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NOTES for Rom 14:7-8

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7 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.
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How does human existence differ from the being of any other created creature? First of all, by the question of meaning: why, for what do I live? A meaningless existence is empty and unworthy of a human being, and the same is true of life for oneself alone: it is the life of a plant or an animal, but not of a human being. A person cannot always say that he has already found and defined this meaning for himself, but the very search for this meaning already fills his life with content.

And today we read what the apostle Paul writes about his life, whose meaning he found on the road to Damascus (Acts 9). For him, the main thing is his relationship with God, his belonging to Him. It is God, who created the world according to His design, who gives meaning to every creature, and our being is meaningful when it corresponds to this divine meaning. Then it turns out that we live not for ourselves, but for the Lord. Every moment of our existence belongs to Him, including death. And this means that death is not a very important event in our life, because it changes nothing in the most important thing: our belonging to God.

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For Rom 14:8-9
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.
9 For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.
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Sometimes upon serious conversations between people, forms an impression that death is the most important event of human life. We begin to value life or maybe even thinking about God only after confronting...  Read more

Sometimes upon serious conversations between people, forms an impression that death is the most important event of human life. We begin to value life or maybe even thinking about God only after confronting death or upon reflection of it. It is all the opposite for the Apostle Paul (and generally in Christianity). Foremost God, His everlasting existence, His abundant life. The next according to the implication of facts is our membership in Him. And it is only under this light that we examine the problem of our human life and death. And so, it turns out that my physical death changes nothing in what is more significant: in the existence of God and in my membership in Him, - and thus, it {death} is not so much important in my life, it cannot stop my life. The Christlike victory on death in my own concrete case consists probably of this.

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For Rom 14:1-23
1 Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
2 For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.
3 Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.
4 Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.
5 One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
6 He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.
7 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.
9 For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.
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.
11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.
13 Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way.
14 I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
15 But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.
16 Let not then your good be evil spoken of:
17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
18 For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.
19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
20 For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.
21 It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.
22 Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.
23 And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.
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“Blessed is the one who does not condemn himself for what he approves.” To condemn oneself is to fail to carry out what...  Read more

“Blessed is the one who does not condemn himself for what he approves.” To condemn oneself is to fail to carry out what we undertake before God. Not to condemn ourselves in our choice means not looking back or indulging in fantasies, not wondering, “What would have happened if...?” It is the habit of walking directly before God in the secret of the heart. It is the ability to live patiently and not envy those who live differently. Sometimes we look at people who do not keep the fast and think that their lives are easier, more cheerful, and simpler. We retreat from our choice of Christ. Through doubt and fantasy, we let deceit and distrust of God into our lives.

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