» paper_turtle - Fully persuaded
In response to Respect For Progressives posted by Brother_Jones:
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Romans 14:1-10 (NKJV)
The Law of Liberty
Receive one who is weak in the faith, but not to disputes over doubtful things. For one believes he may eat all things, but he who is weak eats only vegetables. Let not him who eats despise him who does not eat, and let not him who does not eat judge him who eats; for God has received him. Who are you to judge another's servant? To his own master he stands or falls. Indeed, he will be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.
One person esteems one day above another; another esteems every day alike. Let each be fully convinced in his own mind. He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord; and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he does not observe it. He who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks; and he who does not eat, to the Lord he does not eat, and gives God thanks.
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For none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself. 8 For if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord's. For to this end Christ died and rose and lived again, that He might be Lord of both the dead and the living. But why do you judge your brother? Or why do you show contempt for your brother?
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You must work out your own salvation with awe and reverence; for it is God who works in you, inspiring both the will and deed, for his own chosen purpose. (Php 2:12-13)
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I trust God is at work--in me and in everyone else. I leave it up to him, to his wisdom, to his timetable, in his way.
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peace and love,
Paper Turtle
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