If a believer believes it is
wrong to do a certain thing, he should not do it. Even though another believer believes
Scripture allows it.
Romans 14: 22-23: “Do you have faith? Have it to yourself
before God. Happy is he who does not condemn himself in what he approves. But
he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not eat from faith; for
whatever is not from faith is sin.”
Scripture may seem to allow,
but conscience may not.
Romans 14: 3 “Let not him who eats despise him who does
not eat, and let not him who does not eat
judge him who eats; for God has
received him. 4 Who are you to judge another's servant? To his own master he
stands or falls. Indeed, he will be made to stand, for God is able to make him
stand.”
Romans 14:10 “ But why do
you judge your
brother ? Or why do you show contempt for your brother ? For we shall all stand before the
judgment seat of Christ. ‘
We should not criticize other
believers who in good conscience can not do what we believe we can. He is
God’s servant and accountable to Him--not you who is at liberty to do other
than he, whether right or wrong.
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