Background Passage: 1 Corinthians 8:1–11:34
Lesson Passages: 1 Corinthians 8:1-3,9-13; 9:19-23; 10:23-24,31–11:1

LESSON PASSAGES OUTLINE
1. Is It Based on Love? (1 Cor. 8:1-3)
2. Will It Harm Others? (1 Cor. 8:9-13; 10:23-24)
3. Is It Evangelistic? (1 Cor. 9:19-23)
4. Will It Glorify God? (1 Cor. 10:31–11:1)

BIBLICAL TRUTH
Christians have adequate criteria for determining if a behavior is appropriate for them.

LIFE GOAL
To help adults exercise appropriate limits on their behavior as Christians

Exodus 19:5-6

19:5. `Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine.
19:6. `And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel.”
–NKJ

To evangelize comes from a word that means “a good message.” It is the word behind the word “gospel.” To evangelize is to spread the good message. In the closing chapter of Matthew, Christians are directed to spread the good word to the ends of the earth. But before we can take that message to anybody, it has to start somewhere. Take a long look in the mirror and start with that person looking back at you.

Nobody is perfect, and we don’t have to understand all that the Gospel has to say before we tell others. A witness in a courtroom doesn’t have to study law, mechanics, engineering, forensics, or any number of specialties before they testify. All they do is tell what they witnessed. That’s all it takes to spread the word. Tell the part that you do know.

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