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 […]
Category: 1 Corinthians
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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 […]
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Build with Care or Be Destroyed-1 Cor 3:10-17
𝑨𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐or 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒎𝒔? On whatareyoubuildingyourchurch/ your life? WARNING:build carefullyonChristNOTonsystems/slogans. Paul directlyattacksthose responsible for thedivisions. Hissingular concernis that those leading the church […]
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Merely Servants-1 Cor 3:4-9
My way or the highway. My experience with leadership is not great. [Then again I’ve never been an easy person to lead!] My medical clinic director demanded that I come into work […]
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You’re NOT Spiritual-1 Cor 3:1-4
Am I an “unspiritual Christian” [an oxymoron]? Are you BOTH spiritual and a Christian? Paul bluntly, directly and pointedly says, “You‘re NOT spiritual” (1 Cor 3:1a), and “You’re ‘fleshly‘” [worldly, NIV] (1 Cor 3:1b, 3a), because they’re quarreling and […]
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Wise vs. Stupid-1 Cor 2:6-16
Are you wise? Mature? Spiritual? What or who do you boast about? Do you know what gifts you received? Do you love God? Do you have the mind and heart […]
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Nothing but Jesus-1 Cor 2:1-5
God’s folly–a crucified Messiah (1:17-25). God’s folly–the Corinthian believers (1:26-31). God’s folly–Paul’s preaching (2:1-5). Jimmon and a FB friend I’ve never met quoted from my sermon: “You cannot boast in the […]
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Who You Were, Who Christ is-1 Cor 1:26-31
Do you insist on how right you are or do you acknowledge what you lack? Do you highlight your weaknesses or do you emphasize your strengths? Do you know what you were before becoming a Christian? What […]
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The Cross is Moronic-1 Cor 1:17-25
There can be no unity (1 Cor 1:10) without continuous ongoing thanksgiving (1 Cor 1:4). How is your approach to life shaped by the cross of Christ? Does the cross change the way you look at the world and her problems? The cross […]
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Always Thank God-1 Corinthians 1:1-9
First Corinthians carefully chronicles the confounding complex conformity to CHRIST CRUCIFIED communicated in the complicated cultural context of continuous critical conflicts within the confused Corinthian church community necessitating confrontation, condemnation, castigation, chastisement and correction by Paul. [This might be my proudest alliteration with 24 C‘s!] Always thank God for others (1 Cor 1:4a) in […]