Refusing a Place on the Pedestal
The Christian life is a journey. We start at "It's all about me" and head toward "It's all about Jesus." Today we learn from the apostle Paul three ways we can learn to be humble and grow in magnifying Christ in our lives.
Wearing Different Hats of Helpfulness
God gave Paul the work of encouraging, instructing, and preaching and ministering to people. He calls us also--each in various ways--to fulfill the same work among people all around us.
Never Hopeless and Never Helpless
In order to maintain the unity that God wants us to have, we must embrace three things: the Scriptures in their entirety, fellow believers without exception, and our Sovereign Savior, Jesus Christ. In Him we can stand strong together and triumph over our enemy, Satan.
God's Advertising Agency
God wants us to help out those who are weaker in the faith, or struggling. We can best do that by imitating Christ in four key ways: bearing patiently with the weak, acting selflessly, living sacrificially, and taking on the role of a servant.
How to Treat God's Masterpiece
God is making every believer into an eternal masterpiece to reflect His glory. That should lead us to treat one another with even greater care, deference, and devotion than we would give to a prized, but temporary, possession.
The Value of a Good Name
As we consider how to use our liberty in Christ to God's glory, we are helped by dedicating ourselves to the principle of keeping a good reputation before God and man in all we do.
Protecting the Weaker Brother
The Christian life is not primarily about being right on all the issues we face. It is far more about learning to balance our liberty in Christ with love for our brother as we seek to protect one another from spiritual harm.
Disagreements and Division
God has left many things unanswered in His Word. He did this, not so we would argue and judge one another, but to encourage us to develop our own convictions before Him, knowing that He is the only one who can rightly judge our lives and our service to Him.
Meat or Salad?
The Christian life is filled with issues that Scripture does not directly touch on. We must not let these issues impair our unity in Christ or distract us from following Him as our Lord.
Counting the Marbles Left in Life
Our time on this earth is short---shorter than we may think. God wants us to live in light of the full salvation that soon will be ours. Let us put on Christ and put away all works of darkness!