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AUGUST 15
for your brother? For we shall all stand before
the judgment seat of Christ. For it is written:
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“As I live, says the LORD,
96:1 a new song. This new song was intend- Every knee shall bow to Me,
ed for the future inauguration of the millenni-
al rule of the Lord over the earth (Pss. 144:9; And every tongue shall confess to
149:1; Rev. 5:9; 14:3). God.”
12 So then each of us shall give account of
96:3 His glory…nations. The glory of the himself to God. Therefore let us not judge
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Lord is more than just His majestic splendor.It one another anymore, but rather resolve this,
includes all of the reasons for admiring and not to put a stumbling block or a cause to fall
praising Him, such as His acts of creation (Ps. in our brother’s way.
19:2) and redemption (v. 2). 14 I know and am convinced by the Lord Jesus
that there is nothing unclean of itself; but to him
5 For all the gods of the peoples are who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is
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idols, unclean. Yet if your brother is grieved because
But the LORD made the heavens. of your food, you are no longer walking in love.
6 Honor and majesty are before Him; Do not destroy with your food the one for whom
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Strength and beauty are in His Christ died. Therefore do not let your good be
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sanctuary. spoken of as evil; for the kingdom of God is not
eating and drinking, but righteousness and
Proverbs 23:6–8 18
peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. For he who
6 Do not eat the bread of a miser, serves Christ in these things is acceptable to
Nor desire his delicacies; God and approved by men.
7 For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.
“Eat and drink!” he says to you,
But his heart is not with you.
The morsel you have eaten, you will
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vomit up, 14:15 grieved. The Greek word refers to caus-
And waste your pleasant words. ing pain or distress. A weak believer may be
hurt when he sees a brother do something he
Romans 14:1–23
believes is sinful. But still worse, the strong
Receive one who is weak in the faith, but believer may cause his weaker brother to vio-
14 not to disputes over doubtful things. For late his own conscience (1 Cor. 8:8–13). love.
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one believes he may eat all things, but he who Love will ensure that the strong Christian is
is weak eats only vegetables. Let not him who sensitive and understanding of his brother’s
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eats despise him who does not eat, and let not weaknesses (1 Cor. 8:8–13). destroy. This
him who does not eat judge him who eats; for refers to complete devastation. In the New
God has received him. Who are you to judge Testament, it is often used to indicate eternal
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another’s servant? To his own master he damnation (Matt. 10:28; Luke 13:3; John 3:16;
stands or falls. Indeed, he will be made to Rom.2:12).In this context, however, it refers to
stand, for God is able to make him stand. a serious devastation of one’s spiritual growth
One person esteems one day above anoth-
5 (Matt. 18:3,6,14).
er; another esteems every day alike. Let each
be fully convinced in his own mind. He who 14:17 kingdom of God. The sphere of salva-
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observes the day, observes it to the Lord; and tion where God rules in the hearts of those He
he who does not observe the day, to the Lord has saved. eating and drinking. Nonessentials
he does not observe it. He who eats, eats to and external observances. righteousness.
Holy, obedient living (Eph. 6:14; Phil. 1:11).
the Lord, for he gives God thanks; and he who peace. The loving tranquillity, produced by the
does not eat, to the Lord he does not eat, and Spirit, that should characterize believers’ rela-
gives God thanks. For none of us lives to him- tionships with God and each other (Gal. 5:22).
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self, and no one dies to himself. For if we live, joy in the Holy Spirit. Another part of the
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we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Spirit’s fruit, this describes an abiding attitude
Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are of praise and thanksgiving regardless of cir-
the Lord’s. For to this end Christ died and rose cumstances,which flows from one’s confidence
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and lived again, that He might be Lord of both in God’s sovereignty (Gal.5:22; 1 Thess.1:6).
the dead and the living. But why do you judge
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your brother? Or why do you show contempt
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