One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. The one who observes the day, observes it in honor of the Lord. The one who eats, eats in honor of the Lord, since he gives thanks to God, while the one who abstains, abstains in honor of the Lord and gives thanks to God. For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's. For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.
Why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God; for it is written,
“As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me,
and every tongue shall confess to God.”
So then each of us will give an account of himself to God.
Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother. I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself, but it is unclean for anyone who thinks it unclean. For if your brother is grieved by what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. By what you eat, do not destroy the one for whom Christ died. So do not let what you regard as good be spoken of as evil. For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. Whoever thus serves Christ is acceptable to God and approved by men. So then let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.
Do not, for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. Everything is indeed clean, but it is wrong for anyone to make another stumble by what he eats. It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother to stumble. The faith that you have, keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who has no reason to pass judgment on himself for what he approves. But whoever has doubts is condemned if he eats, because the eating is not from faith. For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin.
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Happy New Year to you all, too, Bri!!! :o)
I've been meaning to write and let you all know that I've been commenting on Tori's blog, but the comments aren't ever posting. Any advice?
Thank you :)! Did you all have a good day?
Tori has to "approve" all comments before they will appear on her site- and when she goes through her comments folder, yours often get missed, because they don't show up in that folder! They actually end up in the "possibly spam" folder. The only thing we can think of that could cause it, is that you have no blog to link to? We're not sure, and we are SO sorry... We'll keep trying to figure it out, and in the mean time we will check both folders regularly!
Love you!!!
Yay... I can comment! :D Hope it's a great year for you and your family! I know you're so excited about the new blessing in April.
Oh, and remember I mentioned our cat who was very sick? She's perfectly fine!! The vet said it was amazing, since she's pretty old. :)
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