Living To The Glory Of
God
by Pastor Cornelius
R. Stam
“Whether therefore ye eat,
or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God” (I Corinthians
10:31).
This is the great guiding
principle of the Christian life.
The Apostle Paul points out in the preceding context that what may be perfectly
right for one person to do may trouble another’s conscience. The sincere and
gracious believer, therefore, will not carelessly violate his brother’s
conscientious scruples, offending him by indulging in that which he considers wrong.
In Paul’s day, this particularly involved the foods of which men partook, but
from both Romans 14 and I Corinthians 10 it is evident that Christian conduct
in general is involved.
If, in my daily conduct, I consider not only my own, but also my brother’s
conscience, it does not follow from this that I am disobeying Galatians 5:1,
failing to “stand fast… in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free.”
True, I have no right to give up my blood-bought liberty, but I do have liberty
to give up my rights. This the world about us is slow to do, but it is one of
the signs of true regeneration.
My aim in life should not
be to gratify my own desires, much less to show up my brother’s weaknesses by
vaunting my liberty in Christ. My one aim should rather be to glorify God in
all I say and do.
All this, of course, has to do only with the conduct of believers in Christ.
The unbeliever can do nothing to the glory of God. His very rejection of Christ
is a continual offense to God who, in love, gave His Son to die in our place.
The only way in which the unbeliever can honor God is to turn from his unbelief
and trust Christ as Savior and Lord.
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