Sermons on 1 Corintios 8:6:

Liberty Or Legalism?

Contributed by Tom Fuller on Jun 10, 2003

How free should you be as a Christian - especially when dealing with younger, less mature believers. Paul addresses a difficult subject as freedom and legalism are compared. The answers may surprise you.

I love steak. I really do. Whenever we go out it’s what I feel like most of the time. For a time I became a little reluctant to eat my favorite meat after doing a series of stories as a reporter on ecoli. You remember that, don’t you? The little bacteria killed several people in Oregon and ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

Committed To The Son

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Feb 25, 2006

1- Committed to His Position 2- Committed to His Life

INTRO. – ILL.- Sometime ago a woman who had just returned from a trip to Mexico called the Los Angeles police to report that a rattlesnake was loose in her overnight bag. Police went to investigate. They approached the bag, which the woman had heaved out of a window onto the sidewalk. ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 8:6

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

About Life, Love, And Liberty Series

Contributed by Michael Luke on Jan 24, 2006

Principles to guide us in decisions that have no specific biblical mandates

SERIES: “OVERCOMING OBSTACLES THAT OBSTRUCT OBEDIENCE” TEXT: 1 CORINTHIANS 8:1-13 TITLE: “ABOUT LIFE, LOVE, AND LIBERTY” INTRODUCTION: A. A very well-respected, Nobel prize-winning physicist was asked to travel the country and lecture on some ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Committed To The Father

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Feb 4, 2006

1- Committed to His glory 2- Committed to become like Him 3- Committed to commune with Him

INTRO.- ILL.- Three professionals were sitting around a table talking about what the oldest profession was. The doctor said, "Well, the Bible says that God took a rib out of Adam to make woman. Since that clearly required surgery, then the oldest profession is medicine.” The engineer looked at ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 8:6

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Christ Gives Us Total Freedom? Series

Contributed by Peter Schmidt on Nov 13, 2003

Luther gave 2 statements about Christian Freedom: "A Christian is a perfectly free lord of all, subject to none. A Christian is a perfectly dutiful servant of all, subject to everyone." St. Paul tells us what Christian Freedom really means.

Epiphany 4 I Corinthians 8:1-13 In just one word, what is the reason that thousands of our young men and women are being deployed half-way around the world to Iraq? Well, if you had to boil it down to just one word, that reason would be: freedom. Freedom for the Iraqi people from the dictator ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Denomination: Lutheran

Removing Stumbling Blocks Series

Contributed by Mitchell Skelton on Oct 21, 2003

Three eternal principles found in Paul’s admonition to the Christians at Corinth which are much needed in the church today. Looking past the specific concern we can see some eternal principles that Paul uses in dealing with the problem of eating food sac

Removing Stumbling Blocks 1 Corinthians 8:1–13 INTRODUCTION Paul wrote to the young evangelist Timothy, “All scripture is God–breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work” (2 Tim. ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

God The Father Series

Contributed by Abimbola Salu on Jan 12, 2005

A look at the nature of God the Father .

As A Christian, have you ever wondered about the person of GOD the Father? I have done this several times and to be honest, He is the least known of the blessed Holy Trinity. I mean, almost every Christian knows who Jesus Christ is. We have pictures and images of him and films like “The Passion ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 8:6

Denomination: Baptist

Stumbling Block

Contributed by Lou Nicholes on Jan 25, 2005

Paul answers one of the most controversial subjects that the Corinthians had asked in their letter. "Is it a sin for Christians to eat meat that has been sacrificed to idols?" The basic principle involved is, "What is the proper Christian attitude toward

THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PASSAGE: Charles Spurgeon frequently visited Monaco which had been a gambling resort for years. Spurgeon, of course, was not a gambler, but he enjoyed visiting the grounds of the Casino of Monte Carlo and walking through its lavish gardens. Spurgeon thought the gardens were some ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 8:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

Doing Community

Contributed by Roddy Chestnut on Oct 18, 2000

Thesis: We create community when we restrict our freedom for the sake of others.

Thesis: We create community when we restrict our freedom for the sake of others. Intro.: 1. "I WANT TO DO WHAT I WANT TO, WHEN I WANT TO, AND I DON'T WANT ANYONE TELLING ME WHAT TO DO!" a. Sound familiar? b. Words of someone (demanding their rights / expressing their personal freedom). c. ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

No Tripping Allowed

Contributed by Dan Erickson on Nov 25, 2000

About spiritually tripping another person, or as Paul says, being a stumbling block to another Christian.

Though one of the objectives of football is to knock the other guy down, tripping is not allowed. If the Packers' Ross Verba is blocking the Vikings' John Randle, trying to prevent him from sacking Brett Favre, he is not allowed to stick out his leg and trip him. If he does, and the referee sees ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Denomination: Baptist

Shoud I Help My Brother Or Sister

Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Jun 1, 2001

This sermon deals with what happens when our Christian Liberty leads another person into temptation.

Should I Help My Brother Or My Sister GNLCC 5/20/2001 2 Sam. 11:1-5 1 Corin. 8:1-13 Suppose you had invited someone over to your home. Let’s suppose there was a skunk outside and something scared it so that it gave off it’s scent. The smell begins to enter the home. You immediately ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 8:1-13, Romans 14:1-22

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Words On Paper Series

Contributed by Dennis Lawrence on Jul 7, 2001

How can you bring material from being just words on paper to being words of life lived from your heart?

“Words on Paper” July 7, 2001 What if you were a new Christian in the church in Corinth, having come into Christianity after a lifetime of worshipping all the many gods and goddesses around you in that ancient city? What if you were someone who had been diligent about that worship and who had ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 8:4-7

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Limitations Of Love

Contributed by Danny Anderson on Oct 27, 2006

The reality of our lives in Christ is this: we have been set free! We have been set free from our old way of life. We have been set free from the power of sin. We are no longer in bondage to it. And we have been set free to enjoy life and to enjoy it more

The Limitations of Love Text: I Corinthians 8:1-13 Introduction: The reality of our lives in Christ is this: we have been set free! We have been set free from our old way of life. We have been set free from the power of sin. We are no longer in bondage to it. And we have been set free to enjoy life ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Denomination: Baptist

Idolatry: Dancing With Myself

Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 28, 2006

Also 1cor 10:14-22. How Paul’s discussion of not eating meat sacrificed to idols is very relevant for us today

Intro Story – The Chauffeur A very well respected Nobel prize-winning physicist was asked to travel the country and lecture on some of his current theories. His sponsors provided a limousine and a chauffeur. Night after night, city after city the physicist gave the exact same lecture. After all the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

How Free Can We Be? Series

Contributed by Don Jaques on May 18, 2006

Christians are free to follow their conscience in ethical “gray matters” but must not offend a weaker Christian’s conscience.

A Sunday school teacher asked her class, "What was Jesus’ mother’s name?" One child answered, "Mary." The teacher then asked, "Who knows what Jesus’ father’s name was?" A little kid said, "Verge." Confused, the teacher asked, "Where did you get that?" The kid said, "Well, you ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational