9 But you must be careful so that your freedom does not cause others with a weaker conscience to stumble. 10 For if others see you—with your “superior knowledge”—eating in the temple of an idol, won’t they be encouraged to violate their conscience by eating food that has been offered to an idol? 11 So because of your superior knowledge, a weak believer for whom Christ died will be destroyed. 12 And when you sin against other believers by encouraging them to do something they believe is wrong, you are sinning against Christ. 13 So if what I eat causes another believer to sin, I will never eat meat again as long as I live—for I don’t want to cause another believer to stumble.
Tori's Comments:
This passage is such a symbol of love...it's so beautiful. The church argues over so many minuscule that would be blown away in light of this passage. It's all about humbling yourself, always keeping your brother and sisters in mind, and protecting their faith. Unity is our goal, and destroying that for things that won't really matter in the long haul is a dreadful act.
This passage is such a symbol of love...it's so beautiful. The church argues over so many minuscule that would be blown away in light of this passage. It's all about humbling yourself, always keeping your brother and sisters in mind, and protecting their faith. Unity is our goal, and destroying that for things that won't really matter in the long haul is a dreadful act.
Terrie's Comments:
This expands on yesterdays post and takes it another step further to be sure we are not only focused on ourselves. We are to watch out for our fellow believers as well so that they will not violate their conscience. If we know that a fellow believer, believes that it is wrong to do something, then we should be willing to refrain from doing it so we will not be the ones to cause them to violate their conscience. Even if we know that we are not made clean or unclean by what we eat but what is in our hearts we should be considerate of others who do not yet have this revealed to them. Keep in mind that this letter was written to a church that was in a religious culture that had many guidelines about food.
This expands on yesterdays post and takes it another step further to be sure we are not only focused on ourselves. We are to watch out for our fellow believers as well so that they will not violate their conscience. If we know that a fellow believer, believes that it is wrong to do something, then we should be willing to refrain from doing it so we will not be the ones to cause them to violate their conscience. Even if we know that we are not made clean or unclean by what we eat but what is in our hearts we should be considerate of others who do not yet have this revealed to them. Keep in mind that this letter was written to a church that was in a religious culture that had many guidelines about food.
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