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[Music] [Applause] [Music] good morning you know what I like about this service you’re the noisiest you’re the rowdiest I actually like that it’s called feedback all speakers love feedback so so thank you what’s that oh I appreciate it I’m trust me I miss you as well I do want to thank you for last week’s generosity with reload love just such a mind-blowing thing and we will be giving you updates as we dispatch those pastors and evangelists and build those buildings will see will show you what you have done as it happens this coming Wednesday night we’re in the Bible from 30,000 feet the the books on the docket will be the book of first and second Timothy you can read through those before Wednesday night and then next weekend you know who’s gonna speak here Rahl reads anybody remember Rahl reads so as Rahl would say it’s neat heavy man it’s so neat I’m an equal-opportunity mocker I’ve mocked Rahl since I’ve known him and I’ve known him a long time when we started this church he came out here and helped out and did some events and stuff on the radio so I have a great admiration of love for all he’s passionate about Jesus about preaching the gospel he’s never veered from that he’s a great Bible teacher and he’s also really neat so come out next weekend here all would you turn in your Bibles please to the book of Romans chapter 15 chapter 15 it’s been a long haul in Romans and I’ve loved every minute of it today we’re in Romans chapter 15 the message that I want to bring today based on our text is the cure for eye disease not vision I’m talking about us ourselves I me mine a cure for eye disease somebody once said that a man wrapped up in himself makes a very small package there are millions of such packages everywhere we look I came across an article a study in the journal for social psychology and personality science and it was an article on clinical narcissism the you know narcissism is this is a clinical narcissism defined by heightened feelings of entitlement decreased morality and a dog-eat-dog mentality sort of sounds like politics doesn’t it but according to this article this condition has increased by 30 percent in the past 20 years what really got my attention is it said toward the end of this article two out of every three people now measure high for the disorder two out of three if you have two out of three people living for themselves all together in a society not going to be pretty there is even a book out put out about four years ago called the narcissism epidemic written by two psychologists Jeanne twins and Keith Campbell but here’s the take away statement as they explore narcissism in America they said we live in a culture that not only tolerates narcissism it encourages narcissism now the book cites several examples and I’m not going to divulge everything in the book we’re not here for that but they give some examples one example is on a reality TV show a girl planning her 16th birthday party once a major road in town blocked off so that a marching band can proceed her grand entrance onto the red carpet okay this is living with a heightened or an exaggerated idea of one’s own importance now it is also possible according to this book to hire fake paparazzi to follow you around snap photographs of you and you go out at night so that you can even take home a faux celebrity magazine cover featuring all the pictures of you our society has eye disease it’s all about eye it’s all about me it’s all about mine it’s not even a coincidence I think that we have devices like eye phone eye pad eye Mac because that’s really what it’s about batteries out thank you is this better okay let’s try this I’ve told you before and bears repeating that this age has been called the age of the selfie we all know what selfies are we all have the phones that take selfies according to Google 93 million selfies are taken every single day 93 million selfies every third photo taken by those aged 18 to 24 don’t want to disparage any age group here that’s just the this is Google after all every third photo taken by those ages 18 to 24 is this selfie that’s that’s a preoccupation with oneself aged 16 to 25 year old women will spend 16 minutes taking an average of 3 selfies per day which totals up to be 5 hours a week spent on this endeavor now where does this all come from how did this all come about it’s simply the result of a culture who asks and answers the question what is the meaning of life why am I here everybody asks that question what is the purpose of life 61% of Americans that’s three out of five Americans say the main purpose of life is enjoyment and personal fulfillment now that probably doesn’t shock you and it perhaps doesn’t shock us because 50% that’s 61% of Americans 50% of those who call themselves born-again Christians say life’s purpose is about enjoyment and self-satisfaction so essentially when you have God’s people trying to be like all the rest of the people because after all we want the rest of the people to think we’re as cool as they are they’re cool we just want them to think we’re as cool as they are whenever hypnosislose this becomes the result the church though we’re part of our society is anything but like this society we are in fact to be countercultural countercultural we are the antithesis of everything the world thinks is important GK Chesterton wrote we do not want a church that will move with the world we want a church that will move the world now the last time we were together in Romans 14 my son Nate closed with an illustration of four chairs that were up here and gave practical tips of discerning God’s will in the gray areas of life I want to take it a step further because Paul does in Romans chapter 15 and give to us the cure for eye