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“Paul made it clear that there is no way to “pretty up” the Cross. Its power lies in its stark, brutal reality. God has saved the world through a hideous murder.” YOU MUST READ THIS!!:)
The church at Corinth had a problem with preaching. I do not mean to say that they did not like preaching. No, indeed. They liked preaching a lot. In fact it was one their favorite forms of entertainment. And this, of course, was the problem. Preaching had become a show. It had become an amusement, a diversion to be appraised and applauded as just another form of sophisticated Greek rhetoric.
The Greeks of Paul’s day prized skilled oratory above all other forms of public entertainment. The most celebrated personalities of their day were the sophists and rhetoricians. Accomplished public speakers were the rock stars and movie stars of that day. This attitude bled over into the church at Corinth, and preaching was being corrupted into just another form of public speaking.
Paul highlighted this problem in I Corinthians 1-4 while addressing the more obvious problem of division within the church…
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How true is this? I’m hungry. I hope my spirit man is getting as fat as my fleshly man (my body). Lol ARE YOU HUNGRY?
Jesus said that man shall not live by bread alone, but by “every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.” Jesus is saying that man lives by the Word of God as much as he lives by bread. This means that our human existence and life proceeds out of spiritual sustenance as much as natural sustenance.
Since the fall, and particularly in modern times, man tends to think that he lives only by the natural food that he takes into his mouth, but this is a delusion. Indeed, the lack of true “life” that we see around us every day, the poor quality of life that most people endure, is a result of trying to live only by physical bread, only in the physical realm. Man was created to live by the Word as well as by bread, and thus, those who do not feast on the Word…
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This truly is my heartbeat & sincere belief. A few years ago I would not have been so passionate about this principal taught by Jesus. Take it from me, you don’t want to learn this lesson the hard way. 🙂
We tend to judge success by many different measures. Money, fame, possessions, friends, and so on. But it is striking that Jesus judges success altogether differently. At the last judgment, He describes a life “well done” in terms of care shown to the poor. It is amazing the things that Jesus doesnot mention.
He said in Matthew 25, “Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was hungry, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, and…
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Accountable balance in PROPHECY.
N.T. Wright defines prophecy in the best, most succinct way I have ever read. He says that prophecy is “the Spirit-led interpretation of scriptural truth.” I would add only one thing: Prophecy is the Spirit-led interpretation and application of scriptural truth. And I say this because it seems to me that prophecy has a way of going beyond mere interpretation of what the text said to addressing current situations and applying what Scripture said. However, I love this definition because it grounds prophecy in the Scripture. It connects organically Word and Spirit, which can never be separated.
Too often prophecy is seen as a subjective, mystical experience where men speak out of their own mind rather than speaking the mind of God. And the mind of God can only be known by the Scriptures. However, the Scriptures cannot be understood apart from the Spirit of God. They…
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She’s Not PLU
Two proud ladies sat talking talked in confidential tones about a newcomer in their small town while in the presence of a local official.
“She’s not PLU,” said the first lady to the man.
“PLU?” He asked with a wrinkle in his brow.
“Yes, PLU. People Like Us.” She gave a knowing smirk of superiority and leaned back in her chair satisfied with her belief that she was the better person.
*This incident may not be common conversation in everyone neighborhood, but the Bible shows us that it truly has been a problem for thousands of years.
In Biblical Times
One Of The First Instructions To Israel After They Exited From Egypt Was How To Treat The Non-Believers That Chose To Live Among Them.
Leviticus 19:34 But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou…
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