THREE PRIORITIES OF EVERY CHRISTIAN Part I - A Righteous Life Text: Romans 14:17
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come. 18. All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.” II Corinthians 5:17
Lets Look at the First of These Priorities and How it Should Effect Our Lives
I. WHAT RIGHTEOUSNESS MEANS “In essentials, unity; in nonessentials, liberty; in all things, charity.” – Augustine Romans 3:22
II. WHAT RIGHTEOUSNESS MEANS FOR CHRISTIANS “Lord, when we are wrong, make us willing to change. And when we are right, make us easy to live with.” - Peter Marshall “What will it profit a man if he gains his cause, and silences his adversary, if at the same time he loses that humble tender frame of spirit in which the Lord delights, and to which the promise of his presence is made!” - John Newton
II. WHAT RIGHTEOUSNESS MEANS FOR CHRISTIANS (Contd.) Hebrews 7:25,26 Hebrews 1:8 Romans 6:1,2,6,7,12 Jude 23 II Corinthians 7:1
III. WHAT RIGHTEOUSNESS MEANS FOR THE CHURCH Romans 14:1-6,12-22 Romans 14:12 Galatians 6:1 I Corinthians 11:13 I Corinthians 14:35 I Timothy 2:12
It is time to uphold the righteous teachings of Christ while being careful not to also fall into sin.