disease eye disease selfish living these are practical steps to overcome selfish living Romans chapter 15 verse 1 we then who are strong ought to bear with the scruples of the week and not to please ourselves let each of us please his neighbor for his good leading to edification for even Christ did not please himself but as it is written the reproaches of those who reproach you fell on me for whatever things were written before were written for our learning that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope now may the god of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another according to Christ Jesus that you may with one mind and with one mouth glorify the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ therefore receive one another just as Christ also received us to the glory of God I’m going to give you four steps to overcoming selfishness they’re written for you in your worship folder but I’ll announce them patient activity is the first personal conformity is the second that is we are to conform to an ultimate example purposeful study that is study of the scriptures and then fourth is practical harmony I’m going to explain each of those four but let’s begin with the first patient activity now you’ll notice verse 1 says we then who are strong I wonder if you are evaluating yourself and maybe you’re coming out the other end of that evaluation saying yep yep that’s me I’m strong I’m at or I’m an older believer I’ve walked with the Lord for some time awesome good we then who are strong ought to bear with the scruples the sensitivities the taboos of the weak and not to please ourselves let each of us please his neighbor for his good leading to edification now the entire tone of the paragraph that we’re considering the entire theme is one of patience the were to be patient with people in fact did you notice verse 4 whatever things were written before were written for our learning that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope notice what God has called in verse 5 now may the god of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another according to Christ Jesus we who are more mature ought to have a greater level of patience than someone else it is sometimes I’ll grant you hard to be patient especially with more legalistic people people that are described in these chapters a weak brother but that is exactly what we are called to do now the weak Christian has certain convictions strong convictions Paul calls them scruples of what is allowable and what is not allowable now they may not be right biblically speaking and and you who are amateur you know that you go gosh the person is so hung up on that and it’s not a big deal but it is a big deal to the weak brother so what are we to do with them well it says that we are to bear with the scruples of the week now let me tell you what that doesn’t mean it doesn’t just mean to put up with ok I’ll put up with you man I got to put up with you the idea means to bear up alongside it means to carry a burden with this poor brother is burdened by what he can or cannot do it’s such a hang-up he’s so legalistic about it so come up under him and carry that load and help him or her work through that to where it’s no longer a burden that’s the idea bearing up so it doesn’t mean if you have a friend who thinks as a Christian you shouldn’t listen to certain types of music especially that loud rock and roll music you shouldn’t listen to that you’re a Christian that doesn’t mean you invite them over turn your stereo up to ten put on a loud rock song and start doing a dance next to your weak that that’s not going to help him or her really it’s not gonna help anybody if you have a believing friend who’s a vegetarian you bring them over and you cook yourself a big steak and you’re just sort of smacking in your paper man I wish you had the Liberty to eat this that’s not love if you have a friend who thinks Christians shouldn’t drink alcohol you opening up a six-pack and downing that in front of him is not showing love to the weaker brother but often our attitude can be well I’m more mature and thus I need to be around people who are more mature like me no you need to be able to hang out with a weaker brother or sister and bear up with them and love them if you are more mature you will do that by the way this is a theme throughout all of the New Testament Philippians chapter 2 Paul writes let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself let each of you look out not only for his own interest but also for the interest of others then in 1st Corinthians chapter 9 where Paul talks all about eating meat sacrificed to idols and certain activities like that he says though I am free from all men I have made myself a servant to all that I might win the more to the week I became as weak that I might win the week I have become all things to all men that I might by all means save some some people say love is blind no it’s not love is fully aware it is open eyed it’s open eyed to people’s faults to people’s sins to their weaknesses to the phobias to their hangups to their scruples they’re aware of not only theirs but our own but then love comes alongside and is patient first Corinthians 13 love is patient love is kind love does not boast it is not proud it is not rude it is not self-seeking so that’s patient activity bearing up patient activity I’ve always loved Mark Twain I’ve loved the way he can turn a phrase I loved the way he looked at things loved his writings especially when he went to Israel for the first time and only time and he wrote about it it was it’s so humorous but if you know Mark Twain Samuel Clemens the author you know that he had a problem with God he had a problem with Christianity he was turned off by Christianity you know why he was turned off by Christianity because he was turned off by Christians especially Christian leaders so when you read his writings you pick up on this and here’s the back story as he grew up he knew elders in the church and deacons in the church who owned slaves and abused those slaves he heard some of the church leaders use foul language saw them practice dishonesty during the week while speaking so piously on the weekend just turned him off it’s not that he didn’t see real Christians in action he did his mother was a strong devout believer his wife was also a strong believer but what bothered Mark Twain was the bad teaching along with the poor example of church leaders that eventually he became bitter toward the things of God so Christian Liberty your ability to do whatever you feel like doing after all you’re an American you should be able to just do whatever you want don’t judge me bro right your freedom our freedom is curtailed by three basic things they’re all written about in first Corinthians chapter 6 in chapter 10 I won’t have you turn there but let me just say what they are according to Paul the Apostle you can do anything you want but whatever you want to do that is curtailed by three things number one is it helpful number two is it addictive and number three is it loving is it helpful is it addictive is it loving Paul said all things are lawful for me loosely translated I can do anything I want but then he said but not all things are helpful one translation says expedient I may have the freedom to do this but if I do this will this push me forward onward to be more like Christ is it helpful for me to reach my goal so number one is it helpful number two is it addictive Paul said all things are lawful for me this is 1st Corinthians chapter 6 but I will not be brought under the power of any so you you you might feel the freedom to do that but if that thing you feel the freedom to do starts to control you instead of you controlling it don’t do it is it helpful is it addictive third is it loving and that vector goes to this point here is it loving 1st Corinthians 10 all things are lawful for me but not all things edify build up so is this activity showing love to somebody else so first then the first cure according to Paul in this paragraph to the eye disease selfish living is patient activity be patient with those who are weaker the second step is personal conformity now what Paul does is he he gets off of them and off of himself and on to the ultimate example then who’s who’s the ultimate example Jesus Christ verse 3 for even Christ did not please himself but as it is written the reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me he’s quoting Psalm 69 verse 9 and he’s quoting that to simply prove the point that Jesus whole life was marked by selflessness selfish not selfishness selflessness he wasn’t selfish at all selfless living Jesus at one point said I always do those things that please the father every time I read that verse I think I wish I could say that I can’t I can’t in all honesty say I always do those things that please God frankly I probably won’t be able to do that driving home today but I want to I aim to that is my desire he is our example Jesus that I always do those things that please the father but then he said this you’ll remember this he said for the son of man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many in other words Jesus entire life was not a selfish life but a selfless life there’s a little bit of a background a couple examples when Jesus was born he was not born into an upper-class family but a really poor lower-class family why is that important it means anybody can come to him he wouldn’t intimidate anyone didn’t matter what background you are from anyone can come to and relate to him second Jesus was lost at age 12 in the temple not because he was being bad not to dishonor his parents but in his own words I must be about my father’s business it’s all about serving the Lord on the hills around the Sea of Galilee he taught people long into the day served them long into the day even fed 5000 they didn’t pack their lunch so he served them there at the Last Supper he got up from the supper and he washed his disciples what feet who does that servants do that people who care about others do that he washed their feet even though he was the one who was about to suffer then after the Last Supper you know the rest of the story he paid the ultimate sacrifice performed the ultimate service alluded to here quoting Psalm 69 verse 9 the cross then when Jesus was on the cross remember what he said did he say things like you creeps why would you do this to me this hurts ouch I’m coming back I’m gonna get you now his words were things like this Father forgive them they don’t know what they’re doing his words were like what he said to the insurrectionists to one side today you will be with me in paradise he just took the little modicum of believing faith that man had and said it’s enough to get you to heaven I’m taking you with me he said things like looking at his mother and John the Apostle woman behold your son son behold Your Mother in other words Here I am suffering on a cross but I care more about my mother’s future than my own personal pain so while performing the ultimate act of love for salvation he thought of others if Jesus would have only thought about himself he never would have gone to the cross heck he never would have come to the earth I’ll take a pass father I don’t want to go down there in the Garden of Gethsemane Jesus prayed if it is possible father let this cup pass from me nevertheless not as I will but as you will remember that next time you take communion whenever you crush the communion bread in your teeth and you put that juice up to your lips you and