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Freedoms That Hurt Series Contributed by Alan Braun on Mar 22, 2002 (message contributor) Summary: A study on the Book of Romans Freedoms That Can Hurt Chapter 14 Some of our problems of Christian unity stem from our backgrounds. Each person has been raised in environments that helped create much of their thinking. Paul realizes that the Jews were saved out of a legalistic background and the Gentiles were saved out of a total freedom background that engulfed them in deep sin. The believers in Roman became divided over special diets and days. One group thought the other was unscriptural or at least not very spiritual. While there are many direct commands against or for certain behaviors there are still some “gray areas”. These areas are not clearly right or wrong to every believer. Paul appeals to principles when we come into contact with these areas. Augustine said: “In essentials, unity; in nonessentials, liberty; in all things, charity.” He has them handle it by doing three things: Receive one another - (1-12) Paul was addressing the strong in the faith. The weak in the faith were those who felt obligated to obey legalistic rules concerning what they ate and when they worshipped. Why receive him? God has! ILL: When God sent Peter to take the gospel to the Gentiles, the church criticized Peter because he ate with the Gentiles. 1 Now the apostles and brethren who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God. 2 And when Peter came up to Jerusalem, those of the circumcision contended with him, 3 saying, "You went in to uncircumcised men and ate with them!" 4 But Peter explained it to them in order from the beginning, saying: 5 "I was in the city of Joppa praying; and in a trance I saw a vision, an object descending like a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came to me. 6 "When I observed it intently and considered, I saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, creeping things, and birds of the air. 7 "And I heard a voice saying to me, ’Rise, Peter; kill and eat.’ 8 "But I said, ’Not so, Lord! For nothing common or unclean has at any time entered my mouth.’ 9 "But the voice answered me again from heaven, ’What God has cleansed you must not call common.’ 10 "Now this was done three times, and all were drawn up again into heaven. 11 "At that very moment, three men stood before the house where I was, having been sent to me from Caesarea. 12 "Then the Spirit told me to go with them, doubting nothing. Moreover these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered the man’s house. 13 "And he told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house, who said to him, ’Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon whose surname is Peter, 14 ’who will tell you words by which you and all your household will be saved.’ 15 "And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, as upon us at the beginning. 16 "Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how He said, ’John indeed baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’ 17 "If therefore God gave them the same gift as He gave us when we believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could withstand God?" 18 When they heard these things they became silent; and they glorified God, saying, "Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life." Later Peter forgot this freedom and Paul had to rebuke him publicly. 11 Now when Peter had come to Antioch, I withstood him to his face, because he was to be blamed; 12 for before certain men came from James, he would eat with the Gentiles; but when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision. 13 And the rest of the Jews also played the hypocrite with him, so that even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy. 14 But when I saw that they were not straightforward about the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before them all, "If you, being a Jew, live in the manner of Gentiles and not as the Jews, why do you compel Gentiles to live as Jews? The weak control things in their lives by rules, the mature control things in their lives by relationships. (4) God will see that His people are corrected. A servant is to be busy working for his master not judging the other servants. People who are busy winning souls to Christ have more important things to do than run around looking to see what the other saints are doing. No Christian has a right to play God in another Christian’s life. Related Media SermonCentral Preaching Slide SermonCentral Preaching Slide SermonCentral Preaching Slide
