by MJR | Sep 27, 2021 | Genuine Hope
We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves. Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up. For even Christ did not please himself but, as it is written: “The insults of those who insult you have...
by MJR | Sep 25, 2021 | Genuine Hope
Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother. I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself, but it is unclean for anyone who thinks it...
by MJR | Sep 23, 2021 | Genuine Hope
Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters. One person’s faith allows them to eat anything, but another, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables. The one who eats everything must not treat with contempt the one who does not, and...
by MJR | Sep 22, 2021 | Genuine Hope
Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed. The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light....
by MJR | Sep 21, 2021 | Genuine Hope
Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this...
by MJR | Sep 20, 2021 | Genuine Hope
Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. For the same reason you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing. Pay...
