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Is It OK for a Christian to ___________? [Sermon on 1 Cor 8]

Is it ok for a Christian to __________? Well, what do you mean by is it ok?  Is it sin? Well as we get into 1 Corinthians 8 today, let’s notice that you can be 100% right and also 100% wrong.  You can have the 100% correct theology on a topic but be sinning by applying that theology without love and you can have a 100% wrong theology about something and abstain from it because your conscience tells you to abstain from that thing and you are doing well by following your conscience BUT although abstaining from that thing might not be a sin, you could be sinning by the way that it makes you proud and self-righteous, like you are the Lord and everyone needs to follow your LAW, which is NOT THE CASE.   So what am I saying here? Are you damned if you do and damned if you don’t? Well no, there’s a third option.  I think I’m saying, if you ask “Is It OK for a Christian to ________?” Then you’re asking the wrong question.  Isn’t that just such a Holy Spirit kind of answer? You ask a question lo