START YOUR DAY RIGHT DAILY DEVOTION
(KJV) Romans 14:17-18
For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
18 For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.
NOT A MATTER OF EATING OR DRINKING / ROMANS 14:17-18
Being overly concerned with trivial matters is to miss the primary purpose of God’s kingdom and the true meaning of Christian living. But notice that the issues addressed in this passage deal mainly with outward or physical issues such as eating or observing certain days. Often, such passages dealing with Christian freedom and liberty (1 Corinthians 8-10) are taken out of context to justify behavior that can bring harm to the mind and spirit. Food goes in and out of the body and has little, if anything, to do with spiritual matters. However, when people try to apply this principle of liberty and non-judgment to morally questionable activities and behaviors that actually do affect the mind and spirit, they are seriously missing the point (Colossians2:20, 23). For example, certain forms of entertainment are often presented as matters of personal choice and conscience and is some cases that may be true. But such activities do not necessarily fit into the same category as those described in these passages. Many types of entertainment contain sexually suggestive images, obscene language, and crude humor, which affect the mind and the spirit. God’s Word addresses these issues in an entirely different fashion than those things that go in and out of the body that do not affect the mind or spirit (Ephesians 5:3-7; Colossians 3:5). Exposing ourselves to these types of entertainment can be destructive spiritually because the images and language go into the mind, corrupt the spirit, and can affect behavior in a negative way. This behavior gives approval to ungodly conduct and can easily mislead others who look to us for an example of acceptable Christian conduct. Again, Paul’s strongest warning is to the person whose faith and conscience allow him or her to take greater liberty in their actions – “Blessed is the man who does not condemn himself be what he approves” (Romans 14:22; 1 Corinthians 8-10)
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Some of our Post That Might Interest You, All Out of the Current Book / Chapter
- STOP PASSING JUDGMENT / ROMANS 14:13
- CONSIDERS ONE DAY MORE SACRED THAN ANOTHER / ROMANS 14:5
- EAT EVERYTHING … EATS ONLY VEGETABLES / ROMANS 14:2
- ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD / ROMANS 4:3
- HIS BLOOD / ROMANS 3:25
- JUSTIFIED FREELY BY HIS GRACE THROUGH THE REDEMPTION / ROMANS 3:24
- FAITH / ROMANS 3:22
- A RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM GOD / ROMANS 3:21
- NO FEAR OF GOD / ROMANS 3:10
- NO ONE RIGHTEOUS / ROMANS 3:10-18
- ARE ALL UNDER SIN / ROMANS 3:9
- DO NOT LET SIN REIGN / ROMANS 6:12
- COUNT YOURSELVES DEAD TO SIN / ROMANS 6:11
- HE DIED TO SIN ONCE FOR ALL / ROMANS 6:10
- THE SPIRIT OF HOLINESS / ROMANS 1:4
- THE SPIRIT OF GOD LIVES IN YOU / ROMANS 8:9
- OH, THE DEPTH OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD / ROMANS 11:33-36
- ACCORDING TO THE SINFUL NATURE … THE SPIRIT / ROMANS 8:5
- BE DEVOTED TO ONE ANOTHER / ROMANS 12:10
- LED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD / ROMANS 8:14
- FAITH CREDITED AS RIGHTEOUSNESS / ROMANS 4:5
- SUBMIT … TO THE GOVERINING AUTHORITIES / ROMANS 13:1
- BURIED WITH HIM THROUGH BAPTISM / ROMANS 6:4
- DO NOT CONFORM … BUT BE TRANSFORMED / ROMANS 12:2
- THE SPIRIT HIMSELF TESTIFIES / ROMANS 8:16
- THE SPIRIT HELPS US / ROMANS 8:26
- GUIDED BY GRACE HOME
Thank you for taking the time to read my Daily Devotion
Blessings,
Margarita & Stace
