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First Corinthians chapter 8 verse 13.

Therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, I will never eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble.

There's so much we could talk about just in the context of this chapter here that we don't have time to do and really unpack fully.

But the basic picture is that there are people in the church at Corinth

that were eating things that they were allowed to eat,

they had a right to eat, but in eating those things they were causing their brother or sister in Christ to

stumble in their faith.

So again we don't have time to get into all the details, but the whole picture here is really valuable for us to see and hear

in our lives, not just when it comes to what food to eat. So the whole picture that the Bible is emphasizing here

is that those who may have freedom to do a certain activity, but if they do that activity would cause a brother or sister

in Christ to stumble, should intentionally say, I'm not going to do that activity,

because more than I want to do that activity I want to

build up my brother or sister in Christ.

So I hear sometimes people say, well, as a Christian, aren't I

allowed to do this? Don't have a right to do that? Well, sure. In many cases, yes, we're allowed to do all kinds of things. We have freedom,

rights to do all kinds of things. But the picture here in 1st Corinthians chapter 8 is the Bible calling followers of Jesus to set

aside their rights, to set aside their freedoms, to follow the self-denial of Jesus and say what rights or freedoms can I give up

for the good of others. And this changes your perspective,

not just on what you eat, but on every facet of your life,

when you look at brothers and sisters in Christ around you and you begin to ask the question,

how can I live in a way that helps encourage others in their faith? Like that's a really good question to ask.

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