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👉🏼 (Reading: Romans 14:1-10)
📜 ""The one who eats everything must not treat with contempt the one who does not, … for God as accepted him""
Romans 14:3 (NIV)
📋 Undeniably, the just shall live by their faith, which is grounded in the word of God. Our faith in God's word varies from individual to individual. You may have faith that God will do one thing or the other, depending on your level of belief, and by that same faith, you might reject certain things.
Conversely, your neighbour, based on their level of faith, may embrace what you have rejected. As stated in Romans 14:3, "The one who eats everything must not treat with contempt the one who does not, for God has accepted him."
Those who are more mature in faith should learn not to judge or condemn those who are weaker in faith. We must not look down on the weak in faith. According to the Bible, God has accepted the weak in faith because their beliefs are rooted in his word.
They understand the word differently from those who are more mature in their faith. This variation in faith is not a sin, so God instructs us not to judge others based on it.
Instead, let us learn to encourage the weak in faith to grow in the Lord.
Have you been judging those who are weaker in faith?
🔑 Key Lesson: When we judge others by our faith, we may discourage them.
🛐 Meditation and Prayer: Father, help me not to judge others in what they do.
📚 Further Reading: Matthew 7:1-5; Romans 8:33-34.
◼️The Bible in One Year: Nehemiah 1-3.