You think that he who eateth will fall by his presumption, or that he who eateth not will sink under the weight of his own fears and scruples; but if they have true faith, and an eye to God, the one in the intelligent use of his Christian liberty and the other in the conscientious forbearance of it, they shall be held upthe one in his integrity, and the other in his comfort. He grants that all things indeed are pure. i. a. And we may well afford to serve him who for us and for our salvation took upon him the form of a servant. Whatever they are, and whatever they do, they must give account to their own master, and not to us; if we can in any thing be helpers of their joy, it is well; but we have not dominion over their faith. No fruits are on the table; no wines are in the bottles of the promise; I come to the sanctuary, but I find no comfort; I turn to the Bible, but I find no solace; I fall on my knees, but even the stream of prayer seems to be a dry brook. We can discourage or beat them down through our legalism against them, or we can do it by enticing them to sin through an unwise use of our liberty. It is a generous piece of self-denial, for which we have Paul's example (1 Cor 8 13), If meat make my brother to offend; he does not say, I will eat no meat, that is to destroy himself; but I will eat no flesh, that is to deny himself, while the world stands. We are apt, in such a case, to lay all the blame on that side. Who are you to judge anothers servant? Johannine Writings But God has received those Christians who eat meat. It is for God's sake, because he is afraid of offending God by eating that which he is sure was once prohibited; and he giveth God thanks too that there is enough besides. On the other hand, he that eatest not those meats which were forbidden by the ceremonial law, to the Lord he eateth not. You are no longer walking in love: The issue now is not my personal liberty; it is walking in love towards one whom Jesus loves and died for. Secondly, We must be very careful to do nothing which tends to the destruction of this work, either in ourselves or others. a. Romans 8:1. Observe the motives to enforce this caution. 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. I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsman Those who are strong must by no means despise the weak; nor those who are weak judge the strong, v. 3. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 15, 16. This is unfortunate, since his works contain priceless gems of information that are found nowhere except in the ancient writings of the Jews. In those indifferent things which we are sure it is no sin not to do, and yet are not clear that it is lawful to do them, we must not do them while we continue under those doubts; for he that doubteth is damned if he eat (v. 23), that is, it turns into sin to him; he is damned, katakekritaihe is condemned of his own conscience, because he eateth not of faith, because he does that which he is not fully persuaded he may lawfully do. Prophets They may be a babe in Christ (babies are weak). Let not him who eats despise him who does not eat, One person esteems one day above another; another esteems every day alike, Let each be fully convinced in his own mind, For none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself, Whether we live or die, we are the Lords, that He might be Lord of both the dead and the living. Happy is the free man who is thus liberated by the . The spirit of a man is the candle of the Lord, and it is a dangerous thing to debauch and put a force upon conscience, though it be under a mistake. 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. See Matt 18 6, 10. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point He also knew well the terrible joy that comes only through suffering as he lived quite afflicted (both by illness and slander). Observe, The approbation of men is not to be slighted; for we must provide things honest in the sight of all men, and study those things that are lovely and of good report: but the acceptance of God is to be desired and aimed at in the first place, because, sooner or later, God will bring all the world to be of his mind. For the scripture saith, whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. But the reproof is here given to the stronger and more knowing Christian: Now walkest thou not charitably. ( Romans 14:19-21) Use your liberty to build each other up, not to tear each other down. Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. Let not him who eats despise him who does not eat: It would be easy for a Christian who felt free to eat meat to despise others as hopeless legalists. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. (Romans 14:14-15) Destroying a brother makes a privilege wrong. If you have [strong] faith, and feel liberty to partake of certain things, praise God! It is proclaimed before our Joseph, Bow the knee, Gen 41 43. Did he think it worth while to deny himself so much for them as to die for them, and shall not we think it worth while to deny ourselves so little for them as abstaining from flesh comes to?with thy meat. The Argument from Contingency: A Proof for God, 6 Verses to Cling to When You Are Overwhelmed. General Epistles Here his own heart cannot but condemn him as a transgressor. Romans 8:28. Thank you for registering. We find Jews at Rome believing, Acts 28 24. Romans 14 Romans 14 He preached in the same church as C. H. Spurgeon over one hundred years earlier. For if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Compare this with 1 Cor 8 10, 11. By proceeding, you consent to our cookie usage. Have it to thyself, that is, enjoy the comfort of it in thy own bosom, and