September 7, 2023
Passage Read: Romans 14-15
Meditation Verse: 14:13
Thought
Paul calls us to accept one another, to stop passing judgment on each other and put no stumbling block in the way of another. Of course, he gives lots of instructions in different letters about how we're supposed to behave and treat one another. It's not that commands are the stumbling blocks or obstacles he's referring to here, otherwise, we could never teach any command of Scripture except this one. And then we'd have to let people do whatever they wanted, as long as someone considered it good.
Application
I shouldn't create stumbling blocks that God has not imposed. I shouldn't judge others on matters that God doesn't care about, like eating or abstaining from meat, observing or not observing holidays, worship styles or anything else that God has not given a command about.