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." If he cannot actually accomplish good for all, yet he anxiously desires it. 2018 David Guzik No distribution beyond personal use without permission, The Whole Bible David Guzik commentary on Romans 13, in which Paul describes the christian's obligation to the authority given to government. We must take heed of saying or doing any thing which may occasion our brother to stumble or fall; the one signifies a less, the other a greater degree of mischief and offencethat which may be an occasion. For the scripture saith, whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. He specifies the case in hand, concerning the difference of meats. 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It is not meant of justifying faith (that must not be hid, but manifested by our works), but of a knowledge and persuasion of our Christian liberty in things disputed. . Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died. Concerning days, v. 5. Johannine Writings They may be a babe in Christ (babies are weak). It is a prophecy, in general, of Christ's dominion; and here very fully applied to the judgment of the great day, which will be the highest and most illustrious exercise of that dominion. Blue Letter Bible study tools make reading, searching and studying the Bible easy and rewarding. May the Holy Spirit help me to place it before you in a clear light. Because they are servants to their own master (v. 4): Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? a. I know and am convinced by the Lord Jesus that there is nothing unclean of itself: Paul knew that there was nothing intrinsically unclean about meat that was not kosher or sacrificed to an idol. This is unfortunate, since his works contain priceless gems of information that are found nowhere except in the ancient writings of the Jews. By these wounds the life and soul of religion expire. Should not we be pleased with that which God is pleased with? Next to our compliance with God, the life of religion consists in our complacency in him; to delight ourselves always in the Lord. We find Jews at Rome believing, Acts 28 24. General Epistles "Let it suffice that you have hitherto continued in this uncharitable practice, and do so no more." Do you have faith? First, Not to self. Those who thought themselves still under some kind of obligation to the ceremonial law esteemed one day above anotherkept up a respect to the times of the passover, pentecost, new moons, and feasts of tabernacles; thought those days better than other days, and solemnized them accordingly with particular observances, binding themselves to some religious rest and exercise on those days. 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. And, Secondly, We have the more to do to judge ourselves. They stand or fall before their own Master, God and God is able to make those meat eaters stand. Date. Nor must we act against the dictates of a doubting conscience. But the reproof is here given to the stronger and more knowing Christian: Now walkest thou not charitably. Indeed, he will be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand. Paul warns us to not make spiritual maturity a requirement for fellowship. Take heed of acting contrary to the dictates of a doubting conscience. Secondly, But to the Lord (v. 8), to the Lord Christ, to whom all power and judgment are committed, and in whose name we are taught, as Christians, to do every thing we do (Col 3 17), with an eye to the will of Christ as our rule, to the glory of Christ as our end, Phil 1 21. 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. a. Let all these differences be referred to the arbitration of Christ at the great day. CHILDREN are expected to bear some likeness to their parent. [2.] 5. Because God hath received them; and we reflect upon him if we reject those whom he hath received. His own clearness in this matter. Let this flesh and blood in which your body dwells be presented unto God, not to be killed and to be a dead sacrifice, but to live and still to be a sacrifice, a living sacrifice unto God, holy and acceptable to him. No one who has given up his name to Christ, is allowedly a self-seeker; that is against true Christianity. Email / username or password was incorrect! of 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. The Gospels 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. 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. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. This was, and is, the mark of the true believer, that he see Jesus. Those who knew that all these things were abolished and done away by Christ's coming esteemed every day alike. Real happiness is found being closer and closer to Jesus, and by not being condemned by what we approve. 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. What Does It Mean That "Your Life Is Hidden with Christ"? We shall all stand before the judgment-seat of Christ, 2 Cor 5 10. Luke-Acts 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. Is made weak, that is, takes occasion to show his weakness by his censures and scruples. Amen. Christ is the centre, in which all the lines of life and death do meet. 