I we are celebrating and remembering the one who did not please himself now if you and I want to be cured of eye disease of selfish living weak cannot conform to our culture we must conform to our Christ we must conform to our Christ remember Philippians chapter 2 you’ll remember it as I say it verse 5 let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus who being in very nature God thought it not robbery or thing to be grasped Vico with God but he poured himself out he divested himself he made himself of no reputation and he became a servant let this mind be in you have the same attitude toward other people in pleasing other people that Jesus had I’ve said this before it bears repeating you and I we are never more like Satan than we live to serve ourselves easiest thing in the world the default position of a human being to serve yourself look out for number one it’s all about me we’re never more like Satan than when we serve ourselves we are never more like Jesus than when we serve others this whole life was marked by that serving the Father and serving others do you know what these letters mean ww Jadey what do they mean what would Jesus do now most people know that as a movement that began back in the 1990s by a youth pastor in Michigan who came up with these little bracelets what would Jesus WWJD but it actually started about a hundred years before that in the 1890s with a little book that was published called in his steps by Charles Sheldon in his steps subtitle what would Jesus do it’s the story by the way this book sold about 50 million copies it’s one of the best-selling books of all time in his steps is a story of a pastor in Illinois I think it’s Raymond Illinois outside of Chicago who started challenging his own congregation with this thought what would Jesus do and he said hey what for the next year I’m gonna challenge you we’re gonna challenge each other to think like this what would Jesus do so before you do anything before you go on any vacation or make any choice in your business in your family just ask yourself the question what would Jesus do that’s the theme of the book well the story goes on to share how this whole congregation in asking that question and applying that question and in every area of life the whole church got changed the whole community eventually got changed what would Jesus do it’s a great thought it’s a great story but anybody who has actually tried to do what Jesus would do will tell you that’s so hard because it is so against human nature story about a mom making pancakes for her boys on a Saturday morning she had two boys Kevin was five years old Ryan was three years old she’s making pancakes these kids start arguing about who’s gonna get the first pancake you got kids grandkids you know what this is like right you’ve lived this before they start arguing on who’s gonna get the first pancake she thought perfect perfect opportunity perfect teaching moment so she bent over and she goes boys you’ve heard me teach on this before if Jesus were here what would he do before they could answer she said Jesus would say I’m gonna let my brother have the first pancake well Kevin being a little bit over turned to his younger brother Ryan and said Ryan you be Jesus if the hero of the story is Jesus and he gets pancakes second that means you be Jesus cuz I want him first it is hard to do it’s what we are called to do and we have the example in Jesus so patient activity followed by personal conformity number three followed by purposeful study now I want you to look with me at verse four after quoting Psalm 69 notice how he writes this for whatever things were written before were written for our learning that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope okay in quoting Psalm 69 verse 9 he now takes the quote springboards into this principle and he talks about the scriptures and the purpose of the scriptures that we might have hope question what scriptures was Paul referring to in this verse not the Gospel of Matthew not the book of Revelation they weren’t written as we know him he is specifically referring to the Old Testament Scriptures and its place in the life of the Christian so when Paul writes in 2nd Timothy 3 all Scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for reproof correction and struck and righteousness etc for us we understand that means all of the Bible old and new Testament but when Paul wrote that it specifically referred to the Old Testament the very part of Scripture many Christians never read the Old Testament is what he’s quoting out of the early church was a learning church when they got together that was front and center for them they needed to learn what the Bible said so acts 2:42 you know it well they devoted themselves to the Apostles doctrine fellowship breaking of bread and prayer right you know that verse what a list first on their list was the Apostles doctrine the Apostles doctrine I think if the modern Christian were to come up with a list of the most important values that they would devote themselves to it probably wouldn’t include that it might include things like they we devote ourselves to love we devote ourselves to singing we devote ourselves to service we devote ourselves to mission I mean how many people Christians do you know that are devoted to doctrine in fact ask ask a Christian friend that this week go up to say hey are you devoted to doctrine they’re gonna look at you like you are from Mars what doctrine doctrine isn’t important Jesus is important not doctrine you never know about Jesus unless you had doctrine doctrine just means good solid real wholesome teaching that’s what doctrine means but I will say and it’s sad but in the average Christian bookstore and there’s not even many of those left anymore the best-selling