LIVING IN HARMONY Romans 12 16 14 19

LIVING IN HARMONY Romans 12: 16 & 14: 19

Live in harmony with each other. Don’t be too proud to enjoy the company of ordinary people. And don’t think you know it all! Romans 12: 16 NLT

So then, let us aim for harmony in the church and try to build each other up. Romans 14: 19 NLT

Two Laws… LAW OF LIBERTY LAW OF LOVE

If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself, " you do well; James 2: 8 NKJV

Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. Romans 13: 10 NKJV

Warren Wiersbe on the… The main reason why this is the royal law is that obeying it makes you a king.

1 CORINTHIANS 8: 1 LOVE BUILDS UP HATE TEARS DOWN

“love your neighbor as yourself”

1. The Power of

2. Paul talks about… The Law of Love

“For, after all, the important thing for us as Christians is not what we eat or drink but stirring up goodness and peace and joy from the Holy Spirit. ” Romans 14: 17 TLB

“Do not destroy with your food the one for whom Christ died. Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food or drink. ” Romans 14: 21 NKJV

Even if we believe that it makes no difference to the Lord whether we do these things, still we cannot just go ahead and do them to please ourselves; 2 for we must bear the "burden" of being considerate of the doubts and fears of others—of those who feel these things are wrong. Let’s please the other fellow, not ourselves, and do what is for his good and thus build him up in the Lord. 3 Christ didn’t please himself. 1 Romans 15: 1 -3 TLB

Therefore, let us pursue things which make for peace and the things by which one may edify another. Romans 14: 19 NKJV

And the way of peace they do not know. Romans 3: 17

The Greek word Paul uses for peace is… which means to join or bind together that which has been broken, divided or separated!

"An obedient will and a harmonious will are very different. Obedience is related to actions, whereas harmony is related to character. The obedient will of a servant is seen in carrying out every order of his master. "But the harmonious will is shown in the person who knows the father’s heart and whose will is one with the father’s. The harmonious will not only fulfills their duty but also fulfills it with delight. "An obedient will puts a stop to one’s own activity, yes, but a harmonious will is in addition, one heart with God. "

Let each person be fully convinced in his own mind. Romans 14: 5 NKJV