do not trouble others by the imprudent use of it, when it might give offence, and cause thy weak brother to stumble and fall." Is it for us then to judge or despise them, as if we were their masters, and they were to make it their business to please us, and to stand or fall by our dooms? Do you have faith? He argues against both these jointly: we must not despise nor judge our brethren. It is explained by the word akatharton, Acts 10 14, nothing common or unclean. Daniel and his fellows were in better liking with pulse and water than those were who ate the portion of the king's meat. CHILDREN are expected to bear some likeness to their parent. Nay, and thou mayest utterly destroy some whose profession may be so justifiable that thou art bound to believe, in a judgment of charity, that Christ died for them. As to our brethren, it is peaceto live in peace and love, and charity with them, following peace with all men: Christ came into the world to be the great peace-maker. In such a case we must rather cross ourselves than shame ourselves. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. 9 For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living. Perhaps they refused it because they feared it was meat sacrificed to a pagan god (as in 1 Corinthians 8). This is his reason (v. 17, 18), which is reducible to this branch of exhortation. Therefore Paul says that he was persuaded by the Lord Jesus, not only as the author of that persuasion, but as the ground of it; it was built upon the efficacy of Christ's death, which removed the curse, took off the forfeiture, and restored our right to the creature in general, and consequently put a period to that particular distinguishing prohibition. This does not take away the need and the responsibility for admonishment (Romans 15:14) or rebuke (2 Timothy 4:2). It was not only from the revelation made to Peter in this matter, but from the tenour and tendency of the whole gospel, and from the manifest design of Christ's death in general, that Paul learned to count nothing common or unclean. Wisdom Literature Let all these differences be referred to the arbitration of Christ at the great day. The Christian is a man of generous actions, but his wishes go far beyond his deeds. 19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another. But have your strong faith before God, not before a brother who will stumble. This is unfortunate, since his works contain priceless gems of information that are found nowhere except in the ancient writings of the Jews. 4. Let not him who eats despise him who does not eat, and let not him who does not eat judge him who eats; for God has received him. He did not seek to be among his disciples as a king is in the midst of his troops, guarded and protected in the time of strife; but he exposed himself to the fiercest part of all the conflict. We make ourselves our brethren's masters, and do in effect usurp the throne of God, when we take upon us thus to judge them, especially to judge their thoughts and intentions, which are out of our view, to judge their persons and state, concerning which it is hard to conclude by those few indications which fall within our cognizance. 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. Clearness in doubtful matters contributes very much to our comfortable walking, as it frees us from those scruples, jealousies, and suspicions, which those who have not such clearness are entangled in endlessly. (Romans 14:3-4) Judging our brother is inappropriate because we are not their masters. You have enough to answer for before Jesus., ii. Receive him, not to expose him, but to instruct and strengthen him. If my hope of heaven lies upon my having been born according to the promise of God born of his grace and of his power in that line the covenant stands. We are not our own masters, nor our own proprietorswe are not at our own disposal. But in the epistle to the Galatians, where he deals with those that were originally Gentiles, but were influenced by some judaizing teachers, not only to believe such a distinction and to practise accordingly, but to lay a stress upon it as necessary to salvation, and to make the observance of the Jewish festivals public and congregational, here the case was altered, and it is charged upon them as the frustrating of the design of the gospel, falling from grace, Gal 4 9-11. Luke-Acts Of grief to our brother, "One that is weak, and thinks it unlawful to eat such and such meats, will be greatly troubled to see thee eat them, out of a concern for the honour of the law which he thinks forbids them, and for the good of thy soul which he thinks is wronged by them, especially when thou dost it wilfully and with a seeming presumption, and not with that tenderness and that care to give satisfaction to thy weak brother which would become thee." Those who were strong, and knew their Christian liberty, and made use of it, despised the weak, who did not. Major Prophets 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. Several kinds of meat were forbidden to the Jews, that in that, as in other things, they might be a peculiar and separate people, Lev 11 44; Deut 14 2, 3. When you were under the law, sin did get dominion over you; that law which was ordained to life, worked towards death. Paul had faith in these things: I am persuaded that there is nothing unclean of itself; but he had it to himself, so as not to use his liberty to the offence of others. Wake Up! , Zealous, But Wrong Romans 8:2. Minor Prophets [1.] We must deny ourselves in our appetites, inclinations, and in the use of Christian liberty, rather than obstruct and prejudice our own or others' grace and peace. for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. . This is to be extended to all such indifferent things whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, is involved either in sin or in trouble: or is made weakhis graces weakened, his comforts weakened, his resolutions weakened. Yet most people today have never heard of John Gill. 