Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. (32) Give no offense,either to the Jew or to the Greeks, or to the church of God, (33) just as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of many, that they may he saved. 11:1 Imitate me, just as i also imitate Christ.

The letter to the Corinthians was written by the apostle Paul. In our verses today we study his final statement on Christian liberty; the principle, the purpose and the pattern – how we are to live within the framework of this liberty. We have our individual responsibility to order our lives to the glory of God – our entire lives with no compartmentalizing but as a whole.

I can best summarize the result of living in rigorous honesty – which is a new relationship with God – by quoting the promises of Alcoholics Anonymous: “We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace. No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience will benefit others. That feeling of uselessness and self pity will disappear. We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows. Self-seeking will slip away. Our whole attitude and outlook on life will change. Fear of people and economic insecurity will leave us. We will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle us. We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves “