Christ and idols

Good morning friends,
Today Paul discusses the danger of idols and our unity with Christ. He talks about how everyone who takes part in communion is joined together in one body with each other and with Jesus. Whatever differences we may have, we truly are one in the Lord, especially when we remember that we share the Lord's Supper. At the same time, a similar unity is part of other sacrifices too. That means Christians have no place in the temples and sacrifices of idols. We can only have one God. Christian faith isn't something added to whatever else we believe in; it is the center of who we are and it holds everything else together.
Blessings on your ministry today,
Sam

1 Corinthians 9:15-22

15I speak as to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say. 16The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a sharing in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a sharing in the body of Christ? 17Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread.


18Consider the people of Israel; are not those who eat the sacrifices partners in the altar? 19What do I imply then? That food sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything? 20No, I imply that what pagans sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be partners with demons. 21You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons. 22Or are we provoking the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?