There you are. Thank you very much. Oh no. Hey. Oh. Good evening, let's stand together
and sing hymn number 112. 112. Up Calvary's mountain One dreadful morn While Christ my Savior weary
and worn, Facing for sinners death on the cross, That He might
save him from endless loss. Blessed Redeemer, precious Redeemer,
Seems now I see Him on Calvary's tree. Wounded and bleeding, poor sinner's
bleeding, Blinded and bleeding, dying for me. Father, forgive him, thus did
he pray, Meanwhile His lifeblood professed away, Praying for sinners
while in such woe, No one but Jesus ever loved so. Blessed Redeemer, Precious Redeemer,
Seems now I see Him on Calvary's tree. For sinners pleading, blind and
unheeding, dying for me. O how I love Him, Savior and
free! How can my praises ever find
him? Through years unnumbered on heaven's
shore My tongue shall praise him forevermore Blessed Redeemer,
Precious Redeemer, Seems now I see Him on Calvary's tree. Be seated. We'll sing hymn number 452. 452 We'll sing the verses and sing
the chorus last. I stand amazed in the presence
of Jesus the Nazarene, and wonder how he could love me, a sinner
content and clean. For me it was in the garden He
prayed not my will but thine He had no tears for his own griefs
But sweat drops of blood for mine In wonder angels beheld
Him, and came from the world of light. To comfort Him in the
sorrows He bore for my soul that night. He took my sins and my
sorrows, He made them His very own. He bore the burden to Calvary,
And suffered and died alone. When with the ransomed in glory
His face I at last shall see, It will be my joy through the
ages To sing of His love for me. How marvelous, how wonderful
And my song shall ever be How marvelous, how wonderful Is my
Savior's love for me We then that are strong ought
to bear the infirmities of the weak. not to please ourselves, let
every one of us please his neighbor for his good to edification. For even Christ pleased not himself,
but as it is written, the reproaches of them that reproach thee fell
on me. For whatsoever things were written
aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience
and comfort of the scriptures might have hope Now the God of
patience and consolation grant you to be like-minded one toward
another according to Christ Jesus, that you may with one mind and
one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Wherefore, receive you one another
as Christ also received us to the glory of God. Lord, we come into your presence
once again, so thankful to be able to come into your presence.
We bless you and praise you, offer the fruit of our lips,
the thanksgiving of our hearts that we're able to come. And our blessed Savior gave us
access by the Spirit and by his blood, gave us access into the
holiest of holies. Lord, now we don't need a earthly
priest. We don't need anybody to intercede
for us of anyone on this earth. We have one setting at the right
hand of God with all power and glory and majesty and authority
vested in him. And Lord, we thank you for our
Lord Jesus Christ. Thank you for the Holy Spirit
who takes the things of Christ, reveals them to us. And thank
you, our God, our Father, that you gave your Son to save rebels,
save sinners like ourselves. And Lord Jesus, we pray for your
presence tonight. Oh, we need your presence. How
this old flesh is so weak. Our minds wonder how our flesh
is so wore out sometimes. Lord, I know that people's work
today, and they're tired, and so God bless us. Bless us together. Strengthen and encourage us all.