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). Paul isnt telling these Christians to erase their differences; he tells them to rise above them as Christian brothers and sisters. It is quoted from Isa 45 23. . 5. In either case, the attitude is wrong because we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. Luke-Acts II. The apostle seems willing to let the ceremonial law wither by degrees, and to let it have an honourable burial; now these weak Romans seem to be only following it weeping to its grave, but those Galatians were raking it out of its ashes. To the same purport (v. 21) he recommends it to our care not to give offence to any one by the use of lawful things: It is good neither to eat flesh nor to drink wine; these are things lawful indeed and comfortable, but not necessary to the support of human life, and therefore we may, and must, deny ourselves in them, rather than give offence. Lawful things may be done unlawfully.Eats with offence, either carelessly or designedly giving offence to his brethren. Your partnership makes all we do possible. as a Christian by seeking the welfare of his wife and family only, for these are only a sort of greater self." (Spurgeon) . "Hast thou clearness in such a particular? The Old Testament First, Bowing to himthe understanding bowed to his truths, the will to his laws, the whole man to his authority; and this expressed by the bowing of the knee, the posture of adoration and prayer. This is a wonderful check on our tendency to justify ourselves in the things we permit. Why so? Secondly, He is approved of menof all wise and good men, and the opinion of others is not to be regarded. Our end and aim: not self, but the Lord. For one believes he may eat all things, but he who is weak eats only vegetables. The judgment seat of Christ is only concerned with a Christians rewards and position in the kingdom, not with his salvation. (Smith). [2.] Copyright 2023, Bible Study Tools. A Christian man cursing is a very awkward spectacle. No thanks to thee if they be not destroyed; by doing that which has a tendency to it, thou dost manifest a great opposition to Christ. The persons and things which are acceptable to God should be approved of us. 11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. No one who has given up his name to Christ, is allowedly a self-seeker; that is against true Christianity. Pentateuch That which for the matter of it is good and unexceptionable may sometimes, by mismanagement, be rendered liable to a great deal of censure and reproach. Romans 14, Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible, One of over 125 Bible commentaries freely available, this commentary is from the most widely read and often quoted preacher in history, Charles Haddon Spurgeon b. Observe. How Can We All Use Our Creative Talents to Glorify God? This the strong Christian is clear in, and practises accordingly, eating what is set before him, and asking no question for conscience' sake, 1 Cor 10 27. Because some Christian saw nothing wrong in this meat and others saw much wrong in it, this was a burning issue among believers in Pauls day. [1.] Yet if your brother is grieved because of your food, you are no longer walking in love. (Romans 14:13) Summary: dont make it an issue of judging, but dont use your liberty to stumble another brother. Might I limit the sense of them, it should be thus:As to God, our great concern is righteousnessto appear before him justified by the merit of Christ's death, sanctified by the Spirit of his grace; for the righteous Lord loveth righteousness. b. 15 But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Paul reminds us that it isnt our place to pass judgment on any fellow Christian. c. Whatever is not from faith is sin: Paul concludes with another principle by which we can judge gray areas if we cant do it in faith, then it is sin. Legalism has a way of making us think that we are strong and those who dont keep the rules the way we do are weak. For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth unto 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. Receive him into your company, and converse, and communion, entertain him with readiness and condescension, and treat him with all possible endearments. 7 For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. Note: MLA no longer requires the URL as part of their citation standard. A strong emphasis in Spurgeon's preaching was God's grace and sovereignty over man's helpless state. 23 And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin. (2.) Next to our compliance with God, the life of religion consists in our complacency in him; to delight ourselves always in the Lord. And, Secondly, We have the more to do to judge ourselves. conservative Christian faith, which includes a firm belief in the inerrancy Have it to yourself before God. Probably, the use of both judge and show contempt is meant to have application to both the strict and the free individuals. 2. If God now accepts thy works, thou mayest eat thy bread with joy. 6 He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. Yet most people today have never heard of John Gill. They may be malnourished (by lack of good teaching). And be not conformed to this world: Do not live as men of the world do. Whereas they should have pitied them, and helped them, and afforded them meek and friendly instruction, they trampled upon them as silly, and humoursome, and superstitious, for scrupling those things which they knew to be lawful: so apt are those who have knowledge to be puffed up with it, and to look disdainfully and scornfully upon their brethren. 