The Kingdom of God; Living “to the Lord”
Romans 14:1-6 speak about eating and regarding days. These verses say definitely that whether we eat all foods or only eat some foods, we should eat “to the Lord.” These verses also exhort us whether we esteem one day of the week special or all days equal, we do this “to the Lord.”
Verse 8 summarizes, “For whether we live, we live to the Lord, and whether we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore whether we live or we die, we are the Lord’s.”
Our Christian living today is not focused on what we do or don’t do. We are the Lord’s and we live to Him. The outward actions, as long as they are not idolatrous, not immoral, and not illegal, do not matter. Such living to the Lord today is part of our getting ready for New Jerusalem.
Second Corinthians 5:15 complements this, telling us that Christ “died for all that those who live may no longer live to themselves but to Him who died for them and has been raised.” It is in resurrection that we “live to Him.” His death released us from our old man and His resurrection brought the new creation into us.
The consummation of this new creation is the new heaven and new earth with New Jerusalem, the resurrection city, at the center.
Bible verses quoted in these posts are from The Holy Bible, Recovery Version, published and © by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim CA, 2003. The text of this Bible is at text.recoveryversion.bible; this too is © by LSM. A New Testament of this Bible, with outlines for each book, 9000 footnotes, and 13,000 cross references, is available in multiple languages for free from Bibles for America, Bibles for Canada, Bibles for Europe, Bibles for Australia, Bibles for New Zealand.
Posted by Don on October 1, 2025
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