The BIG Picture (Shorts)

Part 3 of 4 • ⏱️ 2-Min Read Passage: Romans 14:13-18 Scripture Focus: "Let us not 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." (Rom.14:13) Today's Lesson The doctrine of grace replaces the policing of external rituals with the internal rule of love and charity. While the believer possesses full liberty in Christ regarding things like food and drink, love demands that we govern our freedom so that we do not cause a weaker brother to stumble. Nothing is unclean of itself in this dispensation, yet if a brother regards something as unclean, to him it is unclean. Exercising personal freedom without regard for the conscience of another is a failure to walk charitably. Christ died for every believer, and destroying a brother over matters of food or non-essential practices contradicts the very spirit of grace. True spiritual maturity is demonstrated when we willingly limit the exercise of ...

Part 1 of 4 • ⏱️ 2-Min Read Passage: Romans 14:1-6 Scripture Focus: "Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations." (Rom.14:1) Today's Lesson In the dispensation of grace, the believer is freed from the ceremonial constraints of the Mosaic law, yet individual growth in understanding this liberty varies across the body of Christ . The apostle Paul addresses the practical harmony required between believers who possess different levels of spiritual comprehension regarding liberty . One believer understands that all foods are clean under grace, while another, still bound by conscience or former dietary traditions, eats only herbs . Likewise, one treats certain days as holy, whereas another views every day alike . The doctrinal instruction is clear: those who enjoy full liberty must not despise or look down upon the brother with a weaker conscience, and the brother with conscience restrictions must not condemn or judge the one exercising libe...