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1 Corinthians chapter 8, verse 13.

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

There is 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 I 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,

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