1 Corinthians 8:1–13: Idol Ceremonies

I) The Corinthian's Question: Can we attend feasts in idol temples?

A) Corinthian Christians were invited to temple ___________.


B) These could be religious ceremonies that included meat from ___________ animals.


C) Temple banquet rooms were also rented for _____________ parties.


D) Not attending these feast could ___________ the believers’ social and economic status.


II) The Corinthians contended they could attend these temple feasts.

A) Reason 1: Idols are meaningless. They are just _____________.


B) Reason 2: We worship the only one ________ God. We know these other deities aren’t him.


C) Implication: Because they knew this, we had the _________ to attend these temple feasts.


III) Paul's response: Avoid these temples because dark spiritual forces are at work there.

A) Paul doesn’t paint them in the _____________ light.

1) He refers to them as ___________ and puffed up.

2) He implies they are ___________ and not loving toward other Christians.

B) Paul agreed that there is only ________ true God.

C) Paul admitted that the _________ itself isn’t the issue.

D) Paul warned don’t be _________ about what is going on in the temple.

1) The Corinthians thought their ________ worship connected them to deity.

2) Paul makes it clear that these __________ are not actually God.

3) The Corinthians are actually connecting with ________ spiritual beings (demons).

E) The Corinthians must __________ eating in temples so they don’t lead others astray.

F) Paul says he would give up his ______________ (eating meat) if it caused others to fall.

IV) Implications for us today.

A) Biblical knowledge should lead to ______________ not pride.

B) Not everything that is spiritual is good, so we need to learn to _______ the spirits.

1) Many people today think ______ spirituality and all religions lead to God.

2) Paul makes it clear that this view is _____________.

C) True spirituality will remind us that Christ's _________ is the only way to God!