Thursday, April 21, 2005
Romans 14:7-13
For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's. For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.
Why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God; for it is written,
“As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me,
and every tongue shall confess to God.”
So then each of us will give an account of himself to God.
Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother. (ESV)
by Leanne Lippincott
Have you ever watched two 3-year-old boys fight over a toy and eventually break it? Nine times out of ten, when confronted with the evidence, they’ll point a finger at each other and simultaneously exclaim, “He did it!”
There’s no need for us to blame or judge our brethren, because God will judge all of us. And when we stand before Our Creator, there will be no one to point a finger at but ourselves. With trembling knees, we’ll be asked to give a blow-by-blow account of our behavior on earth. All the more reason not to put “stumbling blocks” (v. 13) in the paths of fellow believers.
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Daily Bible Meditations are taken from The Helping Hand,a Sabbath School student quarterly for youth and adults. Copyright © 2008, Seventh Day Baptist Board of Christian Education, Inc.
Scripture quotations marked "ESV" are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Text provided by the Crossway Bibles Web Service .
