Today’s Thought “I Did It My Way?” G. Ward

1 Corinthians 8:1 Now concerning food sacrificed to idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge makes one conceited, but love edifies people. ² If anyone thinks that he knows anything, he has not yet known as he ought to know; ³ but if anyone loves God, he is known by Him.

 

This issue of some abstaining from foods sacrificed to idol worship, to then be sole in the marketplace, was vehemently abhorrent to many believers then and the Apostle Paul would pervade how love unto new and seasoned believers must be the centerpiece of faith’s journey. Paul’s discourse would be consumed perhaps with the words from our Lord when HE said, “there is nothing outside the person which can defile him if it goes into him; but the things which come out of the person are what defile the person” (Mark 7:15).

When the consciences of fellow believers – speculates on issues they feel can violate their standing in the Lord, there’s a carefulness some more fundamentally exposed (in HIS Word) must exercise and whereas that patience should never compromise the Truth of our salvation, it may be the call onto discipleship furthered (particularly with new converts) and facilitated by us, that makes ourselves available to these uncertain (cf. *Acts 18:24-26).