_How as touching things offered to idols._
LIBERTY AND LOVE
1. The question about meats necessarily arose in a society partly
heathen and partly Christian. Every meal was dedicated to the
household gods by laying some portion of it on the family altar. On a
birthday, a marriage, or a safe return f... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_If any man think that he knoweth anything, he knoweth nothing yet as
he ought to know._
PRIDE VITIATES RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE
St. Paul would teach those who placed a high estimate upon a
philosophical comprehension of religious truth, and who therefore were
liable to a spurious kind of knowledge, th... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_But if any man love God, the same is known of Him._
LOVE THE MEDIUM OF DIVINE KNOWLEDGE
I. Its nature.
1. Whence it proceeds.
2. What it implies.
3. What its fruits.
II. Its privilege. It secures--
1. The favour of God.
2. Fellowship with Him.
3. The enlightening influence of His Holy Spir... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_We know that an idol is nothing in the world._
AN IDOL NOTHING IN THE WORLD
A singular phenomenon, known as the Spectre of the Brocken, is seen on
a certain mountain in Germany. The traveller who at dawn stands on the
topmost ridge beholds a colossal shadowy spectre, moving on the
summits of the... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge._
IGNORANCE
1. Great ignorance may consist with genuine piety.
2. Is a source of much unnecessary anxiety and peril.
3. Is to be deplored and pitied.
4. May find relief in the study of Divine truth. (_J. Lyth, D. D_.)
CHRISTIAN LIBERTY
I. Its... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom
Christ died?_
SUFFERING, THE MEASURE OF WORTH
I. The “weak brother” is not of much value in himself; but he is
made valuable by the fact that Christ died for him.
1. How much of themselves men will give for one another, measures t... [ Continuer la lecture ]