About this episode

The episode discusses the relationship between love, knowledge, and liberty in the context of Christian membership and the issue of food offered to idols.

8 Now concerning food offered to idols: we know that all of us possess knowledge. This knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.--2 If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know.--3 But if anyone loves God, he is known by God.--4 Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that an idol has no real existence, and that there is no God but one.--5 For although there may be so-called gods in heaven or on earthas indeed there are many gods and many lords--6 yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.--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 in an idols temple, will he not be encouraged, if his conscience is weak, to eat…

People in this episode

Host: Hazelwood Baptist Church

Topics covered

• Christianity
• liberty in membership
• food offered to idols
• love and knowledge
• conscience
• brotherhood

Keywords

• liberty
• membership
• food offered to idols
• love
• conscience
• Christianity

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Love Shapes Our Liberty in Membership

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