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“Diets and Days” (Romans 14:1-12)
I remember when I first played football at Mulberry High School, quite some time ago. I was so excited. I grew up as a little boy who loved football, and the summer after my eighth-grade year at middle school, I was able to go to football summer camp. Let me tell you, it was brutal. It was 100 degrees, we rarely got a water break, and I weighed about 100 pounds. One of the most difficult parts of the camp was when the players would make two lines and then each player would face off against one-another. The problem for me was that they didn’t match us up by size and strength. Whoever you got was whoever you got. I was just about the smallest guy on the team, and I got clobbered by just about everyone, particularly the varsity starters. It was not a good way to welcome a new player.
In today’s passage, Paul is going to speak to us about how to welcome someone who is weak in their faith. I’m going to go ahead and give you a sneak peek: Paul’s solution is not to clobber the weak person.
Paul is going to talk about those who were still developing in areas of their faith, such as what they ate, what days they celebrated, and more.
Today’s sermon is entitled, “Diets and Days.”
Before we go any further, let’s go to the Lord in prayer and ask Him to speak to us.
(prayer)
In Romans, among many other truths, Paul has taught us that we are one in Jesus. We are brought together as God’s adopted children under the banner of the death, burial, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus.
It doesn’t matter if we are rich or poor, Jew or Gentile, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, or anything else; if we are in Jesus, then we are one in Jesus.
Paul centers today’s passage on this idea of some of us being weak in our faith and some of us being strong in our faith. However, weak or strong, we are still one. So, we should treat each other as if we are one.
Let’s see what Paul has to say, and let’s learn three responses to the gospel that we should embrace.
First, . . .
I. Don’t worry about disputes.
How many of you know that there are sometimes disputes among Christians?
Well, so many of these disputes can be avoided if we follow the teachings of Paul.
Look at what Paul says in Romans 14:1-12.
1 Welcome anyone who is weak in faith, but don’t argue about disputed matters. 2 One person believes he may eat anything, while one who is weak eats only vegetables. 3 One who eats must not look down on one who does not eat, and one who does not eat must not judge one who does, because God has accepted him. 4 Who are you to judge another’s household servant? Before his own Lord he stands or falls. And he will stand, because the Lord is able to make him stand. 5 One person judges one day to be more important than another day. Someone else judges every day to be the same. Let each one be fully convinced in his own mind. 6 Whoever observes the day, observes it for the honor of the Lord. Whoever eats, eats for the Lord, since he gives thanks to God; and whoever does not eat, it is for the Lord that he does not eat it, and he gives thanks to God. 7 For none of us lives for himself, and no one dies for himself. 8 If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. 9 Christ died and returned to life for this: that he might be Lord over both the dead and the living. 10 But you, why do you judge your brother or sister? Or you, why do you despise your brother or sister? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God. 11 For it is written, As I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow to me, and every tongue will give praise to God. 12 So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.
So, when it comes to someone who is weak in their faith, we should welcome them. We shouldn’t clobb
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I remember when I first played football at Mulberry High School, quite some time ago. I was so excited. I grew up as a little boy who loved football, and the summer after my eighth-grade year at middle school, I was able to go to football summer camp. Let me tell you, it was brutal. It was 100 degrees, we rarely got a water break, and I weighed about 100 pounds. One of the most difficult parts of the camp was when the players would make two lines and then each player would face off against one-another. The problem for me was that they didn’t match us up by size and strength. Whoever you got was whoever you got. I was just about the smallest guy on the team, and I got clobbered by just about everyone, particularly the varsity starters. It was not a good way to welcome a new player.
In today’s passage, Paul is going to speak to us about how to welcome someone who is weak in their faith. I’m going to go ahead and give you a sneak peek: Paul’s solution is not to clobber the weak person.
Paul is going to talk about those who were still developing in areas of their faith, such as what they ate, what days they celebrated, and more.
Today’s sermon is entitled, “Diets and Days.”
Before we go any further, let’s go to the Lord in prayer and ask Him to speak to us.
(prayer)
In Romans, among many other truths, Paul has taught us that we are one in Jesus. We are brought together as God’s adopted children under the banner of the death, burial, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus.
It doesn’t matter if we are rich or poor, Jew or Gentile, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, or anything else; if we are in Jesus, then we are one in Jesus.
Paul centers today’s passage on this idea of some of us being weak in our faith and some of us being strong in our faith. However, weak or strong, we are still one. So, we should treat each other as if we are one.
Let’s see what Paul has to say, and let’s learn three responses to the gospel that we should embrace.
First, . . .
I. Don’t worry about disputes.
How many of you know that there are sometimes disputes among Christians?
Well, so many of these disputes can be avoided if we follow the teachings of Paul.
Look at what Paul says in Romans 14:1-12.
1 Welcome anyone who is weak in faith, but don’t argue about disputed matters. 2 One person believes he may eat anything, while one who is weak eats only vegetables. 3 One who eats must not look down on one who does not eat, and one who does not eat must not judge one who does, because God has accepted him. 4 Who are you to judge another’s household servant? Before his own Lord he stands or falls. And he will stand, because the Lord is able to make him stand. 5 One person judges one day to be more important than another day. Someone else judges every day to be the same. Let each one be fully convinced in his own mind. 6 Whoever observes the day, observes it for the honor of the Lord. Whoever eats, eats for the Lord, since he gives thanks to God; and whoever does not eat, it is for the Lord that he does not eat it, and he gives thanks to God. 7 For none of us lives for himself, and no one dies for himself. 8 If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. 9 Christ died and returned to life for this: that he might be Lord over both the dead and the living. 10 But you, why do you judge your brother or sister? Or you, why do you despise your brother or sister? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God. 11 For it is written, As I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow to me, and every tongue will give praise to God. 12 So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.
So, when it comes to someone who is weak in their faith, we should welcome them. We shouldn’t clobb