Therefore no one is to act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day--As in many of the early churches, there was disagreement about whether Jewish (or pagan) practices were part of the requirements for Christian living. Here Paul makes it clear that none of them are required, and that one is only responsible to one's own conscience and to God. No person can hold one's own values in judgment over another in such matters.
I draw my lines somewhat stricter than many, so I have at times struggled with this from both sides. I try not to use my personal preferences or convictions as a sign of superiority over another, though I have failed at times and done so. Likewise, I've received pushback occasionally from others who feel I draw my lines too tightly, which I try not to hold against them. In both cases, it's important to remember the difference between commandments from God and personal convictions.
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