{"id":189052,"date":"2024-06-01T04:28:41","date_gmt":"2024-06-01T09:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/?p=189052"},"modified":"2024-04-23T04:33:01","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T09:33:01","slug":"52-g-wilderness-16-m-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/01\/52-g-wilderness-16-m-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn from Scripture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Romans 14:1-23.<\/p>\n<p class=\"chapter-2\"><span class=\"text Rom-14-1\">Accept the one whose faith is weak,\u00a0without quarreling over disputable matters.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NIV-28283\" class=\"text Rom-14-2\"><sup class=\"versenum\">2\u00a0<\/sup>One person\u2019s faith allows them to eat anything, but another, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NIV-28284\" class=\"text Rom-14-3\"><sup class=\"versenum\">3\u00a0<\/sup>The one who eats everything must not treat with contempt\u00a0the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge\u00a0the one who does, for God has accepted them.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NIV-28285\" class=\"text Rom-14-4\"><sup class=\"versenum\">4\u00a0<\/sup>Who are you to judge someone else\u2019s servant?\u00a0To their own master, servants stand or fall. And they will stand, for the Lord is able to make them stand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-NIV-28286\" class=\"text Rom-14-5\"><sup class=\"versenum\">5\u00a0<\/sup>One person considers one day more sacred than another;\u00a0another considers every day alike. Each of them should be fully convinced in their own mind.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NIV-28287\" class=\"text Rom-14-6\"><sup class=\"versenum\">6\u00a0<\/sup>Whoever regards one day as special does so to the Lord. Whoever eats meat does so to the Lord, for they give thanks to God;\u00a0and whoever abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NIV-28288\" class=\"text Rom-14-7\"><sup class=\"versenum\">7\u00a0<\/sup>For none of us lives for ourselves alone,\u00a0and none of us dies for ourselves alone.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NIV-28289\" class=\"text Rom-14-8\"><sup class=\"versenum\">8\u00a0<\/sup>If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NIV-28290\" class=\"text Rom-14-9\"><sup class=\"versenum\">9\u00a0<\/sup>For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life\u00a0so that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-NIV-28291\" class=\"text Rom-14-10\"><sup class=\"versenum\">10\u00a0<\/sup>You, then, why do you judge your brother or sister<sup class=\"footnote\" style=\"font-size: 0.625em; line-height: normal; position: relative; vertical-align: text-top; top: auto; display: inline;\" data-fn=\"#fen-NIV-28291a\" data-link=\"[&lt;a href=&quot;#fen-NIV-28291a&quot; title=&quot;See footnote a&quot;&gt;a&lt;\/a&gt;]\">[<a title=\"See footnote a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Romans%2014&amp;version=niv#fen-NIV-28291a\">a<\/a>]<\/sup>? Or why do you treat them with contempt?\u00a0For we will all stand before God\u2019s judgment seat.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NIV-28292\" class=\"text Rom-14-11\"><sup class=\"versenum\">11\u00a0<\/sup>It is written:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"poetry top-05\">\n<p class=\"line\"><span class=\"text Rom-14-11\">\u201c\u2018As surely as I live,\u2019\u00a0says the Lord,<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"text Rom-14-11\">\u2018every knee will bow before me;<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"text Rom-14-11\">every tongue will acknowledge God.\u2019\u201d<sup class=\"footnote\" style=\"font-size: 0.625em; line-height: normal; position: relative; vertical-align: text-top; top: auto; display: inline;\" data-fn=\"#fen-NIV-28292b\" data-link=\"[&lt;a href=&quot;#fen-NIV-28292b&quot; title=&quot;See footnote b&quot;&gt;b&lt;\/a&gt;]\">[<a title=\"See footnote b\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Romans%2014&amp;version=niv#fen-NIV-28292b\">b<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"first-line-none top-05\"><span id=\"en-NIV-28293\" class=\"text Rom-14-12\"><sup class=\"versenum\">12\u00a0<\/sup>So then, each of us will give an account of ourselves to God.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-NIV-28294\" class=\"text Rom-14-13\"><sup class=\"versenum\">13\u00a0<\/sup>Therefore let us stop passing judgment\u00a0on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in the way of a brother or sister.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NIV-28295\" class=\"text Rom-14-14\"><sup class=\"versenum\">14\u00a0<\/sup>I am convinced, being fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself.\u00a0But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for that person it is unclean.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NIV-28296\" class=\"text Rom-14-15\"><sup class=\"versenum\">15\u00a0<\/sup>If your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer acting in love.\u00a0Do not by your eating destroy someone for whom Christ died.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NIV-28297\" class=\"text Rom-14-16\"><sup class=\"versenum\">16\u00a0<\/sup>Therefore do not let what you know is good be spoken of as evil.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NIV-28298\" class=\"text Rom-14-17\"><sup class=\"versenum\">17\u00a0<\/sup>For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking,\u00a0but of righteousness, peace\u00a0and joy in the Holy Spirit,<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NIV-28299\" class=\"text Rom-14-18\"><sup class=\"versenum\">18\u00a0<\/sup>because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and receives human approval.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-NIV-28300\" class=\"text Rom-14-19\"><sup class=\"versenum\">19\u00a0<\/sup>Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace\u00a0and to mutual edification.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NIV-28301\" class=\"text Rom-14-20\"><sup class=\"versenum\">20\u00a0<\/sup>Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food.\u00a0All food is clean,\u00a0but it is wrong for a person to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NIV-28302\" class=\"text Rom-14-21\"><sup class=\"versenum\">21\u00a0<\/sup>It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother or sister to fall.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-NIV-28303\" class=\"text Rom-14-22\"><sup class=\"versenum\">22\u00a0<\/sup>So whatever you believe about these things keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn\u00a0himself by what he approves.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NIV-28304\" class=\"text Rom-14-23\"><sup class=\"versenum\">23\u00a0<\/sup>But whoever has doubts\u00a0is condemned if they eat, because their eating is not from faith; and everything that does not come from faith is sin.<sup class=\"footnote\" style=\"font-size: 0.625em; line-height: normal; position: relative; vertical-align: text-top; top: auto; display: inline;\" data-fn=\"#fen-NIV-28304c\" data-link=\"[&lt;a href=&quot;#fen-NIV-28304c&quot; title=&quot;See footnote c&quot;&gt;c&lt;\/a&gt;]\">[<a title=\"See footnote c\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Romans%2014&amp;version=niv#fen-NIV-28304c\">c<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Romans 14:1-23. Accept the one whose faith is weak,\u00a0without quarreling over disputable matters.\u00a02\u00a0One person\u2019s faith allows them to eat anything, but another, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables.\u00a03\u00a0The one who eats everything must not treat with contempt\u00a0the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge\u00a0the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/01\/52-g-wilderness-16-m-5\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Learn from Scripture&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prayers"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189052"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":189080,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189052\/revisions\/189080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}