, not to lose.
In fact God will make that one stand that you are pushing down and they will win in spite of you. Have you ever experienced that spiritual truth in your life? God does not allow that kind of spirit to win in the race that we are engaged in on this earth. In fact it is the exercise of considering others better than ourselves, and loving our brother as our self, it’s a different kind of race…God’s Blessings.
Pastor William
Winston Churchill (1874-1965, British statesman, Prime Minister)
Romans 14:2-4 (HCSB)
One person believes he may eat anything, but one who is weak eats only vegetables. One who eats must not look down on one who does not eat; and one who does not eat must not criticize one who does, because God has accepted him. Who are you to criticize another’s household slave? Before his own Lord he stands or falls. And stand he will! For the Lord is able to make him stand.
Much of what Paul is saying here is directed to Christians. He knew how human nature works, and he knew how a spirit of competition could cause friction in the Church. When we engage in competition it is natural for us to size up our opponent. What Paul is saying here is that your brothers and sisters in Christ are not your opponents, they are your compliments.
Paul is telling us that we are to compliment, or to build up each other before our God, and that God is able to make each one of us stand. In competition it is our wish that we succeed and someone else fails. But in God’s Kingdom competition we are racing along pushing our brothers and sisters in Christ in front of us to win, not to lose.
In fact God will make that one stand that you are pushing down and they will win in spite of you. Have you ever experienced that spiritual truth in your life? God does not allow that kind of spirit to win in the race that we are engaged in on this earth. In fact it is the exercise of considering others better than ourselves, and loving our brother as our self, it’s a different kind of race…God’s Blessings.
Pastor William
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