BIBLICAL BASIS: Understanding Our Accountability to Other Believers

PRINTED TEXT: Romans 14:1-18

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURES: Galatians 6:1-6; 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

DEVOTIONAL READING: Romans 15:1-7

KEY VERSE: We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves (Romans 15:1).

CENTRAL TRUTH: We are responsible to promote Christlike living in God's family.

OBJECTIVE: By the end of this lesson my students should be able to identify three things they will do to help a spiritually weak Christian.

LESSON OUTLINE:

I. Accepting a Weak Brother -- Responsibility (Romans 14:1-9)

II. Accusing a Weak Brother -- Danger (Romans 14:10-13)

III. Accommodating a Weak Brother -- Necessity (Romans 14:14-23)