When those of strong faith stand above those of weak faith to criticize and to judge, they are elevating themselves, crushing down one’s faith. When the Bible tells us that God’s Son offered Himself as a sacrifice to redeem the world, it implies that we are all sinners and in need of God’s mercy and forgiveness. The pointing of fingers toward the sins of others makes us hypocrites in view of God’s grace and forgiveness to all. Only dressed in love we will be able to acknowledge everyone’s position in YAHSHUA the Messiah. Love is the bond that keeps the church of Christ together, united in one purpose to build each other up in the bond of peace. For God’s intention for His church was the perfecting and the full equipping of the saints…toward building up Christ’s body, that we all attain oneness in the faith and in the comprehension of the knowledge of the Son of God (Eph. 4). In YAHSHUA there is no tradition of religion, but oneness of the Spirit of God, guiding and teaching us in the level of spiritual maturity we are found to be in. The old is gone, all is made new in YAHSHUA, consequently, we must regard no believer in Christ from a purely human point of view [in terms of natural standards of value] (II Cor. 5:16).
Walking together hand in hand in our thinking, in agreement with the Word that is above all words, the living Word of God, lifting up each other when needed in all occasion it surfaces, so that the Holy Spirit’s ministry will be effective collectively in the church of YAHSHUA, His bride. So that she might be sanctified to fulfill the purpose of God for her in the world, when He might present her to Himself in glorious splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such things (Eph. 5:27). The bride of YAHSHUA will be dressed in His righteousness -her wedding dress in that day when God’s beautiful plan will be finally consummated in her as a wife of YAHSHUA. That’s the future for all believers in YAHSHUA -His body. For this reason, and more, we should honor and regard them as our brothers and sisters, members of God’s family, and as purely in our human point of view, even when fallen into sin, for that is the fate of all of us. Paul advises a self-denial for the sake of others: Now, we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of those without strength and not just please ourselves. For even YAHSHUA did not please Himself; but as it is written, “the reproaches of those who reproached you fell on Me, for whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through perseverance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope” (Rom. 15: 1,3-4). God’s family is here in this world to lift each other up in the bond of love of our Lord, YAHSHUA; to build each other up to spiritual maturity. The body of Christ is equipped with everything necessary to perform that which He intended for us to do until He comes for us.
There is a sure and definite call for those who are spiritually strong, that of not to live for self, but to live also for those who are spiritually weak. Not to condemn them, but to bear their problems with them in order to fulfill the law of our Savior and Lord, YAHSHUA – the law of love; be careful lest anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall (I Cor. 10:12). For all of us are subject to the same weakness; our strength comes from God and from Him alone as Paul said, But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world (Gal. 6:14). We should take no credit for the righteousness that was imputed to us by God, when we were born again. It was through His Son’s sacrifice that we were reconciled to the Father and given eternal life; it was not of ourselves. Be gentle and forbearing with one another; tenderhearted pity and mercy, kind feeling, a lowly opinion of yourselves, gentle ways, and patience (Col. 3:12-13a). United as one in Christ, we will fulfill the law of God in humbleness of spirit, not condemned those of weaker faith, but building them up into a relationship with YAHSHUA their Savior and Lord and with others. The Bible says that we believers are given a position with YAHSHUA in the heavenlies when He raised us up together with Him and made us sit down together in the heavenly sphere (Eph. 2:6).
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