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Page 1: “He Ain’t Heavy, - emmanuelopks.org · anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know. 3But if anyone loves God, he is known by God.
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“He Ain’t Heavy, . . .

1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Emmanuel Baptist Church

March 6, 2016

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1. Two guiding

principles

(8:1-3)

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1 Corinthians 8:1–3 (ESV)

- Now concerning food

offered to idols: we know

that “all of us possess

knowledge.” This

“knowledge” puffs up,

but love builds up. 2If

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anyone imagines that he

knows something, he

does not yet know as he

ought to know. 3But if

anyone loves God, he is

known by God.

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• You’ve got to

consider what your

life produces.

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• You’ve got to

consider the priority

of relationship over

knowledge.

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2. Realize the

possibility of

tragedy. (8:4-7, 9-12)

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• The Doctrine: What

we know: there’s

only one true God.

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1 Corinthians 8:4-6 –

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

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one.” 5For although there

may be so-called gods in

heaven or on earth—as

indeed there are many

“gods” and many

“lords”— 6yet for us there

is one God, the Father,

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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.

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• The Danger: What if

a brother falls …

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1 Corinthians 8:7, 9-12 -

However, not all possess

this knowledge. But

some, through former

association with idols, eat

food as really offered to

an idol, and their

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conscience, being weak,

is defiled. . .

9But take care that this

right of yours does not

somehow become a

stumbling block to the

weak. 10For if anyone

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sees you who have

knowledge eating in an

idol’s temple, will he not

be encouraged, if his

conscience is weak, to

eat food offered to idols? 11And so by your

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knowledge this weak

person is destroyed, the

brother for whom Christ

died. 12Thus, sinning

against your brothers and

wounding their

conscience when it is

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weak, you sin against

Christ.

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3. An Appeal: View

your knowledge

and rights

through the lens

of the gospel.

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• Rights can be

surrendered.

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Verse 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.

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• I will view my rights

and knowledge

through the lens of

the gospel.

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Verse 11 -- And so by

your knowledge this weak

person is destroyed, the

brother for whom Christ

died. . .

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Verse 13 -- Therefore, if

food makes my brother

stumble, I will never eat

meat, lest I make my

brother stumble.