1 Corinthians 10:27-29

PRINCIPLES YOU NEED TO LIVE FOR THE GLORY OF GOD INLIBERTYLast Week (v23)  NOTEVERY POSSIBILITY IN LIBERTY IS EQUAL    (v24)  YOUMUST SEEK THE GOOD OF YOUR NEIGHBOR(v25-26) LIVE IN THE FREEDOM OF A CLEAN CONSCIENCE & GOD’SSOVEREIGNTY (v27)USE YOUR LIBERTY/FREEDOM TO BE A LIGHT TO THE WORLD 1 Corinthians 5:9–10 (ESV)— 9 I wrote to you in my letter notto associate with sexually immoral people— 10 not at all meaning thesexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters, sincethen you would need to go out of the world. 1 Peter 2:11–12 (ESV) — 11Beloved, I urge you as sojourners andexiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against yoursoul. 12 Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so thatwhen they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds andglorify God on the day of visitation.  (v28-29a)USE  YOUR LIBERTY TO  LOVE OTHERS WITH A CLEAR CONSCIENCE UNDERSTANDING THE CONSCIENCE ROMANS 2:12–21the inward faculty of distinguishing rightand wrong, moral consciousness.A sky light that receiveslight… V12-16 THE CONSCIENCE FUNCTIONS -       a witness to man (v12-13)-       as a grace of God (v14-15)-       a witness against man in judgement (v15-16)   V17-21ANINFORMED CONSCIENCE SHOULD HUMBLE NOT EXALT -       awareness of thelaw is increased “light” (v17-20)-       Increased light shouldhumble us…. does it?(v21)  Are you More concerned with being right before men than aboutbeing righteous before God (v28-29a) IN LIBERTY SACRIFICE YOUR RIGHTS FOR THE GLORY OFCHRIST IN LOVE FOR OTHERSPhilippians 2:5–11 (ESV) — 5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yoursin Christ Jesus, 6 who,though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to begrasped, 7 but emptied himself, bytaking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, hehumbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on across. 9 Therefore God has highlyexalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus everyknee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that JesusChrist is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. ONLY IN CHRIST THECONSCIENCE IS TRULY CLEANSED Hebrews 9:14 howmuch more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offeredhimself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to servethe living God.Hebrews 10:22 letus draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our heartssprinkled clean from an evil conscience…