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DIY, Christian Style: Be a Fool for Christ / 33

7. 1 Cor. 10.31 – We are free in Christ, and given that freedom in order that we might glorify God in all that we do, whether we eat or drink, or anything else. 8. 1 Cor. 10.32-33 – We are free in Christ, and ought to use our freedom in order to do what we can to give no offense to people in the world or the Church; rather, all we do should be able to influence others to know and love Christ, i.e., that they might be saved. In addition to these foundational principles on freedom in First Corinthians, we also emphasized other complimentary truths to help our children learn how to use their freedom to honor God. For instance, we taught them that we ought to live free in Christ as servants of God, but never seek to use our freedom as a cover-up for evil (1 Pet. 2.16). We show ourselves to be disciples of Christ as we abide and continue in his Word, and in so doing we come to know the truth, and the truth sets us free in him (John 8.31-32). And we emphasized that as believers in Christ, we are called to be free, yet we must never use our freedom as a license to indulge our sinful natures, but rather to be free in order to serve one another in love (Gal. 5.13).