"Be Sensitive to Others"
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Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother.
The Setting - Rome A.D. 56-58
The Setting - Rome A.D. 56-58
Historical Perspective
Historical Perspective
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Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother.
And he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” And they said, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”
And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. And he went to see them,
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God’s Perspective
God’s Perspective
And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand forever,
just as you saw that a stone was cut from a mountain by no human hand, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold. A great God has made known to the king what shall be after this. The dream is certain, and its interpretation sure.”
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Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother.
“Therefore,” among other things.
“Therefore,” among other things.
So then each of us will give an account of himself to God.
I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself, but it is unclean for anyone who thinks it unclean.
“I know...” = “I’ve thought a lot about this...”
“I know...” = “I’ve thought a lot about this...”
“persuaded” = “Someone convinced me.”
“persuaded” = “Someone convinced me.”
The next day, as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the housetop about the sixth hour to pray.
And he became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while they were preparing it, he fell into a trance and saw the heavens opened and something like a great sheet descending, being let down by its four corners upon the earth.
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And he became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while they were preparing it, he fell into a trance
In it were all kinds of animals and reptiles and birds of the air. And there came a voice to him: “Rise, Peter; kill and eat.”
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and saw the heavens opened and something like a great sheet descending, being let down by its four corners upon the earth.
But Peter said, “By no means, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.” And the voice came to him again a second time, “What God has made clean, do not call common.”
But Peter said, “By no means, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.”
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In it were all kinds of animals and reptiles and birds of the air.
And the voice came to him again a second time, “What God has made clean, do not call common.”
And there came a voice to him: “Rise, Peter; kill and eat.”
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But Peter said, “By no means, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.”
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This happened three times, and the thing was taken up at once to heaven.
And the voice came to him again a second time, “What God has made clean, do not call common.”
This happened three times, and the thing was taken up at once to heaven.
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For if your brother is grieved by what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. By what you eat, do not destroy the one for whom Christ died.
So do not let what you regard as good be spoken of as evil.
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Whoever thus serves Christ is acceptable to God and approved by men.
So then let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.
Are we talking hot dogs?
Are we talking hot dogs?
Do not, for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. Everything is indeed clean, but it is wrong for anyone to make another stumble by what he eats.
It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother to stumble.
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The faith that you have, keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who has no reason to pass judgment on himself for what he approves.
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But whoever has doubts is condemned if he eats, because the eating is not from faith. For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin.
It’s almost like being…__________
It’s almost like being…__________
The Terrible Burden of Super Powers
The Terrible Burden of Super Powers