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Devotional: 1 Corinthians 10:23-11:1

Today’s passage: 1 Corinthians 10:23-11:1

Helpful thoughts:

  • We live in community.  Everything we do has an impact on others.  Everything we do is seen by God and is to be done for His glory.
  • Other people’s consciences do not redefine law (What is right or wrong).  But in love, we are willing to sacrifice temporal pleasures (Like eating a specific kind of food) in the presence of another who has a weak or misinformed conscience.
    • The fear of man causes us to refrain so that we won’t be judged by people.  Paul does not commend this!
    • The fear of God and love of neighbor compels us to sacrifice for the sake of one another.
  • When we think of the well-being of others over our own temporal pleasures, we are imitating Christ!

Questions to consider:

  1. How can your eating and drinking be to the glory of God?  How might looking at everything you do in a day change your perspective and motives?
  2. In what way is this passage simply an application of the greatest commandments (Mark 12:28-31)?  How can these commandments be applied to some of the hot-button issues of our day and culture?
  3. How did Jesus Christ put our well-being over his own temporary desires?  What did He pray in the garden of Gethsemane (Matthew 26:39)?  How then does the gospel inform our love of others?

October 26, 2022 Category: 1 Corinthians, Devotions

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