What's In and What's Out? (1 Cor. 8:1-13)

Focus: calling the church to let love for one another and for Christ be the determining factor in exercising their freedoms. <!-- p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 24.0px Arial; color: #422311} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial; color: #dd702c} --> NWC Questions for Personal Study and Small Groups 6/12/11 <!-- p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial; color: #422311} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial; color: #422311} --> What's In &amp; What's Out? 1 Cor. 8 Focus: calling the church to let love for one another and for Christ be the determining factor in exercising their freedoms. &bull; What are issues that we are facing where it is a challenge to know if you should do something or not? What might be a modern day parallel to eating meat sacrificed to idols? &bull; Read the entire chapter aloud. why does Paul raise the issues of love and knowledge when he is writing about eating meat offered to idols? &bull; How would you summarize what Paul is saying about idols and about God in vv. 4-6? How does this relate to the discussion at hand? &bull; If food is nothing and idols are nothing, how is it that someone can sin in eating meat sacrificed to idols? What role does the conscience play in honoring God? &bull; How do vv. 11-13 impact you? What is the key idea from these verses that needs to affect you?