<html><head></head><body><div><div><div><div><br></div>Romans 15;7<div><br></div><div><b>7. Welcome one another, therefore, as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div>As we receive one another, Christ by the Holy Spirit is actually at work in and through us.</div><div><br></div><div>We are living in an age and culture which is terribly fragmented, fractured, and divided. &nbsp;Identity politics is an evil way of pitting one group against another. &nbsp;This is Satanic. &nbsp;We do not see Christ in our neighbor, all we see is their gender, or color. &nbsp;These are outward differences which God looks past and so should we. He is the Creator of us all. &nbsp;How can we condemn what God has made simply because they look different to us or are of the opposite sex? &nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>In Christ, we are made one. &nbsp;We are given the same heart and mind. &nbsp;Most importantly we all share in the same Spirit and purpose, which is to live for the praise of God’s glory. &nbsp;(see, Ephesians 1;12) &nbsp;we live to do the Father’s will.</div><div><br></div><div>If we divide into separate groups at odds with one another, we are being manipulated by evil.</div><div><br></div><div>We must judge each person according to their own person and behavior, not their ‘group.’</div><div><br></div><div>If they are an unbeliever, God still loves them and so must we. &nbsp;Our calling is to show them Christ, we are living witnesses to the grace of God, the Gospel of mercy and grace to repentant sinners who look to the cross and empty tomb for hope.</div><div><br></div><div>If they are a fellow Believer, we are to be patient with them. &nbsp;But, we can never be untrue to the eternal Truth of God’s Word for the sake of a false outward&nbsp;appearances. &nbsp;It is truly a loving thing to hold the Word of Truth up&nbsp;to an erring Brother. &nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>If we refuse to speak the Truth in love, we ourselves&nbsp;are no longer instruments in God’s hand. &nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>It takes real love to risk offending a Brother who is in error. &nbsp;It is our oneness, our perfect oneness in Christ, which gives true witness of Christ and the Gospel. &nbsp;It is God’s unchanging Word which gives us that oneness. &nbsp;There should be no, ‘agreeing to disagree’ in the body of Christ.</div><div><br></div><div>Jesus prayed, <i>“Father, I do not&nbsp;pray for these only, but for those </i>(Believers today)&nbsp;<i>who believe in me through ‘<u>their word</u>,’ that&nbsp;they may all&nbsp;be one;&nbsp;even as Thou, Father, art in Me, and I in Thee, that they also&nbsp;may be in us, so that the world may believe that Thou hast sent Me.” &nbsp;</i>(John 17;20&amp;21)</div><div><br></div><div>Prayer: &nbsp;Merciful Father, we praise You that in Christ and in You, we have been made truly, perfectly one. &nbsp;Grant us grace and wisdom to together submit to Your most holy Word and manifest that oneness into this world. &nbsp;Such a witness of oneness indeed glorifies You. &nbsp;In Jesus we pray, Amen.</div><div><br></div><div>Love,</div><div>Dad/Baba/Eric/Grandpa Pickle Pastor</div><div>“A chapter a day, every day, progressively, be transformed, ‘soak’ in the living Word. &nbsp;God’s Word is our habitation, and we are His.”</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b><br></b><br><br><div><a href="https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&amp;c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_Internal_EmailSignature&amp;af_sub1=Acquisition&amp;af_sub2=Global_YMktg&amp;af_sub3=&amp;af_sub4=100000604&amp;af_sub5=EmailSignature__Static_" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><br></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>


Romans 15;7
7. Welcome one another, therefore, as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.
As we receive one another, Christ by the Holy Spirit is actually at work in and through us.
We are living in an age and culture which is terribly fragmented, fractured, and divided.  Identity politics is an evil way of pitting one group against another.  This is Satanic.  We do not see Christ in our neighbor, all we see is their gender, or color.  These are outward differences which God looks past and so should we. He is the Creator of us all.  How can we condemn what God has made simply because they look different to us or are of the opposite sex?  
In Christ, we are made one.  We are given the same heart and mind.  Most importantly we all share in the same Spirit and purpose, which is to live for the praise of God’s glory.  (see, Ephesians 1;12)  we live to do the Father’s will.
If we divide into separate groups at odds with one another, we are being manipulated by evil.
We must judge each person according to their own person and behavior, not their ‘group.’
If they are an unbeliever, God still loves them and so must we.  Our calling is to show them Christ, we are living witnesses to the grace of God, the Gospel of mercy and grace to repentant sinners who look to the cross and empty tomb for hope.
If they are a fellow Believer, we are to be patient with them.  But, we can never be untrue to the eternal Truth of God’s Word for the sake of a false outward appearances.  It is truly a loving thing to hold the Word of Truth up to an erring Brother.  
If we refuse to speak the Truth in love, we ourselves are no longer instruments in God’s hand.  
It takes real love to risk offending a Brother who is in error.  It is our oneness, our perfect oneness in Christ, which gives true witness of Christ and the Gospel.  It is God’s unchanging Word which gives us that oneness.  There should be no, ‘agreeing to disagree’ in the body of Christ.
Jesus prayed, “Father, I do not pray for these only, but for those (Believers today) who believe in me through ‘their word,’ that they may all be one; even as Thou, Father, art in Me, and I in Thee, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that Thou hast sent Me.”  (John 17;20&21)
Prayer:  Merciful Father, we praise You that in Christ and in You, we have been made truly, perfectly one.  Grant us grace and wisdom to together submit to Your most holy Word and manifest that oneness into this world.  Such a witness of oneness indeed glorifies You.  In Jesus we pray, Amen.
Love,Dad/Baba/Eric/Grandpa Pickle Pastor“A chapter a day, every day, progressively, be transformed, ‘soak’ in the living Word.  God’s Word is our habitation, and we are His.”




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