Read 1 Corinthians 12-14 Love gives. Grace is a gift. (Ephesians 2:8-9) The law would disqualify all. Love offers pardon to all. A works based salvation would result in puffed up boasting. Love does not boast or brag, but it will tell the truth. 1 Cor. 13:4 Love is more than a slogan. In chapter 13 we see a reference to children in a context starkly different from Christ’s ‘you must become like little children to enter the kingdom of heaven’. Matthew 18:3 I’m stretching out for a proper perspective. Please stick with me. As we read 1 Cor 13:11…

Read 1 Corinthians 9-11 Take your life seriously. Train for the crown that will last forever. Paul says I am free, but I serve as a slave and make my body as slave, so I will not be disqualified. Preach this gospel, and avoid idolatry —heeding the warnings of Israel’s historic track record. Disqualification is real. 1 Cor 10:6-11 12 So, if you think you’re standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall! 1 Corinthians 10:23 is so frank! Not everything is beneficial.

Rest day Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. Psalm 91:1-5

Read 1 Corinthians 5-8 Care about your brothers. Say no to the scandal. Sexual immorality is a temptation. RUN LIKE JOSEPH EH? Gen 39:12

Read 1 Corinthians 1-4 I always thank my God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus. 1 Corinthians 1:4 This book is written to a church immature, but highly gifted. The members of Chloe’s house report the climate of the church, full of rivals and rifts. The sexual corruption is rampant. Paul who is the same author of Galatians writes with a heavy hand “don’t use your freedom for the flesh”, Gal 5:13.

Read Acts 18:19-28, 19:1-41 “while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul took the road through the interior and arrived at Ephesus “ Acts 19:1 Twelve men who are disciples of John’s baptism receive the Holy Spirit, speak in tongues and prophesy. Acts 19:4-7 The men were baptized into the name of Jesus, WHY, this second baptism? Well John’s was not sufficient or complete. The Spirit had been given and these men needed the baptism into the body of Jesus and the Acts 1:8 infilling of the Spirit. Jesus Christ is taking ground in a city dedicated to idol worship, specifically the…

Read 2 Thessalonians 1-3 This includes you. “on the day he comes to be glorified in his holy people and to be marveled at among all those who have believed. This includes you, because you believed our testimony to you. With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may bring to fruition your every desire for goodness and your every deed prompted by faith.”‭‭2 Thessalonians‬ ‭1‬:‭10‬-‭11‬ ‭NIV‬‬ This prayer above is perfectly said. Lord make me worthy of your calling. It’s only by…

Read 1 Thessalonians 1-5 Jealousy incited the attack on the house of Jason, (Acts 17:5) caused the city to be in an uproar, not to mention the agitation created against Paul and the newly formed church. No matter her obstacles you can’t stop the church. Now, Paul will write to them, “you suffered the same things from your own countrymen” similar to those who killed Jesus and the prophets. (1 Thes 2:14-16) This sounds familiar to Acts 7:52-53 where Stephen the first martyr articulates a historical account of the hostility from Jewish countryman to fellow countryman. Stephen inquires, ‘Which prophet…

Read Acts 17, 18:1-18 Crispus the leader of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his household, and many of the Corinthians when they heard were believing and being baptized. Acts 18:8 It’s always the same answer to, ‘what must we do to be saved’ REPENT FROM YOUR SINS, BELIEVE AND BE BAPTIZED. Acts 2:37-41 Jesus appears to Paul in the night by a vision, to not be afraid, but to go on speaking and not to be silent. So for 18 months Paul is teaching the word of God. While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews of…

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