Category: 1 Corinthians
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The Sting of Death
1 Corinthians 15:55 “O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting? You and I live in a world where we are constantly exposed to the reality of death. Some of us have been with someone in their last moments on earth. It was a sobering and sad experience, an experience for…
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Prepared to Comfort
1 Corinthians 1:3-4 “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.” One of the…
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Resurrection Hope
1 Corinthians 15:19 “If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied.” The other day I saw a program on TV about the life of baseball player Ted Williams. Some say he was the greatest hitter of all time in the major leagues. After he…
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Tolerance
1 Corinthians 5:9-11 “I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people — not at all meaning the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world. But now I am writing to you not to…
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The Things We Say
1 Corinthians 12:3 “No one can say ‘Jesus is Lord’ except in the Holy Spirit.” One of the commands of Jesus is that we say what we mean and mean what we say. One of the ways in which He commanded this is found in the following passage from the Sermon on the Mount: “Again you…
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What is Godly Separation?
1 Corinthians 3:9-11 “I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people— not at all meaning the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world. But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the…
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The Most Fundamental Question in Life
1 Corinthians 10:31 “So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.” Today I was thinking about and praying over the simple, yet profound words from 1 Corinthians above. As I meditated on these words, a question came to my mind that would transform my life if I…
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Born to Privilege
1 Corinthians 1:26-29 “For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised…
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Essential Examples
1 Corinthians 10:6 “Now these things took place as examples for us, that we might not desire evil as they did.” When you get in a bind, or need to make an important decision, to what do you resort? Do you think about how you’ve handled a similar situation in the past? Maybe you think about…
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For the Sake of the Gospel
1 Corinthians 9:23 “I do it all for the sake of the gospel.” Why do you do what you do? Do you really give much thought to it? Do you just do what seems natural as you go through your day, or do you have specific goals in mind? Perhaps you’re studying to get a degree so you can make a living doing something…
To Encourage You 