Honoring the Lord through food and holidays part 2

Well, as I was saying, I celebrate the Lord's holidays instead of traditional Christian ones. This is because the Lord has laid it on my heart for me to do so. What I have to remember is that just because He laid this on my heart, it doesn't mean I should tell others they must celebrate like I do. You see, this is not a salvational issue and doing so could cause a fellow believer to lose faith.


Rom 14:16 Then do not let your good be spoken evil of,
Rom 14:17 for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. I think that many Christians either never knew about these versus, or never paid any mind to them. For I have seen many 'fights' and arguments about what to eat, kind of bible to read, songs to sing in church, etc... This is just silly and not very Christian like. If you are kosher and do so to please the Lord, then keep being kosher. If you are not kosher, and the Lord has not convicted you to become kosher, then don't become kosher.


Rom 14:23 But the one doubting, if he eats, he has been condemned, because it is not of faith; and whatever is not of faith is sin. That is right, if you do anything not of faith it is sin. So, making a person conform to your standards of what a Christian is to eat, read, celebrate, etc... is causing them to sin. For example, my church did a 'Resurrection Egg Hunt' at the local park. They were doing it in their hearts to honor the Lord. I didn't get involved, because in my heart doing so would have been sin. I didn't tell my pastor he was wrong, and he didn't tell me I was wrong(and neither did anyone involved). Btw, no one was in the wrong. This is because it was a faith issue.

honoring the Lord through food and holidays part 1

Rom 14:5 Some people think that a certain day is more important than other days, while others think that all days are the same. We each should firmly make up our own minds.
Rom 14:6 Those who think highly of a certain day do so in honor of the Lord; those who will eat anything do so in honor of the Lord, because they give thanks to God for the food. Those who refuse to eat certain things do so in honor of the Lord, and they give thanks to God.

I love this passage and infact, love Rom14. I think this chapter should be called 'don't think you're all that'. This passage addresses that we are all in different levels of our faith. We are not to judge how others honor the Lord.

You see, as long as we honor the Lord in faith and love, we are pleasing the Lord. It doesn't matter what we celebrate or eat. However, if we do anything w/o faith we are sinning. This means that if you celebrate any holiday or eat anything that you feel is wrong in your heart, you have sinned. Also, if you celebrate any holiday or eat anything infront of a fellow beiever that would make him/her stumble, then you are sinning.

We are also not to make a fellow believer feel inadiquite because s/he doesn't adhear to the same holidays or eating habits as you. I would also extend this to the same unsalvational issues. (e.g. medicine, schooling, clothes, work, etc...) To do so will not make the other believer more 'in touch' w/ the Lord, but infact, can make the other believe loose faith in God.

I have to remember this because I don't celebrate the same holidays of my Christian brethern. I celebrate the Lord's holidays as in Lev23 and also Hanukkah and Purim. I celebrate them to honor the Lord, as my friends celebrate Christmas and Easter to honor the Lord. None of us are sinning as long as we make sure we are celebrating in faith and we honor the Lord and not make ourselves look 'righteous'.

Part 2 will be coming soon.