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. All things indeed are pure, but it is evil for the man who eats with offense. It must be understood likewise with this proviso, though men's judgments and opinions may make that which is good in itself to become evil to them, yet they cannot make that which is evil in itself to become good, either in itself or to them. Wisdom Literature Grace is the soul's cheerful, entire, and avowed subjection to Jesus Christ. In such a case we must rather cross ourselves than shame ourselves. Christ deals gently with those that have true grace, though they are weak in it. It was not so much the difference itself that did the mischief as the mismanagement of the difference, making it a bone of contention. This was Paul's own clearness, and he practised accordingly. We must deny ourselves in many cases for the preservation of our credit and reputation, forbearing to do that which we rightly know we may lawfully do, when our doing it may be a prejudice to our good name; as, when it is suspicious and has the appearance of evil, or when it becomes scandalous among good people, or has any way a brand upon it. Secondly, We must be very careful to do nothing which tends to the destruction of this work, either in ourselves or others. This is a wonderful check on our tendency to justify ourselves in the things we permit. 5001 North Oak Trafficway Kansas City, Missouri 64118 Visit Wisdom Literature Did Christ quit a life for souls, such a life, and shall not we quit a morsel of meat for them? And, in our past lives, we did indeed find sin to be very fruitful. Yet most people today have never heard of John Gill. In these indifferent things, though we must never contradict our persuasion, yet we may sometimes conceal it, when the avowing of it will do more hurt than good. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth, 1 Cor 8 1-3. _There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit._ No condemnation: that is the beginning of the chapter. b. When you were under the law, sin did get dominion over you; that law which was ordained to life, worked towards death. Yet most people today have never heard of John Gill. Nothing more destructive to true Christianity than placing it in modes, and forms, and circumstantials, which eat out the essentials. (1-2) Receiving the weaker brother. God never cast off any one that had true grace, though he was but weak in it; never broke the bruised reed. If they are dead, they have already given up their account, and let that suffice. But. 23 And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin. Think what thou destroyestthe work of God, whose work is honourable and glorious; think for what thou destroyest itfor meat, which was but for the belly, and the belly for it. b. WONDERFUL is the power of faith. Those are most pleasing to God that are best pleased with him; and they are those that abound most in peace and joy in the Holy Ghost. And this leads to another reason against judging and despising. The New Testament Thirdly, It is in these things to serve Christ (v. 18), to do all this out of respect to Christ himself as our Master, to his will as our rule and to his glory as our end. On the other hand, he that eatest not those meats which were forbidden by the ceremonial law, to the Lord he eateth not. Receive one who is weak in the faith, but not to disputes over doubtful things. Wisdom Literature God is well pleased with such a one, though he be not in every thing just of our length. Those who were strong, and knew their Christian liberty, and made use of it, despised the weak, who did not. b. You have enough to answer for before Jesus., ii. Site by Mere. You should work together with God, do not countermine his work. See Matt 18 6, 10. 22 Hast thou faith? At this time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son. This is a will to do evil; for, if it appears to us to be sin, there is the same pravity and corruption of the will in the doing of it as if really it were a sin; and therefore we ought not to do it. If a thing be indifferent, so that it is not in itself a sin not to do it, if we really think it a sin to do it it is to us a sin, though not to others, because we act against our consciences, though mistaken and misinformed. God will judge the world by him, Acts 17 31. c. He who is weak eats only vegetables: In Pauls mind, the weak brother is the stricter one. We have learned to deny ourselves; this was our first lesson: None of us liveth to himself. 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. Perhaps they refused the meat because it wasnt kosher, and they stuck to Jewish dietary regulations and traditions. Good praying, preaching, and discourse, may often, for want of prudence in ordering the time, the expression, and other circumstances to edification, be evil spoken of. He grants that all things indeed are pure. But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin, which is in my members. Romans vii. Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (Complete), Matt 14 19; 15 36; Luke 9 16; John 6 11; Matt 26 26, 27; Acts 27 35. Righteousness, peace, and joy, are very comprehensive words; and each of them includes much, both of the foundation and the superstructure of religion. Consider the work of God (v. 20): "For meat destroy not the work of Godthe work of grace, particularly the work of faith in thy brother's soul." [1.] But God has received those Christians who eat meat. 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. Yet there was nothing that could justify the destruction of a Christian brother over food. Consider the royal law of Christian love and charity, which is hereby broken (v. 15): If thy brother be grieved with thy meatbe troubled to see thee eat those things which the law of Moses did forbid, which yet thou mayest lawfully do; possibly thou art ready to say, "Now he talks foolishly and weakly, and it is no great matter what he says." The world's eye saw the outside of Christ the flesh of the man Christ, but the true Christ the ungodly eye could not discern. Johannine Writings But why do you judge your brother? It is observable that the apostle directs his reproof most against those who gave the offence; not as if those were not to be blamed who causelessly and weakly took the offence from their ignorance of Christian liberty, and the want of that charity which is not easily provoked and which thinketh no evil (he several times tacitly reflects upon them), but he directs his speech to the strong, because they were better able to bear the reproof, and to begin the reformation. 