Galations 5:1
5 For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.
Romans 14:13-23
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. 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.
, in the created order, is unclean in and of itself.
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. —Romans 14:14
The greatest joy of the kingdom of God is not your freedom but your
from the
and
for
.
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. —Romans 14:17
So then let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding. —Romans 14:19
to not placing a stumbling block in front of brothers and sisters in Christ.
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. —Romans 14:13
Do not boast in your strength but
with
before the Lord.
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. —Romans 14:22
all to live with faithful
before the Lord.
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. —Romans 14:23
Be okay asking the question: do you have a
in this area?
Be
enough to
your convictions when there is potential for stumbling.
Be
to lay down your rights.