Knowledge Puffs Up, But Love Builds Up | Luke Edgerton | 11/16/2025

This sermon explores Paul's teaching in 1 Corinthians 8 about the tension between Christian knowledge and Christian love. Pastor Luke addresses how the Corinthian church struggled between legalism and libertinism, emphasizing that knowledge without love indicates a lack of true understanding. The message centers on agape love—God's unconditional, divine love demonstrated through Jesus Christ—as the foundation for how Christians should exercise their freedom. Rather than asserting our rights, believers are called to sacrificially love others by considering how our actions might affect weaker brothers and sisters in faith. The sermon challenges the modern tendency toward idolatry, not just of physical objects but of approval, control, comfort, and security, reminding the congregation that true security and identity are found only in God's presence.