The saints at Corinth were placing a lot of misplaced emphasis on miraculously speaking in tongues (14:1-5). They did not realize that the purpose of their worship was not only to praise and revere the Lord but also to spiritually strengthen each other (14:26b), and they were to use their spiritual gifts towards this end (12:7).… Read More 1 Corinthians: The Importance of Understanding
We must understand that the primary goal of all preaching and teaching is to spiritually strengthen the listener, something which cannot happen if we make our message too difficult for the average listener to understand (cf. Neh. 8:8).… Read More 1 Corinthians: Uttering Mysteries in the Spirit
In the end, love will remain alongside faith and hope and will forever outrank them in value (13:13). However, the same cannot be said for miraculous spiritual gifts.… Read More 1 Corinthians: When Miracles Would Cease
I didn’t think much of any of my ribs that were out of sight under my skin and didn’t seem to do nearly as much as what my hands or legs which I could see could do…until I broke just one of those ribs. Then I found out very quickly that even that one little bone did a lot more than I thought it did.… Read More 1 Corinthians: The Church Needs You More Than You Think…
If we want to receive salvation through God’s grace, we must be baptized into that one body which is the one church which belongs to Christ. That is the “one baptism” which God recognizes (Eph. 4:5). … Read More 1 Corinthians: “We Were All Baptized Into One Body”
Pre-Denominational Christianity 
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