Paul covers quite a bit in our reading today but our bible experts felt it unnecessary to break it into sections. I will follow their lead and address it all in our time together but for my mind’s sake I want to look at it as a metaphor. I’m seeing blueprints in my mind. Paul […]
Paul shares deeper truths with mature listeners. These truths are not worldly but Spiritual and imparted by the Spirit of God. The very things God has prepared before the foundations of the world. Have you ever sat in service listening to the minister and received an “ah ha” moment? Sometimes the scripture that just reached […]
Paul reminds his readers today of how he witnessed to them; in deeds instead of intellectual arguments. I’m sure he tried the second route while in the synagogues but to the common man, he showed them God’s hand instead of told them. During Paul’s stay in Corinth he did many miracles through the Spirit. The […]
Paul reminds his readers of how God’s ways are so different from man’s ways. The wise miss it and the strong can’t hold it. Only those who trust in Him see the truth. God’s ways don’t make sense to the natural mind. Why would Jesus give up everything He had and become a lowly servant? […]
Paul begins his address of the central issue in our reading today; division in the body. This division was founded on who the “teacher” was that each group was following. It is interesting to see divisions cropping up so soon in the church. It has been roughly 20 years since Jesus’ death yet “cliques” are […]
