WHAT I PRACTICE IN THIS LIFE IS WHAT I WILL OFFER AT THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST! WILL IT BE A CARNAL TESTIMONY OR SPIRITUAL TESTIMONY? Romans 12:2
[2]And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

SPIRITUAL FOUNDATION!

Romans 14:12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.

OBSERVATION!

This event is the description of what those entering heaven will be subjected to, at the demise of our fleshly temple Psalms 23:4-6
[4]Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
[5]Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
[6]Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

and at the time of the ascension of the saints who meet Yeshua in the clouds!

1 Thessalonians 4:17 KJV
Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

COMMENTARY!

It was not so much the difference itself that did the mischief as the mismanagement of the difference, making it a bone of contention (1) Those who were strong, and knew their Christian liberty, and made use of it, despised the weak, who did not. Whereas they should have pitied them, and helped them, and afforded them meek and friendly instruction, they trampled upon them as silly, humoursome, and superstitious, for scrupling those things which they knew to be lawful: so apt are those who have knowledge to be puffed up with it, and to look disdainfully and scornfully upon their brethren

(2) Those who were weak, and durst not use their Christian liberty, judged and censured the strong, who did, as if they were loose Christians, carnal professors, that cared not what they did, but walked at all adventures, and stuck at nothing.

They judged them as breakers of the law, contemners of God’s ordinance, and the like. Such censures as these discovered a great deal of rashness and uncharitableness, and would doubtless tend much to the alienating of affection.

Well, this was the disease, and we see it remaining in the church to this day, like differences, in like manner mismanaged, are still the disturbers of the church’s peace.

OBSERVATION!

It is here you will learn why the importance of living in and with faith! In doing so you will find the spiritual guidance of the Holy Spirit as well the purpose and proper use of his teachings in bringing forward your demonstration of God’s words to manifest peace to those weak in their faith and spiritual discernment of God’s wisdoms. The Apostle relates the following.

Those who are of weak faith must be received, but not to doubtful disputations, Romans 14:1.

Take this for a general rule spend your zeal in those things wherein you and all the people of God are agreed, and do not dispute about doubtful matters. Receive him, proslambavesthe–take him to you, bid him welcome, receive him with the greatest affection and tenderness porrigite manum (so the Syriac): lend him your hand, to help him, to fetch him to you, to encourage him.

Receive him into your company, and converse, and communion, entertain him with readiness and condescension, and treat him with all possible endearments.

Receive him: not to quarrel with him, and to argue about uncertain points that are in controversy, which will but confound him, and fill his head with empty notions, perplex him, and shake his faith.

Let not your Christian friendship and fellowship be disturbed with such vain janglings and strifes of words–Not to judge his doubtful thoughts (so the margin), “not to pump out his weak sentiments concerning those things which he is in doubt about, that you may censure and condemn him

Receive him, not to expose him, but to instruct and strengthen him. See 1 Corinthians 1:10; Philippians 3:15,16.

This our Lord will hear as your spiritual testimony of how you brought and exercised how you live in and with faith, trusting, knowing, and demonstrating our Lord keeping his promises to provide for us always!

This demonstration will present its spiritual wisdom to those with a stronger faith, but who lack the discernment to surrender to the Holy Spirit’s guidance and teachings as their spiritual demonstration!

We have proper directions and suggestions laid down for allaying this contention and preventing the ill consequences of it.

COMMENTARY!

Weak and strong Christians are indeed our brethren, but they are not our servants.

This rash judging is reproved, in James 3:1, under the notion of being many masters.

We make ourselves our brethren’s masters and do in effect usurp the throne of God when we take upon ourselves to judge them, especially to judge their thoughts and intentions, which are out of our view, to judge their persons and state, concerning which it is hard to conclude by those few indications which fall within our cognizance.

God sees not as man sees and he is their master, and not we.

In judging and censuring our brethren, we meddle with that which does not belong to us: we have work enough to do at home and, if we must be judging, let us exercise our faculty upon our own hearts and ways– To his own master he stands or falls that is, his doom will be according to his master’s sentence, and not according to ours.

How well for us is it that we are not to stand nor fall by the judgment one of another, but by the righteous and unerring judgment of God, which is according to truth!

“While thy brother’s cause is before thy judgment, it is coram non judice–before one who is not the judge the court of heaven is the proper court for trial, where, and where only, the sentence is definitive and conclusive and to this, if his heart be upright, he may comfortably appeal from thy rash censure.”

OBSERVATION!

When we come to die actually, neither is that to ourselves it is not barely that we would be unclothed, and eased of the burden of the flesh, but it is to the Lord, that we may depart and be with Christ, may be present with the Lord.

Secondly, But to the Lord (Romans 14:8), to the Lord Christ, to whom all power and judgment are committed, and in whose name we are taught, as Christians, to do everything we do (Colossians 3:17), with an eye to the will of Christ as our rule, to the glory of Christ as our end, Philippians 1:21. Christ is the gain we aim at, living and dying. We live to glorify him in all the actions and affairs of life we die, whether a natural or a violent death, to glorify him, and to go to be glorified with him.

Christ is the center, in which all the lines of life and death do meet.

This is true Christianity, which makes Christ all in all. So that, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s, devoted to him, depending on him, designed and designing for him.

This if you today in this realm practice living in and with faith would be your testimony on how and why you spent renewing your mind to build a personal relationship with the Son of God so when you were called to fulfill Romans 14:12
[12]So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.

And without hesitation lay before our Lord how you surrendered to the guidance of the Holy Spirit who showed you how to build a personal relationship with Yeshua to be laid at the throne on your day to account for yourself spiritually!

Robert a humble obedient servant to Yeshua and his Father in heaven Yahewa. And all of God’s children say Amen and Amen in the name of Jehovah Jireh our creator and provider of all things righteous and Holy!