REVELATION UNCOVERED - God's Puzzle Solved

The Mind Of Christ133teaching an extremely important spiritual lesson.The Apostle explains how you must stop judging one anotherspiritually (Romans 14:7-13). Paul contends you, as Christians,must never offend anyone. The point of this chapter is to provePaul was referring to the mind of Christ. Paul summarizes, “…for whatsoever is not of faith [or personal belief] is sin” (Romans14:23). Paul tells you at whatever spiritual level of beliefor faith you are at, you must do what you believe God wants youto do! Your Christian duty is to try not to offend anyone. You,as Christians, must only be ready to answer with the hope that isin you when someone asks what and why you believe as you do(I Peter 3:15).Peter asks what attitude you should have if someone asks you foran answer of your faith. Peter states you should answer in humility,being careful not to offend the one seeking or asking you.Peter, as well as Paul, refers to the mind of Christ. Both Apostlesstate as a Christian in God’s church, you, as well as everyoneelse, may be at a different level of spiritual understanding andtruth. It all depends upon whether you are spiritually growingor not and whether you are getting more of the mind of Christ.A HereticThe Pharisees in the church were considered a sect or heretic.In the Greek, a “heretic” or “haritikos” is defined as “a separatingtendency.” That is why in Acts 15, The Pharisees were called asect instead of defined as schismatics. Even though they had adoctrine or belief, they were not schismatic or divisive. In otherwords, they were never trying to cause a split in “the church.”On the other hand, Paul said that a heretic, known to be subverted,sinning and self-condemned, after being admonished twice, should