Love and Personal Liberty Romans 14:1-23. Three guides for love and liberty: The Lordship of Jesus Christ

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1 Sermon Series: Love Unleashed Week Seven Speaker: Tom Douthit, Senior Pastor March 17, 2013 Love and Personal Liberty Three guides for love and liberty: The Lordship of Jesus Christ Key question: Am I consciously/actively Jesus over my The witness of my conscience Key question: Am I past my in what I? The law of love Key question: Is someone else s with God effected by my?

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4 One man has faith that he may eat all things, but he who is weak eats vegetables only (v.2)

5 One man has faith that he may eat all things, but he who is weak eats vegetables only (v.2) One man regards one day above another, another regards every day alike. (v.5)

6 The Lordship of Jesus Christ Love and Personal Liberty

7 Who are you to judge the servant of another? To his own master he stands or falls; and stand he will, for the Lord is able to make him stand. 5 One man regards one day above another, another regards every day alike. Let each man be fully convinced in his own mind. 6 He who observes the day, observes it for the Lord, and he who eats, does so for the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who eats not, for the Lord he does not eat, and gives thanks to God. 7 For not one of us lives for himself, and not one dies for himself; 8 for if we live, we live for the Lord, or if we die, we die for the Lord; therefore whether we live or die, we are the Lord's. 9 For to this end Christ died and lived again, that He might be Lord both of the dead and of the living. (v.4-9)

8 Who are you to judge the servant of another? To his own master he stands or falls; and stand he will, for the Lord is able to make him stand. 5 One man regards one day above another, another regards every day alike. Let each man be fully convinced in his own mind. 6 He who observes the day, observes it for the Lord, and he who eats, does so for the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who eats not, for the Lord he does not eat, and gives thanks to God. 7 For not one of us lives for himself, and not one dies for himself; 8 for if we live, we live for the Lord, or if we die, we die for the Lord; therefore whether we live or die, we are the Lord's. 9 For to this end Christ died and lived again, that He might be Lord both of the dead and of the living. (v.4-9)

9 The Lordship of Jesus Christ Who are you to judge the servant of another? To his own master he stands or falls; and stand he will, for the Lord is able to make him stand. (v.4)

10 The Lordship of Jesus Christ Let not him who eats regard with contempt him who does not eat, and let not him who does not eat judge him who eats, for God has accepted him. (v.5)

11 The Lordship of Jesus Christ Or you again, why do you regard your brother with contempt? (v.10)

12 The Lordship of Jesus Christ Let not him who eats regard with contempt him who does not eat, and let not him who does not eat judge him who eats, for God has accepted him. (v.5)

13 The Lordship of Jesus Christ Let not him who eats regard with contempt him who does not eat, and let not him who does not eat judge him who eats, for God has accepted him. (v.5).for the Lord is able to make him stand. (v.4)

14 The Lordship of Jesus Christ For to this end Christ died and lived again, that He might be Lord both of the dead and of the living. (v.9)

15 The Lordship of Jesus Christ For to this end Christ died and lived again, that He might be Lord both of the dead and of the living. (v.9)

16 The Lordship of Jesus Christ For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of God. 11 For it is written, "As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me, And every tongue shall give praise to God." 12 So then each one of us shall give account of himself to God. (v.10-11)

17 The Lordship of Jesus Christ For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of God. 11 For it is written, "As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me, And every tongue shall give praise to God." 12 So then each one of us shall give account of himself to God. (v.10-11)

18 The Lordship of Jesus Christ He who observes the day, observes it for the Lord, and he who eats, does so for the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who eats not, for the Lord he does not eat, and gives thanks to God. 7 For not one of us lives for himself, and not one dies for himself; 8 for if we live, we live for the Lord, or if we die, we die for the Lord; therefore whether we live or die, we are the Lord's. (v.6-8)

19 The Lordship of Jesus Christ Key question:

20 The Lordship of Jesus Christ Key question: Am I consciously/actively inviting Jesus lordship/leadership over my life?

21 The witness of my conscience

22 The witness of my conscience One man regards one day above another, another regards every day alike. Let each man be fully convinced in his own mind. (v.5)

23 The witness of my conscience One man regards one day above another, another regards every day alike. Let each man be fully convinced in his own mind. (v.5)

24 The witness of my conscience I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself; but to him who thinks anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean. (v.14)

25 The witness of my conscience I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself; but to him who thinks anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean. (v.14)

26 The witness of my conscience I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself; but to him who thinks anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean. (v.14)

27 The witness of my conscience The faith which you have, have as your own conviction before God... (v.22a)

28 The witness of my conscience The faith which you have, have as your own conviction before God... (v.22a)

29 The witness of my conscience The faith which you have, have as your own conviction before God Happy is he who does not condemn himself in what he approves. (v. 22)

30 The witness of my conscience But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and whatever is not from faith is sin. (v.23)

31 The witness of my conscience But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and whatever is not from faith is sin. (v.23)

32 The witness of my conscience Key question: Am I pushing past my conscience in what I am doing?

33 The law of love Love and Personal Liberty

34 The law of love Therefore do not let what is for you a good thing be spoken of as evil; (v.16)

35 The law of love Therefore do not let what is for you a good thing be spoken of as evil; (v.16)

36 The law of love Therefore let us not judge one another anymore, but rather determine this-- not to put an obstacle or a stumbling block in a brother's way. (v.13)

37 The law of love Therefore let us not judge one another anymore, but rather determine this-- not to put an obstacle or a stumbling block in a brother's way. (v.13)

38 The law of love It is good not to eat meat or to drink wine, or to do anything by which your brother stumbles. (v. 21)

39 The law of love It is good not to eat meat or to drink wine, or to do anything by which your brother stumbles. (v. 21)

40 The law of love For he who in this way serves Christ is acceptable to God and approved by men. (v.18)

41 The law of love For he who in this way serves Christ is acceptable to God and approved by men. (v.18)

42 The law of love For if because of food your brother is hurt, you are no longer walking according to love. Do not destroy with your food him for whom Christ died. (v.15)

43 The law of love For if because of food your brother is hurt, you are no longer walking according to love. Do not destroy with your food him for whom Christ died. (v.15)

44 The law of love For if because of food your brother is hurt, you are no longer walking according to love. Do not destroy with your food him for whom Christ died. (v.15)

45 The law of love Do not tear down the work of God for the sake of food. (v.20)

46 The law of love Do not tear down the work of God for the sake of food. (v.20)

47 The law of love So then let us pursue the things which make for peace and the building up of one another. (v.19)

48 The law of love So then let us pursue the things which make for peace and the building up of one another. (v.19)

49 The law of love So then let us pursue the things which make for peace and the building up of one another. (v.19)

50 The law of love So then let us pursue the things which make for peace and the building up of one another. (v.19)

51 The law of love Key question: Is someone else s walk with God negatively affected by this?

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