Pray, don't Debate

Accept anyone who is weak in faith, but don't argue about doubtful issues. Romans 14:1

Depending on our background, as a new believer we may be struggling with years of religious traditions, which stifle faith.

I came outoif the Catholic faith and had been an ardent follower of Christ, religiously. The church I came from had, like Judaism, created a lot if 'how tos' in approaching my faith. In the absence of relationship we have legalism. Over the years my Lord has washed these ingrained practices from out of the clay of my life, enabling Him to reshape me. As a new Christian I had a constant struggle between the legal life I left and the free life I came into.

This is the same for those who come to Christ today from Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, and I notice the Japanese really struggle to give up the worship of family idols. What binds us is the fears associated with the law. Yet, praise God, Jesus came to deliver us from all fear. His freedom is a life of grace, there is now no condemnation. Only the law carries condemnation. What freedom! What rest!

Religion will insist on certain practices and because the bible is unclear on these , the new believer will struggle to let them go. Older Christians would do well to pray rather than debate as grace liberates more than any argument, every time. Amen!