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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…
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If You Must Boast
(1 Corinthians 1:26-31) If you must boast, than boast in the Lord Jesus Christ. These are the final words in this first chapter of Corinthians that Paul writes to the church both then and now. As a general rule, and as we are told in other places, boasting is not good. Boasting of yourself is…
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God’s Wisdom
(1 Corinthians 1:18-25) Paul begins this section with statements about the foolishness of what we as Christians believe. He talks about it as the foolishness of God and the folly of the word of the gospel and the death of Jesus Christ. He makes the point that to the rest of the world, what we…
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Is Christ Divided?
(1 Corinthians 1:10-17) As I read this section of scripture there was one question that Paul posed to the church at Corinth that strikes to the heart of the church down to this day. At the start of verse 13 he writes, “Is Christ divided?” The answer to that question is clearly…No. Christ is certainly…
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Gifts From God
(1 Corinthians 1:4-9) In these few verses Paul gives thanks to God for what God has done with the church at Corinth. At a high level when we read between the lines we see that Paul is expressing thanks for the work done in the knowledge that this work is not his own work, nor…
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Sanctified As Saints
(1 Corinthians 1:1-3) It is often easy to gloss over the first few verses of the letters in the New Testament as they generally contain things like greetings to the brethren and to whom the letters are addressed. But it is worth looking at how these greetings are made for there are often insights we…
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Mystery Revealed
(Romans 16:25-27) The gospel that was to come through Jesus Christ and the teachings of the new covenant were a mystery to all those who lived before His first coming. But no longer. The mystery has been revealed. These are the final words Paul wrote to the Roman church as he finished this most informative…
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Dissension In The Church
(Romans 16:17-23) In these last verses of Romans 16 Paul warns the church to be aware of those who create divisions and dissensions in the church. Paul knew full well that there would be such people come into the church for this was prophesied by the Lord Jesus Christ who said at various times there…
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Greeting The Brethren
(Romans 16:1-16) In this last chapter of Romans Paul instructs the church to greet various of the disciples in the churches on his behalf. It is clear that these greetings are not a simple formal acknowledgement of those people but rather are a warm, friendly and heartfelt joy the Paul feels for each of these…
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Sustaining The Church
(Romans 15:14-33) Much of this section of scripture pertains to Paul speaking of his own ministry. The Lord called Paul specifically to preach the gospel to the Gentiles to bring the Gentile nations to the knowledge of God and Jesus Christ. We then see Paul continue ministering in the letters he wrote to the churches…
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Hope For All
(Romans 15:8-13) The coming of the Lord Jesus Christ some two thousand years ago was a pivotal point for all peoples of the world. It was the marking of the end of one age and the beginning of the next age, and the precise point at which the change took place was at the death…