Do Not Pass Judgment on One Another
He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks. Rom 14:6
He that regardeth... God is not so interested in the technicality of what day we celebrate as He is in the fact that we have chosen an individual day and set it aside to worship. He wants our heart to be in worshipping Him. We know that Jesus said in Mark:
Mark 2:27 “And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:”
You see from this it is not the day that is important, but the fact that we choose to worship God one day a week.
He that eateth,... This verse tells us that the strong believer eats whatever he pleases and thanks the Lord. The weak brother eats according to his ceremonial diet and thanks the Lord that he made a sacrifice on His behalf. In either case, the believer thanks the Lord, so the motive is the same. Whether weak or strong, the motive behind a believer’s decisions about issues of conscience must be to please the Lord.
He
should hold his opinion to the Lord. This is true for any issue where
an honest difference of opinion among Christians exists, whether in
keeping or not keeping special days or eating or abstaining from
meat, or in other matters not prohibited by Scripture. All belongs to
the Lord and is sanctioned by Him (1Cor. 10:25-27; 1Tim. 4:3-5).
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