The Weak and the Strong Romans 14:1-23 - Bible Study Workshop

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II. The vegetarian is not to look down upon, judge, condemn the disciple
that eats all things.
A. This group was more likely to consist of Jewish Christians.
Note: Dietary questions were complicated by racial factors.
III. Why God has received both the conscientious vegetarian and the
conscientious eater of all things.
Romans 14:4, Who art thou that judgest another man’s servant To
his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up:
for God is able to make him stand.
I. What right do you have (Who do you think you are) to judge the
servant of another, Christ’s servant
A. John 12:47, And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I
judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the
world.
B. James 4:11, 12, Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that
speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh
evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law,
thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. There is one
lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that
judgest another
C. 1 Corinthians 4:5, Therefore judge nothing before the time, until
the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of
darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and
then shall every man have praise of God.
II. The servant’s own lord is the one alone who approves or disapproves
his servant’s conduct.
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