Overview: Romans Chapter 15:1-3

3 QUESTIONS TO ANSWER:

We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not toplease ourselves. 2 Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification. 3 For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.

Romans 15:1​WHO SHOULD NOT RESTRICT THEMSELVES

We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

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Application:

Ref:​1st Corinthians 9:19-27

​19 For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. 20 And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law; 21 To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law. 22 To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I ammade all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. 23 And this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.

HOW DO WE BEGIN TO BEAR THE INFIRMITIES (WEAKNESSES) OF OTHERS?

Romans 15:2 Explains the first step

Romans 15:2  - WE HOW DO WE NOT RESTRICT OURSELVES

Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification

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Romans 15:3​WHY SHOULD WE SHOULD NOT RESTRICT OURSELVES

For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me

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Application:

Ref:​Ps. 69:9 For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me

Mat. 26:39  And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt

Phil 2:5-8  Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. 9 Therefore God alsohas highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, 11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.  

MODERN DAY APPLICATION: CONCLUSION

The strong brother is morally obligated to take the initiative and bear with the weak brother in those things that bother him. The stronger brother must forego hisliberty for the good of the weaker, so he is not offended or impaired in his spiritual life.  The best example is Christ, who too our sins upon Himself.  (Thomas Nelson, 1988)

Dietrich Bonhoeffer-sacrificed his personal freedom  

Chirst sacrificed his life for everyone