1 Corinthians 9:24-27 NKJV “24Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it. 25And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we … Continue reading I Discipline My Body
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Flee Sexual Immorality
1 Corinthians 6:13-20 NKJV 13bNow the body is not for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. 14And God both raised up the Lord and will also raise us up by His power. Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members … Continue reading Flee Sexual Immorality
Sexual Immorality Among Us
1 Corinthians 5:1-8 NKJV “It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles—that a man has his father’s wife! 2And you are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he who has done this deed might be taken away from … Continue reading Sexual Immorality Among Us
We Speak the Wisdom of God
1 Corinthians 2:6-14 NKJV 6However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. 7But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory, 8which … Continue reading We Speak the Wisdom of God
Not Words of Human Wisdom
1 Corinthians 2:1-5 NKJV “And I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the testimony of God. 2For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. 3I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much … Continue reading Not Words of Human Wisdom
God Chose the Powerless
1 Corinthians 1:26-31 NKJV For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. 27But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to … Continue reading God Chose the Powerless
Followers of The Flesh
The Church Divided This was the apostle Paul speaking. The church in Corinth was divided because the people were largely becoming followers of man. For they associated themselves as either being of Paul or of Apollos or of Cephas, or some said they were of Christ. So this would be a lot like the church … Continue reading Followers of The Flesh
God Gives Us The Victory
“The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that … Continue reading God Gives Us The Victory
Be Careful That You Don’t Fall
The people of Israel who were rescued out of slavery in Egypt, by God, via Moses, were in the wilderness for 40 years before a minority of them were able to enter into the Promised Land. Most of them did not get to go into the Promised Land and they did not get to enter … Continue reading Be Careful That You Don’t Fall
The Body of Christ
1 Corinthians 12:18-25 NASB1995 But now God has placed the members, each one of them, in the body, just as He desired. If they were all one member, where would the body be? But now there are many members, but one body. And the eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of … Continue reading The Body of Christ
