Is
ROMANS 4:6 talking about what day God esteems *
ISAIAH 56:1-8, 58:13;
PSALMS 89:34 or what day man esteems for eating or not eating *
ROMANS 14:1-5? We know what things man esteems is an abomoniation to God
LUKE 16:15 And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves
before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for
that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
Some points to consider in
Romans 14:1-15
[1] the days spoken of are associated with eating/drinking, not eating/not drinking.
[2] the matter is over those 'weak' and 'strong' in faith concerning eating/drinking and days to do and not do those things on
[3] the context deals with "One
man esteemeth", and
not what God esteems (
Isaiah 56:1-8, 58:13;
Psalms 89:34) as permanent and so, and God's word is clear about what men esteem:
Luk_16:15 And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves
before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for
that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
The Jews continually argued over which were better days to do this thing or that thing, like fasting, feasting, etc: [
Matthew 9:14;
Mark 2:18;
Luke 5:33, 18:12 KJB]
[4] The words for sabbath is not present in all of
Romans 14, neither in all of Romans
[5] The words of the seventh day is not present in all of
Romans 14, neither in all of Romans
[6] The words for the Lord's day is not present in all of
Romans 14, neither in all of Romans
[7] Romans 14 is in the context of
Romans 13, which directly cites the latter (2nd) table of the Ten Commandments, for love to neighbour, which is also found in
Leviticus 19:17-18, in the context of sin and the Ten Commandments
[8] Romans 15 is the other end, and when combined with
1 Corinthians 8-10, the context is clear that the sabbath of the LORD thy God (
Exodus 20:8-11) is not in view in the least, and is sustained by the rest of Paul in Romans by his statements on the eternal spiritual, holy, just and good Law (
Exodus 20:1-17) of God, which identifies what sin is (
Romans 7:7;
1 John 3:4)
[9] The entire context of
Romans 14 is to do nothing (even if allowed normally, yet not under special circumstances) to cause others to sin:
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.
[10] Paul never contradicts himself, and Paul's writings are scripture (
2 Peter 3:16), and scripture cannot be broken,
John 10:35) and does not teach transgression of God's Law (
Exodus 20:1-17) at any point:
ROMANS 6:1-2 []1, What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?[2] God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
ROMANS 6:15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
ROMANS 7:7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
[11] the words for "law", "commandments" are never used in
Romans 14
[12] Paul in numerous places lists and upholds every single one of the Ten Commandments in the NT, including the 4th Commandment (
Genesis 2:1-3;
Exodus 20:8-11) in
Hebrews 3-4, etc.
[13] Romans 14 is about excluding those things which were "doubful disputations", and not a single one of the Ten Commandments (
Exodus 20:1-17) were ever doubtful or to be disputed in any place in all of scripture (KJB), for the Commandment of God are "sure" (
Psalms 111:7).
[14] The words for "covenant/testament" are never used in
Romans 14
[15] The words for 'first [day] of the week' are never used in
Romans 14, neither in all of Romans
[16] None of the 'Sunday' (first [day] of the week) churches use
Romans 14 to teach that I may ignore the day they gather on, even though that day is not sanctified by God in any way what so ever in scripture (KJB), and is never called "the Lord's day" in scripture, neither is it "the seventh day the sabbath of the LORD thy God".
[17] Nobody uses
Romans 14 to teach I can simply stop eating/drinking on every day
[18] Anyone who quotes
Romans 14, has in mind 'restrictions', rather than allowances
Only sent in love brother as a help.
God's 4th commandment is one of the 10 commandments that gives us the KNOWLEDGE of what SIN is when broken *
ROMANS 3:20. God's WORD says if we break ANY ONE of God's commandments we stand guilty before God of SIN *
JAMES 2:10-11. If we do not seek him in repentance and forgiveness we are in danger of the Judgement (
Hebrews 10:26-27)
God's people are in every church *
JOHN 10:16 and He knows that many break this commandment out of IGNORANCE because what they have been taught in the Churches they may be in. JESUS says that the hour is coming and NOW is that he will call his people out from following the teachings and tradtions of men to worship God in Spirit and in truth according to his WORD *
JOHN 4:23-24
Sunday worship is a tradition and teaching of man that has led many to break the commandments of God. Jesus says that if we follow the traditions of man that break the commandments of God we are not following God (
Matthew 15:3-9) There is not one scripture in all of God's Word that says that God's 4th Commandment is now ABOLISHED and we are now commanded to KEEP Sunday as a Holy day.
Who should we follow the teachings and traditions of men or the Word of God? Who should we believe the Words of men or the Word of God? In times of ignorance God winks at but now ,<when a KNOWLEDGE of the truth has come> calls all men everywhere to REPENT (FOLLOW) (Acts 17:30-31).
God bless.
You really need to direct your response to the verses I gave.
It is NOT ONLY about food. It is about days also. Food is a second point AFTER days.