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ALL ABOUT GOD<\/b><\/h1>\n

(Sermon Series)<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u00a0by Rev. Richard Jones<\/b><\/h2>\n

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NO RIGHT TO RUIN<\/u><\/b><\/h1>\n

Romans Chapter 14<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Passionate Problem<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Romans 14:1-4 (ESV)<\/strong><\/p>\n

1\u00a0 As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions. 2\u00a0 One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables. 3\u00a0 Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him. 4\u00a0 Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand.<\/p>\n

Acts 10:9-16 (ESV)<\/strong><\/p>\n

9\u00a0 The next day, as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the housetop about the sixth hour to pray. 10\u00a0 And he became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while they were preparing it, he fell into a trance 11\u00a0 and saw the heavens opened and something like a great sheet descending, being let down by its four corners upon the earth. 12\u00a0 In it were all kinds of animals and reptiles and birds of the air. 13\u00a0 And there came a voice to him: \u201cRise, Peter; kill and eat.\u201d 14\u00a0 But Peter said, \u201cBy no means, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.\u201d 15\u00a0 And the voice came to him again a second time, \u201cWhat God has made clean, do not call common.\u201d 16\u00a0 This happened three times, and the thing was taken up at once to heaven.<\/p>\n

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Personal Position<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Romans 14:5-12 (ESV)<\/strong><\/p>\n

5\u00a0 One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. 6\u00a0 The one who observes the day, observes it in honor of the Lord. The one who eats, eats in honor of the Lord, since he gives thanks to God, while the one who abstains, abstains in honor of the Lord and gives thanks to God. 7\u00a0 For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. 8\u00a0 For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord\u2019s. 9\u00a0 For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living. 10\u00a0 Why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God; 11\u00a0 for it is written, \u201cAs I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.\u201d 12\u00a0 So then each of us will give an account of himself to God.<\/p>\n

Colossians 2:16-17 (ESV)<\/strong><\/p>\n

16\u00a0 Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. 17\u00a0 These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.<\/p>\n

2 Corinthians 5:10 (ESV)<\/strong><\/p>\n

10\u00a0 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.<\/p>\n

1 Corinthians 3:13-15 (ESV)<\/strong><\/p>\n

13\u00a0 each one\u2019s work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done. 14\u00a0 If the work that anyone has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward. 15\u00a0 If anyone\u2019s work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but only as through fire.<\/p>\n

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Preventing Pitfalls<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Romans 14:13-19 (ESV)<\/strong><\/p>\n

13\u00a0 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\u00a0 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\u00a0 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\u00a0 So do not let what you regard as good be spoken of as evil.\u00a0 17\u00a0 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\u00a0 Whoever thus serves Christ is acceptable to God and approved by men. 19\u00a0 So then let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.<\/p>\n

1 Timothy 4:4-5 (ESV)<\/strong><\/p>\n

4\u00a0 For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, 5\u00a0 for it is made holy by the word of God and prayer.<\/p>\n

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Promoting Peace<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Romans 14:20-23 (ESV)<\/strong><\/p>\n

20\u00a0 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\u00a0 It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother to stumble. 22\u00a0 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\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n

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