WHEN RIGHTS BECOME WRONG (23 OF 53)
by Mike Stone
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:1-23
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When Rights Become Wrong (23 of 53)
Series: Straight Up Truth for a Messed Up Church
Mike Stone
1 Corinthians 9:1-23
The lesson in chapter 8 was a word of warning about Christian liberty and it introduced us to the idea of being a ''stumbling block.'' In fact, one of the key verses in our last lesson was 1 Corinthians 8:9 - ''Take care that this liberty of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.''
Today, our 23rd lesson continues this discussion of Christian liberty and brings us back to this question, ''How should I live if I know that the things I am doing are not wrong...but they are hurting my testimony? Or more importantly, the testimony of the Lord Jesus?''
In chapters 8-10, Paul is abundantly clear that when we learn that our use of liberty is hurting someone else, offending them needlessly, or hindering their walk with Jesus, we should stop. Often, we put our LIBERTY ahead of their GOOD Our WISHES ahead of their NEEDS...and in so doing, we can take a RIGHT and make it a WRONG.
It has been said that two wrongs never make a right. But it is possible that a RIGHT thing done in a WRONG way can take that RIGHT and turn it into a WRONG.
In our last message in this series I told you about a day I was going to burn some trash...but I noticed my neighbors were planning a party. My right would have become a wrong.
When my Daddy was growing up, they were taught it was sinful for a woman to wear makeup or jewelry. They were also taught it was sinful for a woman to wear pants. My grandparents attended a church that believed that until the day they died. This church also believed that older boys and men should wear long-sleeved shirts. Guess how we dressed when we went to my grandparents' church?
There was no sin for my mom or sisters to wear pants.
There was certainly no sin for me to wear short sleeved shirts.
We had a right to wear what we wanted.
But knowing that it would offend someone else, in this case, my grandp ...
Series: Straight Up Truth for a Messed Up Church
Mike Stone
1 Corinthians 9:1-23
The lesson in chapter 8 was a word of warning about Christian liberty and it introduced us to the idea of being a ''stumbling block.'' In fact, one of the key verses in our last lesson was 1 Corinthians 8:9 - ''Take care that this liberty of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.''
Today, our 23rd lesson continues this discussion of Christian liberty and brings us back to this question, ''How should I live if I know that the things I am doing are not wrong...but they are hurting my testimony? Or more importantly, the testimony of the Lord Jesus?''
In chapters 8-10, Paul is abundantly clear that when we learn that our use of liberty is hurting someone else, offending them needlessly, or hindering their walk with Jesus, we should stop. Often, we put our LIBERTY ahead of their GOOD Our WISHES ahead of their NEEDS...and in so doing, we can take a RIGHT and make it a WRONG.
It has been said that two wrongs never make a right. But it is possible that a RIGHT thing done in a WRONG way can take that RIGHT and turn it into a WRONG.
In our last message in this series I told you about a day I was going to burn some trash...but I noticed my neighbors were planning a party. My right would have become a wrong.
When my Daddy was growing up, they were taught it was sinful for a woman to wear makeup or jewelry. They were also taught it was sinful for a woman to wear pants. My grandparents attended a church that believed that until the day they died. This church also believed that older boys and men should wear long-sleeved shirts. Guess how we dressed when we went to my grandparents' church?
There was no sin for my mom or sisters to wear pants.
There was certainly no sin for me to wear short sleeved shirts.
We had a right to wear what we wanted.
But knowing that it would offend someone else, in this case, my grandp ...
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