Love Over Knowledge: Embracing Christian Freedom Responsibly

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For all of their problems, though. And this is what I want to drive home for all of their problems. Never do we see Paul threatening them with the removal of their salvation. Surprising? Not if you know the true gospel. They had more problems than any other church, yet never does the Holy Spirit threaten them. The letter to the Corinthians displays the great grace of Jesus Christ. Amen. [00:05:25] (39 seconds)  #GraceOverThreats

Knowledge puffs up, Knowledge puffs up. But love edifies those whose knowledge enable them to eat idle meat. They ought to do it with an abundance of love towards the weak. In other words, otherwise the weak, Paul fears they may suffer shipwreck through the example being set by men of knowledge in the Church that they don't understand. Knowledge leads to arrogance. Remember this, knowledge leaves leads to arrogance, but love is never arrogant. [00:11:45] (47 seconds)  #LoveEdifiesNotKnowledge

The way to true, not the true, to the true knowledge of God, he says right here is love. You want true knowledge of God, the way to it is love. Paul doesn't say here, if you love God, then you'll know him. No, he says if you love God, he will know you. Whoa, that's a big difference. That is a big difference. He will know you. [00:13:33] (32 seconds)  #LoveLeadsToKnowingGod

But beware, beware. So here's Paul again, shutting down the legalists. Are you seriously talking about the menu? Right, we're freed by salvation, Christ's sacrifice, we're saved by grace. The debt is paid on the cross, the tomb is empty. We're talking about food. But beware verse nine, lest some of this liberty of yours. Again, he's speaking to the Gnosticizing party, the puffed up, proud in all of their knowledge, these men of knowledge. You're talking down to everybody, right? Beware, lest somehow this liberty of yours or this insistence on demonstrating your liberty become a stumbling block to those who are weak. [00:21:29] (62 seconds)  #LibertyWithLove

Basically by acting on your gnosis, your enlightenment, your puffed up arrogance, rather than acting in love, you've caused the ruin of your brother whom Christ died for. The phrase whom Christ died for highlights the value that he puts on even the weakest among us. And again, this is a highlight I want to point out to you who are new in the faith. We're having a baptism today, even right? Maybe you're still struggling with these things. You may are still struggling with legalism issues, you're still struggling with mindsets of your past. And you haven't stepped into the full renewing of your mind yet because it's a process, it's sanctification. I want to point this out. The phrase whom Christ died for highlights the value that he puts on even the weakest among us. [00:28:42] (61 seconds)  #ValueOfTheWeak

``No matter how little you feel, no matter how little you feel. Because the world can seem pretty big sometimes, can it? Feels like we've got a mountain of responsibility on us sometimes. As little as you feel, just know that he loves you. Know that he loves you, that he sees you, that he hears you, that because you love him, he knows you. It's not just about you knowing him. I got to get my Bible more. So I know him more. Yeah, you do. But you know what? In the meantime, he knows you. He knows you. He sees you. He's not surprised by this day in your life. And he knows how small you feel. He knows he knows you better than anybody. [00:31:52] (69 seconds)  #BeyondLegalism

He knows that you're not too weak to accomplish the work that he has for you. He knows that you're not too small and little to carry the burdens that he's given for you. He's paid your debt in full. There's now nothing that you need to do or not to do to be his. And you need to know that. [00:33:01] (28 seconds)  #MindfulConsumption

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