February 4, 2020
“The Church” is not an optional supplement for a Christian, but something that God has ordained. So it should be that when Satan tries to create rifts within The Church, we seek to preserve the relationship that God has created through Christ. 2 Corinthians 1:12-14 provides us with a few questions to ask ourselves when we find ourselves at odds with any brother or sister in Christ so that we might continue on together.
January 29, 2020
Continuing on in the subject of suffering, Paul now writes another aspect of God’s purposes in our suffering- to learn dependence, primarily upon God (and certainly not on ourselves), but secondarily upon His people as well.
January 23, 2020
Suffering, hardship, trouble, whatever you want to call it, is a guarantee in this fallen world- even more so for the Christian. While the question we often ask is “Why?” there is a glimpse of a different question in 2 Corinthians 1:3-7- How? How does God use sufferings to shape and form us?
January 14, 2020
The second letter in the Bible to the Corinthian church begins with a mention of the will of God. It serves as a reminder to us that the church is not a fabrication of men- this is something that God has established for His purposes.
January 7, 2020
Psalm 46:10 says “Be still, and know that I am God.” The reality is that too often we allow busy-ness to crowd out that stillness, to encroach upon our friendship with God. So how does the Christian live out verse 10? Especially when life is sometimes so frantic?
December 19, 2019
There are many military references throughout the New Testament writings. The reason is because it is an excellent metaphor to describe the Christian faith- we are in the fight of our lives! 1 Corinthians 16:13 is a short verse, but it speaks volumes of Paul’s desire to see the Corinthian church continue on until the end.
November 26, 2019
The return of the Lord, for the Christian, will be a day of Victory. A day that will see the complete and quick change of our mortal bodies, it will bring with it the death of death, of sin, and even the end of the Law that magnifies our sin. … So what do we do with this knowledge? 1 Corinthians 15:50-58 says “Hold on till the end.”
November 19, 2019
What hope is there when someone dies? For the Christian, there is a tremendous hope because of Christ’s resurrection. We know that when He returns we shall be raised, and we shall all be changed… This message from 1 Corinthians 15:35-50 follows the format of the text, answering the questions “how?” and “What will we become?”
