1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 10
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Validity of Jesus Christ >> Old Testament bears
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instruction >> Teaching from the Old Testament
-- These verses go with verse 26. Israel was baptized into Moses through the
crossing of the Red Sea. The Egyptians also were baptized, but they did not
survive. We also who belong to God are baptized in fire, showing there is
someone indestructible living in our hearts, so what the Egyptians rejected
destroyed them. Once safely on the opposite shore and wandering through the desert, the Israelites
followed a cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. Israel ate from a
common spiritual food and drank from a common spigot, and the rock was Christ.
Mount Sinai billowed smoke and fire; the trumpets blew,
and the word of the Lord came forth, and Moses alone climbed the holy mountain
into the cloud and brought back the Ten Commandments.
1Cor 10,1-6
(105la) Thy kingdom come >>
Faith >> Led by the Spirit into the wilderness >> Wilderness of pain –
It says that the rock was Christ who led the Israelites.
Therefore, Jesus went through a forty-day wilderness of His own, wandering
through the desert, His Father leading Him immediately following His baptism. He did
not know where He was going or what He was doing in the same way that Jesus
led the Israelites through the wilderness immediately after their baptism in
the Red Sea. Every year that Christ made them wander in the wilderness, He wandered a day without food. They were given manna and everything they needed,
but Jesus for forty days went with nothing, being led by the devil. The
fullness of the anointing rested upon Him and it drove Him into the
wilderness. We usually think about Jesus wilderness experience as an
orchestrated event, like a walk in the park, but His Father
orchestrated it, and Jesus was lost in it. It was
painful in body and Spirit, for He had lost touch
with God, and he didn’t know where to go or what to do. The moment He was baptized God suddenly
disappeared. The Father tested Him after His anointing to see what He would do with the power of God. He
left Him in the hands of Satan, tempting Him to use the anointing for evil
rather than for the glory of God. This was a horrible time for Jesus, almost as bad as being
nailed to a cross. His Father left Him when He needed Him most for the sake of
the promise
that He would not leave us in our darkest hour.
See also:
Unbeliever's view of
suffering and evil; 2Cor 4-3,4; 166j
(147b) Witness
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Validity of Jesus Christ >> Jesus’ works bear
witness of Himself >> Remember the Father’s
miracles –
They all drank from the same spiritual drink, referring to the waters of
Meribah (Numbers 20,1-13). The people became thirsty and they complained and
murmured instead of remembering all the things they experienced from the hand
of the Lord. They were delivered from the Egyptians by the mighty hand of God;
they had manna descended from heaven each day for years, and it sustained them,
and their sandals never wore off their feet. All their needs were continually supplied, so when they became thirsty, instead of remembering God’s
faithfulness, they closed their heart and
grumbled against Moses. All God's mercy and greatness was cancelled in their minds, and now they
demanded water. The one thing that Israel over the centuries chose to
forget was the uncanny patience of Moses. It says that he was the most
humble man, and for that reason God spoke face-to-face with him. Note that humility and patience go
hand-in-hand, suggesting that a person who is impatient is also resentful and arrogant.
Since patience is one of the fruits of the Spirit, anybody who does not
practice these fruits replaces them with overbearing pride and hubris.
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(15d) Servant
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Ministering spirits >> Angels Perform certain
duties –
In various occasions the Old Testament speaks of angels. In particular it says that God was not patient enough to lead rebellious
Israel and handed the reigns to an angel to lead them into victory over their
enemies the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites and Jebusites
(Exodus 23,20-23 & Exodus 33,1-5). God said that if He tried to lead them,
He would have destroyed them for their insolence. God didn’t have the
patience to lead Israel, but gave the job to someone who was more gracious and
merciful. Numerous
occasions the Old Testament speaks about Jesus as an angel (Genesis 16,7-13; Genesis 22-11,12; Genesis 32:22–32; Zechariah 1,8-17), and
Paul is saying here that this angel who led Israel from Egypt and through the wilderness
and into the promise land was none other than Christ Himself.
