14:1 信心軟弱的,你們要接納,但不要辯論所疑惑的事。
14:2 有人信百物都可吃;但那軟弱的,只吃蔬菜。
14:3 吃的人不可輕看不吃的人;不吃的人不可論斷吃的人;因為上帝已經收納他了。
14:4 你是誰,竟論斷別人的僕人呢?他或站住或跌倒,自有他的主人在;而且他也必要站住,因為主能使他站住。
14:5 有人看這日比那日強;有人看日日都是一樣。只是各人心裡要意見堅定。
14:6 守日的人是為主守的。吃的人是為主吃的,因他感謝上帝;不吃的人是為主不吃的,也感謝上帝。
Accept the one whose faith
is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters. 2 One person’s faith allows them
to eat anything, but another, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables.
3 The one who eats everything must not treat
with contempt the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything
must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted them. 4 Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To
their own master, servants stand or fall. And they will stand, for the Lord is
able to make them stand.
5 One
person considers one day more sacred than another; another considers every day
alike. Each of them should be fully convinced in their own mind. 6 Whoever regards one day as
special does so to the Lord. Whoever eats meat does so to the Lord, for they
give thanks to God; and whoever abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks
to God.
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在教會中有許多人對信仰的體認不同,造成許多次要部分的堅持,甚至使教會分門別類。為了教會的合一性,我們必須要彼此認識與接納,而不是互相的論斷,或是排斥,這都不是好事。
也因為大家有不同的表現,我們發現教會的共融性,以致於讓教會展現豐富的一面。也因為這樣,教會的多元性,讓人感受到在基督裡合而為一的美!也透過這樣看見上帝創造的奇妙,尊重每一個人在上帝面前是獨特的!
因此,我們要在主裡面學習彼此接納,而不是彼此論斷。要去欣賞與我們不同的的兄姐妹,為她們感謝上帝!因為上帝國中,是有著各項恩賜和特質的子民,大家彼此配搭成為耶穌基督的身體。