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Daily Fountain 2017 - 2710 - A Walk In Love





Friday October 27

Bible Reading:     Rom. 14: 14 - 23
Topic:                  A Walk In Love

Our growth in the concept of Christ should bring us to a state where we judge ourselves by the measure of our exhibition of the virtues of Christ.

Love is one of the strongest virtues of Jesus.

It is a height of maturity in Jesus to walk in love. To walk in love means to use love as the standard of the measure for every action that is already judged as good.

Paul shows us the great need for us to consider what other Christians may think about what we eat or do not eat and what we drink or do not drink. And this is the heart of the inevitable relationship between strong and weak brothers and sisters in the faith today.

Christians believe all foods to be good and so eat all foods. Paul tells us in this passage that all foods are clean but in order not to destroy a weak brother or sister for whom Christ has died and in love for him or her, it is better for him who eats all foods to have regard for the feelings of his weak brother or sister (v 15, 19 - 21); we should out of love avoid doing whatever will cause our brother to fall (v. 21).

The Kingdom God has made us members of is not for cheap ephemeral things such as eating and drinking but for righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit: in one word - Fellowship

Prayer
Help me O God to live not by the law but Your love that will enable me live at peace with all men, Amen.

Memory Verse             Rom. 14: 17
"For the Kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Ghost."


Source:     The Daily Fountain 2017
(The Daily Devotional Guide of the Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion)

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