Is this true? According to my newest favorite Disney movie, Tangled, mother claims to know best. She also claims to be the mother of the kidnapped princess. The story unfolds to prove that she really does not know best for the daughter, as she only cares enough for the daughter to use her magic hair. The daughter ventures out on her own and into the scary world to find it is really not so bad. She makes plenty of new friends and learns everything she had ever wanted to know about life and love.
It may be a cute story, but this is not how the world works. According to 1 Corinthians 10, we have freedom. Paul says that we are to do all to the glory of God, 23 “All things are lawful,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful,” but not all things build up. 24 Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor. 25 Eat whatever is sold in the meat market without raising any question on the ground of conscience. 26 For “the earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof.” 27 If one of the unbelievers invites you to dinner and you are disposed to go, eat whatever is set before you without raising any question on the ground of conscience. 28 But if someone says to you, “This has been offered in sacrifice,” then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who informed you, and for the sake of conscience— 29 I do not mean your conscience, but his. For why should my liberty be determined by someone else's conscience? 30 If I partake with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of that for which I give thanks?”
Why would we choose to forsake the will of our creator and worship idols with our words or even with our actions? Our question should not be, what can I do to get as close to the line of right and wrong as possible, but what can I do to follow the Word and really reach the overarching message, how to do life well; how to put Christ on display; how to allow Him to have ownership of our hearts, minds, and bodies. If we are living life in these directions, then it makes something like sin a little harder to find a place for.
“31 So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. 32 Give no offense to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God, 33 just as I try to please everyone in everything I do, not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved.”
I hope this blesses you today.
Much love,
V
It may be a cute story, but this is not how the world works. According to 1 Corinthians 10, we have freedom. Paul says that we are to do all to the glory of God, 23 “All things are lawful,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful,” but not all things build up. 24 Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor. 25 Eat whatever is sold in the meat market without raising any question on the ground of conscience. 26 For “the earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof.” 27 If one of the unbelievers invites you to dinner and you are disposed to go, eat whatever is set before you without raising any question on the ground of conscience. 28 But if someone says to you, “This has been offered in sacrifice,” then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who informed you, and for the sake of conscience— 29 I do not mean your conscience, but his. For why should my liberty be determined by someone else's conscience? 30 If I partake with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of that for which I give thanks?”
Why would we choose to forsake the will of our creator and worship idols with our words or even with our actions? Our question should not be, what can I do to get as close to the line of right and wrong as possible, but what can I do to follow the Word and really reach the overarching message, how to do life well; how to put Christ on display; how to allow Him to have ownership of our hearts, minds, and bodies. If we are living life in these directions, then it makes something like sin a little harder to find a place for.
“31 So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. 32 Give no offense to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God, 33 just as I try to please everyone in everything I do, not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved.”
I hope this blesses you today.
Much love,
V
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