Christian Liberty Part 3

Christian Liberty Part 3

1 Cor 8-11; Rom 14-15

Guiding Principles

-Don't put stumbling blocks or hindrances in the way fellow believers
-Walk in Love
-Pursue Peace and Edification within the Body
-Know what You are Convicted of and Don't Adopt your Brother's View
-Be Prepared to Give an Account to the True Judge
-Don't Live your Life Like Others don't Exist or Matter
-Consider Others More Important then Liberty
-Enjoy the Liberties God has Provided
-Imitate the Lord's Willingness to Deny Himself for Others

The Principle of Edification 1 Cor 8:1-13

-I must consider others when making personal choices

Paul is addressing the wrong basis for Christian Liberty:
*The Wrong bases is the thinking that says “my intellectual
or spiritual knowledge must be subordinate to love”

Jerusalem Council Acts 15

-Refrain from meat offered to idols, Blood, Things Strangled, Fornication

The Dangers of Knowledge

-Paul is basically saying that if we think we understand something completely, then we probably do not!

Love and Knowledge

My own logic is not a reliable guide! Even if God enables me to attain some level of understanding of something, I need to show it in love. If a position is not held in love, then it is not the right position!

The Right Basis/Knowledge : The One True God

-First Paul states Our physical existence is from God the Father
-Secondly, Our spiritual existence is Christ the Lord
-Finally the text tells us Our Eternal Existence Continues for God's Glory