Here too, I don't find anything concrete or creditable substance in all the answers. All the answers seem personal views with no scriptural input. Paul answers this question quite plainly.
1Crinthians 8:7 But not everyone knows this. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that when they eat such food they think of it as having been sacrificed to an idol, and since their conscience is weak, it is defiled. 8 But food does not bring us near to God; we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do. 9 Be careful, however, that the exercise of your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.
In their former unsaved state they had become so accustomed to idols and to the sacrificed meat that when they now eat such meat, they think of it only as something sacrificed to the idol, rather than as food provided by God.
There is nothing inherently wrong with sacrificial meat and that in itself food neither enhances nor minimizes our standing before God. Idols are man-made and have no power. How can the food offered to them harm us? Who is mightier, the idols or God our heavenly Father?
There is only one thing to consider while eating such food offered to other gods or idols. We must "be careful" lest we somehow cause the weak in faith to stumble in living their Christian lives. The stress is on weakening the faith and ruining the Christian life of a fellow believer, if they assume that Christians are compromising with idol worshippers or pagan gods.
1Crinthians 8:7 But not everyone knows this. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that when they eat such food they think of it as having been sacrificed to an idol, and since their conscience is weak, it is defiled. 8 But food does not bring us near to God; we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do. 9 Be careful, however, that the exercise of your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.
In their former unsaved state they had become so accustomed to idols and to the sacrificed meat that when they now eat such meat, they think of it only as something sacrificed to the idol, rather than as food provided by God.
There is nothing inherently wrong with sacrificial meat and that in itself food neither enhances nor minimizes our standing before God. Idols are man-made and have no power. How can the food offered to them harm us? Who is mightier, the idols or God our heavenly Father?
There is only one thing to consider while eating such food offered to other gods or idols. We must "be careful" lest we somehow cause the weak in faith to stumble in living their Christian lives. The stress is on weakening the faith and ruining the Christian life of a fellow believer, if they assume that Christians are compromising with idol worshippers or pagan gods.
