Who Are You to Judge?Romans 14:1-12

Relating Properly to One Another

Who Are You to Judge?vs. 1“…accept the one who is weak in faith…”

All Christians are not equal

Know your motive

Who Are You to Judge?vs. 1“…accept the one who is weak in faith…”

Martin Luther King Jr; once declared,

“Cowardice asks the question: Is it safe? Consensus asks the question: Is it popular? Conscience asks the question: Is it right?"

Who Are You to Judge? vs. 3“…one who eats…one who does not eat…”

o All Christians are not equal

Respect another’s liberty

Who Are You to Judge? vs. 3“…one who eats…one who does not eat…”

Just because you can do something with a clear conscience, does not mean you have the freedom to do it if it hurts a fellow believer.

Who Are You to Judge? vs. 4“…you who are to judge…”

o All Christians are not equal

Mind your own business

We injure each other with our well-aimed verbal gouges over matters that should kept silent.

Who Are You to Judge? vs. 6“…one day above another…every day alike”

oConsider what is sacred

All Christians have different approaches

Who Are You to Judge? vs. 6“…one day above another…every day alike”

Our principle should be:

In essentials, unity; In nonessentials, liberty; In everything, love.

Who Are You to Judge? vs. 8“…we live for the Lord…we die for the Lord”

oLiving and dying

All Christians have different approaches

Who Are You to Judge? vs. 8“…we live for the Lord…we die for the Lord”

oLiving and dying

All circumstances in life, the routine and the extraordinary, provide tests and opportunities to prove that Christ is Lord of our life.

Who Are You to Judge? vs. 9“…Lord of both the dead and the living ”

oChrist is the Lord

All Christians have different approaches

Who Are You to Judge? vs. 10“…why do you judge?....why do you regard

with contempt?.. ”

o Only God is capable of judging with total objectivity

All Christians will be judged

Who Are You to Judge? vs. 11“…every knee shall bow…every tongue

shall give praise.. ”

o Judgment of believers is coming

All Christians will be judged

Things to Take with You and Practice

Just because you can do something with a clear conscience, does not mean you have the freedom to do it if it hurts a fellow believer.

All circumstances in life, the routine and the extraordinary, provide tests and opportunities to prove that Christ is Lord of our life.

Leave the judging to the perfect Judge and as such it will happen at the perfect time.