Saturday, September 26, 2015

Promote real oneness, far more important than my right

Romans 15:1-13
For Christ did not please himself, each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.
Everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope.
Accept one another, then just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.
Christ has become a servant of the Jews on behalf of God's truth, to confirm the promises made to the patriarches so that the Gentiles may glorify God for his mercy.
Patriarches:the male head of a family or tribal line;a person regarded as the father or founder of an order, class, etc.
There is nothing Christian about pleasing ourselves. Good relations between Christians are far more important than 'my rights'. 
With Christ as our role-model, we must do all we can to promote real oneness(合一), no matter what background we come from.
Why?
To be a Christian should not please himself like Christ, but please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. Through endurance and the encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope. Trouble, endurance, and hope.
We might have hope means it is not easy to make it through endurance and encouragement of the scripture. But do our best to make it reply on the Holy Spirit.
How?
Pursue the oneness is give up our rights but please his neighbor for his good. Be endurance and encouraged through scripture written we might have hope.



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