books are not books on doctrine there are books on on personal lifestyle or marriage or a number of other things but not doctrine but they acts 2:42 devoted themselves to the Apostles doctrine John Stott put it this way one might say that the Holy Spirit opened a school in Jerusalem that day the schoolteachers were the apostles whom Jesus had appointed and trained and there were 3,000 pupils in kindergarten it was a learning church being devoted to the Apostles doctrine simply met the Old Testament as now interpreted by the Apostles the earliest followers of Jesus first on their less they were devoted to that what the Bible does predict at the same time is that the time is coming when men will not endure sound doctrine question why is this why is studying the scripture so important to overcome selfishness did this eye disease there’s the answer because it reprograms us that’s why as I read the Bible and I do most every day my mind my thinking gets reprogrammed I move from my default mode which is selfish thinking a selfish orientation thinking about just myself my needs me planet me and I start thinking about what God wants and how to please others I become God oriented and others oriented it reprograms me daily doses of the scripture help us see clearly you need the Bible in order to see clearly because your vision and mind will get fuzzy and foggy if we just watch TV and stare at that stupid little Instagram feed if that’s all we do our thinking is going to get foggy and fuzzy CS Lewis said I believe in Christianity as I believe that the Sun has risen not only because I see it but because by it I see everything else through the Scriptures I can see everything else it becomes for me a lens by which I view all of life my worldview is formed by the lens of Scripture that’s why I say purposeful study all these things were written for us and notice how he ends that verse that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have what hope here’s what I think it means when I read those stories in the Bible I walk away with a God who is incredibly patient with people and that gives me great hope I go man God is long-suffering man he endures man he puts up with me it gives me hope an easy verse an obvious verse Jeremiah 29:11 I know the thoughts that I think toward you says the Lord thoughts of peace not of evil to give you a future and a hope he was saying that to people who were suffering a captivity but but he was giving him hope so patient activity personal conformity purposeful study let me give you a fourth and a final thought in this paragraph to overcome selfishness high disease practical harmony I’ll explain that practical harmony look at verse five now may the god of patience or endurance and comfort grant you to be like-minded that is patient toward one another according to Christ Jesus that you may with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ therefore receive one another just as Christ also received us to the glory of God you know there will be in this life lots of things that you and I will not agree on even as brothers and sisters in the same family I want you to know that’s okay it’s okay because at the end of the day you and I we agree on the essentials that’s what makes us brother and sister we all agree in the substitutionary death of Jesus Christ we all agree in the physical bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ we all agree that God reveals himself in three persons a Trinitarian God we all agree on that we agree on the virgin birth we agree on the essentials that make us all essentially Christian nurbs a lot of other things we disagree on that’s okay we can still the end of the day high five brothers sister because there is a practical unity unity does not mean uniformity it does not mean we’re gonna see eye to eye on every topic every subject every issue that is impossible Christians who are brothers and sisters in the same family will disagree on doctrine not essential doctrine but doctrine nonetheless they will disagree on styles of worship they will disagree on days of the week to worship some people say well I’m a sabbatarian I worship on Saturday great we have a Saturday night service yeah but you also have a Sunday service that’s bad well don’t go go to the Saturday service be happy others say I only worship on Sunday first day of the week Resurrection Day go we have Sunday services three of them Paul says some people will say all days are the like that’s me I like to worship Jesus Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday and then keep doing it every day let each be persuaded in his own mind but Christians will disagree for example some of us I’m including myself I am pre-tribulation ‘el that is my doctrinal position when it comes to eschatology I believe that the Lord is coming I believe that he’s going to take his church off the earth before the rapture not everybody believes that some are staunchly mid-tribulation ‘el then there’s even a third I call him post toasties they’re post-tribulation they believe that he’s going to let us go through the tribulation then rapture us up then bring us right back which is to me it’s like the what’s the point position but nonetheless there are some who who disagree with that that’s okay with me I want to give people the freedom to be wrong I hope you will give me the same freedom some in the church are staunchly Calvinistic that is they follow the teachings of John Calvin in my view too much others swing the opposite direction and side with the theological constructs of Jacobus Arminius they’re called our minions some like stained glass windows and robes and candles and liturgy and high church music others of us prefer a more contemporary feel but there are others even who like it wilder and looser than