Welcome back to our study of the book of Romans by the late Dr. RC Sproul. Today we’ll be looking at Romans 14:1-23
Romans 14
14 As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions. 2 One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables. 3 Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him. 4 Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master[a] that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand.
5 One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. 6 The one who observes the day, observes it in honor of the Lord. The one who eats, eats in honor of the Lord, since he gives thanks to God, while the one who abstains, abstains in honor of the Lord and gives thanks to God. 7 For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. 8 For 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, that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.
10 Why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God; 11 for it is written,
“As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me,
and every tongue shall confess[b] to God.”
12 So then each of us will give an account of himself to God.
Do Not Cause Another to Stumble
13 Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother. 14 I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself, but it is unclean for anyone who thinks it unclean. 15 For if your brother is grieved by what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. By what you eat, do not destroy the one for whom Christ died. 16 So do not let what you regard as good be spoken of as evil. 17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. 18 Whoever thus serves Christ is acceptable to God and approved by men. 19 So then let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.
20 Do not, for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. Everything is indeed clean, but it is wrong for anyone to make another stumble by what he eats. 21 It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother to stumble.[c] 22 The faith that you have, keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who has no reason to pass judgment on himself for what he approves. 23 But whoever has doubts is condemned if he eats, because the eating is not from faith. For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin.[d]
Romans 14 Sermons
1.The Law of Liberty Romans 14:1-14 CLICK HERE FOR ACCESS
Those who believe are granted royal liberty, but not all believers have the same concept of how that liberty should be exercised. Dr. Sproul addresses how believers should respond to our weaker brothers while also preventing them from tyrannizing the church.
2.Do Not Cause Another To Stumble Romans 14:14-18 CLICK HERE FOR ACCESS
Nothing is unclean, according to Paul, but this does not mean that things that have previously been classified as sin or evil are suddenly acceptable. What laws are we not subject to if we are not bound by them? Dr. Sproul examines this, as well as the differences between natural and purposive law.
3.Bearing Others’ Burdens Romans 14:19-15:13 CLICK HERE FOR ACCESS
Paul advises us to seek to edify one another rather than create disagreements. We are not to endeavor to satisfy one another, but to fervently do what is right and does not bring us shame. In these areas, Dr. Sproul looks to Galatians and Psalm 69 for examples.
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