Vision Baptist Church in Alpharetta, GA

Every Verse. Every Nation.

  • About
    • Welcome
    • Vision Team
    • What to Expect
    • What We Believe
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Location and Times
    • Contact Us
      • Prayer Requests
  • Upcoming Events
    • VBI Spring Semester
  • Next Steps
    • Salvation
    • Give
    • Ministries
    • LifeGroups
    • Prayer List
    • Bolt: Men’s Ministry
  • Missions
    • Staff Missionaries
    • Strategic Partners
    • Vision Baptist Missions
    • World Evangelism Committee
    • Yokefellow Ministry
  • Blog
    • Daily Devotionals
  • Watch & Listen
    • Sermon Audio Archive
    • Watch Live on Youtube
    • Watch Live on Facebook
    • LiveStream on VisionBaptist.com
  • Give
You are here: Home / General / The Grey Areas 2

The Grey Areas 2

April 24, 2009 By Austin Gardner 2 Comments

The Grey Areas

Romans 14:2-3 For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.

The discussion is over what to eat or not to eat. One of the believers feels like it would be ok to eat and another says no. How are we to react over these “grey areas” and our treatment of each other. We are family! Our salvation is not determined by these things that are questionable. Here we are not talking about salvation, the blood of Christ, the Word of God, etc. We are talking about eating herbs. Do we eat them or not?

So how are to we treat each other? Many times we divide over these things but the Holy Spirit, here, says one is not to despise or look down on the other and the second brother is not to judge the first. There is no Biblical talk about dividing over these areas!

I think there is a major problem in our churches and among brothers in Christ. The one that takes the liberty to do a certain thing begins to think that he is more mature and flaunt his liberty before others. He acts superior. He acts like the one who chooses not to eat the herbs is dumb. He mocks him.

That is not what God tells us to do in this passage. He tells us not to despise or look down on his brother.

The other brother goes to the opposite extreme. He thinks the other person doesn’t love God, isn’t pleasing God, and cannot have the power of God on his life. He seems to indicate the other brother obviously hasn’t read his Bible, hasn’t prayed about it, is living in open rebellion and therefore is not a good Christian.

That, again, is not what God tells us to do in this passage. He tells us not to judge or be critical.

There are non essential areas in our lives. We should agree on the great foundational truths and give our brothers their liberty in Christ.

Filed Under: General

Comments

  1. Gary says

    April 24, 2009 at 5:22 pm

    Austin, I’m enjoying this series of posts. Look forward to the rest of it.

    Reply
  2. [email protected] says

    April 24, 2009 at 8:41 pm

    Thank you very much. It will go on for a while so give me your opinions

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Upcoming Events

  • Family Skate Night

    February 28, 2021, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
  • Blameless Men’s Night

    March 5, 2021, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
  • Hot Takes: Biblical Answers to tough questions(Part 1: Racism and Identity)

    March 12, 2021, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
  • Debra Perry & Jaidyn’s Call

    March 28, 2021, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
  • Our Generation Camp | June 7th – 11th

    June 7, 2021, 2:00 pm - June 11, 2021, 12:00 pm

Archives

FOLLOW US!

© 2021 Vision Baptist Church, Alpharetta, GA 30004
Contact Us · Facebook · Google Plus · Live Stream · SermonAudio · Twitter · YouTube