#011 - Mercy Motivates Acceptance Part 2 - Romans 14:13-23

Living Hope Findlay Podcast

The rubber meets the road in this episode!!

• How do you keep hangups and freedoms from getting in the way of The Gospel of Jesus Christ?
• Why do Christians develop different convictions in the first place?
• When and how do we challenge people who's freedoms or hangups are getting in the way of The Gospel?

Questions we tackle:

1. What is the main thing we are united on in Romans 14:16–19?
2. When do people need directive "duckling" discipleship (1 Corinthians 11:1) and when do they need to be challenged to develop their own convictions (Romans 12:2)? How do you know when people need what?
3. Dewey, does Hebrews 6:1 shed light on this? (Maybe we read/discuss Heb 5:11-6:3)
4. We talked about Contextualization, and how how Christians develop different convictions in different context. Does this imagination about the things we receive, reject, and redeem in American Culture?
5. How is it that Paul can both agree with both the meat-eaters and the vegetarians (Romans 14:14)? Can that work for grey issues today?
6. What do you counsel the person who feels lots of peer pressure christians friends (e.g. schooling, vaccines, etc.).
7. How can you counsel the person who is applying LOTS of pressure on other believers over grey areas?
8. What might it look like for the “free in Christ person” to be a weak brother and make The Kingdom look “bad”? (e.g. waterslide baptisms).
9. What might it look like for the “structured and disciplined” person to be a weak brother and make The Kingdom look “bad”? (e.g. baptism candidates get an inquisition).
10. *I have a friend who has lots of hangups. I don’t want them to stumble but I feel like I’m in a fishbowl around this person! What I do! What if I’m married to this person!?
11. *What do I do with the guilt I feel over not including a believer who is judgy, pushy and likely to ruin it for the rest of the group?
12. What strong faith leadership lesson do you see from Paul in Romans 14?
13. What does it look like for us to promote strong-faith leadership? How can I grow stronger in my faith by accepting others?
14. Blair what’s in store for next Sunday?

Watch the Sermon Video on Romans 14:13-23