# 1 Corinthians 08 #soap ## Title: Truth + Love = Strength ## Scripture: (1 Corinthians 8:1) With regard to food sacrificed to idols, we know that “we all have knowledge.” Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. (NET) ## Observation: Knowing the Truth is extremely important. It is wonderful. However, showing love is what makes it all work. You can be right and still be wrong. This is why Paul spends most of this chapter not talking about the truth, but how to apply the truth with love. There is a balance to be found in this. We cannot allow truth to slip in order to show more love. Telling people what they want to hear is not loving them. That is manipulating them. However, love finds a way to express the truth with no malice. ## Application: Check yourself. Are you loving people enough to live and speak the truth? Are you loving them enough to do it in a way that honors God and honors them? ## Prayer: Thank You, Jesus, for teaching us to love people the way You love us. Completely. Fully. Without compromise, in a way that makes us love You more.