THE SIN OF LOVELESS LIBERTY (22 OF 53)
by Mike Stone
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 8:1-13
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The Sin of Loveless Liberty (22 of 53)
Series: Straight Up Truth for a Messed Up Church
Mike Stone
1 Corinthians 8:1-13
Our 22nd lesson deals with the subject of Christian liberty. Some would say it’s a message about the “grey areas” of life. Today’s QUESTION is, “As a Christian, do I have liberty or freedom to do certain things?”
Growing up in a very strict religious background, these matters of “Christian liberty” tended to be about things like:
Can a woman wear makeup?
Is it a sin to have a television?
Can a woman wear pants to church?
Must the pastor wear a tie to church?
What about tattoos or piercings?
What about listening to country music or R-rated movies?
What about cigarettes or, even better, cigars?
What about boys with long hair or men with ponytails?
You’ve probably heard about the boy with long hair who wanted a new car. His father told him he could have a car if he cut his hair. The boy told his father that Jesus had long hair. The dad admitted Jesus had long hair but reminded his son that Jesus also walked everywhere He went.
Well this message is not about long hair and country music. But it is designed to answer a few questions:
What should I do if I think or even if I know that a certain behavior is not a sin but another believer thinks it is? And what if my actions hurt them in their walk with Jesus?
Today’s text introduces the idea of your life being a “stumbling block” to someone else and it addresses a sin I’ve called, “The Sin of Loveless Liberty.” This truly is one of the most unusual types of sin.
There are sins of the heart, the mouth, the hand, and the mind.
You know there are two major categories of sin in the Scripture.
Sins of omission – When you should do something but you don’t
Sins of commission – When you shouldn’t do it but you do any
But here in 1 Corinthians chapter 8 we find a most unusual sin:
I’m calling it THE SIN OF LOVELESS LIBERTY.
In this sin, the thing you initially did ...
Series: Straight Up Truth for a Messed Up Church
Mike Stone
1 Corinthians 8:1-13
Our 22nd lesson deals with the subject of Christian liberty. Some would say it’s a message about the “grey areas” of life. Today’s QUESTION is, “As a Christian, do I have liberty or freedom to do certain things?”
Growing up in a very strict religious background, these matters of “Christian liberty” tended to be about things like:
Can a woman wear makeup?
Is it a sin to have a television?
Can a woman wear pants to church?
Must the pastor wear a tie to church?
What about tattoos or piercings?
What about listening to country music or R-rated movies?
What about cigarettes or, even better, cigars?
What about boys with long hair or men with ponytails?
You’ve probably heard about the boy with long hair who wanted a new car. His father told him he could have a car if he cut his hair. The boy told his father that Jesus had long hair. The dad admitted Jesus had long hair but reminded his son that Jesus also walked everywhere He went.
Well this message is not about long hair and country music. But it is designed to answer a few questions:
What should I do if I think or even if I know that a certain behavior is not a sin but another believer thinks it is? And what if my actions hurt them in their walk with Jesus?
Today’s text introduces the idea of your life being a “stumbling block” to someone else and it addresses a sin I’ve called, “The Sin of Loveless Liberty.” This truly is one of the most unusual types of sin.
There are sins of the heart, the mouth, the hand, and the mind.
You know there are two major categories of sin in the Scripture.
Sins of omission – When you should do something but you don’t
Sins of commission – When you shouldn’t do it but you do any
But here in 1 Corinthians chapter 8 we find a most unusual sin:
I’m calling it THE SIN OF LOVELESS LIBERTY.
In this sin, the thing you initially did ...
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