Reaching the Lost. Discipling the Saved. Sharing the Love of Jesus with Everyone.
Now [God] is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all live to Him.
Luke 20:38
These last few Sundays of the church year focus us on Jesus’ second coming.
Today we see the Sadducees try to trick Jesus into their false belief that there is no resurrection.
But Jesus turns the tables on them and proves that Scriptures are clear about this – and gives some insight on heaven in the process!
For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.
Romans 3:28
The treasure of the grace of God through faith in Jesus is not something easily believed. When grasped, the magnitude seems incomprehensible. Utterly fantastical. Beyond reason or understanding!
That is why it is lifted so high, taken so deep, and clenched so tightly!
May our lives be reformed because of this ecstatic truth!
I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some.
1 Corinthians 9:22b
Paul wraps-up his letter with final greetings, instructions and hopes for this congregation of flawed but beloved and redeemed people!
We have come a long way through this book.
May we remember, live, and share it in heart, mind, and action!
Thanks be to God!
I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some.
1 Corinthians 9:22b
This long chapter is considered by many the climax of the book as it deals with issues Jesus’ resurrection and our own!
Paul puts it succinctly: “if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain.”
The stakes don’t get higher than that!
But take heart, Christ Jesus has been raised and we will be too!
Thanks be to God!
I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some.
1 Corinthians 9:22b
Today echoes some of our discussion on the Gifts of the Spirit two weeks ago, but gets more into the specifics of Speaking in Tongues and how that should (and should not) be done and why.
This also informs how we are to worship in peace.
I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some.
1 Corinthians 9:22b
This is one of the most used and heard chapters in Scripture; usually at weddings.
People love the description of this greatest gift of Love; and rightly so!
But many don’t see it in the context of the gift of the Holy Spirit and way to pursue our Christian lives with all (not just a bride or groom)!
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