"Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the alter? What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing? But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils. Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils. Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?"
First, let me say, that in this quote, Paul was addressing the Jewish members of the Church at Corinth. He was trying to convince them that the rules of Christianity were altogether different compared to the rules under the Law of Moses before the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ.
Today's quote demands that we, the children of God, are to shun any activity that might lean away from Christianity by promoting the rituals of false doctrines. We are not to take part in any religious ritual or symbolism that does not honor and glorify our one true God.
Paul said; "Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils." That means that if you are practicing the rituals of idol worshipers then you are not fully devoting your worship to God.
If you belong to God, then do those things that associate you with Him. Not the things that might associate you with false doctrines.~
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