Day 6

Scripture to Read: Romans 14:10

There was a problem in the early church between the Jews who had surrendered to Christ and the Gentiles who had surrendered to Christ. The believing Jews had been taught, through God’s Word in the Old Testament, about things that were clean and unclean. For example, God had taught them the importance of circumcision and that circumcision was a sign of His covenant to Israel and their covenant to follow Him. All of God’s Law was to make sure the nation of Israel was walking in obedience to God and living differently than all of the godless nations around them. The Law was also given, so the Nation of Israel knew how to rightly fellowship with God. The problem was that no one could perfectly keep God’s Law (see James 2:10). That is why Christ came, for He fulfilled God’s Law perfectly, on behalf of everyone who places their faith in Him as Lord and Savior (see Romans 8:3–4). But, many believing Jews held onto some of their rituals, and they felt contempt toward their brothers in Christ who were Gentiles because the Gentile Christians did not adhere to the Jewish traditions. So God had Paul ask, in Romans 14:10, “But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you regard your brother with contempt? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God.” Followers of Christ were not judging their brothers and sisters in Christ over sins they had committed, but it was over following traditions within the Jewish religion and that’s not worth judging.

Challenge & Application

· How have you fallen into having contempt for another Christian because they did not do something you thought was important? · How has Christ’s love, grace, and mercy for you led you to give that same love, grace, and mercy to all other Christians?

Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!

Devotionals from this week

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Day 1

This week, God will challenge us on how we judge each other as believers. God had Paul begin by writing this in Romans 14:1, "Now accept the one who is weak in faith, but not for the purpose of passing judgment on his opinions.” So, God began laying out how to deal with those who were weak in faith. There are two types of people within God’s ...

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Day 2

God had Paul continue in Romans 14:2–3 by writing, “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.” We must understand the biblical cont...

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Day 3

God had Paul write in Romans 14:4, “Who are you to judge the servant of another? To his own master he stands or falls; and he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.” God reminds us that He is the Judge and the One who approves us. Remember, God is challenging us this week about not judging each other. Don’t think that God is tell...

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Day 4

God is challenging us as His children to guard against judging each other over issues that are not that important. God had Paul write in Romans 14:5–6, “One person regards one day above another, another regards every day alike. Each person must be fully convinced in his own mind. 6 He who observes the day, observes it for the Lord, and he who...

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Day 5

We learned yesterday that worship is about honoring our Lord. As believers, we must practice His presence in our lives by worshipping Christ daily. God finished Romans 14:6 by circling back to eating. The key is that every believer gives thanks to God for what we eat or don’t eat. Either way, we honor Him! That is why God had Paul continue to...

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Day 6

There was a problem in the early church between the Jews who had surrendered to Christ and the Gentiles who had surrendered to Christ. The believing Jews had been taught, through God’s Word in the Old Testament, about things that were clean and unclean. For example, God had taught them the importance of circumcision and that circumcision was ...

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Day 7

As we close out this week, we have seen how God challenged us on what we hold our brothers and sisters in Christ accountable for and why we should not judge them. Today, God reminds us of another one of His incredible Truths in Romans 14:11–12, “For it is written, ‘As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall g...

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