The Right Use of Christian Liberty

First Corinthians 10:23-33. Let me begin by giving you a short introduction to the subject of Christian liberty, and then we'll look at the context for 1 Corinthians 10. Then I'll read our passage for you, and we'll get into it.

We had an extended study of the subject of Christian liberty a few years ago when we worked our way through Galatians. Paul's entire epistle to the Galatians is a defense of Christian liberty, because liberty is the necessary corollary to the doctrine of justification by faith, which is the very heart of the gospel. That doctrine was under attack by some very determined false teachers in the Galatian churches. Paul was waging war against their legalism. So a very powerful affirmation of Christian liberty runs through the book of Galatians....