All
from the book of First Corinthians
Intro:
There are three things people put their trust in:
1.
Feelings, but they fluctuate
2.
Friends, but they fail,
3.
Facts, they are fixed, final, and forever.
1.
Will this defile the temple of God? I Corinthians 3:16-17
1 Cor 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
1 Cor 3:17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
2. Can
you do this knowing that the Holy Ghost lives inside you? I Cor. 6:19
1 Cor 6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
3. Can you do this knowing that
you belong to God? I Corinthians 6:20
1 Cor 6:20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
4.
Will this cause a weaker Christian to stumble? I Corinthians 8:9-13
1 Cor 8:9 But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.
1 Cor 8:10 For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;
1 Cor 8:11 And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?
1 Cor 8:12 But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.
1 Cor 8:13 Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.
5.
Does it glorify God? I Corinthians 10:31
1 Cor 10:31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
6. Would you want to be caught
doing this when the Lord comes?
I
Corinthians 15:50-52
1 Cor 15:50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
1 Cor 15:51 Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
1 Cor 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
7.
How will you feel facing this, and the consequence of it, at the
Judgment Seat of Christ? II Corinthians 5:10
2 Cor 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
by
Bro. Stinnett Ballew
