‘Food - Be Careful Not To Offend Other People.’
a) Romans 14:15. We should not:-
1- Hurt our fellow Believer by what we eat.
2- Confuse our fellow Believer by what we eat.
3- Destroy with our choices of food the person for whom Christ died.
b) Romans 14:15; Ephesians 5:2. If we are offending other people because of food, we are not walking in love.
c) Romans 14:20. Do not tear down the work of God for the sake of food.
d) 1 Corinthians 8:11. Let us not ruin the weak person’s Faith because Christ died for them.
(Through this QT I know that I must be careful through my Food – Be Careful Not To Offend Other People)
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‘Two Small Copper Coins.’
Mark 12:41-44.
a) Mark 12:41. Jesus was sitting near the temple offertory box and He was watching the people put money into the box. The rich people were putting their offerings in very noticeably.
b) Mark 12:42. A poor widow came and put in two small copper coins.
c) Mark 12:43. Jesus called His Disciples to Himself and told them a very mysterious thing. He told them that this widow had put in more than all the other people that had contributed.
d) Mark 12:44. All the other people had put into the offering out of their surplus. This widow, from her great poverty put in all that she owned, all that she had to live on.
(This Second one shows me how Jesus saw and still sees Two Small Copper Coins)
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Chris.
This is the season for outreach teams to go out to other countries and do some form of outreach. Whether or not these outreaches are effective is a matter for debate amongst Christian leaders with different viewpoints. We can choose which way we think. Short term outreaches were never a part of New Testament Christianity. In the Bible all Mission was long term. Especially in the area of food short term missions often fail, wasting so much of God’s and Church’s money. Western teams hunting for “Macdonalds”. Korean teams loosing out because of not having Kim Chi. How do the people we have gone out to serve feel when they cannot serve us the food we want, even when they do their best for us? We are offending those people through our complaining. It is better to train and send out long term missionaries correctly. Let the short term teams serve in their own nation’s ghettoes or countryside.
