John, please do not overlook what I wrote in a previous post, which was:
Please offer us some commentary on the following passage, especially the
parts I have emphasized. Does it not teach us to have a unity whereby we
all say the same thing?
1 Corinthians 1:10
(10) Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that
YE ALL SPEAK THE SAME THING, and that there be no divisions among you; but
that ye be perfectly joined together IN THE SAME MIND AND IN THE SAME
JUDGMENT.
Well, ok David. But I am hoping that you will go and do likewise with my previous posting.
I believe the biblical writer often wrote in absolutes for the sake of emphasis. I do the same as a parent "I want this room cleaned and I don't want to see it this way again." The fact is, the room will need to be revisited and Paul's advice, the only advice he could give under the circumstances, will not be fully complied with -- and I suggest that he knows this. That is why he wrote Romans 14, David. He knows there will be differences of opinion on matters of faith. Romans 14 is how one deals with those difference -- something that is not fully known (apparently) here on TT. At any rate -- the fact that we have Romans 14 , combined with the fact that we have no evidence that this advice was fully complied with is my "commentary." Add to Romans 14, I Cor 13:4ff.
I give the same advice to troubled marrieds. strive to become one AND this is how you handle yourselves when this is not going to happen.
John
