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Paul was worried about sacrificing to demons with respect to the whole issue of meat sacrificed to idols. The meat wasn’t really the issue; being involved in the sacrifice was. Apparently some in the Corinthian church had gone beyond eating the meat to actual participation, assuming that since an idol was just a piece of wood or stone, their participation wouldn’t offend God. Paul had to teach them that this wasn’t true, and used the Lord’s Table as an analogy (1 Cor 10:14–18).
The Unseen Realm: Recovering the Supernatural Worldview of the Bible
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