14:3
Both sides of this issue were prone to having a wrong attitude. The happy meat eater may consider the vegetarian to be inferior because he does not realise the freedom we have to eat anything. The vegetarian may look down on the meat eater because he is exposing himself to things contaminated by idol worship. In fact, in this verse it is the latter who gets told that God has welcomed the other.
14:4
“Do not judge” is a favourite phrase of many people, usually utterly misapplied. However, here is one place where it is appropriate. Both the meat eater and the veggie have been accepted by the Lord. So if God is happy to accept the person, then so should we. Moreover, if we try to do down the person we will ultimately lose, for God will enable him to stand. We do not want to be opposing God. The matter of God accepting the person is vital here. For no doubt some would try to use the argumentation here to say we should accept all sorts of things that are explicitly forbidden, usually sexual morals.
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