Most of us are umpires at heart; we like to call balls and strikes on somebody else.
Leo Aikman (American Journalist)
Romans 14:13-15
Therefore, let us no longer criticize one another, but instead decide not to put a stumbling block or pitfall in your brother’s way. (I know and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. Still, to someone who considers a thing to be unclean, to that one it is unclean.) For if your brother is hurt by what you eat, you are no longer walking according to love. By what you eat, do not destroy that one for whom Christ died. (HCSB)
I know the world is not going to have this kind of concern for one another, but Christ certainly modeled for us the life that He desired for us to lead. He didn’t criticize Zacheus, he went to his home to eat with him, and to restore him. God wishes that all men might be redeemed and restored, yet we too often criticize and do nothing to help them.
Christians have caused many people to be in states of confusion by the lives that they have led in front of them. They take the form of religion, talk religious, claim to be religious but, their lives do not reflect Christ. They live like everyone else in the world, except for a 30 minute service they attend weekly to be able to condemn those that do not.
My thought is that we should be more “kingdom” minded in the way that we live. We should desire that we not do anything that might lead someone away from Christ. The statement that we are the only Jesus that some may ever see, is so true. The way we live reflects on our Savior, and He came to save, and not destroy…God’s Blessings.
Pastor William
Leo Aikman (American Journalist)
Romans 14:13-15
Therefore, let us no longer criticize one another, but instead decide not to put a stumbling block or pitfall in your brother’s way. (I know and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. Still, to someone who considers a thing to be unclean, to that one it is unclean.) For if your brother is hurt by what you eat, you are no longer walking according to love. By what you eat, do not destroy that one for whom Christ died. (HCSB)
I know the world is not going to have this kind of concern for one another, but Christ certainly modeled for us the life that He desired for us to lead. He didn’t criticize Zacheus, he went to his home to eat with him, and to restore him. God wishes that all men might be redeemed and restored, yet we too often criticize and do nothing to help them.
Christians have caused many people to be in states of confusion by the lives that they have led in front of them. They take the form of religion, talk religious, claim to be religious but, their lives do not reflect Christ. They live like everyone else in the world, except for a 30 minute service they attend weekly to be able to condemn those that do not.
My thought is that we should be more “kingdom” minded in the way that we live. We should desire that we not do anything that might lead someone away from Christ. The statement that we are the only Jesus that some may ever see, is so true. The way we live reflects on our Savior, and He came to save, and not destroy…God’s Blessings.
Pastor William
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Please pray for these friends:-
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Bro. Chester
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