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Show Rev. Robert II. Harper Problems fl the Christian Coiiiciencr ( I emptranct) Lenon for May 24: Corinthians H 7-13; 6: 18-20 Golden Text: I Corinthians 8:13 The matter of which Paul writes was that of eating meat that had been offered unto idols It had been offered unto Idols and then taken away and placed on the market. The question was whether It was right or not for Christians to eat such meat Was it contam inated by the fact that lt had been employed In heathen worship"' Some of the Corinthians Christians did not believe that eating such meat was wrong But there were some among the Christians In Corinth who did not believe they should use eat that had been offered unto Idols " Among these Christians were some who had once been pagans and who had offered unto false gods and It was possible that these would be badly Influenced by something that might appear to them as a compromise with heathenism They could not see how meat offered to Idols could be eaten by Chris tlans without placing approval up on Idolatry There was something to be said for each side. But Paul saw there was still another thing to be reck-oned reck-oned with the influence a man might have upun others in eating meats offered to idols And the principle he laid down would solve many difficulties He wrote that if meat should make his brother to offend, he would eat no more meat as long as the world should stand If you could justify to yourself moderate drinking, should you ex ercise the right you claim if your examote hurls i.thers'' |