Romans 14:4-12

A Study of The Book of Romans

Lesson 100 Chapter 14:1 – 15:13

“The Believers relationship one toward another.” - Part 3 13:7 – 12

By Pastor Randy Johnson

1. Verse 7 – 8 “For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. (8.) For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
1. The key here is the last part of verse 8 “…we are the Lord's.”

a. The Lord said in 1 Corinthians 6:20 “For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.” – since we are bought we no longer belong to ourselves, self pleasure is no longer ours to have, all pleasure belongs to our Master; the One that bought us.

b. 1 Corinthians 7:23 “Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.” Who is first? Man or God? God or you?

c. Adam Clark said: “Christians must act in all things according to the mind and will of God, and not follow their own wills.”

2. No matter what life brings, life or death, we are God’s.
3. However living for the Lord includes living for others, or dying for others, let us remember Jesus died for us. 1 John 3:16 “Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.”
1. Verse 9 “For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.”

1. The word “revived” means – to live again – So Christ died and rose from the dead that He might live again. This makes Him Lord over all.

a. Most equate this to this only to the saved, however I think it is speaking of both the lost and the saved. He is Lord over both, not in the same way but as the saved bow to Him with their lives the lost will also bow to Him. As stated in verse 11 “For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.”

b. Because He lived and died and revived or lived again, He therefore judges as He pleases, and He is the only one that can judge.

c. How many times does the Lord tell Christians not to judge one another, we have no right. Only the Church can sit in judgment of church members only and only for the purpose of discipline or expulsion. Church judgment is not the same as individual judgment.

2. John 5:22 - 23 “For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: (23.) That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.”
3. John 5:27 – 29 “And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. (28.) Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, (29.) And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.” – Not at the same time but both will rise to be judged of Christ.

a. The saved at His second coming.

b. The lost at the great white throne.

3. Verse 10 “But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.”
1. This is “today’s Christians” weakest point, we all judge one another in some form or another.

a. Criticism is judgment.

b. If we would look in a mirror we could see ourselves judging other Christians.

c. For their weakness, or ignorance. How about instead of judgment we pray for them.

d. Ecclesiastes 12:14 “For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.”

2. “…for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.” Whether lost or saved we will all be judged of Christ. So beware when God said we will be judged in the same matter as we judge others.
3. There is one scripture we need to keep in mind as we judge others; John 8:7 “So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.”
3. Verse 12 “So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.”

1. Whether lost or saved. Matthew 12:36 “But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.”
2. Adam Clark said: “We shall not, at the bar of God, be obliged to account for the conduct of each other - each shall give account of himself: and let him take heed that he be prepared to give up his accounts with joy.” Galatians 6:4 “But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. (5.) For every man shall bear his own burden.”
3. Before we do something just because other do it, we might ought to give it some thought because we will each account to Christ for what we do.