The Law of Love in the Church

The Christian church on earth is never a showcase of perfect people, but more like a hospital of recovering sinners, who are to assist each other in this journey of recovery. True believers in Jesus Christ come from many different backgrounds, cultures, and ways of life, with various life stories, and have different personalities, and different levels of faith. These differences can create tension and disharmony in the church, but the Lord has given very clear and extensive directions on dealing with these issues. This is the subject of this series of lectures, with a focus on the Scriptures from Romans 14 and 15.

  This last lecture wraps up Paul’s instructions on Christian liberty in Romans 14 and 15, with a special focus on how Christians should emulate the self-sacrificial life of our Lord Jesus Christ, by seeking the good of one another. The strong in the faith are not simply to tolerate the weak in the faith, but they are to, with love and meekness, help them to be freed from their burdens. This cannot be done without the help of the Holy Spirit, so it requires much prayer. Rev. Vergunst ends with some practical applications and admonishes us to seek holiness in all these endeavors. He says, “It is doubtful you can be a Christian in anything, unless you can be a Christian in everything.”

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Rev. A.T. Vergunst is minister of the Gospel in the Reformed Congregation of Carterton, New Zealand.