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If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I…
But eagerly desire the greater gifts. And now I will show you the most excellent way. (1 Corinthians 12:31 NIV84) In our recent devotions we have been addressing the fact that we (Christians) have spiritual gifts that we are called to use in service to the kingdom of God. Paul let us know that there…
For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea. They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. They all ate the same spiritual food and drank the same spiritual drink;…
If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it. . (1 Corinthians 12:26 NIV84) I think there are two ways to look at this verse. The first is to view it with our local congregation in focus. The second is to view it with the…
“Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air. No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.” (1 Cor. 9:26&27 NIV84) I crack a fearful…
“Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize.” (1 Corinthians 9:24 NIV84) We’ve certainly heard a lot of philosophizing in our society today about “living with a purpose.” The question always becomes, what purpose? Many…
“I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some.” (1 Corinthians 9:22 NIV84) Lately I have been putting a lot of thought into evangelism strategies that I think might work for the 21st century. Today’s verse addresses exactly what I have been thinking. Decades ago, most people…
“Yet when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, for I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! If I preach voluntarily, I have a reward; if not voluntarily, I am simply discharging the trust committed to me.” (1 Corinthians 9:16, 17 NIV84) I absolutely love these verses…
“We know that we all possess knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. The man who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know. But the man who loves God is known by God.” (1 Cor. 8:1-3 NIV84) Jesus claimed that the religious leaders and Pharisees knew and taught…
“Be careful, however, that the exercise of your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak. For if anyone with a weak conscience sees you who have this knowledge eating in an idol’s temple, won’t he be emboldened to eat what has been sacrificed to idols? So this weak brother, for whom Christ…