1 Corinthians 8.  The Corinthian Christians had been rescued from a pagan, animistic society that was in deep bondage to the spirits who masqueraded as gods.  Having been set free and knowing the reality of Christ gave them knowledge that the gods need not be feared. Yet all around them were people who were either not yet separated from their animism, or in the process of being set free. Paul encourages the believers to avoid food offered to idols because it would wreck the faith of those who were being rescued. To do so would be to sin against Christ (12).

LORD help us to live so far above the sins of our world that we will never be accused of participating in them — that we not sin against our Savior.