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Posted by daniel19 (Member # 5381) on :

I was praying last night, asking for God's wisdom concerning how to spread the word.

I was suddenly directed to 1 Corinthians chapter 8 which i have not studied in detail at all untill now.

What a lesson it holds!

Posted by HisGrace (Member # 3438) on :

This is a very important chapter for all Christians to read.

We think we live the way we want and consider what is right for us is ok, but if it is wrong for others that is their problem.

If we have wrong habits, we have no idea how we may be influencing other Christians, or how we are influencing some person who is considering becoming a Christian. This scripture is talking about eating meat sacrificed to idols, but I believe it is just a symbol concerning any practice. A Christian should strive to live above all reproach. The devil will use any tool to make your respect as a Christian collapse.

I Cor. 8:11-13 So because of your superior knowledge, a weak Christian, for whom Christ died, will be destroyed. And you are sinning against Christ when you sin against other Christians by encouraging them to do something they believe is wrong.

If what I eat is going to make another Christian sin, I will never eat meat again as long as I live--for I don't want to make another Christian stumble.

Posted by epouraniois (Member # 5187) on :

I think Christ spake to this principle too. Take for example, that I know domething of the Greek language, and in the Greek it is clear that the church body is called to be a full grown man, aner in the Greek, which means husband - the body of Christ.

And even though there are no verses stating the bride is anyone but who it has always been, namely Israel, if I just come up to some preacher telling them they are a false teacher for teaching the gentile church as taken Israel's position and are therefore the bride, I shouldn't expect to be well received even a little bit, therefore it is written:

Mat 5:39
But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

In other words, if I just jerk the rug they stand on from out under their feet, I should expect to get that hand across the face, and because it is my bad, my terrible presentation to them that caused plays such a large role in their reaction to me, I should then turn the other cheek to them as well, showing that I realize I deserved the slap in the face for coming on so strong, leaving them with nothing basically, and we all do have to stand on what we have learned before we could possibly be prepared to accually look at the Scriptures regarding such teachings.

We all carry this large responcibility when dealing with others.