Criticism...
Romans 14:1-4
Accept Christians who are weak in faith, and don't argue with them about what
they think is right or wrong. For instance, one person believes it is all
right to eat anything. But another believer who has a sensitive conscience will
eat only vegetables. Those who think it is all right to eat anything must not
look down on those who won't. And those who won't eat certain foods must not
condemn those who do, for God has accepted them. Who are you do condemn God's
servants? They are responsible to the Lord, so let him tell them whether they
are right or wrong. The Lord's power will help them do as they should.
as you may have noticed i have been reading the new testament and commenting
on each area as thoughts occurred to me...and researching other parts of the
Bible as questions occurred to me...so i was reading a few chapters of Romans
tonight and came upon chapter 14...
it was very interesting to me...i know he is using the food as an example but
my cousin discusses the food a lot...for example he says that the old testament
says not to eat catfish, shell fish (lobster, crawfish, etc), or mix dairy and
meat (no cheese burgers)...and my only thoughts were that there was a new set
of rules after Jesus died on the cross (meaning cheese burgers were ok)...or
so that we did not have to follow the jewish laws which i discussed ever so
slightly in this article...
hmmm...so what is paul saying here?...it almost sounds like you should not
question what other Christians do...let them live their life and God will sort
it out...but being that i am full of questions i wonder if it is wrong to
discuss what other Christians think...to get their viewpoint on why they think
you should not eat a cheese burger...i do not think this is a matter of not
accepting or judging them but of growing in Christ...find out what leads them
to think God wants them to not eat a cheese burger...
now i know the cheese burger example is an odd example that just happens to
be from conversations i have had...and luckily it had to do with food just like
the scriptures...but the cheese burger could be an example of other things...
back to the book...
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