The case was this: The members of the Christian church at Rome were some of them originally Gentiles, and others of them Jews. Therefore let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which one may edify another. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Use semicolons to separate groups: 'Gen;Jdg;Psa-Mal' or 'Rom 3-12;Mat 1:15;Mat 5:12-22', There are options set in 'Advanced Options', The Whole Bible Whether we live or die, we are the Lords: From beginning to end, our lives are to be dedicated to God. Romans 12:13-14. Minor Prophets When you were under the law, sin did get dominion over you; that law which was ordained to life, worked towards death. On the other hand, he that regards not the daythat does not make a difference between one day and another, does not call one day holy and another profane, one day lucky and another unlucky, but esteems every day alikehe does not do it out of a spirit of opposition, contradiction, or contempt of his brother. I QUESTION whether any man understands himself, and I am quite certain that no Christian does so. We must take heed of saying or doing any thing which may occasion our brother to stumble or fall; the one signifies a less, the other a greater degree of mischief and offencethat which may be an occasion. (1.) Whereas they should have pitied them, and helped them, and afforded them meek and friendly instruction, they trampled upon them as silly, and humoursome, and superstitious, for scrupling those things which they knew to be lawful: so apt are those who have knowledge to be puffed up with it, and to look disdainfully and scornfully upon their brethren. But in the epistle to the Galatians, where he deals with those that were originally Gentiles, but were influenced by some judaizing teachers, not only to believe such a distinction and to practise accordingly, but to lay a stress upon it as necessary to salvation, and to make the observance of the Jewish festivals public and congregational, here the case was altered, and it is charged upon them as the frustrating of the design of the gospel, falling from grace, Gal 4 9-11. (1-2) Receiving the weaker brother. For one believes he may eat all things, but he who is weak eats only vegetables. Let not the reproach arise from any default of ours; as 1 Tim 4 12, Let no man despise thee, that is, do not make thyself despicable. We neither live to ourselves nor die to ourselves. So then each of us shall give account of himself to God. We should manage all our good duties in such a manner that they may not be evil spoken of. 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Spurgeon over one hundred years earlier. Compare this with 1 Cor 8 10, 11. [2.] Though bodily exercise alone profits little, yet, as it is guided by inward fear and reverence, it is accepted. 3. He understands the liberty that God has granted him, and uses it to the glory of God, with an eye to his wisdom and goodness in enlarging our allowance now under the gospel, and taking off the yoke of legal restraints; and he giveth God thanks for the variety of food he has, and the liberty he has to eat it, and that in those things his conscience is not fettered. This, which had been bred in the bone with them, could hardly be got out of the flesh, even after they turned Christians; especially with some of them, who were not easily weaned from what they had long been wedded to. Romans 6:10. The judgment seat of Christ: This is the bema seat, equivalent to the judges seat in the Olympic Games. ( Romans 14 - David Guzik Commentary on the Bible) You ( su) - first in the sentence for emphasis and "in contrast to the Lord" (Vincent). Surely we serve a good Master, who makes peace and joy so essential to our religion. And we may well afford to serve him who for us and for our salvation took upon him the form of a servant. (Romans 14:16-18) Pursuing the higher call of the Kingdom of God. 6 He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. Therefore do not let your good be spoken of as evil; for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. (Romans 14:7-9) We live and die to the Lord. It was not only from the revelation made to Peter in this matter, but from the tenour and tendency of the whole gospel, and from the manifest design of Christ's death in general, that Paul learned to count nothing common or unclean. of Scripture. Blessing the creatures in the name of God before we use them, and blessing the name of God for them after, are both included; for eulogein and eucharistein are used promiscuously. Romans 5:1. He argues against both these jointly: we must not despise nor judge our brethren. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth, 1 Cor 8 1-3. While thou destroyest thy brother thou art helping forward the devil's design, for he is the great destroyer; and, as much as in thee lies, thou art crossing the design of Christ, for he is the great Saviour, and dost not only offend thy brother, but offend Christ; for the work of salvation is that which his heart is upon. Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. Brethren, my hearts desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might he saved. Your partnership makes all we do possible. But it will be asked, "Who feared God and worked righteousness, and who did not?" If we are troubled by something, it likely isnt of faith and likely is sin for us. 2 For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. Charity to the souls of our brethren is the best charity. Minor Prophets Observe, Whether we eat flesh, or eat herbs, it is a thankful regard to God, the author and giver of all our mercies, that sanctifies and sweetens it. If he conscientiously deny himself that which he takes to be forbidden fruit, yet he blesses God that of other trees in the garden he may freely eat. Secondly, It is righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. 