For the present form of this world is passing away. 1 CORINTHIANS 7:31B

NEW KNOWLEDGE

A Little Context 1 CORINTHIANS 8:1a There is no “secular” butcher. Clash of cultures: Jew & Gentile Different baggage and assumptions We want Paul to give us the right answer, but …

IF ANYONE Imagines … 1 CORINTHIANS 8:1-3 Knowledge can make you less. You may not know what you know. There is a right and a wrong way to know. It is better to be known than to know.

OF FOOD AND IDOLS 1 CORINTHIANS 8:4-6 “We” – Jewish folk – know one God. They – Gentile folk – live in a world of many “gods” and many “lords.” There is a right answer to this question, but …

NEW KNOWLEDGE Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. DEUTERONOMY 6:4 1 CORINTHIANS 8:6 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Yet for us there is one God, the Father, 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.

YOU ARE STILL LEARNING. POINT #1

NOT ALL Possess 1 CORINTHIANS 8:7 Not everyone shares the same knowledge. Knowledge shares a world with the conscience.

Being “Right” isn’t Good Enough. POINT #2

THUS, SINNING … 1 CORINTHIANS 8:8-13 Knowledge can be mishandled. Knowledge can do harm. Knowledge can sin.

Christ died for people, not knowledge. POINT #3