
1 Corinthians 8:9-13 (New International Version)
9 Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block to the weak. 10 For if someone with a weak conscience sees you, with all your knowledge, eating in an idol’s temple, won’t that person be emboldened to eat what is sacrificed to idols? 11 So this weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge. 12 When you sin against them in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. 13 Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother or sister to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause them to fall.
I. Be careful with disputable matters (v. 9)
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• We “test the spirits” with the Word of God because the Holy Spirit
always sounds like
• The first rule in hearing God’s voice is that you might be
• Weak faith is making spiritual
• The devil tempts us to overprioritize our
• Compulsion to “set free” on secondary issues is disguised
II. Kinds of convictions (vv. 10-11)
• The conscience is a
• Weak faith focuses on
• Abstinence and liberation are spiritual
• Abstainers and liberators have the same
• Thoughtful and caring people will regularly
III. Sinning against Christ through our freedom (vv. 12-13)
• Love moves in the direction of
• Our first responsibility as Christians is to the most
• Mature faith understands harmony requires
• Mature faith understands the practice of
• Strong faith understands the value of
• Discretion is not deception or hypocrisy, but rather it is