Living in Harmony

Thursday, May 14, 2015
Romans 15:1-7 KJV 

1 We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. 2 Let every one of us please [his] neighbour for [his] good to edification. 3 For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me. 4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope. 5 Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus: 6 That ye may with one mind [and] one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 7 Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.

OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) What does the Apostle Paul tells his spiritually mature readers to do? (v.1)
2) What are his readers to do for our neighbors? Why? (v.2-3a)
3) What does the Scripture quoted by Paul say and for what reasons does include it in this letter? (v.3b-4)  
4) What else does the apostle encourage his reader(s) to do? Why? (v.5-6)
5) What is Paul's final instruction to the reader(s) in this passage? Why? (v.7)

APPLICATION QUESTIONS
6) How do you typically treat spiritually immature, or weak, brothers and/or sisters in Christ? Please give one recent example.

LIFE LESSONS
7) Our Lord expects His children to glorify Him by bearing the infirmities of the spiritually weak, or immature, through prayer, patience, and encouragement.