"About food offered to idols," 1 Corinthians 8:1.
Well. Turns out the discussion isn't really about idolized foods. I mean, sure, there's a conversation about the okay-ness of eating a steak that was presented first as a meal for pagan deities, and then leftovers available to the rest of us. (fyi: It's ok if you think it's ok.) But the conversation nails the meaning of love among brothers and sisters. Mature believers do not flaunt correct spiritual knowledge undoing the tender conscience of weak faith in other brothers or sisters. Says again: The mature in Christ show their maturity in Christ by sacrificing their freedoms to assert Christ's love for weak-faithed brothers or sisters. Bought with a price, we are not our own.
When we meet with a brother or sister today we affirm care for each other in God's kingdom. And together we praise God for freeing us from carefree observance of freedoms.
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