And Lord, please remember our brothers and sisters that are
sick, that are weak, and would be with us if they could, but
they're not able. We pray for our brothers and
sisters that we love so dearly. And my preacher brethren is preaching
tonight. Bring glory to yourself through
us here in the preaching of your word. study of your word, we
ask these things in our blessed Savior's name, the Lord Jesus
Christ, amen. O soul, are you weary and troubled? O hide in the darkness, you see,
There's light for a look at the Savior, And life more abundant
and free. Turn your eyes upon Jesus Look,
oh, in His wonderful face And the things of earth will
grow strangely dim In the light of His glory and grace, Through
death into life everlasting, We fast and we follow Him, Over us sin no more hath dominion,
For more than conquerors we are. Turn your eyes upon Jesus Look
full in His wonderful face And the days of earth will grow strangely
dim In the light of His glory and grace His Word shall not
fail you, He promised. Believe Him and all will be well. Then go to a world that is dying,
His perfect salvation to tell. Turn your eyes upon Jesus, Look
full in His wonderful face, And the things of earth will
grow strangely dim In the light of His glory and praise. All right, let's go back here
to the Bible, go back to the scriptures. And what the Apostle Paul is doing
here is he's concluding the subject that he started in chapter 14
about, you know, receive not with doubtful disputation those
that are weak. And some consider eating meat
and others considered eating vegetables and some consider
one day To be above another day another day. Everybody seems
to see every day alike and So he's concluding here and this
is what he says in verse 1 He said we then that are strong
ought to bear the infirmities of the weak and not to please
ourselves Now he started out with that very subject You that are strong Don't you
receive with dispensation. Don't argue about those that
are weak in the faith. And you know, he called for mutual,
people to be in unity and affection. And here he's pressing, teaching
us the true relationship between the strong believer and the weak
believer. Paul, I remember, he said one
time, he said, if you say you're weak, I'm weak, I'm the weakest
one of all. And he says, the apostle, I'm
less than the least of the apostles. And then before he got through,
he said, though I be nothing. So then he's talking about here
the relationship between a strong believer and a weak believer.
Now, I want you to know this, that he's not talking about unity
among all religious people. That ain't going to happen. Our
master himself condemned those who trusted in their own righteousness,
who trusted in the law, who trusted in the things other than Christ
himself. And he condemned them. He said,
you know, let them alone. Just let them alone. Just let
them alone. And the apostle, I'll tell you
what, he would not tolerate, would not tolerate those who
preached another gospel. He said, if I or an angel from
heaven bring you another gospel than we have preached, I say,
though we or an angel preach another gospel, let him be accursed. And so what we're talking about
here is relationship between believers, whether they're a
strong believer or a weak believer. And you know, he's exhorting,
though, and what he's doing, he's talking to those who know
the Lord Jesus Christ, who love the Lord Jesus Christ, who love
one another and forbear one another. He's talking to those who find
their peace and their hope and their righteousness in the Lord
Jesus Christ alone. Now, here's what he says. And
listen to this. We then that are strong, ought
to bear the infirmities of the weak and not to please ourselves.
Now, I don't think that any of us would say that we're strong, strong in ourselves. I don't
think any of us would ever, I wouldn't say that I'm strong. Our Lord
Jesus Christ himself said, my strength is made perfect in your
weakness. But when he talks about He's
talking about those who are strong in the faith, those who are strong
in belief, those who are strong in their relationship with Christ,
that they're sure of their salvation in Christ, and they're sure that
they've been saved from eating meat, whether they can eat a
meat or not, or whether they can drink, whether they observe
in days, or the bondage of any type of ceremonial law. And then
he goes on to say, we ought to bear, bear the weakness, the
firmness of the weak. We ought to do that. And what
he's talking about is the weakness of the powerless ones. You know,
and then he goes on to say this, not pleasing ourselves. You know, that's why people,
They have so much trouble sometimes because they want to please themselves
at the expense of anybody else. Self is the most important person
to them. But look what the apostles, you
keep Romans 15, look over in Galatians chapter six. We then
that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak.
Look here in Galatians chapter six. He says this, now watch this,
verse one, brethren, he's talking to brothers now, if a man be
overtaken in a fault, and it says, although, brethren, although
a man be overtaken in a fault, he's overtaken in it. He didn't
fall into it, he didn't do it deliberately, he's overtaken
by it. You which are spiritual, claiming to have some spiritual
sense and spiritual wisdom. Restore such a one in the spirit
of meekness, not calling on what I did wrong, tell him how bad
he is and what a mess he's made out of things. Don't do that.
