Romans 14 Discussion Questions
1) Who does Paul consider to be the "weak in faith" and, by implication, the "strong in faith"?
2) What attitude are the two groups supposed to have towards each other?
3) How is Paul attempting to break down barriers between ethnic groups in verses 1-6?
4) Over what issues in today's church are we in danger of judging one another because of things that Paul would declare to be unimportant?
5) Where are we prone to build walls of division on cultural or ethnic lines where Paul would gently but firmly insist that we are all serving the same master?
6) What is Paul getting at in verses 7-9?
7) What is the overriding perspective that the Christians in Rome need to learn in dealing with differences with each other?
8) How can we as believers know on which issues we can live with differences of opinion and which we cannot?
9) Paul says in verse 14 that nothing is unclean in itself, but how does he say something can become "unclean" (verses 13-23)
10) In what specific ways does the church today reverse verse 17 and make God's kingdom about "food and drink" rather than about justice, peace, and joy? What would help us turn our focus to justice, peace, and joy?
2) What attitude are the two groups supposed to have towards each other?
3) How is Paul attempting to break down barriers between ethnic groups in verses 1-6?
4) Over what issues in today's church are we in danger of judging one another because of things that Paul would declare to be unimportant?
5) Where are we prone to build walls of division on cultural or ethnic lines where Paul would gently but firmly insist that we are all serving the same master?
6) What is Paul getting at in verses 7-9?
7) What is the overriding perspective that the Christians in Rome need to learn in dealing with differences with each other?
8) How can we as believers know on which issues we can live with differences of opinion and which we cannot?
9) Paul says in verse 14 that nothing is unclean in itself, but how does he say something can become "unclean" (verses 13-23)
10) In what specific ways does the church today reverse verse 17 and make God's kingdom about "food and drink" rather than about justice, peace, and joy? What would help us turn our focus to justice, peace, and joy?