Good morning. I hope you are as spry as a chicken. Go get that worm you early bird. Yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we exist for Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we exist through Him. There is no other One for us; and there is only one way to Him – Jesus Christ. Paul then talks about eating food sacrificed to idols, but we can relate this to anything that we believe is OK for us to do. For if someone sees you, who have knowledge, dining in an idol's temple, will not his conscience, if he is weak, be strengthened to eat things sacrificed to idols? So if someone who is weak sees us doing something that we believe is OK for us or any other Christian to do, they will believe it's OK for them. But they just might stumble, if they do it. We don't want our freedom to cause someone else to sin. Again Paul is talking about eating food sacrificed to idols: therefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, that I might not cause my brother to stumble. We should be willing to give up anything, at least in public, if it's even possible that someone could sin if they saw us do it. Talking about circumcised versus uncircumcised and other situations, Paul says that he became all things to all men that by all means he might save some. He says to run the race in such a way that you might win. He then talks about the children of Israel in the wilderness. He tells of the different ways they sinned, and all of the things that happened to them because of their sin. These things happened to them as an example, and they were written for our instruction. If they got their comeuppance because of sin, what will happen to us if we sin? Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall. Do not think more highly of yourself than you ought. If you do, you are "cruisin' for a bruisin' " as a friend of mine used to say. Father continue to heal the reader. Thank You that he/she excels in all things. He/she follows Your word in all things.

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