(Rom 15:5)  “Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus: (6)  That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.”  Most of our conflicts come from mind upon self – not others. Mark it down, at least one person will have their own desires before God’s Word.

(Rom 15:5) “Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:” God our Father is patient, meaning “cheerful endurance”. Oh, for such a heart that in the midst of trials and….the aggravations of life, we could remain cheerful as we wait upon God.

(Rom 15:5) “Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:” This teaching of putting others before self is not just for some, but for every true Child of God. Imagine how genuine our testimony before the unsaved would be if our churches practiced this.

(Rom 15:4) “For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.”   I believe “patience” is one of the hardest things to practice as a believer. To trust the Lord to take care of problems when they are in my face, enduring them moment by moment is hard. Don’t let cares rob you of the victory that always comes with faith.

(Rom 15:4) “For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.”  Many a person, when it comes to education, cease to learn at a certain point. Bible education should never cease, for it is not the gaining of knowledge, but the reprogramming of the mind.

Rom 15:4) “For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.”   In context, this verse is referring to the previous and its meaning: “The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.”  Our hope, our comfort comes from the obedience of self sacrifice, in patience waiting for our reward for bearing the infirmities of the weak.

(Rom 15:3)  “For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.”  Even to this very day, Child of God, you and I unknowingly through wrong thinking offend our Lord. Yet, He bears with us, seeking our good, desiring to draw us in heart and mind to grow (be edified) in Him. We are to be as patient with others.

(Rom 15:2) “Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.”  Keeping the spiritual good of others ever before us, we seek to bless those around us. The goal is not, “I hope they see Christ in me”, but to speak to them of Christ in us.

(Rom 15:1) “We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.”  Notice the rule of thumb: not to please ourselves. The New Testament speaks often of “love”. It is most always using the word for sacrificial love. Others before self, the Lord God before everyone and everything the foundation of Christianity.

(Rom 14:23) “And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.”   Beware that the thing we allow is not against God’s Word. If it is brought to our attention and the Scriptures confirm it, then we are to disallow it, for the conscience is not our guide – the Word of God is.