In my experience, I think people often quote this verse, without understanding the context. They will throw it at people, and say, "hey whatever is not of faith is sin!"
I don’t think Paul meant to say, that whatever is not of faith in our lives is sin, in that kind of broad manner. Who does not have fear now and then? Who walks in perfect faith all the time?
14:23 But whoever has doubts is condemned if he eats, because the eating is not from faith. For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin.
Romans 14 is a real subjective kind of thing. To one, a certain day is something, to another foods are, to another foods or days are not.
There is objective truth. Jesus said clean, but to some, subjectively it is not. One person thinks it is unclean, even though it is not. Paul is showing both, subject, object.
14 I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself, but it is unclean for anyone who thinks it unclean.
Paul is showing more object truth in 17, but also showing the subject truth, of a weak conscience later in 23.. 14:1 opens, talking about the weak conscience, which was what the chapter is about. He is showing both. Fact, the kingdom is..…
17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Here, Paul is saying, it is ok, between you and God, subjective, that person is ok in his own mind, subjectively. He eats in faith, he is not feeling condemned.
22 The faith that you have, keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who has no reason to pass judgment on himself for what he approves.
That verse set the stage for the subjectivity of this verse, I believe is often quoted to others, incorrectly.
14:23 But whoever has doubts is condemned if he eats, because the eating is not from faith. For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin
Isn’t Paul really just trying to show, about the weak person, in his subjective experience, he thinks it is sin, because in his weak conscience, he is not eating in faith, because he does not know, or is confused about his food, so to him subjectively it is sin., even though it is not objectively.
In other words, isn’t Paul really just showing things about the conscience in 14, and how things are relative, not that he is saying "for whatever does not proceed from faith is sin", in a kind of “life verse” truth, for all things? Isn’t that really the context and teaching of 14?
I don’t think Paul meant to say, that whatever is not of faith in our lives is sin, in that kind of broad manner. Who does not have fear now and then? Who walks in perfect faith all the time?
14:23 But whoever has doubts is condemned if he eats, because the eating is not from faith. For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin.
Romans 14 is a real subjective kind of thing. To one, a certain day is something, to another foods are, to another foods or days are not.
There is objective truth. Jesus said clean, but to some, subjectively it is not. One person thinks it is unclean, even though it is not. Paul is showing both, subject, object.
14 I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself, but it is unclean for anyone who thinks it unclean.
Paul is showing more object truth in 17, but also showing the subject truth, of a weak conscience later in 23.. 14:1 opens, talking about the weak conscience, which was what the chapter is about. He is showing both. Fact, the kingdom is..…
17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Here, Paul is saying, it is ok, between you and God, subjective, that person is ok in his own mind, subjectively. He eats in faith, he is not feeling condemned.
22 The faith that you have, keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who has no reason to pass judgment on himself for what he approves.
That verse set the stage for the subjectivity of this verse, I believe is often quoted to others, incorrectly.
14:23 But whoever has doubts is condemned if he eats, because the eating is not from faith. For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin
Isn’t Paul really just trying to show, about the weak person, in his subjective experience, he thinks it is sin, because in his weak conscience, he is not eating in faith, because he does not know, or is confused about his food, so to him subjectively it is sin., even though it is not objectively.
In other words, isn’t Paul really just showing things about the conscience in 14, and how things are relative, not that he is saying "for whatever does not proceed from faith is sin", in a kind of “life verse” truth, for all things? Isn’t that really the context and teaching of 14?
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