(63a) Paradox
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Anomalies >> Righteous deception >>
God deceives His people
(191b) Die to self (Process of substitution)
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Separation from the old man >>
Baptism symbolizes death, burial and resurrection
>> Baptism is a sign of obedience –
The Israelites were given everything to complete their task; they were under a
cloud by day and fire by night. They passed through the Red Sea and were
baptized into Moses. People who are baptized rise from the water alive, so the
Israelites rose from the seabed alive on the other shore, and so they rose to a new
life
of serving God. Instead of making their own plans, their life
became all about fulfilling His plan for their lives. The same is true for us in
regard to baptism.
(221g) Kingdom of God
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The elusive Kingdom of Heaven >> Kingdom hidden
behind the veil from the world >> God hides from
the mind of man >> He denies His kingdom to man’s
stubborn will –
The trip on foot from Egypt to the promise land would have taken only a couple
months, but Israel’s disobedience expanded their journey to forty years. God had them
wander through the desert until the entire unbelieving generation died. They would
see the sun on their left shoulder and the next day they would see the sun on
their right shoulder; they just walked in circles, and God was leading them.
We think that because we believe in Jesus we will receive nothing but good
from Him, but that was not the experience of the Israelites.
If we are disobedient like Israel, He will make us wander in waterless places
until we set it in our heart to serve Him. Most people in the Church have no
clue about God’s will for their lives, nor do they much care. The only thing
that matters to most people in the Church is their success in the
world, and they blow off any concern about fitting into God’s plan. So, in
His view they are just aimlessly wandering. Most of us have had periods
of disobedience and rebellion when we lost touch with God and a meaningful
direction, when nothing we tried succeeded, when life was empty. A person like that can repent of his obstinance
and God will straighten out his path and lead him into His will that He had
planned from all eternity, just like He did with the Israelites. He can still use
our periods of rebellion, for nothing is wasted, not even our rebellious
years.
1Cor 10,1-4
(36c) Gift of God >>
Gifts from the Holy Spirit >> Spiritual food –
This spiritual food refers to the manna they ate in the wilderness
every day for forty years where nothing grows; even if they journeyed through a
fertile land the earth couldn’t have sustained such a large population
condensed in one place. They were always on the move and couldn’t stop and farm the land, so God sent manna from heaven and fed them for
forty years.
1Cor 10-4
(103f) Thy kingdom come
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Purifying process >> Spirit like water >>
Cleanses you from the desire to sin
(132j) Temple
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Your body is the temple of God >> Holy Spirit is
in God’s people >> Filled with the Spirit >>
Drink in the Spirit –
Christ is the rock of our salvation, and we drink from His Spirit, quenching
our thirst in a desolate land, devoid of any other water source. Jesus is
our lifeline, as He said to the woman at the well; He is a
continually outpouring spring leading to eternal life. A few chapters later He
said in Jn 7-37,38, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes
in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From his innermost being will flow rivers of
living water’” (referring to Proverbs 18:4 and Isaiah 12:3;
44:3; 55:1; 58:11 and Zechariah 13:1; 14:8). The rock of our salvation is
written in the Scriptures, and the person of Christ lives in our heart through the Holy Spirit. In the Old Testament Moses supplied water to
the Israelites, and God gave him specific
instructions on what to say, but he spoke the words that
God told him while pounding His staff on the rock and water gushed
forth, but God did not tell Moses to strike the rock with his staff, and for
that reason God disciplined him because he did not explicitly follow the
Lord’s instruction and consequently he was not allowed to enter the promise
land with the Israelites. Therefore, if we are filled with the
Spirit, we are also like Moses and follow the leading of the Holy Spirit; this is what Paul meant by walking in the Spirit.