But in the spirit of meekness, and this is what, this is the
key to it, considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. You
know, whatever some, you said the other night, whatever goes
around comes around. And you know, that's right. That's
right. And then back over in our text,
we then are strong, ought to bear the infirmities of the weak. That word ought, you know what
it means there? We ought to bear the infirmities
of the weak. It means we owe it. We owe it
to the weak to bear their infirmities. It says they've got infirmities.
Now, I think all of us has infirmities. But most of us, I mean, there
are so many weaknesses that all of us have that come from our
prejudices. People say, I'm not prejudiced.
Yes, you are. You're prejudiced over somebody
that does something that you don't approve of. You may be
prejudiced over how somebody spends their money or where they
go or who they go with and who they don't go with. We have our
prejudice. We have our faults. We have our
errors. I'll tell you, you know, and
most of the time it comes from a lack of faith, a weakness in
faith. We all, I'll tell you, we all
have sat in judgment at one time or another. We all, at one time
or another, we look at somebody and say, I don't know why they
do that. I can't understand how they do
that. We all have done it at times. Every single one of us
have. But that's what he says, you
know, then we that are strong ought to bear, we owe it to the
weak, to the weak brethren, we owe it to them to bear their
infirmities. And infirmities didn't say bear
their sin, they're infirmities, it's weaknesses, it's inabilities.
And oh my, and I tell you, this is what we need to do. God help
us all to do this, to make all brothers, and sisters feel wanted,
make everybody feel wanted, make them feel like they're needed,
and especially make them feel like they're appreciated, not
seeking to please ourselves. And you know what the greatest
power to carry a burden is for somebody else? Love. Love is, everybody's heard that
story about Boys Town. They've got a statue out in front
of Boys Town out in Nebraska. They got a little statue there
of a young boy, young boy, 12 or 13 years old. He's got a,
he got a, somebody on his back. Everybody's heard this story.
And this happened back way back in the early thirties. And when
they was having the, uh, the depression and this man took
in and started taking in all these kids, these boys, Wayward
boys, and boys didn't have no place else to go. And this young
man, this young boy come walking up to the door. Somebody asked
him, said, ain't he got heavy? How long you been packing him? Oh, a long, long time. They said,
well, ain't he heavy? And he says, no, no, he ain't
heavy. He's my brother. And that's the
way it is. And we ought not be heavy to
carry one another's burden. That ought to be, just goes without
saying, right? I told somebody today, I said,
I've been preaching here, been here 46 years in March, and how
in the world these folks still put up with me is beyond me.
I just cannot grasp it. I can't, I can't. And you know,
love is the greatest power to enable you to carry a burden
for somebody. And then look what it says here
in verse 2. And let every one of us. Now,
he didn't say let every one of you or let me, but let every
one of us please his neighbor, not to please ourselves, please
our neighbor for good, for his good, to edify him. That's what he said. Whatever
you do, do for your neighbor. Do whatever you do, do for his
good. It's good to love him. It's good to bear with him. It's
good to be kind to him. It's good to be gracious to him.
It's good to make him feel appreciated. Good to make him feel wanted.
Good to make him feel welcome. It's good. And oh my goodness,
look here, is that a vacation? Oh my. You know, with the view,
and when he talks about edification, that means to build you up, build
them up, build them up in the faith, to strengthen them, to
encourage them. Oh, you know, edification, that's, Paul says,
you know, I become all things to all men.
To a Jew, I became a Jew. To a Gentile, I was a Gentile.
