Romans 14:7
"For none of us liveth to himself,
and no man dieth to himself"
With our first contact with Christ, our first thoughts were; "I'll have to give up and change a lot of things in my life. If you thought that way then you were thinking right. Why? Because the eternal life was and still is a gift from God, but it was no cheap clean up, we had to go all the way, "make a complete change." At some point prior to turning our life over to Christ most of us probably said one or more of these statements. "You mean I got to give something up" "There is no fun in being a Christian" "I like my life just like it is and I don't care about anyone else" "I don't need no body but me"!!!
When I think about what I said, I realize it was a way to cover up the fear of change and having to hold on to something that I could not see. At that point I knew it would be no cheap clean up,but I knew and you knew as well that growth in Christ would abound within us.
God Gave Paul some principles of guidance and practices for Christians to follow. The principles that Paul wrote are timeless. They are stated as follows: (1) We are not to judge the practice of other Christians in respect to doubtful things. (2) We are personally accountable to God for our actions. (3) We are not to do anything that will put a stumbling block before our brethren. (4) We have Christian liberty regarding what we do. (5) We are to do what will edify our brethren. (6) We should, for the sake of our weaker brethren, voluntarily abstain from certain practices. (7) We are to do only what can be done without self-condemnation. (8) We are to follow the example of Christ, who did not live to please himself.
"THAT IS A CLEAN UP"
May God Bless You
And Your Families
Minister: Robert A. Lail
The Cross Life Ministry
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