| I. The General Exhortation |
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VERSE 1:4 |
| A. The Positive: |
Now accept the one who is weak in faith, |
(1a) |
| B. The Negative: |
but not for the purpose of passing judgment on his opinions. |
(1b) |
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| II. The Specific Exhortations |
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VERSES 14:2-5 |
| A. Case One: |
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| 1. The Issue: |
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| a. One Man: |
One person has faith that he may eat all things, |
(2a) |
| b. Another Man: |
but he who is weak eats vegetables only. |
(2b) |
| 2. The Instructions: |
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| a. Non-vegetarian: |
The one who eats is not to regard with contempt the one who does not eat, |
(3a) |
| b. Vegetarian: |
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| (1) Exhortation: |
and the one who does not eat is not to judge the one who eats, |
(3b) |
| (2) Explanation: |
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| (a) Statement: |
for God has accepted him. |
(3c) |
| (b) Question: |
Who are you to judge the servant of another? |
(4a) |
| (c) Principle: |
To his own master he stands or falls; |
(4b) |
| (d) Promise: |
and he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand. |
(4c) |
| B. Case Two: |
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| 1. The Issue: |
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| a. One Man: |
One person regards one day above another, |
(5a) |
| b. Another Man: |
another regards every day alike. |
(5b) |
| 2. The Instructions: |
Each person must be fully convinced in his own mind. |
(5c) |
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| III. The Explanation |
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VERSES 14:6-9 |
| A. The Specific Examples: |
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| 1. First: |
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| a. Who: |
He who observes the day, |
(6a) |
| b. What: |
observes it for the Lord, |
(6b) |
| 2. Second: |
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| a. Who: |
and he who eats, |
(6c) |
| b. What: |
does so for the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; |
(6d) |
| 3. Third: |
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| a. Who: |
and he who eats not, |
(6e) |
| b. What: |
for the Lord he does not eat, and gives thanks to God. |
(6f) |
| B. The General Principles: |
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| 1. Negatively: |
For not one of us lives for himself, and not one dies for himself; |
(7) |
| 2. Positively: |
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| a. First: |
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for if we live, |
(8a) |
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we live for the Lord, |
(8b) |
| b. Second: |
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| (1) If: |
or if we die, |
(8c) |
| (2) Then: |
we die for the Lord; |
(8d) |
| 3. Conclusion: |
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| a. The Statement: |
therefore whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s. |
(8e) |
| b. The Reason: |
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For to this end Christ died and lived again, |
(9a) |
| (2) Why: |
that He might be Lord both of the dead and of the living. |
(9b) |
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| IV. Conclusion |
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VERSES 14:10-12 |
| A. The Questions: |
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| 1. First: |
But you, why do you judge your brother? |
(10a) |
| 2. Second: |
Or you again, why do you regard your brother with contempt? |
(10b) |
| B. The Explanation: |
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| 1. The Statement: |
For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God. |
(10c) |
| 2. The Scripture: |
For it is written,
“AS I LIVE, SAYS THE LORD, EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW TO ME, AND EVERY TONGUE SHALL GIVE PRAISE TO GOD.” (Isaiah 45:23) |
(11) |
| 3. The Conclusion: |
So then each one of us will give an account of himself to God. |
(12) |