Sunday Sermon, September 13, 2020 - Romans 14:1-12

 

Last Sunday's sermon covered the verses found in the book of Romans 14:1-12.  This message from Paul is one of avoiding topics of division and discord.  There are areas of our faith that are vital and for which we should contest and correct one another, unfortunately, we all too often go to those areas that are frivolous and optional in order to argue and attack one another.

We're called to remember always to not be a stumbling block for our sister or brother in the faith... we would all do well to focus upon this message... perhaps now more than ever with all the 'anti-mask' versus 'maskers' rhetoric and other things going about in our church and society.

Remember to heal and not to divide...

Be a blessing to someone today!

In Christ,

Roy

Romans 14:1-12 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Do Not Judge Another

14 Welcome those who are weak in faith,[a] but not for the purpose of quarreling over opinions. 2 Some believe in eating anything, while the weak eat only vegetables. 3 Those who eat must not despise those who abstain, and those who abstain must not pass judgment on those who eat; for God has welcomed them. 4 Who are you to pass judgment on servants of another? It is before their own lord that they stand or fall. And they will be upheld, for the Lord[b] is able to make them stand.

5 Some judge one day to be better than another, while others judge all days to be alike. Let all be fully convinced in their own minds. 6 Those who observe the day, observe it in honor of the Lord. Also those who eat, eat in honor of the Lord, since they give thanks to God; while those who abstain, abstain in honor of the Lord and give thanks to God.

7 We do not live to ourselves, and we do not die to ourselves. 8 If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord; so then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s. 9 For to this end Christ died and lived again, so that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.

10 Why do you pass judgment on your brother or sister?[c] Or you, why do you despise your brother or sister?[d] For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God.[e] 11 For it is written,

“As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me,
    and every tongue shall give praise to[f] God.”

12 So then, each of us will be accountable to God.[g]

Footnotes:

1. Romans 14:1 Or conviction
2. Romans 14:4 Other ancient authorities read for God
3. Romans 14:10 Gk brother
4. Romans 14:10 Gk brother
5. Romans 14:10 Other ancient authorities read of Christ
6. Romans 14:11 Or confess
7. Romans 14:12 Other ancient authorities lack to God