Kinda long and difficult, but let's get into it.
There are just so many things in the Corinthians and specifically in chapters one and two! I can try my best to go ahead and list them all to you and explain all the Points Paul wanted to convey. First, was the fact that Paul wanted us to act in the power that God gives to us! We must understand that the name of Jesus has so much power that we can claim if we are believers! We can claim His power and His promises. The very second thing Paul mentioned was that the church in Corinth was fighting amongst itself, and he pleaded with them to work together, believe together, and become of one mind. Paul made the point that God cannot be ripped apart into bunches of little pieces that different groups can claim. Another point was that the gospel of Jesus' death and resurrection wouldn't make sense to unbelievers but it would make perfect sense to the saved. Verse 19 says that convention wisdom will be turned on it's head. The non leaders will lead, the seemingly foolish will be wise, basically everything reverses because we, as the world, distort God's intentions. Verses 27 & 28 say that God will use the people that world ignores and He will use them to reveal the world's faults. Just realize here that God has plans above our own. We have no idea of God's plans for us until it really just happens, so just follow a God of Eternity and believe He will bring your life into accordance with His plans and you will be used! Ok, I hope there was some connection between all of that because the chapter has so many different points that it was kinda hard to collaborate them all.
Next chapter. Verse nine really says it all. "no one has seen or heard, never so much as imagined what God has arranged for those who love Him." Paul says how magnificent Gods ways and plans are and tells of the gospel again. He says that this gospel of Jesus is not of intellect but rather of spirit. He said that formal education and speech skills is not the basis and background of this gospel but the spirit of God that dwells in us if the basis for sharing with others and really having passion about God. He does say also that an unspiritual self cannot experience the gifts of the Holy Ghost. Unless we are spiritually alive, we cannot tap into all that God has for us. In addition, and so so so important, is that we believers cannot be judged by the non-spiritual. That means to not worry about what others thick about your spiritual gifts, embrace them. Man, I hope I put these chapters into a possibly simpler light. I hope that you all get the points made in these chatters and really act on them!
Love you flood,
Lance Pennington
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1 Corinthians 1
ReplyDeleteWe should be thankful for all believer no matter what is going on (1 Corinthians 1:4; 1 Thessalonians 5:18). Even if we have or have had problems with them, we should be thankful for them because each of us are a part of the body and serve a purpose. Therefore, as parts, we should all be united together for the purpose of advancing the kingdom of heaven. However, if we are arguing and not united then nothing will happen because 1) where there is no vision the people perish (Proverb 29:18) and 2) blessingls flow down when there is unity (Psalm 133). Even if we think that the person can't be used by God, we should be thankful for them, but we shouldn't think that because God has a plan and purpose for all of us (Jeremiah 29:11). We were all created for good works (Ephesians 2:10). Plus God's thoughts and ways are higher than ours (Isaiah 55:8-9). Let's just be thankful for each other and unite together to bring God onto the campus and into our communities.
1 Corinthians 2
ReplyDeleteIn verse 3-5, we see that Paul came to the church of Corinth in weakness with great fear and trembling, but he still preached. We could all learn a lesson from Paul - DO IT AFRAID.
Sometimes we are afraid to share God with others or to pray for them. We must do it afraid. Our fear should never hold us back from allowing another person the chance of accepting Jesus or receiving the answer for their need. It's hard to tell what God wants to do through our obedience to speak Him to people or to pray for people (1 Corinthians 2:9).
For a personal testimony on doing it afraid, here goes. Last Wednesday I heard God speaking to me to pray for the guy that went into Speedway limping. I was very afraid. I prayed for him anyways and he said his leg felt some better. Since then, in one week I've had the opportunity to pray with 3 different people all because I did it afraid the first time.