To clear this argument against rash judging and despising, he shows how essential it is to true Christianity to have a regard to God and not to ourselves, which therefore, unless the contrary do manifestly appear, we must presume concerning those that in minor things differ from us. Concerning days, v. 5. b. He took the most trying place in the whole field of battle; he stood where the fray' was hottest. Minor Prophets 8 For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. For he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men. There is a lot of useless, harmful division among Christians over silly, bigoted things. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence. The former is a stumbling-block, that gives our brother a great shake, and is a hindrance and discouragement to him; but this is an occasion to fall. Strong believers and weak believers, those that eat and those that eat not, if they be true believers, are accepted of God. We shall all stand before the judgment-seat of Christ, 2 Cor 5 10. We may apply it more generally. Christians should take heed of grieving one another, and of saddening the hearts of Christ's little ones. (1.) THIS exhortation, as you will readily perceive, is not addressed to the ungodly. It was not so much the difference itself that did the mischief as the mismanagement of the difference, making it a bone of contention. John 3:16, Jesus faith love), The Whole Bible How happy were it for the church if those that have a clearness in disputable things would be satisfied to have it to themselves before God, and not impose those things upon others, and make them terms of communions, than which nothing is more opposite to Christian liberty, nor more destructive both to the peace of churches and the peace of consciences. The Old Testament This is laid down v. 13, Let us not judge one another any more. The gospel is your good; the liberties and franchises, the privileges and immunities, granted by it, are your good; your knowledge and strength of grace to discern and use your liberty in things disputed are your good, a good which the weak brother hath not. 5. This is a thing in which all the people of God are one, however they differ in other things; though some are weak and others are strong, yet both agree in this, not to live to themselves. As to ourselves, it is joy in the Holy Ghostthat spiritual joy which is wrought by the blessed Spirit in the hearts of believers, which respects God as their reconciled Father and heaven as their expected home. 1 Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. Yet most people today have never heard of John Gill. I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsman i. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and . See this case explained, 1 Cor 8 9-11. After each game, the winners came before the judges seat to receive crowns for first, second, and third places. Paul reminds us that it isnt our place to pass judgment on any fellow Christian. 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. I want to know the happiness that comes from not condemning myself by what I approve in my life. This takes faith, because we often cling to hindering things because we think they make us happy. Yet most people today have never heard of John Gill. In such a case we must rather cross ourselves than shame ourselves. Now in this chapter we are furnished with the sovereign balm of Gilead; the blessed apostle prescribes like a wise physician. Though men condemn us, it is well enough if our own hearts condemn us not, 1 John 3 21. 4. At this time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son. This was that name above every name which God gave him as the reward of his humiliation, Phil 2 8, 9. This was, and is, the mark of the true believer, that he see Jesus. Christ deals gently with those that have true grace, though they are weak in it. As we tender the reputation of the good we profess and practise, let us so order it that it may not be evil spoken of. The Leading of the Spirit, the Secret Token of the Sons of God January 1, 1970 The Leading of the Spirit, the Secret Token of the Sons of God "As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God."Romans viii. If you have [strong] faith, and feel liberty to partake of certain things, praise God! 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. Major Prophets (Romans 14:22-23) The concluding principle of faith. Receive him into your company, and converse, and communion, entertain him with readiness and condescension, and treat him with all possible endearments. If a man were verily persuaded (it is Dr. Sanderson's instance, sermon on ch. Johannine Writings The Old Testament Romans 13 He preached in the same church as C. H. Spurgeon over one hundred years earlier. Every knee shall bow: The quotation from Isaiah 45:23 emphasizes the fact that all will have to appear before God in humility, and give account of himself before God. And be not conformed to this world: Do not live as men of the world do. (Romans 14:1-2) Receiving the weaker brother. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand. The business of our lives is not to please ourselves, but to please God. Poetical Books (3) Christ died for all men. 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. The Gospels We live to glorify him in all the actions and affairs of life; we die, whether a natural or a violent death, to glorify him, and to go to be glorified with him. God will judge the world by him, Acts 17 31. for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. Observe, The same for whom Christ died (v. 15) are here called the work of God; besides the work that is wrought for us there is a work to be wrought in us, in order to our salvation. We must not pin our faith upon any one's sleeve, nor make the practice of others our rule; but follow the dictates of our own understanding. Here the apostle speaks of the distinction of meats and days as a thing indifferent, when it went no further than the opinion and practice of some particular persons, who had been trained up all their days to such observances, and therefore were the more excusable if they with difficulty parted with them. [1.] Individual instructors or editors may still require the use of URLs. we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ, Not to put a stumbling block or a cause to fall in our brothers way, I know and am convinced by the Lord Jesus that there is nothing unclean of itself, Do not destroy with your food the one for whom Christ died, Do not let your good be spoken of as evil, The kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food, Nor do anything by which your brother stumbles or is offended or is made weak, Happy is he who does not condemn himself in what he approves, David Guzik :: Hechos 2 El Espritu Santo Es Derramado Sobre la Iglesia, Four Views on the Millennium - Study Resources, Matthew Henry :: Commentary on Lamentations 4, Harmony of the Gospels - Study Resources - Study Resources, David Guzik :: Gnesis 2 La CreacinTerminada; Adn en el Jardn del Edn, Jonathan Edwards :: Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, David Guzik :: Apocalipsis 20 Satans, el Pecado y la Muerte son Finalmente Eliminados, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus and the Holy Trinity (Walter Martin), 1 Samuel 17-25 (1979-82 Audio) (Chuck Smith), Lamentations 1-5 (1979-82 Audio) (Chuck Smith). When to awake; Now; and to awake out of the sleep of carnal security, sloth, and negligence; out of the sleep of spiritual death, and out of the sleep of spiritual deadness. Commentary on Romans 14:7-13 (Read Romans 14:7-13) Though some are weak, and others are strong, yet all must agree not to live to themselves. As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.Romans viii. according to the flesh: who are Israelites; to whom , The Pastor's Parting Blessing Romans 10 He preached in the same church as C. H. Spurgeon over one hundred years earlier. as a Christian by seeking the welfare of his wife and family only, for these are only a sort of greater self." (Spurgeon) . b. Eats only vegetables: As an example of a doubtful thing, Paul looks at those who refuse to eat meat for a spiritual reason. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. It was after he had died and risen that he said, All power is given unto me (Matt 28 18), and presently he exerts that power in issuing out commissions, v. 19, 20. a. Romans 5:1. First, Drawing a soul to sin threatens the destruction of that soul. Presented here is a verse by verse exposition of the New . Pauline Epistles Where he cannot be beneficent he is benevolent. Paul speaks about the stumbling of a sincere heart, not catering to the whims of someones legalism. Observe the motives to enforce this caution. Here is a proof of Christ's Godhead: he is the Lord and he is God, equal with the Father. 7 For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. Receive him, proslambavesthetake him to you, bid him welcome, receive him with the greatest affection and tenderness; porrigite manum (so the Syriac): lend him your hand, to help him, to fetch him to you, to encourage him. Wisdom Literature 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. Those who are strong must by no means despise the weak; nor those who are weak judge the strong, v. 3. . a. He preached in the same church as C. H. Spurgeon over one hundred years earlier. 2 For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. 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. This is a wonderful check on our tendency to justify ourselves in the things we permit. And therefore, First, We have little to do to judge others, for they are not accountable to us, nor are we accountable for them (Gal 2 6): Whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me, God accepteth no man's person. "Why then is not the hurt of the daughter of my people recovered," but because his directions are not followed? Every saint is God's workmanship, his husbandry, his building, Eph 2 10; 1 Cor 3 9. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. The better to insinuate the exhortation, he puts himself in; Let us not; as if he had said, "It is what I have resolved against, therefore do you leave it: but judge this rather, instead of censuring the practice of others, let us look to our own, that no man put a stumbling-block, or an occasion to fall, in his brother's way,"proskomma, e skandalon. A believing regard to the judgment of the great day would silence all these rash judgings: Why dost thou that art weak judge thy brother that is strong? i. Wisdom Literature In judging and censuring our brethren, we meddle with that which does not belong to us: we have work enough to do at home; and, if we must needs be judging, let us exercise our faculty upon our own hearts and ways.To his own master he stands or falls; that is, his doom will be according to his master's sentence, and not according to ours. i. Kansas City, Missouri 64118, 2017 The Spurgeon Center and Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Yet if your brother is grieved because of your food, you are no longer walking in love. Daniel and his fellows were in better liking with pulse and water than those were who ate the portion of the king's meat. It is true we cannot hinder loose and ungoverned tongues from speaking evil of us, and of the best things we have; but we must not (if we can help it) give them any occasion to do it. C.H. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point Well, this was the disease, and we see it remaining in the church to this day; the like differences, in like manner mismanaged, are still the disturbers of the church's peace. Romans 14 - God Likes it When We Think About Others A. Don't judge each other in doubtful things. b. Remember that it is an inspired passage: although it consists of Christian courtesies addressed to different individuals, yet it was written by an apostle, and written not as an ordinary letter but as a part of the inspired volume. They may be malnourished (by lack of good teaching). Secondly, Confessing to himacknowledging his glory, grace, and greatnessacknowledging our own meanness and vileness, confessing our sins to him; so some understand it. Minor Prophets Good praying, preaching, and discourse, may often, for want of prudence in ordering the time, the expression, and other circumstances to edification, be evil spoken of. On the other hand, he that eatest not those meats which were forbidden by the ceremonial law, to the Lord he eateth not. Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. c. He who is weak eats only vegetables: In Pauls mind, the weak brother is the stricter one. The Gospels Those who were weak, and durst not use their Christian liberty, judged and censured the strong, who did, as if they were loose Christians, carnal professors, that cared not what they did, but walked at all adventures, and stuck at nothing. The Whole Bible For none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself. This is laid down v. 5, Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind; that is, "Practise according to your own judgment in these things, and leave others to do so too. Who are you to judge anothers servant? So then each of us shall give account of himself to God. A Christian man cursing is a very awkward spectacle. Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ Romans v. 1. Of a mistaken conscience, v. 14. For one believes he may eat all things, but he who is weak eats only vegetables. 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