Mount And Blade Native Expansion Quests

NAVIGATING THE GREY WATER OF LIFE REFLECTION


REFLECTION
in life not only have to deal with change, but we must also make decisions. Most of these decisions deal with issues about which we know God's will. God says for example, not kill, thou shalt not steal. This is clear and specific. Many theorists in ethics say that there are special circumstances where it is not clear, for example, war, etc. need. This would be another matter.

I refer to certain moments in life when we have to make decisions on matters in which God has not revealed details of his will.

"What decision should take?

Many call this "gray areas." The apostle Paul in dealing with the issue of meat offered to idols in pagan temples offers some guiding principles for decision making. The first thing established is that we recognize three capacities that we all value:

• Knowledge: Paul knew that idols were nothing, so technically nothing changed in the meat offered to pagan gods. He knew also that all the earth and its fullness belong to the true God, not towards the man invented gods, so the meat is of God.

• Rights: Paul recognized their rights as human beings and apostle to participate in certain benefits for legitimate.

• Freedom: Paul recognizes their rights to freedom of conscience to make their own decisions.

After defending these prerogatives of every human being, Paul proceeds to put them in the context of love and respect for our fellow man and his convictions. He offers this sage advice in I Corinthians 8:1-13 :

"As things sacrificed to idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies.
If anyone believes that knows something, has not as yet learned to know;
but if anyone loves God, he is known by Him
So as to eat things sacrificed to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is but one God. For though there
called gods, whether in heaven or on earth, as indeed there are many gods and many lords,
yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom all things and we we are to Him, and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.
However, not everyone has this knowledge, but some, being accustomed to the idol until now, eat food as if it were sacrificed to an idol, and their conscience being weak, is defiled.
But food does not recommend us to God, for neither if we eat less or more if we eat.
But beware lest this liberty of yours somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.
For if anyone sees you who have knowledge sitting at table in an idol temple, will not stimulated his conscience, if he is weak, to eat things sacrificed to idols?
And your knowledge will be lost which is weak, the brother for whom Christ died.
And so, by sinning against the brethren and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.
Therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, do not ever eat meat, do
for my brother to stumble. "Paul

An example of renunciation of selfishness. The voluntarily sacrificed knowledge, rights and freedom to correctly represent the character of Christ. When we touch browse the gray areas of life we \u200b\u200bremember Paul's example when making our decisions.

God bless!