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Judgment
>> Levels of judgment
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Judged according to your deeds >> In this life
(49a) Judgment
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Nations are destroyed >> Israel judged as an
example for us –
Did Israel patiently wait for their leader to
return from the top of Mount Sinai? No, "...the people sat down
to eat and to drink, and rose up to play" (Ex 32-6). God called them
idolaters, which is a one-word description of America. What did the Scripture say about them and us? “With most of
them God was not well pleased; for they were laid low in the wilderness.”
They never saw the promise land. After the events of Mount Sinai a
forty-year period overtook the Israelites, and they wandered aimlessly, until
their generation expired. Not even Moses saw the promise land, because he
tapped the rock instead of speaking the oracle of God, as though
Moses had the power in himself to make water come from a rock (Num 20,9-12). Pride entered
his heart and he momentarily forgot the source of his power.
Tapping the rock doesn’t sound like much of an
infraction, but He talked face to face with God, making reverence
an increasing obligation as he drew closer to God. This suggests that if we as a nation become
idolatrous and irreverent, and God does not immediately judge us, it is
because we are nowhere near Him in our hearts, and if we are a Christian
nation as we claim, then we need to remember that “these things happened [to
Israel] as examples for us, that we should not crave evil things, as they also
craved.” Craving evil things can be interpreted as materialism, which is how
this country is defined, and if these things were written for the instruction
of the first century Church, “upon whom the ends of the ages has come,” how much
closer are we to the end of the age? See also: First century Church; 1Cor 10,18-21;
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(64d) Paradox >>
Anomalies >> Limits of God >>
God cannot help but judge sin –
Grumbling is highly contagious and destructive in the Church. If we have a problem with the
pastor, we should go directly to him with our complaint and not grumble about him, spreading
our disease throughout the congregation. Grumbling stirs up people’s minds and puts
doubts in their heads, not just about the Church but also about God. The Church represents
Christ in the world, so to attack the Church is to attack the Lord. He wants to love
the brethren through us, but grumbling does the opposite, being akin to
strife, which also works to divide and conquer. It is not the people who are
orchestrating this so much as the devil, who has the ultimate interest in
destroying the Church. So, either we let God work in us through love, or we
let the devil work in us through strife and division, and there is no middle
ground. They say that actions are greater than words, but the
Bible teaches that our words are part of our actions, for it all comes from the same
spigot. James asked the question, “Does a fountain
send out from the same opening both fresh and bitter water?” (Jm 3-11). If
it
doesn’t happen in nature, then it
shouldn’t happen with us.
See also:
Synergy in the
Church; 1Cor 11,16-22; 178h
(92h) Thy kingdom come
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The narrow way >> What kind of trail is this? >>
The wrong gate is wide and many enter by it
(153e) Witness
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Validity of the Father >> God bears witness
against the world >> Shame >>
Hiding under a cloud of guilt >> Preferring
darkness over the light -- These verses go with verses 18-21
(154g) Witness
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Validity of the Father >> God bears witness
against the world >> Witness that the world is
rebellious against God >> Witness against sin –
Hundreds
of years of rebellion in Israel led to their Babylonian takeover, and then seventy years later
they were allowed back to their homeland, claiming to have learned their lesson, but they
didn't learn anything. Centuries of rebellion hardened their hearts to their God and to His laws, turning them into
a nation of reprobates, so when Jesus finally came, they were ready to murder
their own Messiah. Obviously there were some good people in Israel; Jesus had a following:
He had his closest disciples, the twelve, and many others followed Him,
but most of the nation was corrupt. What made it worse, they believed they were serving God. They were extremely
zealous for their laws, thinking that breaking them was their mistake
that led to the Babylonian takeover, but their big mistake was misinterpreting
their law. Abraham, Isaac and Jacob served
the Lord with a good heart without need of law; but after Israel had been
enslaved for 400 years, they hardened their heart against God and never recovered. Why did God
allow them to be slaves? Some people fault God for this, but He was testing them to see if they would
believe in Him after suffering Egyptian tyranny. Their enslavement
embittered them, making them unable to
believe in God. Apparently Israel as
a nation gave up on God during their enslavement and decided He didn’t care
about them, and
