Pleasant Words from the Gospel
... But do this with gentleness and respect keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior... may be ashamed of their slander. It is better, if it is God's will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. (1 Peter, 3:15-17) ... Yet for us there is but one God... from whom all things came and for Whom we live; and... through Whom all things came and through Whom we live. But not everyone knows this. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that when they eat such food they think of it as having been sacrificed to an idol, and since their conscience is weak, it is defiled. (1 Corinthians, 8:5-7) Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God and receive from Him anything we ask [our prayers are answered], because we obey His commands and do what pleases Him. (1 John, 3:21-22) ... In later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons... whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron. They... order them to abstain from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and who know the truth. (1 Timothy, 4:1-3) To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure. In fact, both their minds and consciences are corrupted. They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good. (Titus, 1:15-16)
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