Dear friends, the subject in this chapter has to do with Christian liberty, the way a Christian has knowledge about the things of God from the scriptures, and then how we are to live with those who might be of a weaker understanding, or they might be new Christians, not so mature in the faith. And so friends here, the Apostle Paul uses this illustration of the food that has been offered to idols in those days. As it is in our day, people had various religions and they believed that they should pray over certain foods, they offer certain foods to certain idols and certain so-called gods with a lower G. And so it was an issue, it was a discussion. Should a Christian participate in that? And so the apostle Paul speaks here and says, well, we know there is only one God. We know that these things are false things. We have this understanding by the Word of God, and yet not all Christians are on the same level, spiritually speaking, to appreciate those things. There are some people who've come from that kind of a background, and they have a more sensitive conscience about those things. And so what should we do? What should these people, you see, we are a mixed multitude here from all kinds of backgrounds. And what should we do? Should a strong Christian say, well, we know what is true. We know these things are false. And so I just go ahead and do it. And I don't really care about what other people think. I know what I am doing. And there are times that people do that. And here the apostle Paul speaks and says, when you put your knowledge against charity or love to God and to your fellow brother and sister for whom Jesus Christ died, charity wins, love wins. You are not compromising, but for the sake of your brother or sister who is weaker and who has a more sensitive conscience, you don't go with your liberty. You have the right to, but you don't go with it because for the love of the brethren, for the love of those around you. And this is something that is a great struggle, dear friends. It's something that you ought to, we ought to spend much time before God and deal with these things before the Lord. And it is not, basically the Apostle Paul says, it's not an easy thing. Your life cannot be a black and white issue. We love it. If we just were told this is it, it's either this or either that, yes or no. The Apostle Paul says it's not yes or no. And so that is something that means that you have to bring the matters before God. So friends, let us have love for God and love for our fellow men and use our liberty and freedoms in the Lord Jesus Christ. looking onto the Savior who himself restrained himself from many things. For our sakes he died and that the grace of God always must win. The grace of God in our lives and then demonstration of that towards our fellow men should dominate everything that we do. Well, may the Lord bless these few thoughts to us. Let us come before God in prayer.