“But take care that this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.” (ESV – Read the chapter)
When it came to the issue of eating or not eating meat that had been offered as a sacrifice to an idol, Paul’s position was that because idols were nothing, eating the meat was not in any way morally problematic in and of itself. In other words, the act was not sinful.
But…for some folks in the church, the idea of eating such meat was really problematic for them and for their conscience. Some Gentile background folks who had grown up as pagans and who were really into idolatry before following Jesus could not eat the meat without being tempted back into their old life. Similarly, many of the Jewish background believers couldn’t eat it without feeling like they were sinning against God by participating even indirectly in an act of idolatry. Read the rest…
The Nexus 