April 08, 2021

#66 - Free to Accept Others - Romans 14

46 minutes

Someone once said "Christians are the only army that shoots its own wounded." I think we've all seen this before where Christians will place burdens on others that are based on their own standards and not God's, and if they fail to meet the test, or if they're different, then they're out. Christians, in other words, can be extremely intolerant of imperfection or even perceived imperfection in others.

It was Jesus who said in Matthew 5:7 "Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye." In this regard He stressed the foolishness of criticizing someone else.

In this podcast, Charlie focuses on Romans chapter 14, more specifically about what it means to be a people of grace. How do we express grace to other people? We'll see how grace gives us the freedom to accept others and their differences.

Having a good understanding of God's grace that he gave us goes a long way in helping us show that same sort of grace to others and allow us to accept people for being different or accept people for holding different views than our own.

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