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1Cor.10:19 What am I saying then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?

Many Christian's live in fear of demons, the power of demons become so consuming it occupies their entire life and ministry. The fear of things, and objects, trying to keep oneself clean so demon will not harass them. Yet, the apostle Paul gives little or no consideration to their power over those of the body of Christ, accept to say, he does not want body members of Christ to become so lacks in their conduct that they have fellowship with the demons.

1 Peter 1:5 who by the power of God are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

Hebrews 1:3 His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself made purification for our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high.

In fact, not the demons he lived in fear of, but brothers and sisters provoking YHWH to jealousy! Does this shock you? Well, actually it should not. Christ was given supreme power over all the heavens and earth, the question here than is not about Christ authority, but fellowship i.e., communion with the demons? None of Paul's words would make any sense if a person does not understand these basic teachings of Christ, and the early church, and what is that?

1Cor.4:3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you, or by man's judgment. Yes, I don't judge my own self.
4:4 For I know nothing against myself. Yet I am not justified by this, but he who judges me is the Lord. 4:5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.

Each anointed Christian is given the life of Christ, his righteousness, declaring them sinless before God. They are indwelt with Holy Spirit and the life of Christ as part of his spiritual body. In this condition they have no laws of the fleshly over them, that is, judging them. Hence, they are factually set free from judgment of their flesh in the power of Christ. Which means from guilty of judgment by God's law. They are lawful in Christ, for the law is not for sinless righteous people, but for the sinner, and the unrighteous. So the meat of idols at this meat market was sacrifice to demons, but its was nothing, of no judgment accept to fleshly sight, the flesh is dead in Christ. Their eating, or not eating, was lawful for those without judgment.

Rom.8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don't walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.{NU omits "who don't walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit"} 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.

1Cor.10:20 But I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God, and I don't desire that you would have fellowship with demons. 10:21 You can't both drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You can't both partake of the table of the Lord, and of the table of demons. 10:22 Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?

Without this context Paul's words here will not make any sense, they will be construed into morbid fear of demon possession instead of what Paul warned the brothers about, provoking their Heavenly Father to jealousy. God does not share his glory with any god, man or demon, he is a jealousy God not letting Himself or those maintaining his Holiness be corrupted by that which brings only death and sin.

1Cor.10:23 "All things are lawful for me," but not all things are profitable. "All things are lawful for me," but not all things build up.

1Cor.3:16 Don't you know that you are a temple of God, and that God's Spirit lives in you? 3:17 If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for God's temple is holy, which you are.

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