(Rom 14:13) “Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way.” Notice the focus goes from being critical and condemning to actually caring for the welfare of the other.

(Rom 14:11) “For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. (12)  So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.”   “Shall confess to God” with “give account of himself” seem to indicate the individual uttering every activity and motive of our life, made plain to God as well as finally to ourselves. Interesting verses.

(Rom 14:10) “But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.”   The life of the saved shall be judged by the Lord. This is not to determine salvation, for Jesus was already judged in our place. You are I are not to judge our brothers/sisters, for it is not our right, lest we be judged for this sin of judging.

(Rom 14:10) “But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.”  “Nought”: to think less of. It seems we need to constantly look hard at self as we are hard on others. Pride. So dangerously subtle.

(Rom 14:9) “For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.”  The context tells us “dead” is not referring to spiritually dead, though it is true that He is their rightful Lord. It is saying whether the saved here or having passed to the next life, we are His. We should not wait for the next life to live daily unto Him.  Our eternal life has already begun.

(Rom 14:7) “For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. (8)  For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.”   Don’t just include the Lord here and there today in your activities. Talk with Him, walk with Him moment by moment. Loose the restraints of self from the Spirit of God Who lives inside you.

(Rom 14:7) “For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. (8)  For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.”  To a true Child of God, they do not live their life and one day decide to make God a part of it. For them, from the moment of salvation, all of life is about the Lord.

(Rom 14:5) “One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. (6)  He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.”  Notice it is to the Lord we are to acknowledge our convictions as well as our actions. The days we live are His, given to us to live for His glory.

(Rom 14:4) “Who art thou that judgest another man’s servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.”  The Lord holds onto His children, helping them to stand in the faith. We are fellow-servants. They, like we, answer to our master, not each other.