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Romans
Chapter
14 (Continued) {Note: Christ means 'the anointed one' but more accurately means the 'appointed one'. He was appointed by God the Father to come to the earth and take the form of man and die on the cross for the sins of all mankind.}
{Objectives
of the Honor Code} {Note: 'ara oun' is another grammatical method of showing a new sentence and this time with a great result of what preceded it.}
{Verses
20-21: Strong Believer's Application of the Honor Code to the Weak Believer} {Note: Katharos means to be 'clean' (not harmful) to the gentile to eat and to be ceremonially pure to the Jew.}
21~~{It
keeps on being} honorable {kalos} {Note: The combination above with the 'mede' followed again by 'mede' indicates that in the first example is the 'specific situation'. So NOT eating meat or drinking wine is honorable in this specific situation. The next mede indicates then a general rule will follow - so generally speaking we should so nothing that hinders the growth of a 'weak in doctrine' believer - the Law of Love overriding the Law of Liberty.} {Note: Drinking is not a sin. To get drunk is a sin. Again this is the 'law of love' where a mature believer knows that it is ok to drink alcohol, but does not in the presence of a weak in doctrine believer who incorrectly judges that God prohibits alcohol drinking. If by the mature believer drinking, it hinders the growth of the weak believer, then do not do so and it is NOT being a hypocrite.} {Note: KJV has added 'or is offended or is made weak'. It is not in the original and most reliable manuscripts.}
22~~You
there {strong believer}, {Note: 'In what he approves' means to compare your actions with the norms and standards in your soul. If your actions match that commanded by doctrine, then be happy. So, in this case, if a mature believer withholds from eating meat he is not being a hypocrite. He is acting on the doctrine resident in his soul should NOT judge himself as being incorrect EVER in following how the Word instructs us to behave. We have a Royal honor code based on the norms and standards in our soul from the intake of doctrine. Do not be ashamed of it - in fact you will have a special happiness if you do not judge yourself.}
23~~But
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