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Old Testament Scripture Reading: Psalms 78:1 – 8 (KJV) |
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Psa 78:1 Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
Psa 78:2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
Psa 78:3 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
Psa 78:4 We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
Psa 78:5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:
Psa 78:6 That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:
Psa 78:7 That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
Psa 78:8 And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
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New Testament Scripture Reading: Romans 14:1 – 9 (NASB) |
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Rom 14:1 Now accept the one who is weak in faith, but not for the purpose of passing judgment on his opinions.
Rom 14:2 One person has faith that he may eat all things, but he who is weak eats vegetables only.
Rom 14:3 The one who eats is not to regard with contempt the one who does not eat, and the one who does not eat is not to judge the one who eats, for God has accepted him.
Rom 14:4 Who are you to judge the servant of another? To his own master he stands or falls; and he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.
Rom 14:5 One person regards one day above another, another regards every day alike. Each person must be fully convinced in his own mind.
Rom 14:6 He who observes the day, observes it for the Lord, and he who eats, does so for the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who eats not, for the Lord he does not eat, and gives thanks to God.
Rom 14:7 For not one of us lives for himself, and not one dies for himself;
Rom 14:8 for if we live, we live for the Lord, or if we die, we die for the Lord; therefore whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.
Rom 14:9 For to this end Christ died and lived again, that He might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.
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Transforming Power Statements:
1) Salvation is attained and maintained by just a little faith in Jesus Christ; believing that He died, was buried and rose from the dead after three days and nights according to the Scriptures; simple faith in the Gospel, God’s message to all the world; no more no less; Therefore, there are many who are saved who still do not fully understand the simplicity of the Gospel and need to be nurtured by those with a proper understanding of a non-legalistic yet growing faith in Jesus Christ
2) Faith has always been intended by God to be passed down from generation to generation through every family, and His Law was set as a means of separation from God’s people and the rest of mankind who ignore God’s truth and goes his own way, as all the Gentiles chose to do, being ignorant of God’s standards.
3) Members of the body of Christ who have a “mature” understanding of the simplicity of the Gospel are required to make adjustments to aid and support other members who have “weaker” faith and to assist in their nurturing and development into deeper more mature understanding of the depths of God’s perfect love which casts out fear and operates from the essence of Who God is vs. being driven by any form of human works.
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