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Unbelievable Truth The first six verses of chapter eight reminded the Corinthian Christians that the knowledge they had was a consequence of their regeneration. Our knowledge of God is a reflection of His knowledge of us. Remember that God's knowledge of us and... ( added 3 days 1 hour ago.)

Happy Holiday! "Therefore," Paul begins 1 Corinthians 8:4, concluding what preceded this verse. The first three verses of chapter eight establish the ground or basis of what follows. Because our love of God is based upon our mutual covenantal faithfulness, God's... ( added 8 days 6 hours ago.)

Ethics, Morality and Love The other night my brother, David, was talking about the difference between ethics and morality. He recently heard someone argue that the difference between them is that the ethical person knows what not to do, but the moral person simply refuses... ( added 12 days 8 hours ago.)

The Illusion of Knowledge "But concerning the sacrifices to idols, we know that we all have knowledge" (1 Corinthians 8:1). The context, "sacrifices to idols," involves holiday meals that were consecrated by false gods and celebrated by most everyone in the community.... ( added 18 days 11 hours ago.)

Sexual Ignorance "From now on, let those who have wives live as though they had none" (1 Corinthians 7:29). What in the world does this mean? Were husbands to ignore their wives? To walk out of their marriages? Not at all, that's not what Paul meant. But there's a... ( added 25 days 6 hours ago.)

Potential Jerusalem Marriages The sense of verse 1 Corinthians 7:25 is the same as that of verse 1 Corinthians 7:12 in that Paul is not suggesting that people are free to disregard his advice, but rather that he is speaking about things that have not been covered in Scripture... ( added 27 days 6 hours ago.)

Unbelieving Spouse God "chose us in him before the foundation of the world" (Ephesians 1:4). We also know that the Holy Spirit is not awakened in God's people until they hear the Master's voice (John 5:25, 10:3, 10:27). Salvation is a matter of hearing the voice of... ( added 31 days 18 hours ago.)

Mixed Marriages When Paul says, "To the rest I say (I, not the Lord)" in verse 12, he suggests that what he is about to say has not been explicitly said anywhere else in Scripture. He is not demeaning his comment, as if to say that we are free to disregard it if... ( added 35 days 4 hours ago.)

Marriage And The Trinity Having discussed the prohibitions of Christian morality regarding immoral sexual relations, Paul now provides counsel regarding proper Christian sexuality. Seven chapters into Paul's letter to the Corinthians Paul is still discussing the same... ( added 52 days 11 hours ago.)

What's Wrong With Sex Apart From Marriage? Paul uses an example of temple prostitution for two reasons. First, he has already identified that the Corinthians have misunderstood something significant related to God's teaching about sexuality, fornication in particular. And secondly... ( added 57 days 6 hours ago.)

Freedom and Possibility Paul, like a doctor examining a patient, put his finger on the Corinthian sore spot -- sexual immorality -- in order to determine and demonstrate to the patient that there was indeed a problem that needed to be treated. He began with the age-old... ( added 69 days 8 hours ago.)

Heaven's Short List Paul created a short list of those who will not inherit the kingdom of God: "neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers... ( added 77 days 5 hours ago.)

Shame and Judging People Paul asked, "do you not know that the saints will judge the world?" (1 Corinthians 6:2). The Greek word translated world is "kosmos," and includes the globe we call earth and everything that inhabits it. By this Paul means that the Gospel of Jesus... ( added 91 days 17 hours ago.)

Hypocrites and Cognitive Dissonance Paul went on to specify one special kind or group of sinners that are particularly harmful to the body of Christ, and whom Christians should avoid. "But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is... ( added 99 days 13 hours ago.)

Viral Pride The corrupt leaders of the Corinthian church boasted about the very thing that corrupted them. Paul called them "puffed up" in 1 Corinthians 5:2. He repeated the charge in verse 6 by telling them that their "boasting is not good." Their main... ( added 108 days 7 hours ago.)

Sin & Judgment "And you are arrogant! Ought you not rather to mourn?" (1 Corinthians 5:2). The Greek word literally means to inflate or puff up, and is often translated as "proud." The clear implication is that they were proud or arrogant with regard to their... ( added 112 days 13 hours ago.)

Porneia "It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not tolerated even among pagans" (1 Corinthians 5:1). Chapter 5 begins with a difficult text. It is not difficult to understand what it says. The meaning is... ( added 118 days 3 hours ago.)

Foolishness, Pride and Church Growth Paul described some of the people in the Corinthian church as "puffed up." The Greek word (phusioo) means inflated, proud, even haughty. He repeated the charge in the next verse. He spoke as if a major aspect of the problem that he was addressing... ( added 125 days 7 hours ago.)

The Art of Genuine Imitation Paul had been harping on the differences between gospel wisdom and worldly foolishness. In particular, he had been trying to get the Corinthians to see this difference by contrasting the apparent success of the Corinthian church, which had grown... ( added 135 days 8 hours ago.)

False Christianity In 1 Corinthians 4:9 Paul contrasts his success with the success of the Corinthian church. He suggested that men like himself and Apollos were treated as if they had been sentenced to death, like they had become a spectacle or embarrassment to the... ( added 137 days 17 hours ago.)

Divisive Waters Human beings must take care not to issue judgment or discern things apart from reference to God. The word judgment is to be understood in its widest meaning here. It means making decisions, evaluations. And it incorporates the ability to discern... ( added 140 days 15 hours ago.)

Crazy Christians If the church were just another autonomous gathering of people with common interests, that would be one thing. But because the church is the moral linchpin of the greater society the defilement of the church produces the moral decline and eventual... ( added 154 days 15 hours ago.)

Defilement & Unity Paul has established that the Spirit of God dwells with believers. He makes an analogy to the Old Testament Temple by saying that believers are the Temple. It is important that we understand who Paul refers to here. The Greek word translated as... ( added 158 days 8 hours ago.)

Christian Antithesis There is an antithesis between Christian maturity and worldly wisdom. That means that they are mutually exclusive. They are opposed to one another. What serves to increase Christian maturity undermines worldly wisdom, and what serves to increase... ( added 184 days 11 hours ago.)

Marketing Christ How does the purpose of marketing change the purpose of business? Here's an example. Manufacturers will substitute a less expensive ingredient for a higher quality ingredient. And the marketing department will shift attention away from the... ( added 186 days 20 hours ago.)