Remain with God-1 Cor 7:17-24
Itching to change our human circumstances is our human tendency and default because of FOMO, believing that change would improve our lives. So if you’re smoking, stopping is good. But the converse […]
Author: Benjamin Toh
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No Divorce-1 Cor 7:8-16
Settling down in simplicity. When I married on Aug 15, 1981 less than a year after becoming a Christian, I said to myself, Well I guess thats it for the […]
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Sex in Marriage-1 Cor 7:1-7
Being attracted to an attractive person is not a sin in and of itself. Talking about sex as a Christian is uncomfortable, likely because of the proliferation and easy accessibility of pornography and the widespread acceptance […]
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Your Body is NOT Yours-1 Cor 6:12-20
𝑫𝒐 𝒘𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 OUR BODIES DO NOT BELONG TO US 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆? Im free to do anything is the Corinthian Christians favorite […]
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You Were Cleansed by the Name-1 Cor 6:1-11
If someone from the church cheats and deceives you and you lose lots of money to them, will you sue them? Why or why not? How does 1 Cor 6:2, 3, 10 share Paul’s common […]
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Excommunication-1 Cor 5:1-13
Will you confront, discipline and expel someone close to you in the church because they are “sinning” ️(1 Cor 5:2, 5, 7, 13)? Can you not waver and judge and pronounce judgment in the church (1 Cor 5:12b-13)? […]
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Imitate Me-1 Cor 4:14-21
Do you modelandembodyfor others the meaning of the gospel?Thegoalofall Christiansis to be so Chrislike and to soembody Christthat we can say [confidently and humbly] to other Christians, Imitate me (1 […]
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When You Are Scum-1 Cor 4:6-13
Do you suffer like Christ, like Paul, until others think youre out of allignmentthat youre like scum?Theres a jarring personal dissonance and disconnect to answer this while Im comfortably reading […]
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When You Are Judged-1 Cor 4:1-5
When someone judges you,how do you feel? We all have anego drivensinful humandefaulttojudge others(cf. Mt 7:1). You criticize a persons weakness and compare it with your strengths or to someone […]
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Deceived by Wisdom-1 Cor 3:18-23
𝑫̳͢͢𝒐̳͢͢ ͢𝒚̳͢͢𝒐̳͢͢𝒖̳͢͢ ͢𝒕̳͢͢𝒉̳͢͢𝒊̳͢͢𝒏̳͢͢𝒌͢ ͢𝒚̳͢͢𝒐̳͢͢𝒖̳͢͢ ͢𝒂̳͢͢𝒓̳͢͢𝒆̳͢͢ ͢𝒘̳͢͢𝒊̳͢͢𝒔̳͢͢𝒆̳͢͢? Because of our wisdom ourtendencyis toturn human preferencesintoexclusive ones. Then youll think or act as though youre wiser than others [even Pauland God]! 𝑫𝒐 […]