Rom
14:5-8 (NIV) One man considers one day more sacred than another; another man
considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.
6 He who regards one day as special, does so to the Lord. He who eats meat,
eats to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains, does so to
the Lord and gives thanks to God. 7 For none of us lives to himself alone and
none of us dies to himself alone. 8 If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we
die, we die to the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
NOTE: These verses
are very clearly aimed at the OT law, feasts, Sabbaths, and kosher food. Under grace, these are all a matter of
conscience. And not another conscience,
but the individual's conscience. Others
do not determine what is right or wrong for a person, but the individual does
that between himself and God. Even in
the case of the weaker brother, it is not the weaker brother determining what
is right or wrong, but rather the individual conscience before his Lord that
causes him to abstain in the presence of a weaker brother. Right and wrong is defined by one's
relationship to God. Sensitivity to
another's convictions is a matter of service but does not change the rightness
or wrongness of the action.
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