Have you ever had someone try to teach you something and that teacher, who doesn't have to be a trained teacher, got frustrated with you because you weren't getting whatever it was they were trying to teach you?
While reading a few chapters from Romans this week, I noticed some scriptures that got me to wondering if God gets that frustrated teacher sensation with us. Surely if God was a human he would be frustrated with us because we just don't get the things he has laid out for us in His book, or we don't take the time to understand or we're too stubborn to even read what he writes.
But fortunately for us God is patient and He repeats things over and over for us. He wants us to get it!
And God not only has to fight for the non-believers, sometimes He has to fight for the believers who have been influenced by those who insist that they are the only ones who know what God means. I ran into a friend last week who told me that many of us suffer from this affliction, from a Messianic Complex.
These selected lines from the book of Romans, Chapters 14 and 15, are things that I believe God wants us to be more aware of and to put into practice so we don't try to control what people believe.
o Accept those whose faith is weak without quarreling over disputable matters.
o Who are you to judge someone else’s servant?
o You, then, why do you judge your brother or sister? Or why do you treat your brother or sister with contempt?
o Therefore, let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in the way of a brother or sister.
o Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification.
o We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves. We should all please our neighbors for their good to build them up.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment