Section 14
convince others and to argue with them about our concepts. We must avoid that.
God Has Received Him
In 14:3 Paul says, "for God has received him." This is the basis on which we receive others. As long as our Father has received a person, we must also receive him. We have no choice. Regardless how weak or how peculiar a believer may be, we must receive him.
All Are the Lord's
Let us read 14:6-9. "He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord; and he who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who does not eat, to the Lord he does not eat, and gives thanks to God. For none of us lives to him self, and none dies to himself; for whether we live, we live to the Lord, or if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord's. For Christ died and lived again for this, that He might be Lord both of the dead and of the living." All genuine believers are the Lord's. All have been born of the same Lord regardless of the way in which they have been baptized, of the food they eat, or the days they observe. Verses 6 through 9 show us what is