Section 15
accord, we all say the same thing. Therefore, with one mind and one mouth we glorify God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
In chapter 9:5 it says that Christ is the overall and ever-blessed God. That is according to His divinity. But here it speaks of the God of our Lord Jesus Christ. This is according to His hu manity. According to His divinity, He is the over-all and ever-blessed God; according to His humanity, God is His God. If, in receiving the believers, we behave ourselves according to the Lord Jesus, we shall glorify God as He does.
Receiving One Another
Verse 7 says, "Wherefore receive one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God." This verse, when taken along with 14:3, proves that Christ's receiving is God's receiving. What Christ has received, God has received. Christ has received us to the glory of God. Our receiving of the believers must be according to God's and Christ's receiving, not according to anything else. Whomever God and Christ have received we have to receive, regardless of how much they differ from us in doctrinal concepts or religious practices. This is for the glory of God.