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BALANCE OF CHRISTIAN LIBERTY AND LOVE: NO LEGALISM (2 OF 4)

by Chuck Booher

Scripture: Romans 14
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Balance of Christian Liberty and Love: No Legalism (2 of 4)
Series: How to Make Great Decisions
Chuck Booher
Romans 14


She was 14 and she had two overriding passions…
Jesus and Acting
Then she got her big break and her Church turned against her…
This girl was tough and was not going to be bullied…
She walked away from that Church and from a faith that she had cherished.

How many others have done the same?

Pray

Speaking in places where they do not lift hands
Geoff hugging people in a Church…the shock

Why do we think it's okay to judge?
Romans 14:1-4 (NASB)
1 Now accept the one who is weak in faith, but not for the purpose of passing judgment on his opinions.
There are those who are stronger and those who are weaker in faith.
The stronger should not be judgmental toward the weaker
Nor should the weaker attack the one who is actually stronger in the faith.
Those who only listen to Christian music…
We should see the good in both ways and both sides
I have seen Churches split over this
I have seen people walk away from God over Christians being judgmental

2 One person has faith that he may eat all things, but he who is weak eats vegetables only.
3 The one who eats is not to regard with contempt the one who does not eat, and the one who does not eat is not to judge the one who eats, for God has accepted him.
This is not talking about people who are vegetarians or vegan because of health choices.
This is regarding those who are afraid if they eat or drink the wrong thing that they will not be accepted by God.
Weak in faith because they do not trust in the saving and atoning blood of Christ to make them clean and acceptable.
There was a time we committed to abstain from all alcohol
Pam being told to have a glass of wine…telling the Elders at CCV

We are not to regard others with contempt..
When you do; that is the warning sign you are headed down the wrong path.
When we put our own opinions on others we try to make it see ...

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