And why I did that is that I could be all things to all men, but
by any means, I might be able to win them. When you're around
weak folks, be weak. If you're about people that don't
understand what goes on, be weak. Get down there and say, I don't
know everything either. But oh, look what he said. Oh,
listen, we ought to be willing to sacrifice any liberty that
we have for the rights and good of the weaker. And we ought to
do it for their good and to build them up in the faith. And that's
what he's talking about. Look back over here in verse
21. This is what he says. You know, good for your neighbor.
Build him up in the faith, strengthen him in the faith, encourage him
in the faith. He said in verse 21, it's good
neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, or anything whereby
thy brother stumbles, or is offended, or is made weak. I'll tell you a secret. Fella that I know very
well, known him for years and years, sittin' with the Easter
Bunny. Now that offended me. I can't
help it. I just, in my mind went, how
could that happen? And he's a believer. I love him. But I, I let it go, you know,
because I love him. I love him. Oh, my. Let me tell you this about Easter.
Easter is the same word as Passover. And why they put it in Easter
in there, I don't know. But Easter means the Passover.
at the time of the Passover. That's what it means. It don't
mean to get you a bunch of eggs and get you an Easter bunny and
do all those things. Oh, my goodness. You know, there
I am, you know, you're there spiritually, of course, that's
one spirit of meekness. But that's, you know, you just,
some things shock you. And I was shocked by that. But
I know the people. I love them. And if their preacher says anything
about it, that's his business. But oh, OK, let's go back over
here to this. Look what he says in verse 3.
That's what he says here now. Verse 2, let every one of us
please his name. Neighbor means the people that
you love, that you care, that you can do something for, for
his good, to build him up, strengthen him, establish him in the faith.
And then he uses Christ as an illustration. For even Christ
pleased not himself. Even Christ pleased not himself. In fact, the scriptures tells
us that he emptied himself. Found in likeness as a man, he
humbled himself and became a servant. Being found in fashion as a man,
he became a servant. And then he emptied himself. He emptied himself. And you know,
when people saw him, they didn't see Christ in Christ. He emptied
himself of his glory. He emptied himself of his authority. He emptied himself of himself
and his humiliation. And oh my, our master didn't
seek his own comfort. He didn't seek his own ease.
He didn't seek his profit or glory. What he did, he did for
the good of his people. And oh my, and if our Lord, if
our Lord acted in such a way, how it ought to condemn us when
we indulge our flesh. Indulge our rights, demand our
rights and our authority and our liberty at the expense of
one of God's blessed people that's weaker than we are. And then
look how he confirms it. He says, as it is written. He's
gonna show us what Christ did. Now keep Romans and look over
in Psalm 69. Look in Psalm 69. It is written,
he goes back to the scriptures. It is written, Psalm 69. Look what it says down here in verse
seven. Because for thy sake I have borne
reproach, shame hath covered my face. I am become a stranger
unto my brethren, and an alien for my mother's children. For
the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up, and the reproaches
of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me. What he's
saying is that the reproaches that we gave to God, the reproaches
that we reproach God with, he says, those reproaches fell on
me. And that, you know, that word
reproach means to defame. It means to disgrace. And we
defamed God when we were in works religion. We defamed God, disgraced
God when we talked about free will. Disgraced God and defamed
God when we talked about our own self-righteousness. And all
those reproaches, when we reproached God, God himself, Christ said,
the reproaches they reproached you with, all the wrong things
they said about you and all the things they defamed you with,
he said, they fell on me. They fell on me. So what that
tells us is that Christ bore our reproaches, even the things
that we were said against God and all the things we did against
God and how we've disgraced God and how we defamed God. He said,
they fell on me and Christ bore them all away. Oh, I'm so grateful he did. Oh,
we reproach God. Oh, it fell on Christ. It fell
on Christ. I know I reproached him. I know
I did. It's awful the things I thought
about God, the things I said about God when I was unconverted
before I ever knew as a God, the true and living God. It's
awful. I'm ashamed of it. So ashamed
of it. And then look back over in our
text. And then he says that is written. Then he goes to the
scriptures. He said, everything that I teach
you, everything that you learn, for whatsoever things were written
aforetime were written for our learning, and that we, through
patience and comfort of the Scriptures, might have hope. And what he's
telling us is, you know where we learn anything from the Bible,
from the Scriptures. You know, when we found out Christ
pleased not himself, you know where we found that out for more
than any place else? In Isaiah 53. And we found out about it in
Exodus. We found out it when Joseph is a type of Christ. We
found out Abraham and Isaac. We found out all these things
we learned. And he teaches whatever doctrine
he teaches, whatever exhortation he gives us, whatever principle
he lays down, he lays it down by the Word of God. All Scripture
is given by inspiration of God. It is profitable. It's profitable
for reproof, for instruction in righteousness, for doctrine. Several things,
and he says that we might be thoroughly furnished in the Word
of God. And you, he says, you know, as
newborn babes desire the sincere milk of the Word. Why? That you can grow, that you can
grow, that you can grow. And oh my goodness, how many
things. We just learned, it is written,
that the reproaches of them that reproach you fell on me. How
many of them know that was in Psalm 69? How many know that
that was written? That those was written for us
to learn about what Christ went through for us. We learned about
Christ. Oh, we learned about Christ.
