Romans 11:1-12
God Has Not Rejected His People
Romans 11:13-24
Gentiles Will be Saved
Romans 11:25-36
The People of Israel Will be Brought Back
Romans 12:1-8
Christ Brings New Life
Romans 12:9-16
Rules For Christian Living
Romans 12:17-21
Repay No One Evil For Evil
Romans 13:1-7
Submit to Government
Romans 13:8-10
Love Your Neighbor
Romans 13:11-14
The Day When Christ Returns
Romans 14:1-6
The Law of Liberty
Romans 14:7-12
Alive or Dead it Must be For The Lord
Romans 14:13-23
How Our Attitude Spreads to Others
Romans 15:1-2
Please Others And Not Yourself
Romans 15:3-13
The Good News is For Jews And Gentiles
Romans 15:14-19
Paul’s Work as a Missionary
Romans 15:20-29
Paul’s Plan to Visit Rome
Romans 15:30-33
Paul Requests Prayer For The Ministry
Romans 16:1-16
Paul Sends Greetings to Friends And Churches
The Law of Liberty
Romans 14:1–6
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We can see in our national headlines the power of unity to fulfill a common goal. Each of us will never forget what happened September 11, 2001. Out of that terrible day we saw our nation join together in unity. President George W. Bush had the support of the nation as he led the … More
Down through the years divisions and contention have been a problem among believers. In fact almost every local church mentioned in the New Testament had divisions. The Galatian Christians were “biting and devouring” one another (Galatians 5:15). The Corinthians had members who were suing one another (I Corinthians 1:10-13;6:1-8). The saints in Ephesus and Colossi had to be reminded that Christian unity is important (Ephesians 4:1-3; Colossians 2:1-2) and the church at Philippi had two women who were quarreling with each other and were about to split the church (Philippians 4:1-3). Now we find the believers in Rome divided over special days and diets. Some of the members thought it was a sin to eat meat and so they ate only vegetables. Others had differing opinions on what special days were to be “holy days” and what ones weren’t. Unfortunately we have similar problems today in many areas of life that are not clearly spelled out as right and wrong.
Paul addresses those who are “weak in the faith” (those who wanted everyone to follow certain rules of what they ate and when they worshiped) and those “strong in the faith” (those who did not feel bound by these man made rules v. 1). Each group were judging and condemning each other. Paul proceeds to explain how believers can disagree on the nonessentials and still maintain unity in the church. The first step is to keep those kind of convictions to ourselves and stop trying to force them on others. Each Christian needs to examine his own heart and be sure he is doing what he feels the Lord would have him do.
Application
It is so easy to look down on other Christians who do not live by all the same standards that I do. If I am to act as a mature Christian I must be sensitive to the consciences of other Christians. Unity starts in the mind.
Romans 14:1-6 (English Standard Version)
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