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Topic:
Damnation
With respect to the word "damnation…"
In Rom. 13:2, means "condemnation," which comes on those
who withstand God's ordinance of magistracy. This sentence of
condemnation comes not from the magistrate, but from God, whose
authority is thus resisted. In 1 Cor. 11:29 (R.V., "judgment")
this word means condemnation, in the sense of exposure to severe
temporal judgments from God, as the following verse explains. In Rom.
14:23 the word "damned" means "condemned" by one's
own conscience, as well as by the Word of God. The apostle shows here
that many things which are lawful are not expedient; and that in using
our Christian liberty the question should not simply be, Is this course
I follow lawful? but also, Can I follow it without doing injury to the
spiritual interests of a brother in Christ? He that "doubteth",
i.e., is not clear in his conscience as to "meats", will
violate his conscience "if he eat," and in eating is
condemned; and thus one ought not so to use his liberty as to lead one
who is "weak" to bring upon himself this condemnation.
Derived from Easton's and Smith's Bible Dictionaries
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