Thursday, March 1, 2012
stumbling through.
So I'm not quite sure what God has been trying to teach me this week..but I have read several things about living so others will not stumble. Going through 1 Corinthians has provided some verses like...7 However, not all possess this knowledge. But some, through former association with idols, eat food as really offered to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled. 8 Food will not commend us to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no better off if we do. 9 But take care that this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak. 10 For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating[c] in an idol's temple, will he not be encouraged,[d] if his conscience is weak, to eat food offered to idols?11 And so by your knowledge this weak person is destroyed, the brother for whom Christ died. 12 Thus, sinning against your brothers[e] and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ. 13 Therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, I will never eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble. This passage is saying I may know that some actions I take part in do not affect my walk with Christ, but they could cause a younger brother to stumble. This is such a wake up call because usually I just think about how my actions affect me..not that others are actually watching. The last verse is so powerful because it says if food makes my brother stumble then I will NEVER eat meat. This is so intense! I want to be willing enough to give up something I do that affects others in a negative way. I want to "conduct my life in such a way that I can be a shining example for those who have not yet found Christ". I don't know what God is trying to help me fix..but through prayer I hope to listen to Him :)
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