Getting Along with Those You Disagree With

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Hi GAMErs!

Today’s passage is Romans 14:13-23.  Let’s go!

Romans 14:13-22a (NIV)
13  Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way.
14  As one who is in the Lord Jesus, I am fully convinced that no food is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean.
15  If your brother is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brother for whom Christ died.
16  Do not allow what you consider good to be spoken of as evil.
17  For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit,
18  because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by men.

On verses 13-22a:  We’ve been learning in Romans 14 that there are certain truths in the Bible that are indisputable and that form the foundation of our faith as Christians.  There are other matters where the Bible is not as clear and where Christians are free to have their own opinions and preferences.  These are what Paul calls “disputable matters”.

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How to Deal with Controversial Matters that the Bible Isn’t Clear On

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Hi GAMErs!

Today’s passage is Romans 14:1-12.  Let’s go!
 
Romans 14:1-12 (NIV)
1  Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on disputable matters.
2  One man’s faith allows him to eat everything, but another man, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables.
3  The man who eats everything must not look down on him who does not, and the man who does not eat everything must not condemn the man who does, for God has accepted him.

On verses 1-12:  In the Christian faith, there are certain core truths that are indisputable – big things such as the truth that Jesus died on the cross for our sins, that He rose from the dead, that He is fully man and fully God, and that our salvation is not something we can earn by our own good works but is 100% a gift we receive from God when we place our faith in His Son Jesus. 

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被責備的有福了

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箴言27:5  當面的責備，強如背地的愛情。。

閱讀經文：箴言 27:4-6

4憤怒為殘忍，怒氣為狂瀾，唯有嫉妒，誰能敵得住呢？5當面的責備，強如背地的愛情。6朋友加的傷痕出於忠誠，仇敵連連親嘴卻是多餘。

嫉妒有1000隻眼睛

4憤怒為殘忍，怒氣為狂瀾，唯有嫉妒，誰能敵得住呢？

We’re blasted by anger and swamped by rage, but who can survive jealousy? 《The Message》

猶太人有一句俗語：“戀愛是盲目的，但嫉妒比盲目更壞，因為它連看不到的東西都要看。”猶太人認為：“嫉妒有1000隻眼睛。” 1000隻眼睛代表猜疑。這節經文說：“憤怒為殘忍，怒氣為狂瀾，唯有嫉妒，誰能敵得住呢？”猶太人認為:“因嫉妒而瘋狂的心，是連骨頭都要腐蝕的”。

但是人難免嫉妒，對於自己想要又得不到的，總會嫉妒那些已經擁有的人。因此人若能謙卑，活得低調一些，或許是最好的保護自己的方法。有一次有個朋友通過了一個很難的考試，他的妻子非常高興，想要大大慶祝一番。他卻對妻子說：“但是我有一些朋友，他們和我一起去考，卻還沒有通過。”如此，他逃過了一個很大的考驗，也躲過了一些嫉妒。

天父可能很祝福你，但是我們不必到處張揚，反而要以感謝的心去回報那些幫助過我們的人。因為被嫉妒表示你走在他人前面，也表示你擁有一些他人所渴望的，既然如此，豈能不珍惜天父的好意，保守自己。

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