19 What do I imply then? That food offered to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?
20 No, I imply that what pagans sacrifice they offer to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be participants with demons.
21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons.
-Yet with all the wonderful things we have in Christ, it is still possible to also partake of the spiritual influence of demonic forces through idolatry – is this not a fearful thing? We can have Christ, but we can also have idols in our lives as well as demonic forces influence us!
The theme Paul is highlighting here is ‘flee idolatry’. Idols give demonic forces the right, the portal access to our lives. So get rid of them by worshipping Christ!
22 Shall we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?
The Lord is a Jealous, righteous lover of His bride; He does not easily tolerate demonic influences along and mixed together with the influence of His Holy Spirit.
-We shall provoke the Lord to Wrath, if we are not careful. He is a consuming fire, Holy, righteous and mighty.
-Are we stronger than God? When shall we repent?
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