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2008
6:11 Some of you once lived this way. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
1 Corinthians 6:11 NET
Key Theme: We are called to live exemplary, sacrificial lives of freedom - contrary to prevailing cultural norms Character of God (not culture)
- our pattern for Christian living
When anything is tolerated, nothing is trustworthy
Outcome = mastered by what we worship; behaving like it Christian ethics = becoming who we really are Cultural norms = disorders Christian discipline = helping others say “yes” by saying “no” Ch 5 > Immoral brother – no boundaries > consequences
Ch 6 > Lawsuits – no forgiveness > revenge
Ch 6 > Immorality based on cultural norms – no idealism
Vss. 19-20 “We are not our own; we have been bought at a price” Vs. 11 “washed, sanctified, justified” = getting ready for the resurrection Call to holy living = challenge to living freely
rochcov 
Pastor Gary Downing, 1st Service, New Testament, Sermons, 1 Corinthians 
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20
July
2008
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1 Corinthians 8
Food Sacrificed to Idols
8:1 With regard to food sacrificed to idols, we know that “we all have knowledge.” Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. 8:2 If someone thinks he knows something, he does not yet know to the degree that he needs to know. 8:3 But if someone loves God, he is known by God.
8:4 With regard then to eating food sacrificed to idols, we know that “an idol in this world is nothing,” and that “there is no God but one.” 8:5 If after all there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many gods and many lords), 8:6 yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we live, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we live.
8:7 But this knowledge is not shared by all. And some, by being accustomed to idols in former times, eat this food as an idol sacrifice, and their conscience, because it is weak, is defiled. 8:8 Now food will not bring us close to God. We are no worse if we do not eat and no better if we do. 8:9 But be careful that this liberty of yours does not become a hindrance to the weak. 8:10 For if someone weak sees you who possess knowledge dining in an idol’s temple, will not his conscience be “strengthened” to eat food offered to idols? 8:11 So by your knowledge the weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed. 8:12 If you sin against your brothers or sisters in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. 8:13 For this reason, if food causes my brother or sister to sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I may not cause one of them to sin.
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