In our passage this week, Paul clarifies the Corinthians’ misunderstanding of resurrection by pointing them back to evidences of Christ’s resurrection, and pointing them forward to their own eventual resurrection. In…
1 Corinthians 12-14 has one overarching message: Use the gifts that God has given you in an orderly manner to lovingly build up the Body of Christ. The issue in the Church…
The night before He was crucified, Jesus told His disciples that they were to love one another so that they could reflect God’s love to one another and to the world. Unfortunately,…
As believers we have all been given spiritual gifts. Gifts given to us by the Holy Spirit that we have been called to use for His purposes and not our own. In our…
God has saved us so that we will live for His glorious purposes. Therefore, whether we eat or drink or whatever we do, we are called to do it for…
God has given every person a purpose and a ministry. In previous chapters, we saw the Bible’s call to maximize that ministry/purpose. In this chapter, we learn that maximizing our…
God has called His children to live according to an ethic of love where we strive to honour Him and build up one another. Our actions ought not to be determined…
God did not design every person to be married, to have children, to work white-collared jobs, to own homes, etc. Rather, He has created each person to be a unique individual…
God’s call for His Church and His Children are one and the same: Be holy as He is holy. The Church in Corinth has broken this commandment by being idle…
The Apostle Paul stated that there were two types of people in the church: Servants and Spectators. Servants are those who serve Christ and are stewards of the Gospel; they…