rumors arose that choosing their father Abraham and raising up his offspring to
become a great and mighty nation was just a myth. Once God came for them and
exiled them from Egypt with a mighty hand, they were unable to back-peddle
fast enough to put their hearts in place to serve Him. The lesson: do not harden
your heart, "for you do not know which day your Lord is coming" (Mat
24-42). See
also: Heart of man; Gal 5-5,6;
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(157d)
Witness >> Validity of the believer >> Evidence of being
hell-bound >> Being displeasing to God >> Leading a fruitless
lifestyle –
Grumbling is a sign of unbelief. That is not to say Christians don’t
grumble. Those who feel the need to grumble and continually start rumors and divisions
in the Church and never repent, there is no reason we should believe they are
born-again believers in Jesus. They might have learned the language of
Christianity and they might be able to convince people they believe in God,
but if the end result is strife and division, it is doubtful anything
about them is real. We only need to inspect their fruit as Jesus taught. He spoke in such a way
that human behavior is not something we need to diagnose. If their fruit is
strife and division, then they are bearers of thorns and thistles and not of
grapes and figs (Mat 7-16). These are the kind that are fascinated with evil and doing wrong,
and upsetting
people’s lives instead of blessing them. There have always been people like
this; Israel was full of them in the days of Moses to the point that God
denied the promise land to an entire generation of grumblers. They learned it
during 150 years of captivity, and they developed longstanding habits that
they were unable to break, not even after seeing His miracles. The Pharisees witnessed the miracles of Jesus and grumbled
about Him (Jn 6,41-44).
(172b) Works of the devil
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Manifestations of the devil >> Tares among the
wheat >> Devils among the saints >>
Unrighteous among the righteous
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Responsibility >> Prevent God’s judgment
on your life –
God chose Israel through Abraham, and they have
suffered more than any nation. To be chosen of God was a great
blessing, and it was also a great responsibility. If they blew it, tremendous consequences
would follow them, because they are dealing with God, who is not like fallen man. His judgments are
just, so that whatever happens to us we deserve.
After God finishes judging us, He longs to bless us and forgive us and cleans
us from all unrighteousness for His namesake. That is exactly what God intends
to do for the Jews one day. They have been lost for 2000 years, but they will
find their way in the last days. When they see persecution returning
the same as in World War II, they won’t accept such a fate again, but
neither will they be able to fight against it, so their only alternative will be to
accept Jesus Christ as their Messiah, and He will be waiting for them with
open arms (Lk 15,18-25). They
will believe and obey God and do
everything God commands of them, and the gentiles will
benefit from their
faith. See also: Great Endtime Revival (Jews will manage the gospel [144,000]);
Mat
21-43,44; 21e
(12e) Servant
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Bad examples – There is one definite advantage of a bad
example: we know what not to do. There is also one prominent disadvantage of a bad
example: we have more knowledge than the Israelites about the
consequences of our actions and are consequently apt to have a
stricter judgment for following in their footsteps (2Pet 2,4-9; Jude 5-7,11).
(194g) Die to self (Process of substitution)
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Turn from sin to God >> Hate evil >>
Victory over sin >> Hate evil by loving good
1Cor 10-7
(195h) Denying Christ
>>
Man exercises his will against God >> Idolatry >>
Worshipping other gods >> Worshipping other gods
as a servant -- This verse goes with verse 14
(196d) Denying Christ
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Man exercises his will against God >> Immaturity >> Not mature enough to die to self
>>
Unable to put down the flesh
1Cor 10-8
(134k) Temple
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Your body is the temple of God >> Sins of the
body >> Immorality >>
Sexual perversion >> Basic immorality – Paul depicted the immoral man as sinning against
his own body (1Cor 6-18); that is, the immoral man thinks he is blessing
his body by giving his flesh what it wants. The spirit
of man and his flesh is like having a relationship with the devil; we
give him what he wants and we end up getting hurt. If
the body were separate from the spirit it would die, and without the body the soul
could not sin. By this we see that body and soul are one in
many respects, and for this reason the sins of the body are transferred to the
soul. Body and soul are so intricately woven together that the secular man denies
he has a spirit. However, we who are spiritual
understand that the physical realm is superimposed over the human spirit,
being inseparable until
biologically the physical can no longer support life and evicts the soul.
