Who Died and Made Us God?

 

Rom 14:4 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.

 

Who Died and Made Us God?

 

The context of the chapter containing this verse is dealing with the different viewpoints of theology we may have as believers.  At the heart of this chapter is this verse that says who made you God, to judge if everyone else is serving God in the right or wrong manner?  The very nature, that people are different and view things different ways says we are not all going to be in agreement.  It is not our role to be the judge whether another believer’s theology lines up with ours.  How many walls have we built and how much division has come from this mindset.  God is first concerned about our heart attitude toward Him.  It is not the outward ceremonies or works that bring us in right relationship with God, it is what we do acting out of faith.  We are justified by faith, not by whether we do this or that a certain way.  The truth be known, none of us are right on the mark with all our thinking and ways of worship and service.  We can be certain we have missed the mark if we are caught up with judging whether others are right or wrong.

We have some dear friends and fellow believers in Christ who we have shared fellowship with and staid in contact with, some twenty years.  The day they worship and their ideas of diet are different than ours and it has been a source of debate many times, but is not the basis for our relationship.  The reason we are still close has nothing to do with how we worship, but with the quality of relationship we have with God.  While outwardly we may differ in how we view things, inwardly we are of one spirit in Christ and because of this we can have spiritual communion with one another.   Christ is at the center of our relationship and that is why we have known and loved each other for so long.

I have been blessed as I have seen in our city where more and more people are laying down their denominational views to come together and operate as the body of Christ, whether it be something like true spiritual worship or serving the poor and needy.  The true body of Christ cannot be divided to be effective.  Sure we can all have our opinions and viewpoints, but on the fundamental principles of Christ and His Word we must stand and live as one body, not fragmented factions.  It is before Christ we must all give account, so let us all first examine and judge our own hearts and let God judge the others.

Blessings,

#kent

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