PRaP
2/12/08
“The
Weak and The Strong”
As
I was reading Romans 14 this morning a verse really stuck out to me; “and
everything that does not come from faith is sin.”
That is a heavy statement don’t you think?
Everything that does not come from faith is sin. Now let’s look in
context at what is being said here.
19Let
us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual
edification. 20Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is
clean, but it is wrong for a man to eat anything that causes someone else to
stumble. 21It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else
that will cause your brother to fall.
22So
whatever you believe about these things keep between yourself and God. Blessed
is the man who does not condemn himself by what he approves. 23But the man who
has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and
everything that does not come from faith is sin.
Now
the very next verses which begin in the next chapter are still a part of what we
are reading about so here read these as well:
1We
who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please
ourselves. 2Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.
3For even Christ did not please himself but, as it is written: "The insults
of those who insult you have fallen on me."[a]
4For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that
through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
Now
at the beginning of this chapter it says this:
1Accept
him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on disputable matters. 2One
man's faith allows him to eat everything, but another man, whose faith is weak,
eats only vegetables. 3The man who eats everything must not look down on him who
does not, and the man who does not eat everything must not condemn the man who
does, for God has accepted him. 4Who are you to judge someone else's servant? To
his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to
make him stand.
Someone
out there needed this today and it is between you and God.
Key
Verse:
Romans
14:23
But the man who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not
from faith; and everything that does not come from faith is sin.
Romans
14:22-23
(in Context) Romans
14 (Whole
Chapter)
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