Christs resurrection is a fundamental part of Christianity. Without it everything is truly useless as Paul puts it. Everyone would be lost and hopeless. In all honesty it would be foolish not to believe about Christ’s resurrection, it’s factual. So next time in a conversation with someone about the gospel bring it up Christ death.Continue reading “1 CORINTHIANS 15:12-32 / BLOG”
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1 CORINTHIANS 15:1-11 / BLOG
In the simplest form the good news is that Christ died, was buried, then was resurrected from the dead. The phrase “ in accordance with the scriptures” emphasizes that Jesus’s death and resurrection were both foretold and fulfilled. But people will always say that Jesus wasn’t resurrected, but here Paul assured us that he wasContinue reading “1 CORINTHIANS 15:1-11 / BLOG”
1 CORINTHIANS 15:1-11 / BLOG
There are so many things that can become entangled with the gospel. This is largely because the message contained within it is an open call and doorway for all to enter into God’s blessings through Christ’s sacrifice. But many things come into it that don’t belong. John reveals to us that things will one dayContinue reading “1 CORINTHIANS 15:1-11 / BLOG”
1 CORINTHIANS 14 / BLOG
Spiritual gifts can be used to either help strengthen the faith of other believers or give them motivation but, when spiritual gifts are used in a bad way things will fall into chaos in the church which was what was happening when people were speaking in tongues because there was no interpreters so people didContinue reading “1 CORINTHIANS 14 / BLOG”
1 CORINTHIANS 14:26-40
The key to living in God’s image is not simply being at peace with one’s self. It is living self sacrificially. This type of living is, by necessity, an ordered, disciplined and structured living. It is not structured according to selfish ambition but toward the reflective benevolence of God’s character. So often, our metric forContinue reading “1 CORINTHIANS 14:26-40”
1 CORINTHIANS 14 / BLOG
Big things here, but yes Tongues is a gift just like any other spiritual gift. The thing here is that there’s a lot of people who can’t understand it. During these times tongues was being misused as well in the Corinthian church. Paul says that the exercise of the gift of prophecy is superior toContinue reading “1 CORINTHIANS 14 / BLOG”
1 CORINTHIANS 14:1-25 / BLOG
This passage has much meat on it. Dealing with the complexity of desire and application, Paul doesn’t mince words or break into a theological treatise to qualify the gift of Tongues. Many could read into this passage an acceptance of the idea that Tongues is unique prayer language, but a simple reading of the textContinue reading “1 CORINTHIANS 14:1-25 / BLOG”
1 CORINTHIANS 13 / BLOG
This evergreen passage has captured the hearts of our society for its grand philosophy on the nature of love. People use it, erroneously, to speak about romance but that is not its intended usage. It is, at its heart, a treatise on the engine of relationship. Many have confused the driving force of a relationshipContinue reading “1 CORINTHIANS 13 / BLOG”
1 CORINTHIANS 13 / BLOG
What are you doing if your not showing love too others? Your turning away from God. God commands you to love others, I know it’s hard to show love especially when that person isn’t showing it back. But In all honesty that’s just life, if you look back that’s what Jesus did for us. HeContinue reading “1 CORINTHIANS 13 / BLOG”
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