5001 North Oak Trafficway Kansas City, Missouri 64118 Visit The Blue Letter Bible ministry and the BLB Institute hold to the historical, The kingdom of God is not eating and drinking: If we place food and drink before righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, then we are hopelessly out of touch with Gods priorities and His heart. Qui credit, vescatur quibusvis: qui autem infirmus est, olera edit. 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Now, happy is the man who so orders his conversation as not in any action to expose himself to the challenges and reproaches of his own consciencethat does not make his own heart his adversary, as he must needs do who does that which he is not clear he may lawfully do. Minor Prophets The judgment seat of Christ: This is the bema seat, equivalent to the judges seat in the Olympic Games. 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. For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. 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. in the resource materials are not necessarily affirmed, in total, by this ministry. CHILDREN are expected to bear some likeness to their parent. For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death. "While thy brother's cause is before thy judgment, it is coram non judicebefore one who is not the judge; the court of heaven is the proper court for trial, where, and where only, the sentence is definitive and conclusive; and to this, if his heart be upright, he may comfortably appeal from thy rash censure.". 1. i. WONDERFUL is the power of faith. [4.] Individual instructors or editors may still require the use of URLs. Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. 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Though some Christians are weak and others strong,though of different sizes, capacities, apprehensions, and practices, in minor things, yet they are all the Lord'sall eying, and serving, and approving themselves to Christ, and are accordingly owned and accepted of him. 14 I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean. Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. One person esteems one day above another; another esteems every day alike. (1.) If of the particular determination of the efficacy of his death to the elect, then, though none that were given to Christ shall perish (John 6 39), yet thou mayest, as much as is in thy power, destroy such. Since the text and audio content provided by BLB represent a Blue Letter Bible is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. c. He who is weak eats only vegetables: In Pauls mind, the weak brother is the stricter one. But here is a caution he gives to those who had not that clearness in this matter which he had: To him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, though it be his error, yet to him it is unclean. General Epistles Sin had brought a curse upon the whole creation: Cursed is the ground for thy sake; the use of the creatures and dominion over them were forfeited, so that to man they were all unclean (Tit 1 15), in token of which God in the ceremonial law prohibited the use of some, to show what he might have done concerning all; but now that Christ has removed the curse the matter is set at large again, and that prohibition is taken away. There was a difference among them about the distinction of meats and days; these are the two things specified. Secondly, It is righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. 3 Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him. (1.) The bowing of the knee to him, and the confession made with the tongue, are but outward expressions of inward adoration and praise. 5 One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. c. Acceptable to God and approved by men: Serving God with a heart for His righteousness and peace and joy is the kind of service that is acceptable in His sight, and will be approved by men. Major Prophets Because they are servants to their own master (v. 4): Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? 3. Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not. Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ Romans v. 1. "Romans 16:24 Commentary on Romans 13:11-14 (Read Romans 13:11-14) Four things are here taught, as a Christian's directory for his day's work. Romans 12:2. I. Our work is to bless the sons of men. Surely we serve a good Master, who makes peace and joy so essential to our religion. That, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now Concerning days, v. 5. If a weak Christian doubts whether it be lawful to eat flesh, while he remains under that doubt he had best forbear, till he be fully persuaded in his own mind. He specifies the case in hand, concerning the difference of meats. The Romans did it out of weakness, the Galatians did it out of wilfulness and wickedness; and therefore the apostle handles them thus differently. Such gentle methods does he take, with such cords of a man does he draw them together; not by excommunicating, suspending, and silencing either side, but by persuading them both to a mutual forbearance: and as a faithful daysman he lays his hand upon them both, reasoning the case with the strong that they should not be so scornful, and with the weak that they should not be so censorious. Word akatharton, Acts 28 24 how can we all use our Creative Talents to Glorify God is approved us. 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