Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. May I read to you for our meditation from St. Paul's letter.
Chapter 14 verses 1 to 4. As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions.
One person believes that he may eat anything while the weak person eats only vegetables.
Let not the one who eats, despise the one who abstains and let not the one who abstains, pass judgment on the other who eats.
For God has welcomed him. Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another?
It is before his own master that he stands or falls and he will be upheld for the Lord is able to make him stand.
Tolerance for others.
These verses that we just read were not only true of the church at Rome, there were differences there.
Don't we have differences in our churches too? Of course we have.
The subject matter here is regarding eating habits.
We have church people with differences. In 142 he says how do we deal with differences?
There is a principle that Paul is trying to establish here.
That is matters regarding the diet or the food habits that we have.
What is that principle? What he is saying is these matters of diet and food are only of secondary importance, not primary.
Second is important because it is dependent on the faith that you have which governs your food habits.
There is a principle that we need to establish in order to establish our food habits.
What is this principle?
This is the principle that we need to establish in order to establish our food habits.
We need to establish our food habits in order to establish our food habits.
We need to establish our food habits in order to establish our food habits.
Wait till Paul gets this idea.
Paul must have got it from Jesus Christ. When Jesus said in Matthew, Mark 7, 18 and 19 that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him.
Basically food that goes into the person from outside from without will not defile him.
By this example Paul is teaching that strong as well as new believers should see what is most important in the first place.
And what is of secondary importance, that kind of a discernment he is trying to encourage in the church here.
Mark 9 verse 13 says that if a person is a spirit, he might be a spirit or a man.
He will be a spirit or a spirit or a spirit or spirit or spirit.
First, we said that there are people of differences. Second, we will look at how do we deal with differences.
First, we said that there are people of differences. Second, we will look at how do we deal with differences.
Second, we said let no one who eats despise the one who abstains and the one who despises or abstains should not pass judgment.
What do we do? We also think of other aspects. We think of their talents, their gifts, their position, their status.
And don't we criticize them? Make comments, policy, that should not be done.
First, we will look at how do we deal with differences.
First, we will look at how do we deal with differences.
Third, we will look at how do we deal with differences.
What happens when we begin to criticize others, when we look down upon others, they bring down controversies and they bring parties in the church.
And that returns the growth of the church.
We should never forget that the church has all sorts of people, church is the body of Jesus Christ.
We have to welcome all of them, three B, God has welcomed them, the one who eats one who abstains, God has welcomed them, welcome all of them with all variations.
And we should not forget that the church has all sorts of people, the one who abstains, God has welcomed them, the one who abstains, God has welcomed them, welcome all of them with all variations.
We should not forget that the church has all sorts of people, the one who abstains, God has welcomed them, the one who abstains, God has welcomed them, welcome all of them with all variations.
We should not forget that the church has all sorts of people, the one who abstains, God has welcomed them, the one who abstains, God has welcomed them, welcome all of them with all variations.
This is the reason why he says tolerance for others is required in every church, help us O God, let that be our prayer that we will encourage the weak persons in our church.
Father, as the limbs of our body are different some are weak and others are strong. Similarly, the church is your body, many of us are weak, others are strong.
The message Paul is telling others who are strong is that we should always have tolerance.
We should always have tolerance for others, we should always have tolerance for others, we should always have tolerance for others.
We should always have tolerance for others, we should always have tolerance for others, we should always have tolerance for others.
We should always have tolerance for others, we should always have tolerance for others, we should always have tolerance for others.
We should always have tolerance for others, we should always have tolerance for others.
We should always have tolerance for others, we should always have tolerance for others.
But I long to rise in the arms of thee and because I long to thee.
I long to rise in the arms of thee and because I long to thee.
Consecrate being long to the service flow while the power of grace be wise.
Let my soul look up with the steadfast hope and my will be lost in thy glory.
Glory, glory, glory, glory, glory, glory.
Glory, glory, glory, glory.
There are bets of love that I can offer till I cause the narrow sea.
There are heights of joy that I may not reach till I best in peace will be.
Glory, glory, glory, glory.
Glory, glory, glory, glory.
Through thy precious leaving sun.
Come ye that, Lord, and let your joys be known.
Join in a song of sweet accord, join in a song of sweet accord, and thus round the throne and thus round the throne.
We are marching to Zoyen, beautiful, beautiful Zoyen, we are marching to Zoyen, the beautiful city of all.
Come ye that, Lord, and let your joys be known.
Join in a song of sweet accord, join in a song of sweet accord, and thus round the throne and thus round the throne.