Give no offense my brothers and sisters. Paul says in the next verse do this not for your own profit, but for many, that they may be saved. Paul says He has become all things to all men. Talk about sacrifice! Have we done this? Are we doing this? This verse is in reference to eating food sacrificed to idols. Paul quotes Psalm 24:1, "the earth is the LORD'S, and all it's fullness." Paul says, eat whatever you find in the market, it doesn't matter where it came from. You are free! Will you again be set in chains by laws? If someone says to you however, "that was sacrificed to idols", then don't eat it for conscience sake. Not your own conscience however, why should your liberty be judged by another mans conscience. To the person who does not understand your freedom, don't eat it! Bless this person. Love this person! That he or she may be saved and rushed into the Kingdom of God. Those who call themselves Christians: stop offending other people!!!! You are arrogant. You are puffed up. You build up walls that divide the world and turn hearts away from the Lord Jesus. Shame on you. Let it never be that a Christ follower offends another. Christians are to be servants of all men. Jesus washed our feet and what does He say, "If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet." John 13:14
Now, hear what I am saying. You and I are not to offend anyone. Jesus is already a stumbling block, and His words convict and offend. We are not to offend by putting ourselves above others. In every area of life, make yourself lower than another, that you may honor that person, and he or she may be saved.
Why are we to believe and follow this teaching of Paul?
"Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ." 1 Corinthians 10:33
Come Holy Spirit. Give us Your humility.
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