See also: Sacrifice our flesh to abide in the will of God; 1Jn 4-15; 78l
1Cor 10-9
(181a) Works of the devil
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Practicing witchcraft >> Rebellion >>
Rebelling against God >> Rebelling against the
authority of God
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(158b) Works of the devil
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Essential characteristics >> Divide and conquer >>
Strife >> Grumbling –
Paul presented a short list of all the mistakes Christians make as
illustrated by Israel in the Old Testament, and grumbling is toward the top of
the list, being highly
destructive. “Destroyer” is one of the names given to Satan, suggesting
that in the days of Moses God used Satan to judge the children of Israel. The context of being destroyed by the destroyer is that after man has been
worshipping demons, God decided to give man what they wanted and give the
demons what they wanted, letting the
demons destroy the idolaters, one destructive force destroying another. This
suggests that grumbling has roots in demon worship, that is, idol worship, and the main idol
of grumbling is pleasure. The grumbler wants what he wants when he wants it on a silver platter. If anybody is a grumbler and causing
strife and division, he might praise the Lord with his mouth but worships
demons with his
actions. This will manifest in the last days, based
on Rev 9-11, where it talks about the chief of demons, whose name was Abaddon
or Apollyon, which means destruction and destroyer in Hebrew and
Greek respectively. They were called first to torment those who received the
mark of the beast, and later God altered their appearance and ministry to
“destroy those who destroy the earth” (Rev 11-18). So, destruction seeks those who
hold the same attribute in that, “If
anyone kills with the sword, with the sword he must be killed” (Rev 13-10).
The Psalms and Proverbs speak about a man being destroyed by his own sin,
“His own iniquities will capture the wicked, and he will be held with the
cords of his sin” (Proverbs 5-22). “He has brought back their wickedness
upon them and will destroy them in their evil.” "Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit they have made. The trouble they cause recoils on them; their violence comes down on their own heads."
(Psalm 94-23; Psalm 7-15,16).
1Cor 10-11
(50c) Judgment
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God judges the world >> These are the last days
1Cor 10-12
(22n) Sin
>>
Pride comes before a fall –
This passage characterizes the sliding continuum between humility and pride; the more pride the less humility,
being
inversely proportional to each other. Note that Paul didn’t say, ‘Let him
who is proud take heed lest he fall;’ he said, “Let him who thinks he
stands…” That is all it takes to fit the definition of “proud”, though
Paul urged in other cases to “stand firm” (1Cor 16-13). So if we don’t
stand, we’re in trouble and if we do stand, we’re in trouble. We need to
stand firm against Satan, but if we think we are in good standing with God and
man, beware. There are sins in our lives
that we don’t know, and there is willingness to explore sin
that we don’t want to know. Nobody can say, ‘My walk is perfect;’ we all have
sins that are offensive to God, and He doesn’t accept
them but bears with us.
