Page 67 CHAPTER 4 SHARING THE LOT WITH FELLOW CHRISTIANS We have learned that God has promised to lead and guide us into His moral will. And we discussed how He leads us into His moral will. We also pointed out that God’s will is a lot like a parking lot. In addition, we discovered that in non-moral areas, God leaves the decision to us. The non-moral decisions of life can be likened to the parking spaces that are within the parking lot of God’s moral will. The Lord has also promised to give us wisdom in making such decisions. But what happens when Christians who fellowship together hold to different views on the boundaries of the parking lot? That is, what do you do if your brother or sister in Christ believes that a particular practice that you regard as a legitimate parking space is outside of God’s will? That’s the subject of this chapter. I will say quite candidly that if you can wrap your arms around
A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.
C.H. Spurgeon