Category: 1 Corinthians
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Being Humble
(1 Corinthians 4:6-7) In this short section of scripture Paul is trying to give the Corinthian church some perspective regarding their call and conversion in Jesus Christ. Note his words, 6 I have applied all these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, brothers, that you may learn by us not to go beyond…
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Do Not Judge
(1 Corinthians 4:1-5) One of the most dangerous things we can do in Christ is to judge one another. And as this scripture shows us, we should not even judge ourselves. Why is it that judgement is such a problem? It is because with judgement comes pride and condemnation. And in the same way when…
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Folly of Mans Wisdom
(1 Corinthians 3:18-23) When we consider the wisdom of this world in comparison to the wisdom of God there is no comparison. The wisdom of God is so much greater that a simple comparison shows the wisdom of man to be mere folly. What man has the wisdom to be able to create the world…
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Perfected In Jesus Christ
(1 Corinthians 3:16-17) The most significant change that took place after the death of Jesus was the change in the mode of worship. Prior to Jesus dying the only place a person could go and worship the one true God was in the temple at Jerusalem. This was the place where God's law was taught…
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God’s Building
(1 Corinthians 3:12-15) Quite often recently I have written about the need for a strong foundation on which we are to build our walk with Jesus Christ. But like a house or building, it does not end there. You cannot live in just the foundation of a house. You need walls and a roof and…
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Christ The Foundation
(1 Corinthians 3:10-11 – Christ the Foundation) There is a work going on in every person who comes to the Lord. All people born on this earth are like a piece of raw material, a building block that needs to be shaped, cut and honed to form part of the building that is the temple…
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Growth
(1 Corinthians 3:5-9) As Christians we are called to walk with Jesus and to grow into maturity in and through Him. Growth is a crucial part of this walk as Paul writes here and he shows us that growth is not something any person can generate. Growth comes from God and only from God. We…
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Babes In Christ
(1 Corinthians 3:1-4) The aim and the focus of the walk we take with and in Jesus Christ is to become mature. It is the will of God that His people are mature and strong in the gospel, fully able to walk in the ways of God in this world. The end game for this…
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The Mind Of Christ
(1 Corinthians 2:14-16) Who can understand the things of God? In my last post I wrote about understanding the depths of God, but for man in his natural state, the depths of God and the things of God are a mystery. No man understands the things of God because man cannot unless he is taught…
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Understanding The Depths Of God
(1 Corinthians 2:10-13) Who can understand the depths of God? Who even thinks it is possible to do so? Surely to think so would be madness and the height of foolishness! No man can possibly understand the depths of God. Even in all that has been created, man is still only scratching the surface of…
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Wisdom From God
(1 Corinthians 2:6-9) When King Solomon wrote the proverbs he filled them with wisdom and insight. He was blessed with wisdom greater than any other man for when asked by God what he wanted, Solomon asked for the wisdom and insight to rule Israel with justice and right decisions. So when Solomon wrote the proverbs…
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A Simple Gospel
(1 Corinthians 2:1-5) The gospel of the good news of Jesus Christ is not a complex, complicated, convoluted message. It is a simple gospel designed by God to be easily understood by anyone and everyone. It is men who seek to lord it over others and it is the devil who seeks to confuse those…