1 Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. Prophets We should distinguish between someone who is weak and someone who is rebellious. All his friends do it freely, are made willing in the day of his power. Who are you to judge anothers servant? They stand or fall before their own Master, God and God is able to make those meat eaters stand. Such censures as these discovered a great deal of rashness and uncharitableness, and would doubtless tend much to the alienating of affection. There are things God may challenge us to give up, but we go on approving them in our life thus we condemn ourselves. Even the Pope, when he takes to cursing, as at least the former one used to do very liberally, seems as if he could hardly be the vicar of God on earth. When he shall come in the clouds, and every eye shall see him, then, and not till then, will all those promises which speak of his victories over his enemies and their subjection to him have their full and complete accomplishment; then his foes shall be his footstool, and all his enemies shall lick the dust. This he was assured of, not only from the general tenour and scope of the gospel, but particularly from the revelation which Peter, the apostle of the circumcision (and therefore more immediately concerned in it), had to this purport, Acts 10 15, 28. To this purport he argues, v. 14 and 23, which two verses explain this, and give us a rule not to act against the dictates. That which for the matter of it is good and unexceptionable may sometimes, by mismanagement, be rendered liable to a great deal of censure and reproach. 4. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point 2. Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. First, Not to self. Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food: If eating or drinking something will stumble another brother, then we are not free to eat or drink in that circumstance. Because both the one and the other must shortly give an account, v. 10-12. This is to be extended to all such indifferent things whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, is involved either in sin or in trouble: or is made weakhis graces weakened, his comforts weakened, his resolutions weakened. This is laid down v. 13, Let us not judge one another any more. If of the particular determination of the efficacy of his death to the elect, then, though none that were given to Christ shall perish (John 6 39), yet thou mayest, as much as is in thy power, destroy such. 10 But why dost thou judge thy brother? Prophets Who are you to judge anothers servant? Luke-Acts WONDERFUL is the power of faith. God will judge the world by him, Acts 17 31. The kingdom of God is not eating and drinking: If we place food and drink before righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, then we are hopelessly out of touch with Gods priorities and His heart. God never cast off any one that had true grace, though he was but weak in it; never broke the bruised reed. Now those that had been Jews were trained up in the observance of the ceremonial appointments touching meats and days. Romans 14 - God Likes it When We Think About Others A. Don't judge each other in doubtful things. Those who are strong must by no means despise the weak; nor those who are weak judge the strong, v. 3. The business of our deaths, to which we are every day exposed and delivered, is not to make ourselves talked of; we run not such hazards out of vain-glory, while we are dying daily. Consider the work of God (v. 20): "For meat destroy not the work of Godthe work of grace, particularly the work of faith in thy brother's soul." a. Date. THIS passage is a piece of holy teaching set forth under the parable of rising in the morning and preparing for the work of the day. As to our brethren, it is peaceto live in peace and love, and charity with them, following peace with all men: Christ came into the world to be the great peace-maker. Romans 8:28. I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the (2.) Our end and aim: not self, but the Lord. But why do you judge your brother? This arises from that unchangeable law of our creation, which is, that our wills, in all their choices, motions, and directions, should follow the dictates of our understandings. Observe his description of true Christians, taken from their end and aim (v. 7, 8), and the ground of it, v. 9. of Have it to yourself before God. 3 Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him. 2. As the particular end specifies the action, so the general scope and tendency specify the state. Romans xiii. The meaning is sufficiently plain. Observe here. The Pharisees taught people to plead conscience, when they made corban an excuse for denying relief to their parents, Matt 15 5, 6. _There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit._ No condemnation: that is the beginning of the chapter. Given to hospitality. 11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. 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For they being ignorant of Gods righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto , The Leading of the Spirit, the Secret Token of the Sons of God Its likely they thought they were the strong ones, and the meat-eaters were the weak ones. We must give account how we have spent our time, how we have improved our opportunities, what we have done and how we have done it. It is indeed their sin who do speak evil of that which is good for the sake of any such circumstantial errors, but it is our folly if we give any occasion to do so. So that whenever God saith As I live, it is to be interpreted as swearing by himself; for it is God's prerogative to have life in himself: there is a further ratification of it there, The word is gone out of my mouth. Proud member It is explained by the word akatharton, Acts 10 14, nothing common or unclean. Happy is he who does not condemn himself in what he approves: Not every Christian knows this happiness. There is a lot of useless, harmful division among Christians over silly, bigoted things. Secondly, Confessing to himacknowledging his glory, grace, and greatnessacknowledging our own meanness and vileness, confessing our sins to him; so some understand it. a. 14. 4. Where he cannot be beneficent he is benevolent. The Spurgeon Center. Clearness in doubtful matters contributes very much to our comfortable walking, as it frees us from those scruples, jealousies, and suspicions, which those who have not such clearness are entangled in endlessly. Our work is to bless the sons of men. But the reproof is here given to the stronger and more knowing Christian: Now walkest thou not charitably. 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