Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters. One person’s faith allows them to eat anything, but another, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables. The one who eats everything must not treat with contempt the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted them.

Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To their own master, servants stand or fall. And they will stand, for the Lord is able to make them stand. (Romans 14:1-4)

Essentially, judging one’s choice of foods and their motives is like judging one’s servant, or think housekeeper. It doesn’t really matter. God is no longer judging people this way or putting restrictions on any of us. This was a Jewish-law factor that established and taught original Godly obedience to the Jewish people at the time of Moses.

It does not apply any longer under the jurisdiction of Christ and the New Covenant.

The same freedom and grace apply to days of worship now in Paul’s day. It’s all about living a life that does all things so to the Lord:

One person considers one day more sacred than another; another considers every day alike. Each of them should be fully convinced in their own mind. Whoever regards one day as special does so to the Lord. Whoever eats meat does so to the Lord, for they give thanks to God; and whoever abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God. For none of us lives for ourselves alone, and none of us dies for ourselves alone. If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life so that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living. (Romans 14:5-9)

So Don’t Judge Others
So don’t judge your neighbor – let them be. Rather, be accountable to God:

You, then, why do you judge your brother or sister? Or why do you treat them with contempt? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat. It is written [Isaiah 45:23]:

So then, each of us will give an account of ourselves to God. (Romans 14:10-12)

Don’t let these things now tied to personal taste and opinion be a stumbling block or obstacle in any relationship. It’s not worth it. It’s all just personal preference and liking now. To argue is, in fact, not acting in love:

Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in the way of a brother or sister. I am convinced, being fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself.

But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for that person it is unclean. If your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy someone for whom Christ died. Therefore do not let what you know is good be spoken of as evil. (Romans 14:13-16)

Let Us Be Peacemakers
So let people be. Serving God is not about dealing with people’s personal preferences and matters of conscience. Show respect and serve God and reflect the righteousness, peace, and joy in Holy Spirit:

For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and receives human approval. (Romans 14:17-18)

So be kind and edifying. Don’t do things like eating certain foods or even drinking if it will cause a problem for others:

Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification. Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a person to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble. It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother or sister to fall. (Romans 14:19-22)

So live free among others with God, without rancor and arguments over petty issues that God does not measure.

So whatever you believe about these things keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn himself by what he approves. But whoever has doubts is condemned if they eat, because their eating is not from faith; and everything that does not come from faith is sin. (Romans 14:19-23)

So does this give us license for anything? Of course not.

Again, Paul is speaking to early Jewish and pagan people who have become Christ-following Christians. And here he is only speaking of food and eating habits, days of worship habits, judging others by personal standards of acceptability, and being sensitive to things that might cause others to stumble.

As we know about the Christian faith through the study of the BOOK of ROMANS, there are clear fundamentals that are non-debatable: faith in Jesus and submissive obedience to Him.

All other things fall into lesser categories in life that allow us to reflect Jesus in our own respectful, grace-giving, and peace-making ways to a world that needs to hear and see the clear fundamentals.