Freedom to do or not!

In chapter 9 of 1 Corinthians Paul talks about his freedoms. He has the freedom to do certain things but he also has the freedom not to do those things. To him the driving force is not his rights but rather the Gospel. If he exercises his freedom as he did in Philippi it is to promote the Gospel but if he chooses not to as in Corinth again it is to promote the Gospel. Here is a modern day example to illustrate. Suppose you are a moderate social drinker (an occasional glass of wine with a meal) but never much more than that and you join a church that his ultra conservative on these issues. One long time pillar of the church learns that you occasionally take a glass of wine and comes to you and condemns you for doing that. What do you do? What would Paul have done? Paul would have recognized that he was being manipulated by a standard that was not Biblical but cultural so he would take a stand against that member because they were confusing the Gospel with cultural norms. But suppose you were a youth worker in that same church and the youth that you ministered to came from the same conservative homes. Now what should you do? Again what would Paul have done? In the first case Paul would have exercised his freedom but here I believe he would have forfeited his freedoms for the sake of the Gospel. If he told the youth in his care that it was okay to take an occasional drink then they would have difficulty understanding why it was okay in this case but not in another case such as drugs or premarital sex. Again for the sake of the Gospel Paul would have chosen not to exercise his freedom. All too often we do things for our own selfish motives and not for the sake of the Gospel. Paul was not being hypocrical but rather a "world Christian" living for the sake of the Gospel. Now I need to add that I have chosen not to be a social drinker. It does not make me more spiritual than you because you do and I don't but it is my choice in light of the Gospel.