God, we pray that you would help us to live this way. 1 Corinthians 6:12 Challenges Us to Live Differently It changes our lives when we stop just asking the question, is it okay for me to do this? And we started asking the question, is it beneficial for me to do this? And we take that even a step further and we say, is it beneficial for others for me to do this? In a Philippians 2 kind of way, do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility. Considering Others Better Than Yourselves We’ll see this at different points in First Corinthians, is Romans 14 and 15, there are all kinds of examples of this in the Bible where people have the freedom to do certain things but even Paul in First Corinthians 9, will talk about how he lays aside rights that he has because it’s not beneficial for others for him to be using those rights. There are all kinds of things that I have total freedom to do in Christ that may not be best for other people around me. We need to ask, is it beneficial? And not just for me, not just for me, but for others. 1 Corinthians 6:12 Begs the Question, “What is Beneficial for Others?”

May we be a people who value what is profitable over what is permissible. Lord help us to live according to Your Word. But just because we can do something in a certain situation doesn’t mean we should do something in a certain situation. If God’s law speaks against it, then we shouldn’t do it. If it’s not allowable, then yeah, don’t do it. This is so important that we think, not just can I do this, but should I do this? Not is it allowable for me to do this, but is it beneficial for me to do this? Those are two different questions. Things we could do but would not be best for us to do.

There are things that are lawful but are not helpful.

A really, really simple principle that can apply in so many ways in our lives. Oh, there’s so much we could say about this short verse, but just think about this. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be dominated by anything.” “All things are lawful for me, but not all things are helpful. In this episode of Pray the Word on 1 Corinthians 6:12, David Platt provides a simple principle for Christians to apply in their own lives.

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