Romans 14:3: 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.
I recognize that I am wrong when I condemn these extreme separationists. If they want to be that way, candidly, that is their business. The thing that upsets me is that they want to straighten me out. I know I need straightening out, but they are not the crowd to do it, I’m sure of that. One group is not to condemn the other. If you believe that you should not eat meat (he uses meat as an example, but this could apply to anything else not expressly forbidden in Scripture), then you should not eat meat, my friend. But if you believe that you can eat meat, then you go ahead and eat meat. 1
Application
- You are free to live out your own personal convictions.
- You are not free to impose your own personal convictions on other people.
Prayer
Lord, teach me to live in the liberty of Your grace.
1. McGee, J. V. (1991). Thru the Bible commentary: The Epistles (Romans 9-16) (electronic ed., Vol. 43). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
