Study 25 From The Book of Romans Is: Romans 14
1. ‘A Christian man is a most free
Lord of all, subject to none’ (Luther). What do verses 1-12 teach about
Christian liberty?
2. ‘A Christian is a most dutiful
servant of all, subject to all’ (Luther). For what reasons should Christian
liberty be qualified? What are the most important things to be preserved at all
cost, in the Christian community?
3. If in doubt ourselves about the
lawfulness of a thing, can we do it because we see other true Christian people
doing it? If not, why not?
Notes
1.
Verse 1. Cf. NEB
2.
Verse 5. There is no need
to suppose that Paul was thinking of the weekly Sabbath here, but rather of
Jewish holy days?
3.
Verse 6. There is an
important principle here, akin to that of verse 23b. It is that if we can thank
God in what we do, receiving it as His gift, it is right to do it; otherwise
not.
