Love and Stumbling Blocks (1 Corinthians 8)
THEME: “Seek for loving edification in areas requiring Spiritual discernment.”
I. The Issues
A. Issues Not Specified
B. Issues Yet Scriptural (Philippians 1:9-11)
C. Issues Therefore Significant
II. The Answers
A. Answers Not Short
B. Answers Not Simple
C. Answers Not the Same
III. The Passage
A. Consider Your Heart
1. Beware of Pride
2. Edify in Love
3. Know that God Knows (1 Corinthians 10:31; Romans 14:5-8; Galatians 5:13)
B. Consider Your Knowledge
1. Knowledge is never complete
2. Facts alone are not enough (1 Corinthians 10:19-20)
3. Beware, lest you fall (1 Corinthians 10:12)
C. Consider Your Brother’s Knowledge (Romans 14:14)
D. Consider Your Brother’s Decisions
E. Limit Your Liberty in Love for Edification (Romans 14:15-17; 1 Corinthains 10:24-33; Galatians 5:13-14)