“If food causes my brother to fall, I will never again eat meat, so that I won’t cause my brother to fall.” 1 Corinthians 8:13.

It’s easy to become frustrated with Christians who are weaker in their faith than you are.
But they don’t need your criticism.
They need your encouragement.

In Paul’s time, animals were sacrificed to idols in pagan temples.
After the animal had been offered to the gods, the temple priests would then sell the meat in the local market.

Some Christians didn’t have a problem buying this meat for food.
Others, though, refused to have anything to do with it, knowing it had been used in idol worship.

Personally, Paul wasn’t troubled by where the meat came from.
He knew that the idols were merely pieces of stone or wood, and he considered the meat nothing more than a good bargain.

Yet he knew that eating it could scandalize Christians who disagreed with him.

He could have said, “Well, that’s their problem,” and dismissed their viewpoint.

But he considered unity more important than who was right or wrong, so he chose not to eat the meat.

Though his own conscience freed him to partake of it-
– he chose to refrain so he didn’t cause a weaker Christian to be offended.

Is there something you’re doing that younger Christians find objectionable?
Are you causing another believer to stumble in his faith?
Are you mature enough to give up some of your freedom in order to live in harmony with your fellow believers?

Luke 17:1-2;Romans 13:8-10.

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