Romans 15:1\u00a0<\/b>–\u00a0We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak\u00a0and not to please ourselves.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
We all fail.\u00a0 Everyone one of us sin in some way, small or big, seen and unseen.\u00a0 When we see another being weak, then our first impulse, seeing how we are called to live a life of love, should be to do whatever the Spirit calls us to do to uphold the person.\u00a0 If we see someone about to step into a deadly situation we will do anything we can to stop the person from doing so.\u00a0 If they have been hurt and lay in mortal danger, won\u2019t we run to help?\u00a0 If we belong to Christ, we must!\u00a0 Not out of duty, but out of love.\u00a0 So if a Brother or Sister is erring, should we not, out of love try to help them?<\/p>\n
Many people errantly protest that we are not to judge others.\u00a0 This is not fully understanding.\u00a0 It is true that in\u00a0Matthew 7:1-6\u00a0<\/b>and in\u00a0Luke 6:37-38, 41-42\u00a0<\/b>it is taught for us to not judge.\u00a0 But what is being taught is not for us to not discern between sinful acts and righteous acts.\u00a0 Rather it is teaching us that we have no right to say who is going to hell or heaven.\u00a0 That determination is between that person and Jesus only.\u00a0\u00a0 So there may seem to be, but there is not, a contradiction between other verses and the errant understanding of these verses in Matthew and Luke that we are not to judge what others do.\u00a0 The above verse in Romans is calling us to help those who are sinning (as does\u00a0James 5:20<\/b>).\u00a0 How can we help if we do not evaluate and judge what is being done?\u00a0 In fact, Jesus taught that we should evaluate what others are doing, especially those who claim to be believers.\u00a0 He calls us to judge if the works are right or wrong (Matthew 7:15-20<\/b>).\u00a0\u00a0Galatians 6:1 states\u00a0<\/b>\u201cBrothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted.\u201d<\/i>\u00a0 How can we know if someone is in sin if we do not evaluate, or judge, what they are doing?\u00a0 The truth is that we are to judge if what someone is doing is right or wrong.\u00a0 Besides, isn\u2019t it what is commonly done whether a Christian or not.\u00a0 If someone murders a child we all would say that is wrong.\u00a0 Yet, though an extreme example, that in itself is a judgment of what someone has done.\u00a0 Let\u2019s not be silly, we all judge the actions of others.\u00a0 As Believers, we are called to do so.\u00a0 Yet we do not do so out of some self-righteous motivation, but out of love.\u00a0 Family, if we see another sin, come to that person in private, not making a show of it, and lovingly try to help the person.\u00a0 That is what we are called to do.\u00a0 However what none of have a right to do is to say that another is definitely going to hell.\u00a0 That is solely between God and them.\u00a0 So we must judge or we cannot help.\u00a0 In an attempt to not make this writing too long, I will stop with this.\u00a0 Certainly there is many more verses to prove the point, but for those who have an ear to hear, it is enough.<\/p>\n
When we love someone, we want to help.\u00a0 Let us be a shoulder to lean on when a shoulder is needed.\u00a0 Let us be compassionate when compassion is needed.\u00a0 Let us be the instrument, the voice of the Lord, as we are led.\u00a0 At all times let us pray for each other.\u00a0 Of course we always first run to the Lord.\u00a0 But when God made us He made us all to help each other, just as He made Eve to be the partner of Adam (Genesis 2:18, 21-22<\/b>).\u00a0 We all need Jesus.\u00a0 And we also need each other, it is God\u2019s design.\u00a0 Let\u2019s lovingly help each other.\u00a0\u00a0 Praise our all-knowing and wise God!\u00a0 Praise God!<\/p>\n
Psalm 150:6<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.\u00a0 Praise the Lord!<\/i><\/p>\n
Micah 7:7<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0But as for me, I watch\u00a0in hope\u00a0for the\u00a0Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear\u00a0me.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
Micah 6:8<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0He has shown You, O man, what\u00a0is\u00a0good; And what does the\u00a0Lord\u00a0require of You but to do justly, to love mercy, And to walk humbly with Your God.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Romans 15:1\u00a0–\u00a0We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak\u00a0and not to please ourselves.\u00a0 We all fail.\u00a0 Everyone one of us sin in some way, small or big, seen and unseen.\u00a0 When we see another being weak, then our first impulse, seeing how we are called to live a life of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1192],"tags":[1969,1865,1700,106,101,94,17,10],"class_list":["post-1382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotion","tag-galatians","tag-genesis","tag-james","tag-luke","tag-matthew","tag-micah","tag-psalm","tag-romans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1382"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1383,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1382\/revisions\/1383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}