When two people are in agreement, Jesus said the
power of their agreement could move all of heaven upon their scene and situations and
God would make things happen for them thru the power in Agreement (Matthew 18:19). Strange though, the word of the Lord also
reveals to us that where there is strife and division (Serious Disagreements) there is every
evil work and prayers are hindered. This means Gods Power is quenched or blocked away from reaching you though He wants to bless you and help you and save you.
Agreement is so important. Harmony is so powerful, but strong
disagreements and discord are hells flames reaching up to the surface of the earth
burning up love and peace between family, friends, loved ones, and
nations.....
You may not be sinning if in your personal mind your are fully convinced that drinking a little wine is ok or it is ok to eat meat
that was sacrificed to idols because you know such is powerless against
you as a christian strong in the Lord, strong in faith, strong in understanding, strong in grace, and in the
freedoms you have in Christ, for your prayer of thanks sanctifies all
food, for the food is made holy by God in your thanksgiving. But if doing so (that is if drinking a little wine or eating that meat that
came from a sacrifice to an idol) SHOCKS YOUR BROTHER in the Lord
because his conscience is weaker than yours concerning wine and concerning where that food came from, and
you in front of him KNOW your going against his weaker conscience and
eat and partake of it in front of him anyway, your freedom and your good then can
become evil spoken of causing strife and discord......
If someone you love is not in agreement
with you over a matter and yet you parade on to do it anyway in front of their conscience because you see no
unrighteousness in the matter, but you offend your brother or sister in
Christ over it, then the small matter can become a major issue in your
life. So in all we do always always consider the conscience of others.
Let us not use our liberty in Christ as our license to offend the
weaker believers. Such can have a negative impact in our world and we
later wake up and wonder, what in the world happened? My world has
changed. You failed to realize the hidden powers in the flames of hell
that reach upon the earth thru disharmony, discord, strife, divisions
and DISAGREEMENTS between people on earth. But love never fails. Love
never offends. Love considers all....
Romans 14:14-23)...vs 21) It then is good not to eat certain foods, nor drink wine, nor anything whereby your brothers stumbles (into sins and into doubting) or is made weak.....
A final note: Jesus considered all of us AT THE
CROSS. Sometimes you have to give up what is your rights to do so in order to save others.....God's real love does that......deno
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