Category Archives: Romans

Reading:

Romans 6:11-23

“Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord” (11).

Here are some “chewables” for you today:

  • “Likewise reckon…” — how do I go about doing this today?
  • Is there any sin I’m allowing to dominate my thinking and doing?
  • Whose servant am I?
  • And with what kind of passion and energy?
  • What fruit am I bearing?

[Have your fruit unto holiness (Romans 6:22)]
from Romans 6:22

How much do I love my brother?

Enough that I won’t allow my liberty to become a source of stumbling to him?

Enough that I won’t allow my knowledge to cause him to perish (Romans 8:11)?

Enough that I won’t knowingly wound his weak conscience (Romans 8:12)?

Enough that I won’t make him to offend (Romans 8:13)?

Do I love my brother that much?

Theoretically, yes.

In practice, I don’t know.

I know this — I want to love my brother as much as I profess to love Christ.

“But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak” (1 Corinthians 8:9).

So I will be careful.