Romans 14 The Apostle Paul

1.Romans is a piece of scripture based on the religious and cultural background of the Jews and Gentiles. A abundance of issues surfaced and threatened the unity of the body of Christ. In Romans 14 the apostle Paul handles the reality of the issue of strong and weak in the dynamics of moral sense and personal convictions.
Paul’s solution to the situation is that we should not attempt to change one another in the desire of pleasing our own preferences, but instead alter our perception to not judge or offend the weaker follower of Christ. Apostle Paul presents that he is not an advocate to conscience of the weak but he also does not reject or look down upon the weak. "Do to others as you would have them do to you." ( Luke 6:31) Scripture explains

For instance, addiction (drugs, alcohol, food, sex, etc.) should not be something we judge one another on, but should be something we stand forth in presenting it's roll of being unrighteous. Addiction tries to formulate its own formation of resolution to life issues (a replacement of resolution) , which then displays the reality of addiction being a element of being idolized. Developing the problem of God not being the ultimate source to one's life. These examples are what I believe Paul was speaking on through the words of parables. I believe the core of Paul's writings were to demonstrate that we all have our own personal passages of faith, but we should all ultimately come together in the relation of what is rightous. Therefore Paul's principals are sources we can efficiently use in our lives and culture today. The summarization of Paul stating that all of our paths are unequivalent to one another (strong and weak faith) we are all children of the Lord and there is no place for the subject of judgment. This is a significant factor today because it will formulate the foundation of unity to our lives and culture. Setting the "stone" to Christian freedom and how it is

I am facing a difficult situation of watching my own father face the struggle of addiction, it is a complex situation for everyone involved (family and friends). I have had to work through alot emotionally and mentally,but the reality is there are many people today who struggle with the dynamics of life and in some way fall into the trap of relying on something other then God to cope. Though it would be a perfect world for each of us to have strong faith in the Lord, the reality is many people don't. We all have a past that formulates our lives of how we view and maintain the process of living, some have faith that is "weak" and others have faith that that is "strong". Our expreneces of our hurts, hang-ups and habits are all elements that can destroy or help us prevail, depending upon our response to our beliefs. "So if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall!" (Corinthians 10:12) Everyone of us have "baggage", but if we take awareness in our responsibility in the reaction to how we handle the situation of our lives and culture, we should be able to comprehend and exercise perspective of what Paul speaks on. "Believers should maintain good relationship with unbelievers through prayer for their welfare."