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प्रेरित अध्याय 11 यहूदीयामा प्रेरितहरू र दाज्यू-भाईहरूले गैर यहूदीहरूले पनि परमेश्वरको शिक्षालाई स्वीकार गरेको थाहा पाए। 2 तर जब पत्रुस यरूशलेम र्फकिए कतिपय यहूदी विश्वासीहरूले उनीसँग त्यस विषयमा बहस गरे। 3 तिनीहरूले भने, “तपाईं ती गैर-यहूदीहरूका घर जानुभयो। तपाईंले त्यस्ता मानिसहरूसंग बसेर भोजन सम्म गर्नुभयो!” 4 पत्रुसले तिनीहरूलाई सम्पूर्ण कथा विस्तार गरेर बताए। 5 उनले भने, “म जोप्पा शहरमा थिएँ। मैले प्रार्थना गरिरहेको बेला एउटा दर्शन पाएँ। त्यस दर्शनमा मैले ठूलो लुगा जस्तो केही आकाशबाट तल ओर्लिरहेको देखे। त्यसलाई त्यसको चारै कोणबाट समातिएको थियो। त्यो म भएकोमा आयो। 6 जब मैले भित्र हेर मैले त्यहाँ चारखुट्टे स्थलचर पशुहरू जंगली जनावर घस्रने सर्प जातिय प्राणि अनि आकाशका चराचुरूङ्गीहरू देखें। 7 तब मैले एउटा आवाजले मलाई भनिरहेको सुने, ‘उठ पत्रुस! कुनै पनि जीवित प्राणी मार र खाऊ! 8 तर मैले भने, ‘म कदापि त्यसो गर्ने छैन, प्रभु! मैले त्यस्तो कुनै चीज खाएको छैन जुन अपवित्र अथवा अशुद्ध हो।’ 9 तर आकाशबाट आएको आवाजले फेरि भन्यो, ‘परमेश्वरले घोषणा गर्नुभयो कि यी सबै चीजहरू शुद्ध छन। यसर्थ तिमी तिनीहरूलाई अपवित्र नसोच!’ 10 यस्तो तीनपल्ट भयो। त्यसपछि सम्पूर्ण थोक आकाश तिरै लगियो। 11 त्यसै समयमा म बसिरहेको घरमा तीनजना मानिहरू आए। ती तीनजना मानिसहरूलाई सिजरिया शहरबाट मेरो निम्ति पठाइका थिए। 12 आत्माले मलाई नहिच्किचाइ कन जाऊ भन्नुभयो। यी छः जना दाज्यू-भाइहरू पनि मसंग आए। हामी कर्नीलियसको घरमा गयौं। 13 कर्नीलियसले घरमा उभिरहेको स्वर्गदूतलाई देखेको कुरा गरे। स्वर्गदूतले उनलाई भने, ‘केही मानिसहरू जोप्पातिर पठाऊ अनि शिमोन पत्रुसलाई आउनु भन्ने निमन्त्रन गर। 14 उनले तिमीहरूलाई ती कुरा भन्नेछन् जसले तिमीलाई अनि तिम्रा घरमा बस्ने सबै मानिसहरूलाई बचाउँनेछन्।’ 15 जब मैले भाषण शुरू गरें, पवित्र आत्मा तिनीहरूमा त्यसरी नै आउनु भयो जसरी प्रारम्भमा हामीकहाँ आउनष्ठ्वु भएको थियो। 16 तब मलाई प्रभु येशूको वचनको सम्झना भयो। प्रभुले भन्नुभएको थियो, ‘यूहन्नाले मानिसहरूलाई पानीले बप्तिस्मा गरे, तर तिमी पवित्र आत्माद्वारा बप्तिस्मा हुनेछौ।’ 17 प्रभुले ती मानिसहरूलाई त्यही उपहार दिनु भयो जुन हामीलाई दिनुभएको थियो जसले प्रभु येशू ख्रीष्टमाथि विश्वास गरे। तब म को हुँ परमेश्वर को काम बन्द गर्ने?” 18 जब यहूदी विश्वासीहरूले यी कुराहरू सुने, तिनीहरूले र्तक गर्न छाडे। तिनीहरूले परमेश्वरको प्रशंसा गरे र भने, “तब परमेश्वरले गैर-यहूदीहरूलाई पनि हृदय परिवर्तन गर्ने अनि हाम्रो जस्तै जीवन प्राप्त गर्ने अनुमति दिनु भयो।” 19 स्तिफनस मारिए पछि खेदो शुरू गरिएको कारणले विश्वासीहरू चारै तर्फ छरपष्ट भए। कतिपय विश्वासीहरू फोनिसिया, साइप्रस र इन्टिओक जस्ता टाढा-टाढा ठाउँहरूमा गए। तर तिनीहरूले यहूदीहरूलाई मात्र सुसमाचार भने। 20 कतिपय ती विश्वासीहरू साइप्रस र साइरेनीका नागरिकहरू थिए। जब ती मानिसहरू एन्टओक आइपुगे, तिनीहरू ग्रीकहरूसंग पनि बोल्न लागे अनि तिनीहरूलाई प्रभु येशूको विषयमा सुसमाचार भने। 21 प्रभुको शक्ति तिनीहरूसंग थियो। अनि ठूलो संख्यामा मानिसहरूले प्रभुलाई विश्वास गर्न अनि अनुसरण गर्न लागे। 22 एन्टिओकमा नयाँ विश्वासीहरू भएका समाचहरू यरूशलेमको मण्डलीमा पुग्यो। यसैले तिनीहरूले बर्णाबासलाई एन्टिओकमा पठाए। 23 बर्णाबास एक असल मानिस थिए। उ पवित्र-आत्मा र विश्वासले परिपूर्ण थियो। जब उनी त्यहाँ आइपुगे बर्णबासले एन्टिओकका मानिसहरूमा परमेश्वरले अत्यन्त अधिक आशीर्वाद दिनु भएको देखे। यसले उनलाई अत्यन्त खुशी बनायो। उनले तिनीहरूलाई भने, “आफ्ना विश्वासहरू कहिल्यै नहराऊ। सधैं प्रभुको आज्ञा भित्री हृदयले पालन गर।” अधिक भन्दा अधिक मानिसहरू परम प्रभुका विश्वासीहरू भए। 25 त्यसपछि, बर्णाबास टार्सस भन्ने शहरतर्फ लागे। उनी शावललाई खोजिरहेका थिए। 26 शावललाई जब उनले भेट्टाए, बर्णाबासले तिनलाई एन्टिओक लगे। शावल र बर्णाबास त्यहाँ पुरा एक र्बष बसे। तिनीहरूले त्यँहा मण्डलीका सभाहरूमा भाग लिए अनि धेरै मानिसहरूलाई शिक्षा दिए। प्रथमपल्ट एन्टिओकमा विश्वासीहरूलाई “ख्रीष्टयनहरू” भनिए। 27 यस समयमा केही अगमवक्ताहरू यरूशलेमाबाट एन्टिओक तिर गए। 28 तिनीहरू मध्ये एकजना अगाबस थिए। एन्टिओकमा अगाबस उभिए अनि पवित्र-आत्माको मार्फत अगमवाणी गरे, “सम्पूर्ण संसारभरि महा अनिकाल हुनेछ।” (यो सम्राट क्लौडियसको समयमा घट्यो)। 29 चेलाहरूले यहूदीयामा बस्ने आफ्ना दाज्यू-भाइ र दिदी-बहिनीहरूलाई सहायता पठाउने निर्णय गरे। प्रत्येकले आफूले जति सकिन्छ दिने निर्णय लिए। 30 तिनीहरूले पैसा बटुले र बर्णाबास र शावललाई दिए तिनीहरूले ती पैसा यहूदीयाका अग्रजहरूलाई दिए।