Musings on Romans 14
Romans 14 is a cornerstone passage for understanding Christian liberty and understanding how that liberty is meant to be exercised.
Romans 14 should be read by more christians frequently throughout a year.
The true heart of Romans 14 is seen in Romans 15:1 “We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.”
Reading Romans 14 without going as far as Romans 15:1 is like pregnancy without child birth. The climax of Romans 14 is not in Romans 14 but in Romans 15. Paul is arguing what the belief of the gospel produces outwardly towards others.
Romans 14 is cruciform thinking and living.
Paul is saying a new creation has begun and this is what it reasons like.
We see that the true proof of revelation knowledge is that you become conscious of community and you readily and willingly lay down your pleasures for the preservation of others.
We see that freedom is never about asserting "my rights" to do whatever I want. Biblical freedom is the power to lay down one's rights out of love for others.
Paul’s argument is that eternal life inspires you to voluntarily lay down liberty out of love.
Romans 14 is really an argument that freedom is about cruciform loving, and not self-indulgence. That which knows just enough to assert personal liberties is not motivated by cruciform love and the consciousness of community preservation. Therefore, it is not useful for edification. That knowledge is incomplete.
… to be continued
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