If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you are disposed to go, eat whatever is set before you without raising any question on the ground of conscience. But if someone says to you, ‘This has been offered in sacrifice’, then do not eat it, out of consideration for the one who informed you, and for the sake of conscience— I mean the other’s conscience, not your own. For why should my liberty be subject to the judgement of someone else’s conscience? If I partake with thankfulness, why should I be denounced because of that for which I give thanks? (1Corinthians 10: 27-30)

We have been set free from the discipline of the ancient laws. But the purpose of our liberty is to follow the example of Christ in giving all we are to others.

We may partake of all that God has created. Through the crucifixion and resurrection we have become heirs rather than subjects.

We are now, in Christ, co-creators with God. All is lawful, but not all is beneficial either for ourselves or for others.

In our liberty we should be careful that we not mislead or confuse those who have not yet fully engaged the example of Christ and the grace of God.

In exercising this self-restraint we are not deferring to the other's sense of right and wrong, but following Christ in choosing other-love rather than self-assertion.