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Southview Baptist Church
Letters to the Church | The Gospel — God’s Invitation to Consider Others
This week, Pastor Nathan Wakefield continues our Letters to the Church series. In Romans 14, we learn that because the Gospel brings us into Christ-centered relationship, we willingly limit our freedom in order to build up others. Video of the worship service is available beginning Sunday at 9:30 AM at https://southviewbaptist.org/live.
Locations & Times
Southview Baptist Church
3434 S 13th St, Lincoln, NE 68502, USA
Sunday 9:30 AM
1. Gentle — Mature believers refuse to divide over disputable matters (14:1-12).
• You don’t need to prove your theological superiority (1-4).
• You do need to live consistently with your convictions (5-6).
• You ultimately answer to God, not each other (7-12).
Action Step: Examine your convictions — but hold them with humility, remembering you are not the judge.
• You don’t need to prove your theological superiority (1-4).
• You do need to live consistently with your convictions (5-6).
• You ultimately answer to God, not each other (7-12).
Action Step: Examine your convictions — but hold them with humility, remembering you are not the judge.
2. Aware — Mature believers consider how their freedom affects others (14:13-18).
• Stop judging; start evaluating your influence (13-14).
• Your choices can either build up or tear down (15-16).
• God’s kingdom is about righteousness, peace, and joy — not personal preference (17-18).
Action Step: This week, intentionally ask, “Will this help or harm someone else’s walk with Christ?”
• Stop judging; start evaluating your influence (13-14).
• Your choices can either build up or tear down (15-16).
• God’s kingdom is about righteousness, peace, and joy — not personal preference (17-18).
Action Step: This week, intentionally ask, “Will this help or harm someone else’s walk with Christ?”
3. Edifying — Mature believers prioritize building others over exercising freedom (14:19-23).
• Peace and edification stand in contrast to destruction and stumbling (19-20).
• You may need to take extreme measures to avoid causing destruction and stumbling (21).
• Be careful not to let libertine practices move you from your own convictions (22-23).
Action Step: Before you act, ask, “Am I serving myself — or strengthening someone else?”
• Peace and edification stand in contrast to destruction and stumbling (19-20).
• You may need to take extreme measures to avoid causing destruction and stumbling (21).
• Be careful not to let libertine practices move you from your own convictions (22-23).
Action Step: Before you act, ask, “Am I serving myself — or strengthening someone else?”
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