Romans 14-16

Reading for Thursday November 28, 2019
Romans 14-16

Romans 15: 2-6
Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.  For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached 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 likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:  That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

God gave us the Bible so that He might speak directly with us each individually.  We read the Bible and come to our own understanding, comforted by the fact that the Bible is the inerrant Word of God.  It is then our responsibility, and pleasure to share with our neighbor, as it is our neighbors responsibility and pleasure to share with us.  In order to share, one must come to a deeper level of their own understanding as they prepare their presentation.  Upon receiving testimony from another, you accept that which edifies what you already understood, and that which fills in gaps in your understanding.  You reject that which conflicts with your own understanding.  It is important to hear others, but just know that God's Word is inerrant, but man's is usually not inerrant.