We learned about sin, where sin come from. We learned about ourselves,
that our righteousness is a filthy rag. We learned about Christ
and all that he did for us and all the types. We learned about
how the ark that Noah was in was typical of Christ. The Passover
lamb was typical of Christ. Abraham and Isaac, having Isaac
was typical of the father offering his own son. So many things written
for our learning. And oh my, and I tell you, we
sing that song more and more about Jesus, what I learned. Oh my. More of His saving fullness
see, more of His love who died for me." Oh, my. You know, He's telling us, you
know, we learned what our Lord Jesus Christ went through and
what we're exhorted to do. And our Master did it and was
foretold of Him that He would do it. Look over in Romans chapter
4. Go over in Romans chapter 4 and verse 23 with me. Look
what it talks about over here, Romans 4, 23. You know, talking about the things
that's written a fourth time for us. Huh? Look what it says in verse 23.
Now it was, you know, talking about Abraham, therefore it was
imputed to him for righteousness. Now it was written, it was not
written for Abraham's sake alone. that it was imputed to him. But
who was it also? Why was it done that? But for
us also. God's saying what I did for Abraham
is what I got to do for you. When you see what I did for Abraham
and Abraham believed God and I counted him a righteous man.
He said that's exactly what he did that so that he said you
could understand that that's what I'm going to do for you.
He has to do it for us. Ain't that what it says? But
for us also. to whom it shall be imputed.
But here if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord
for the dead. And that's what Abraham did when
he received Isaac back off that mountain. He received him as
one risen from the dead. And he believed God that God
would raise that boy back up. And he believed in a resurrection
because when he was going to offer his son up, He said, God,
the promises in that boy, God made the promise in him and he
will not let that boy stay dead if I have to slay him. He will
raise him up. And that's what Hebrews 11 said.
And he received him as one from the dead. And that's what he
said. God said, I'm going to count
him a righteous man. And that's the way God counts us righteousness
through what Christ did. And I believe him and everything
he did. Everything he did, now back over
to our text with it. Oh, my. You know, that's what
he's talking about, you know, that we, whatsoever things were
written aforetime, were written to teach us something, for us
to learn some things. And this is why he teaches us
these things, that we, through patience and comfort, this is
where we get it at, of the scriptures, might have hope. What's he talking
about? We might be patient, that we
might be comforted from learning what we learned from the scriptures.
Be upheld and increase our hope in Christ. You look at Noah. Noah was a preacher of righteousness
and he preached for 120 years and never had a convert. Talk about patient. What about
Joseph? They put him in Potiphar's house.
His wife lied on him, and then he went to prison. And he was
forgot down in prison. And look how patient he was. Abraham, God said, I'm gonna
give you a son. Year after year after year after
year after year after year went by, and then Abraham got so old
and Sarah got so old, it'd be impossible to have a child. But
God kept his promise. And they had a child, named him
Isaac. What about Job? Reckon Job was
patient? And we read those things, and
God teaches us those things, that we might have some patience.