that and I will tell you I am so glad that our community has churches to fit them all because I wouldn’t want them all coming here I love them in Christ you’re my brother or sister but hey let me tell you about this church I think you might like the main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing the main thing is Jesus the biblical Jesus He is God he is the second person of the Trinity he came to Diana cross he rose from the dead he is coming again there are some points of essential doctrine you’re good with that I’m good with you because verse 6 and 7 says that you may with one mind in one mouth glorify the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ therefore receive one another just as Christ also received us to the glory of God the greatest form of harmony is when we look past our differences and we glorify God notice what God has called one of the great titles he is called the god of patience now verse 5 may the god of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded God puts up with a lot of our nonsense lots of our foolishness so because he’s the God of all patience and we follow God and we have Jesus as the example and the scripture as our guide you see the point you to make a decision to be patient you likewise do that our world for a long time has discussed and and and sang about love we’ll put this up here on the screen love equals what how do you define love people have tried for a long time to define love now I’ll say this the world though they don’t sing it like this they wouldn’t sing it this way but the basic default human position of this world governed by the god of this world Satan is this love equals me before you it is it’s like oh okay I’m glad you’re here you have an opinion but I’m here now you know what I think you know what I want you know we ought to do because I’m me right it’s all about me the easiest way to live is me before you cuz I’ll walk away happy however the Christian definition of love the Jesus definition of love true love looks like this you before me it’s harder to do feels a lot better though when you do it because if you really want to glorify God this is how you live you before me I’m gonna close with an example example of a little boy named Chad Chad was a shy quiet young fella one day he came home and told his mom that he’d like to make Valentines for everyone in his class her heart sank she thought I wish he wouldn’t do that because she had watched the children when they walked home from school her Chad was always behind them they laughed and hung on to each other but Chad was never included nevertheless she decided she would go along with her son so she purchased the paper and glue and crayons for three whole week’s night and night after night chad painstakingly made 35 Valentine’s Valentine’s Day dawned and Chad was beside himself with excitement he carefully stacked them up and put them in a bag and bolted out the door his mom decided to bake him his favorite cookies and serve them up in warm and nice with a cool glass of milk when he came home from school she just knew how disappointed he would be maybe that would ease the pain a little it hurt her to think that he wouldn’t get many Valentines maybe none at all that afternoon she had the cookies in the milk out on the table when she heard the children outside she looked out the window sure enough here they came laughing and having the best time and as always there was Chad in the rear he walked a little faster than usual she fully expected him to burst into tears and as soon as he walked as soon as he got inside his arms were empty she noticed when the door opened he came in and she choked back the tears mommy has some nice warm cookies and milk for you but he hardly heard her words he just marched right on by his face aglow and all he could say was not a one not a one her hearts sank and then he added I didn’t forget a one not a single one she heard that a little boy was not thinking how many Valentines he got he was rejoicing in the fact that there wasn’t a single other child in that class that he had forgotten to give a Valentine to that illustrates what this is all about it’s not how many I get it’s how many I give there’s not how many people love me it’s how many do I love that’s how he measured it he measured it by the very rule that is written here in this text when Jesus prayed for harmony in John chapter 7 he said to his father that they may be one even as we are one that the world may believe that you sent me our harmony our willingness to overlook pettiness and our willingness to grab a hold of what is essential and move forward is the key to strength the default position is eye disease it’s who we are as humans me before you I before you the Jesus position is you before me that’s love let this mind be in us let’s pray about that we need to father as we close a very very powerful section of the book of Romans where Paul is writing specifically to those who are learned and educated and mature strong in Christ he sees the need of the strong to come alongside and bear up with those who are weak who have certain scruples and convictions that may not be biblically balanced but nonetheless they’re they’re personally held and to measure what we do by what is helpful what is addictive but more to the point here what is edifying what is loving Lord would you help us especially those of us who are more mature maybe we’re getting a little crusty around the edges we need to be tenderized by your spirit to be able to bear and to disciple those who are weaker not for any other reason than to give glory to you in Jesus name a met how will you put the truths that you learned into action in your life let us know email us at my story at 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