20 For meat destroy not the work of God. Or why do you show contempt for your brother? It is seldom that any such contention exists but there is a fault on both sides, and both must mend. Happy is the free man who is thus liberated by the . The former is a stumbling-block, that gives our brother a great shake, and is a hindrance and discouragement to him; but this is an occasion to fall. [2.] Thus, while both have an eye to God in what they do, and approve themselves to him in their integrity, why should either of them be judged or despised? a. 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. Every saint is God's workmanship, his husbandry, his building, Eph 2 10; 1 Cor 3 9. An account of the unhappy contention which had broken out in the Christian church. THESE two verses are full , 5001 North Oak Trafficway Every knee shall bow: The quotation from Isaiah 45:23 emphasizes the fact that all will have to appear before God in humility, and give account of himself before God. It is grounded upon Christ's absolute sovereignty and dominion, which were the fruit and end of his death and resurrection. Paul reminds the Roman Christians that No man is an island.. Receive one who is weak in the faith: We accept those weak in the faith, but not for the sake of carrying on a debate with them regarding doubtful things. (Romans 14:1-2) Receiving the weaker brother. This is true Christianity, which makes Christ all in all. 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. Our end and aim: not self, but the Lord. THIS chapter contains Paul's loving salutation to the various Christians dwelling at Rome. Take this for a general rule; spend your zeal in those things wherein you and all the people of God are agreed, and do not dispute about matters that are doubtful. ii. Do not destroy with your food the one for whom Christ died. (2.) This is laid down v. 5, Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind; that is, "Practise according to your own judgment in these things, and leave others to do so too. i. So, as to other things, it is neither circumcision nor uncircumcision (Gal 5 6; 6 15; 1 Cor 7 19), it is not being of this party and persuasion, of this or the other opinion in minor things, that will recommend us to God. 5 One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. This is a thing in which all the people of God are one, however they differ in other things; though some are weak and others are strong, yet both agree in this, not to live to themselves. The free Christian found it easy to show contempt against his brother, regarding him as a uptight-legalistic-goody-good. Johannine Writings There is no doubt about that point, for in Genesis 15:6 we read, "He believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness.". What is it to be sanctified, but to be of God's mind? 4. [2.] We are to serve his interests and designs in the world, which are in the first place to reconcile us one to another. Those who are strong must by no means despise the weak; nor those who are weak judge the strong, v. 3. Yet most people today have never heard of John Gill. 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. Prophets Historical Books This is levelled directly against the fault of each party. It is goodpleasing to God, profitable to our brother, and no harm to ourselves. Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year. b. Eats only vegetables: As an example of a doubtful thing, Paul looks at those who refuse to eat meat for a spiritual reason. For one believes he may eat all things, but he who is weak eats only vegetables. a. Of a mistaken conscience, v. 14. So that whenever God saith As I live, it is to be interpreted as swearing by himself; for it is God's prerogative to have life in himself: there is a further ratification of it there, The word is gone out of my mouth. Minor Prophets Qui credit, vescatur quibusvis: qui autem infirmus est, olera edit. The Blue Letter Bible ministry and the BLB Institute hold to the historical, 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. Since the text and audio content provided by BLB represent a a. Do you have faith? 14. For it is written: As I live, says the LORD, Here his own heart cannot but condemn him as a transgressor. Blue Letter Bible is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. After each game, the winners came before the judges seat to receive crowns for first, second, and third places. For the further pressing of this rule, we may here observe two directions which have relation to it:First, Let not then your good be evil spoken of (v. 16)take heed of doing any thing which may give occasion to others to speak evil, either of the Christian religion in general, or of your Christian liberty in particular. 2. This is laid down v. 13, Let us not judge one another any more. (1.) 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. Do not let your good be spoken of as evil: Our liberty in Jesus and freedom from the law is good, but not if we use it to destroy another brother in Christ. The matter is left at large. He has the love and favour of God; his person, his performances, are accepted of God, and we need no more to make us happy. Sin is the transgression of the law. None know but those that experience it how great both the restraining and the constraining power of conscience is. (5.) How happy were it for the church if those that have a clearness in disputable things would be satisfied to have it to themselves before God, and not impose those things upon others, and make them terms of communions, than which nothing is more opposite to Christian liberty, nor more destructive both to the peace of churches and the peace of consciences. 