And patience means not just Resignation that you know ain't nothing we
can do about it anyway, so we just will no no that's not what
he's talking about that means That means that with patience
that you know you go on living You go on doing what you have
to do Job continued to live Abraham continued to live when he didn't
have the child Joseph continued to live while he was in prison
till God got him out of it and And that's those things are written
for us. Let me show you something about
Christ talking about us being like Christ. Look over in John
chapter seven. You know, when things written
for our learn, this is something that I learned and I got thinking
about this today when I was looking at my notes in John chapter seven. You excuse me, John chapter six,
verse. No, John chapter 7, verse 53. John chapter 7, verse 53. And
these are things that we learn, and this is why our Lord is so
patient. And you know, God will upheld us, and because of this,
increase our hope in the Lord Jesus Christ. Look what it says
in verse 53. And every man went unto his own
house, Now Christ had been teaching them and been with them people.
And they was arguing over, had division over him. And every
man went to his own house. But what did Christ do? Nobody
said, come over here and stay with us. What did he do? He went up under the Mount of
Olives. What did he go up there for? To pray, to be alone with
God. be alone with God. And early
the next morning, he started over again, started over again.
Oh, my. And I tell you, here's something
that we learn by experience. Every trial, and we learn this
from the Bible, we learn this from the scriptures, every trial
we have, and no matter how heavy it is, we get through it, and
God gets us through it. And he gives us encouragement,
and he gives us hope, and he holds us up, and he brings the
light again. So when he does that, the next
time he does it, and he does that time after time after time
in our lives, until we understand, just be patient. This is gonna
pass. This won't go on forever. You
know why? Because we've learned from the
scriptures and from what God's taught us, patience. God's gonna
get, he gonna, in his time, things gonna happen just exactly right.
Do you agree with that? All right, now look what he said
down here in verse five. Romans 15, five. Now listen to
this now, that we through patience. Now the God of patience and consolation
grants you to be like-minded one toward another according
to Christ Jesus. Now what in the world is he talking
about now? In verse 6, that you may with one mind and one mouth
glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. And
he says, now the God of patience. Patience is an active endurance,
not a passive resignation. And the God of patience. Oh,
I'm so thankful that God is patient. I am, you know, I want to be
patient, but God is patient. Not only is he patient, but he
gives us patience. And the scriptures also said
that he is our consolation, the God of consolation. Oh my, and
he gives us our consolation. Look, keep Romans now, look in
2 Corinthians 1. Look in 2 Corinthians 1. This is talking about comfort
and consolation. Down to verse 3. Blessed be God, even the Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and listen
to this, and the God of all comfort. Can anybody comfort us like God
does? 2 Corinthians 1, 3. Did anybody
comfort us like God does? And then look what he says. He
comforts us in all our tribulation, in all our trials. And he does
it for this reason, that we may be able to comfort them that
are in any trouble. God will send troubles our way
that we might be able to help somebody that has the trouble.
Huh? And any trouble by the comfort
we're with, we ourselves are comforted of God. You know, people, whenever they
go through a great trial, and they, God comforts them, then
they see another believer going through a great trial, then they,
if you've been there, then you know how to comfort them, and
be an encouragement to them. An encouragement to them. All
right now, look what else it says here. God is the God of
patient, and he is our consolation, a real comfort, a real, real
comfort. And then look what he says here.
Grant you, grant you that you be like-minded one toward
another, according to Christ Jesus. Oh, my. Wouldn't you love to have the
mind of Christ toward everybody else? May God make you patient,
long-suffering, forgiving, and a source of comfort to other
people according, according to the Lord Jesus Christ. Ain't
that what he says? Be like-minded one toward another
according to the Lord Jesus Christ. Now, that's our example. I want
to show you something. Oh, all this in Ephesians chapter
4. Oh my, I've quoted this so many
times. What a comfort this is to me.
