1Corinthians 5-8<\/a><\/p>\nDaily Thought<\/b><\/p>\n
Once a Muslim, now a Christian, he was attending the men\u2019s breakfast, and we were inviting him to enjoy the bacon. \u201cYou know, as a Christian, you are freed from all those food restrictions and you can eat bacon or ham or whatever you like?\u201d<\/p>\n
He understood, \u201cYes, I know. I know I am free to eat, but I am also free not to eat it. I go home to my family in Egypt once a year, and when I come up to my father\u2019s door, the first question he will ask me is, \u2018Have those infidels taught you to eat the filthy hog meat yet?\u2019 If I say to him, \u2018Yes, father,\u2019 I will be banished from that home and have no further witness in it. But if I say, as I have always said, \u2018No, father, no pork has ever passed my lips,\u2019 then I have admittance to the family circle and I am free to tell them of the joy I have found in Jesus Christ. Therefore I am free to eat, and I am free not to eat. I choose no bacon\u201d<\/p>\n
There are some things more important than knowledge. \u201c\u2019Knowledge\u2019 puffs up, but love builds up\u201d (1Corinthians 8:1). He knows he is free to eat whatever he wants, and what he wants is for his family to know Jesus.<\/p>\n
Daily Thought<\/b><\/p>\n
My God, You saved me. Not because I was good. Not because I was worth saving. You saved me because You loved me. What an amazing love, too, because I did not love You. I was not good, nor was I godly, and yet You went to death for my life. Now, because of Your goodness, I am becoming like You.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nMay I love others, as well, sacrificing my wants for their needs. Make my deepest desire be to do what is good for others. May the choices I make help others choose Jesus.<\/p>\n
Amen<\/p>\n
Daily Question<\/b><\/p>\n
What are some things you are free to do, but you choose not to, for the sake of your witness to others?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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