Romans: The Gospel for Everyone — Week 31 - Romans 14:1-15:7

Romans 14:1–15:7 is taught as a culmination of the whole letter, in three parts: do not pass judgment, do not cause another to stumble, and follow the example of Christ. The dispute over food laws becomes a case study in how the strong and the weak are to treat one another. The message lands hard on two questions drawn from 14:10— who am I judging, and who do I despise? —and warns that a believer's witness becomes a stumbling block when Christians fight hate with hate. The closing anchor is the restoration principle: in essentials unity, in non-essentials liberty, in all things love —and a call to promote harmony and to accept one another as Christ accepted us.