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7 illustrations for sermon preparation
Paul "strived" to preach Christ where His name had never been spoken—a holy ambition rooted in Christian love and respect for others' labour.
Among the Roman Christians, fierce strife erupted over a trifle: whether believers could eat meat or must subsist on herbs alone.
The 'stronger' believer—he who correctly judges that eating meat offered to idols involves no moral guilt—must nonetheless abstain if his eating becomes a *skandalon* (stumbling-block) or *proskamma* (occasion to fall) in another's path.
First, as an intellectual gift, the Scriptures answer mankind's deepest inquiries about the origin and history of the world in ways that satisfy the reasoning mind.
First, consider the *blessing* pronounced: believers are "filled with joy and peace in believing" — not by human effort, but by the God of hope Himself.
The Christian idea of life is founded on conscious dedication: "To the Lord we live; to the Lord we die." What all other men must do unconsciously, the Christian does with full awareness.
He writes, "It is good neither to eat flesh nor to drink wine nor anything whereby thy brother stumbleth." The apostle appeals not to legal requirement but to honour, conscience, and brotherly feeling—which ought to bind the Christian conscience more...
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