Sunday, December 30, 2012

Seeking the good of others so that they may be saved


Seeking the good of others so that they may be saved

1 Cor 10:24

24 No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.

1 Cor 10:33

33 even as I try to please everyone in every way. For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many, so that they may be saved.

Rom 15: 1, 2

We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves. Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up.

1 Cor 13:5

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.

Php 2:4, 21

Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)    We are to seek the good of others so that they may be saved

2)    Paul was trying to please everyone so that they may be saved

3)    We are to be strong to bear the failings of the weak and please our neighbors to build them up.

4)    Love does not dishonor others, it is not self seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no records of wrongs

5)    We are to show the humility of Jesus in our lives towards others

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