Many of the sins to avoid in the Christian life are spelled out plainly in the Bible and there is really no debate as to whether or not devoted Christ followers should be practicing them. But what about areas of our lives that are not so black and white? Pastor, Bible teacher, and author John MacArthur offers spiritual advice.
What To Do In The Gray Areas by John MacArthur (as presented on Wretched TV)
1. Will it benefit me spiritually? "All things are lawful, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful, but not all things edify." 1 Cor 10:23
2. Will it bring bondage? "All things are lawful for me, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be mastered by anything." 1 Cor 6:12
3. Will it defile God's temple? "Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body."1 Cor 6:19-20
4. Will it cause anyone to stumble? "But food will not commend us to God; we are neither the worse if we do not eat, nor the better if we do eat. But take care that this liberty of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak." 1 Cor 8:8-9
5. Will it further the cause of evangelism? "Give no offense either to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God; just as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit but the profit of the many, so that they may be saved." 1 Cor 10:32-33
6. Will it violate my conscience? "But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and whatever is not from faith is sin." Rom 14:23
7. Will it bring glory to God? "Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God." 1 Cor 10:31
What To Do In The Gray Areas by John MacArthur (as presented on Wretched TV)
1. Will it benefit me spiritually? "All things are lawful, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful, but not all things edify." 1 Cor 10:23
2. Will it bring bondage? "All things are lawful for me, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be mastered by anything." 1 Cor 6:12
3. Will it defile God's temple? "Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body."1 Cor 6:19-20
4. Will it cause anyone to stumble? "But food will not commend us to God; we are neither the worse if we do not eat, nor the better if we do eat. But take care that this liberty of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak." 1 Cor 8:8-9
5. Will it further the cause of evangelism? "Give no offense either to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God; just as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit but the profit of the many, so that they may be saved." 1 Cor 10:32-33
6. Will it violate my conscience? "But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and whatever is not from faith is sin." Rom 14:23
7. Will it bring glory to God? "Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God." 1 Cor 10:31
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