Sermon Tone Analysis

JR Church

The Road Runner and Willey Coyote

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiXtwAThl6k

Have you ever tripped someone?

Have you ever been tripped?

If you were running a race that was really important to you and one of your best friends tripped you while you were running how would that make you feel?

Why would you never do that?

Intro

Last week = Christian Liberty

Today = Christian Responsibility / Stumbling Blocks

Stumbling Blocks |

As a strong / weak Christian what is my responsibility to the rest of the body / my other brothers / sisters in Christ?

How should I seek to go about performing / fulfilling these responsibilities to the body?

Prayer

God will you please convict us where we need conviction, restrain us where we need restraint, free us where we are bound, and grant us grace and mercy in your patient lovingkindness as we struggle through our own personal walks with you.

God help us to understand and embrace the truth found in your word of individual salvation and personal relationship along with the truth of the mutual body of the Christian Church and the connectivity and responsibility of all believers to one another.

God I ask for us today that you will break strongholds of legalism and licentiousness in our lives and our church and that you would foster unity based upon knowledge practiced in love

Message

Sermon crafted using the outline found in: Wiersbe, Warren W. The Bible Exposition Commentary.

Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1996.

Wiersbe, Warren W. The Bible Exposition Commentary.

Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1996.

Wiersbe, Warren W. The Bible Exposition Commentary.

Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1996.

Last week = Christian Liberty

Today = Christian Responsibility / Stumbling Blocks

Stumbling Blocks |

Rom 14:13-15

We effect one another

Paul says we all do this, Stop!

play on words = pass judgement / decide

Nothing is unclean unless you think so = meaning?

stumbling block / hinderance = actively or passively - cause to sin

Christian liberty / loving responsibility

brother = christian

Paul says we are guilty of passing judgement on each other and needlessly causing others to stumble in their faith of small / inconsequential issues!

V14 = Nothin unclean unless you think so… what does this mean?

it does not mean that nothing is sinful if we believe it in our hearts to be ok

homosexuality

abortion

it does mean that even though as Christians we are free, if our consciences convict us we are bound by them

drinking alcohol

smoking

gambeling

head covering / dresses

translation of the bible

V15 = It

Rom 14:

We need our priorities straight

What God calls clean let none say otherwise...

if you regard as clean do not allow them to call it unclean

Yet… The Kingdom is more important then your freedom

if you reguard as unclean

V17 = what is really important?

V18 = we are to serve Christ first… by doing so we are acceptable to God…

Rom 14:

We must help each other grow

Pursue = peace / edification

Strong = grow in love

Weak = grow in knowledge

Destroy the work of God… !!

millstones / lies

self / selfless

Rom 14:

We must not force our opinions on others

V22 = What this is / is not saying…

do evangelize / do study / do teach / do discuss

don’t force your conscience on others

when we try to wear others consciences we will sin

Rom 15:

We do this by:

Preferring Others

we are obligated because of Christ

Pursuing knowledge in love

the weak are not to remain weak but rather welcome training, edification, and instruction

the strong have the obligation to bear with, train and love the weak seeking to instruct them

through God’s Word & Prayer

Remaining vigilant

personally and corporately that we are not swept away by small incongruincies

personally and corporately that we are given to unity

Preferring selflessness

Close

Prayer

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Benediction

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