The Strong vs. the Weak, Part 2 (TMF:1848)

Wednesday, May 11, 2022
Peace to Live By: The Strong vs. the Weak, Part 2 (TMF:1848) - Daniel Litton
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       Verse 3: “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. 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.” Notice, then, that it’s not only the strong Christians who can pass judgment upon the weaker Christians, but actually the weaker Christians can try to judge the stronger Christians. As a matter of fact, I would say in modern-day America that we see the weaker judging the stronger much more frequently within the body of Christ. Probably all kinds of examples are flying into your head by now. I think a common one is a rule-oriented brother or sister who tries to call out a freer brother or sister for doing sin, when what the stronger person is doing actually isn’t sin. The weaker is judging the stronger, and may even try to aggressively come against the stronger person.