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Freedom for the service of Christ
1 Corintians 8:1-13
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Dominic LeBlanc
Omar Alghabra
Doug Ford
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Chapter 7, verse 1 “Concerning the things about which you wrote unto me ….
Chap 7 , he answered their question on marriage and being single
Chap 8-10, he answers their questions on this subject of meats offered to idols
Chap 11, he answers their question on the Lord’s Table and worship
Chapter 12-14, he answers their questions on spiritual gifts
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Freedom for the service of Christ
1 Corintians 8:1-13
1. The overriding principle: love builds up (8:1-3)
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1st part: be burned on the altar and smoke went up to the God
2nd part: given to the priest
3rd part: taken home and eaten
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Freedom for the service of Christ
1 Corintians 8:1-13
2. The fundamental truth: there is one God (8:4–6)
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Freedom for the service of Christ
1 Corintians 8:1-13
2. The fundamental truth: there is one God (8:4–6)
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Freedom for the service of Christ
1 Corintians 8:1-13
2. The fundamental truth: there is one God (8:4–6)
3. The supreme consideration: the brother for whom Christ died (8:7–13)
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First, a strong Christian’s freedom can become a stumbling-block to the weak Christian
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First, a strong Christian’s freedom can become a stumbling-block to the weak Christian
Secondly, we must always pause to see our fellow-Christian as the brother for whom Christ died
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First, a strong Christian’s freedom can become a stumbling-block to the weak Christian
Secondly, we must always pause to see our fellow-Christian as the brother for whom Christ died
Thirdly, when we do sin against our brother in this way and when we wound his weak conscience, we are in fact sinning against Christ himself (12)
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Freedom for the service of Christ
1 Corintians 8:1-13
2. The fundamental truth: there is one God (8:4–6)
3. The supreme consideration: the brother for whom Christ died (8:7–13)