Category: 1 Corinthians
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Be Watchful
(1 Corinthians 16:5-23) In these last words of the chapter and book of 1 Corinthians 16, what we see for the most part are Pauls final greetings and closing remarks to the church. However in among those words are a few gems we can take away and use ourselves in our walk with Christ Jesus.…
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Giving NOT Tithing
(1 Corinthians 16:1-4) In various places across this blog I have posted information about the financing of the Christian church. I know that many in the church these days tithe and give offerings because that is what they are taught by their ministers and pastors. And there is no doubt that if a church is…
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Your Labour Is Not In Vain
(1 Corinthians 15:58) I just love this verse. It fills me with both comfort and encouragement because it is good to know that your work is both appreciated and valuable. Anyone who does any kind of work for the Lord should also take comfort in these words. They are words of hope because they tell…
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The Sting Of Death
(1 Corinthians 15:50-57) This section of scripture is well known among Christians for a number of different reasons, but what it represents is one of the least understood principles in the bible. It speaks directly to what the offer of God's grace is to mankind. Grace is one of those “churchy” words that Christians throw…
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Resurrection
(1 Corinthians 15:35-49) It appears to me that there is a great amount of interest, but not a lot of understanding about the resurrection of the dead. The resurrection is THE most important and fundamental teaching in Christianity. It is because of the resurrection that Christianity even exists, as I have pointed out in other…
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Bad Company Ruins Good Morals
(1 Corinthians 15:29-34) This section of scripture has three distinct but complimentary teachings. All of them are to do with baptism of the dead, and they each talk of the attitude we must hold as we hold the faith in Jesus Christ. The three specific aspects that we look at in this verse today are:…
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My God Reigns
(1 Corinthians 15:24-28) This short section is important for it tells us that when Jesus returns and after all is completed, how it is that first, Jesus reigns and then God reigns to that God is everything to me and to all who live in His kingdom. And there are other things we learn from…
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Resurrected To Life
(1 Corinthians 15:20-23) Resurrection, as I have been making the case in my last few posts, is the core, critical teaching of Christianity for without it, there is no Christianity. The hope of salvation that we teach and believe in is that we will be resurrected to life in Christ Jesus through the grace of…
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No Resurrection, No Christianity
(1 Corinthians 15:12-19) I wrote in my last post and have done so on other occasions also, that where there is no resurrection, there is no Christianity. Resurrection is the central core of what Christianity is all about. Christianity does not exist without it and it was the resurrection of Jesus Christ when the fulness…
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Resurrection of First Importance
(1 Corinthians 15:1-11) There are many, many things we have to learn in relation to walking in Christ, and there are often many different opinions about what we believe. But Christianity, when it is all boiled down, has only a very few critical teachings by which we receive the gift of God’s salvation. The few…
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Command Of The Lord
(1 Corinthians 14:36-40) In these last few verses of this chapter of 1 Corinthians 14 we see Paul make a couple of fascinating statements. And these are statements we need to listen to carefully with respect to the contents of this chapter because Paul makes it clear that these words are not just his thoughts…
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Orderly Worship
(1 Corinthians 14:26-35) Over the years I have attended a number of different church meetings as my wife and I travel around the country. It seems that every church has a different form of worship, some very good and others that could be better. Some I have attended were so loose that it didn’t appear…