Ephesians 4.30. You know, it says, you know,
according to Christ Jesus, you know, have the mind like minded
one toward another. Consolation, grant consolation,
patience. According to Christ Jesus, he's
our example. Look what he said here in Ephesians
4.30. And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby you're
sealed unto the day of redemption. Now, how could you grieve the
Holy Spirit? By being bitter? By being angry? By having wrath toward somebody?
By clamoring? That means to be being upset
about something, clamoring about something. Evil speaking? Let
it be put away from you. With the malice that's behind
it, don't let that happen. And then he says, this is the
way you're to be. Be you kind, one toward another,
tender-hearted, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as
God, for Christ's sake, has forgiven you. For God's sake. Oh, my. When I have forgiven every word
against me, every wrong word against me, when I've borne every
hard word and every hard thought, when I've overlooked every weakness
and comforted every fallen friend, I still haven't endured one atom
of what my master went through for me. And then look what he says here
in verse six. That you may with one mind and
one mouth, let your mind and your mouth go together. What's
in your brain, let it come out your mouth. Out of the abundance
of the heart, mouth speaketh. If your heart's full of Christ,
Christ's gonna come out. And oh, that you may with one
mind and one mouth glorify God our Father. God is not glorified
when there's not union of heart when we don't have peace, and
we're not all in the same purpose, not all in the same spirit, not
all believe in the same doctrine. God's not glorified when we're
pulling in all kinds of directions. I was talking to a dear brother
today, hadn't talked to him in a while, and I asked him how
things were going. He said, things are going the best they've ever
went. The best they've ever went. That's
good, ain't it? That's good. That's good. Oh, my. And then look what he
says. Down here in verse. Verse seven,
then we're done. One mind, one mouth, glorify
God, even the father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Let that be our
purpose, our aim, our goal. All of us be that way. Wherefore,
receive you one another. even as Christ also received
you to the glory of God. Receive one another. This is
how he started this exhortation. Look what he said in verse 1,
chapter 14. What he said, him that is weak
in the faith, receive, receive ye. But don't argue about it. Don't dispute with him about
it. And that's where he started.
Warfare, receive one another. Receive one another. And this,
he's closing it out. He started it receiving one another.
Receive into your hearts, into your affections. Embrace one
another. I don't care who they are. Gentle, weak, strong, old, young,
male, Female, treat one another as real brothers and sisters
in Christ. And as Christ also received us,
ain't that what he says? As Christ also received us. How did Christ receive us? Was
we strong? Full grown? Didn't have no faults? Didn't have no sin? Oh, we babies. babies, he received us just like
we were, unlovely, weak, sinful, and having infirmities, oh, so
many infirmities of human nature. God commendeth his love toward
us in that while we were yet sick, Christ Do it to the glory of God. That
was our master's end. Father, I've glorified you. I've glorified you. Now glorify
me. That's a mouthful tonight, ain't
it? You know, God give us these things
for our learning. Our Father, in the blessed, blessed
name of our Lord Jesus Christ, thank you, O Lord, for your blessed
truth, for your gospel, for what Christ did for us. And let's
treat one another. God, help us to love one another.
Be patient with one another. Be appreciative of one another.
Encourage one another and edify one another. To your glory and
the good of our brothers and sisters, and especially for the
glory of our Lord Jesus Christ, who received us as we are and
as we were. And he always takes us the way
we are. Not like to think we say we are,
or think we are, or believe we are, but the way we really are. God bless this word tonight to
our hearts and understandings, for Christ's sake. Amen. Amen. Every hour of every day, every
moment and in every way, I'm leaning on Jesus. He's the rock of my soul. I'm singing his praises wherever
I go. Got a bunch of little choruses
in here, and I had to look at them so I don't remember them.
Well, I'll see you Sunday, God willing. Or it'd be impossible to be that
way without Him.