Friday, April 15, 2005
Romans 12:1-5
12:1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. (ESV)
by Leanne Lippincott
We may be Christians, but we’re still very human. And that means we’re often quick to judge. Have you ever spotted an obese man and thought, What a loser! How about judging fellow Christians? That teenage girl always wears jeans to church, and she never bows her head during prayers.
Man was created in God’s image, which means that we have worth; consequently, we should value who and what we are. At the same time, we should never think of ourselves better than others.
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Daily Bible Meditations are taken from The Helping Hand,a Sabbath School student quarterly for youth and adults. Copyright © 2008, Seventh Day Baptist Board of Christian Education, Inc.
Scripture quotations marked "ESV" are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Text provided by the Crossway Bibles Web Service .
