Thursday, October 15, 2020

10/15/20 THE ONE ANOTHER’S IN THE NT #8 — Romans 15:7 (CSB) Therefore welcome one another, just as Christ also welcomed you, to the glory of God.

The NT Greek word translated here as “welcome” is rendered as “accept” or “receive” in other Bible translations. The MacArthur Study Bible comments: “If the perfect, sinless Son of God was willing to bring sinners into God's family, how much more should forgiven believers be willing to warmly embrace and accept each other in spite of their disagreements over issues of conscience.”

In His “High Priestly Prayer” in John 17:21-23, Jesus asked God to grant believers complete unity. He said that if our oneness was like that of the Trinity then the world would believe that God had sent Him and that He had been sent to earth by God. In other words our oneness, our unity, is an essential ingredient in effective evangelism. When we are divided, Satan is delighted; but when we are one, he is undone! No one of us has it all together; but together we have it all! Praise the Lord!

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