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So then, my dear friends, flee from idolatry.
I am speaking as to sensible people. Judge for yourselves what I am saying.
The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a sharing in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a sharing in the body of Christ?
Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, since all of us share the one bread.
Consider the people of Israel. Do not those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar?
What am I saying then? That food sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?
No, but I do say that what they sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be participants with demons!
You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot share in the Lord’s table and the table of demons.
Or are we provoking the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?
With the tongue we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in God’s likeness.
Blessing and cursing come out of the same mouth. My brothers and sisters, these things should not be this way.
Does a spring pour out sweet and bitter water from the same opening?
Can a fig tree produce olives, my brothers and sisters, or a grapevine produce figs? Neither can a saltwater spring yield fresh water.
“No one can serve two masters, since either he will hate one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
The Church God Desires Us to Be
is Consistently Obedient to God
In what areas of your life do you struggle to obey God consistently?
Where do you put on a mask?
What steps do you need to take to take it off?