Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, to be building him up.Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, unto edifying.
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… as Christ has welcomed you to the glory of God. Romans chapter 15, verses 1 through 7. There's a climactic scene in the third installment of the Toy Story movies, Toy Story 3. The entire movie is fraught with the dread of being left out. At the beginning, we meet the old gang again, Sheriff Woody, Buzz Lightyear, and all their friends, even the little three-eyed green spaceman they rescued from Sid. But now the little boy who used to play with them is all grown up and headed off to college, so the old toys get donated to a childcare center. On the surface, it appears that they have been chosen for the good life, but we learn that there's a conspiracy. Among the toys, the place is ruled by another bully, a big purple bear named Lotso, who himself is so ruled by the fear of being left out that he's rigged the game to protect and to please himself. Buzz, Woody, and the others escape. Furious, Lotso hunts them down. …
… Somebody rescued from that? Romans 15, verses 1 and 2 and 3, Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of those without strength, and not just please ourselves. Each of us is to please his neighbor for his good to his edification. For even Christ did not please Himself. You set aside freedoms so as you do not offend a weaker brother, another believer. You may be able to handle it. A believer seeing you do that may say, well, that must be okay. He can't handle it. And you've set an example from which he may be destroyed. So, you don't live unto yourself. You don't. You live for everybody else. That's how it is in the Christian life. You don't do anything that offends someone else. You don't take those liberties. You don't want to be responsible for the debauchery and dissolution of a life, so you set the highest possible standard. Well, let me give you two more. I will never use my liberty to offend someone else or to cause them to stumble. …
… We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves. Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. for Christ did not please himself. But as it is written, the reproaches of those who approached you fell on me. For whatever was written in the former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the scriptures, we might have hope. May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another in accord with Christ Jesus, that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you for the glory of God. Isn't that great? So that's what we do when we get together. Okay? We're not looking to please ourselves. Okay? This is not about this consumer-driven type of gathering where it's like, well, I come for me. He goes, no, no, no, that's not what we do. That's what humans do. That's not what Christ did. …
… ourselves. Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, leading to edification. For even Christ did not please himself, but as it is written, the reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me. For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we, through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures, might have hope. And now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another according to Christ Jesus, that you may with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore receive one another, just as Christ also received us to the glory of God. Now I say that Jesus Christ has become a servant to the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made to the fathers, and that the Gentiles might glorify God for His mercy as it is written, For this reason I will confess to you among the Gentiles, and sing to your name. And again he says, rejoice, O Gentiles, with his people. And again, praise the Lord, all you Gentiles. Laud him, all you people. And again Isaiah said, there shall be a root of Jesse, and he who shall rise to reign over the Gentiles, in him the Gentiles shall hope. …