Beloved, However; the denial of the resurrection must be addressed at one further level; the Christian has the hope of being raised from the dead in the final day. The reality of the Christian faith is that all people will be resurrected...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Beloved, It seems odd to assert that the Church may have a problem with the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ but Paul’s next discourse deals precisely with this issue. It seems that alternate forms of the Gospel of Christ or at least significant...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Beloved, The intended consequence of this teaching is that the believers at Corinth are to seek those things that build up one another. It is interesting that in the listing of the spiritual gifts both here (wisdom and knowledge) and in...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Beloved, “Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed. You know that when you were pagans you were led astray to mute idols, however you were led. Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking in the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Beloved, In the third section of 1 Corinthians, Paul addresses the problem of idolatry. This seems to be prompted by a question from the Church concerning meats sacrificed to idols. Although idols are the symptom, pride that prompts one to...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Beloved, Paul then dove-tails this principle into his next admonition which is the believer should not use his body for his own pleasure. Although such things as prostitution may have in fact been not only legal but also accepted within...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Beloved, Perhaps one of the most obvious places where worldliness had invaded the Corinthian Church was in the area of sexual immorality. Paul states in chapter five, verse one, “It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Beloved, This possibility of unregenerate persons claiming Christ may have stemmed from a organic division of followers ascribing a particular leader. In response Paul confronts the issue directly by asserting that Christ is not divided and...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Beloved, In what is usually considered the greeting to Paul’s letter to the Corinthians, one finds the basis upon which Paul will speak to this Church. In verse two Paul says, “To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Beloved, Though historically, the arrangement of the New Testament has not been seen as so ordered to flow theologically from one book to the next. That is, the various books of the New Testament do not seem to be arranged so as to pit one...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