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. This is reasonable. "Who kept holy days, and who did not?" 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. Daniel and his fellows were in better liking with pulse and water than those were who ate the portion of the king's meat. (Romans 14:22-23) The concluding principle of faith. Romans 14:1-4. I QUESTION whether any man understands himself, and I am quite certain that no Christian does so. The Gospels 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. We are apt, in such a case, to lay all the blame on that side. Therefore, out of the law, by reason of our corruption, springs sin. Bishop Sanderson, in his 34th sermon, upon 1 Tim 4 4, justly makes this observation: It appears by this that saying grace (as we commonly call it, perhaps from 1 Cor 10 30) before and after meat was the common known practice of the church, among Christians of all sorts, weak and strong: an ancient, commendable, apostolical, Christian practice, derived down from Christ's example through all the ages of the church, Matt 14 19; 15 36; Luke 9 16; John 6 11; Matt 26 26, 27; Acts 27 35. Romans 8:2. Me apollye. [1.] b. And why dost thou that art strong set at nought thy brother that is weak? Every knee and every tongue, either freely or by force. Romans 6:10. If you have [strong] faith, and feel liberty to partake of certain things, praise God! How Can We All Use Our Creative Talents to Glorify God? Surely we serve a good Master, who makes peace and joy so essential to our religion. Why should you spend your zeal either for or against those things which are so minute and inconsiderable in religion? (1.) "Nay, God doth not only receive him, but hold him up, v. 4. Weak and strong Christians are indeed our brethren, but they are not our servants. Let us not judge one another: In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus helped us to understand what this means it means judging others according to a standard that we would not want to have applied to ourselves. Where he cannot be beneficent he is benevolent. The Whole Bible Whether we live or die, we are the Lords: From beginning to end, our lives are to be dedicated to God. 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. Spurgeon left this earth for his heavenly hope in 1892. The business of our lives is not to please ourselves, but to please God. 4 Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? If God now accepts thy works, thou mayest eat thy bread with joy. Concerning meats (v. 2): One believeth that he may eat all thingshe is well satisfied that the ceremonial distinction of meats into clean and unclean is no longer in force, but that every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused; nothing unclean of itself, v. 14. Shall we despise those whom Christ valued at so high a rate? The better to insinuate the exhortation, he puts himself in; Let us not; as if he had said, "It is what I have resolved against, therefore do you leave it: but judge this rather, instead of censuring the practice of others, let us look to our own, that no man put a stumbling-block, or an occasion to fall, in his brother's way,"proskomma, e skandalon. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and . Usernames should only contain letters, numbers, dots, dashes, or underscores. Another rule here prescribed is to those who are clear in these matters, and know their Christian liberty, yet to take heed of using it so as to give offence to a weak brother. That is the true comfort which we have before God. [2.] The Old Testament Have it to thyself before God, v. 22. 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. It was after he had died and risen that he said, All power is given unto me (Matt 28 18), and presently he exerts that power in issuing out commissions, v. 19, 20. They may be sick or diseased (by legalism). 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. We may offer advice to others about doubtful things, but should never judge them. Now let not this be evil spoken of. For they being ignorant of Gods righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto , The Leading of the Spirit, the Secret Token of the Sons of God Receive him, proslambavesthetake him to you, bid him welcome, receive him with the greatest affection and tenderness; porrigite manum (so the Syriac): lend him your hand, to help him, to fetch him to you, to encourage him. i. We may lawfully eat flesh, even those meats which were prohibited by the ceremonial law; but, if we abuse this liberty, it turns into sin to us: It is evil to him that eats with offence. The gospel is your good; the liberties and franchises, the privileges and immunities, granted by it, are your good; your knowledge and strength of grace to discern and use your liberty in things disputed are your good, a good which the weak brother hath not. range of evangelical traditions, all of the ideas and principles conveyed Though bodily exercise alone profits little, yet, as it is guided by inward fear and reverence, it is accepted. 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. The Jewish religion consisted much in meats and drinks (Heb 9 10), abstaining from some meats religiously (Lev 11 2), eating other meats religiously, as in several of the sacrifices, part of which were to be eaten before the Lord: but all those appointments are now abolished and are no more, Col 2 21, 22. 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. 2. 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. 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. If he conscientiously deny himself that which he takes to be forbidden fruit, yet he blesses God that of other trees in the garden he may freely eat. 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