(77j) Thy kingdom come
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Tapping into the power of God through humility >>
The humble realize the source of their power –
This life is so frustrating, difficult and complicated that we need
certain outlets to occasionally let off steam; for if we let stress and
tension accumulate, we
will explode. Our relationship with God helps; we pray and seek God to
dissipate our anxieties, but there are always things in our lives that
frustrate us to the point of despair, things that make us wish we were never
born. We have moments when we think life just isn’t worth it. Most of the
time we just wish we could die and go to heaven. We get tired of this life
because we know the life to come is so much better, and we become impatient
and want to go there now. All these things come upon us at times, blowing over our souls with a scorching wind. We pray and there is not
enough time in the day; we read our Bible and there aren't enough words, and so we choose our vises. Every Christian
has a set of them, a sin that is erosive to our faith. The best of
us do this, and the ones who say they don’t are lying. If a person’s life
is so perfect that he doesn’t need a vise to occasionally stabilize him,
then he ought to produce the fruit of it, so where is all this fruit? Everybody has secret sins, and Paul says that anyone who denies
this, anyone who claims to have a perfect life, take heed!
They are full of pride and about to fall. The best thing we can do is
confess our sins to the Lord and admit we allow them, and ask that He take
them away in His time, which will be our time when we no longer need them. See
also:
Man is utterly sinful;
Rom 10-1; 247h
(94n) Thy kingdom come
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Perspective is your personal reality >> How you
interpret your point of view
(178c) Works of the devil
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The religion of witchcraft >> Presumption (Hinduism) >>
Presuming the facts about the circumstances >>
Presumption interprets our observations
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(54m) Paradox
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Opposites >> Be mature and run
(137j) Temple
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Building the temple (with hands) >> Maturity >>
Stages of maturity are levels of accountability >>
Maturity is working with God
1Cor 10-13
(28g) Gift of God
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God is our advocate >> God protects us through
endurance –
Most things that happen to us are common. Our persecutions and hardships have all
happened to our brethren throughout the generations, but God is faithful to control the level of suffering we endure. He assures us
that we will not be overcome by our circumstances if we will only follow the
Holy Spirit. We must ask
ourselves what would it be easier, for God to control our circumstances, or for God to control the level of grace in
our lives to manage our suffering? God can far more easily control the amount
of grace in our lives than to control our circumstances, and so that is
generally what He does. There are other times when God steps in and controls
our circumstances, but we must be prepared to receive His grace long before we
can expect to see His hand affecting our circumstances.
This management of sorrow through grace is our
gift from heaven; it is ours to keep forever, the one
possession we can take with us to heaven. God does not give us His
grace for a season but gives it for all time, “for the
gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable” (Rom 11-29).
(30d) Gift of God
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Prepare to receive from God >> God supplies our
needs under certain conditions
(31j) Gift of God
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Gift of His grace >> Being responsible with it –
James said that God tempts no one and nor can He be tempted (Jm 1-13), though
He allows temptation to test His people. God moderates our temptations, yet sometimes
we become overwhelmed. When this
happens, they say that life has exposed them to trials too difficult to
handle, and some have partially or completely lost their faith as a result. Is
that God’s fault? If God is moderating our temptations, then how did we get
overwhelmed? Often, people have invited disaster into their own lives through poor life
decisions. God doesn’t moderate trials and temptations that we
cause for ourselves; how could He? He will not stop us from doing whatever we
want, because preserving our will is more important to Him than keeping us
from exercising our volition. If it turns out that the temptations we
invite into our lives overcome us and we lose our faith over them, it just proves
that these things were more important to us than God's will in our lives, which is idolatry. God
is seeking people who will obey Him, who will live in a world of temptation,
but let Him steer us around them, though inevitably we will run aground on
some. If we feel that our temptations are getting the best
of us, it is probably because we are asking for it; the best thing to do is
repent and go back to God and start afresh, making it our life’s goal to do
His will
only and stop sinning. People who find it too difficult
to live for Jesus are too disobedient to follow Him. They need to get rid of everything that is tempting
them and stop straddling the fence.
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Judgment >> Judgment day >> God judges the world >>
The great tribulation
(99h) Thy kingdom come >>
Endurance (Thorn in the flesh) >> Enduring circumstances >> Endure temptation
– Our suffering is to our benefit, for it gives
God reason to bless us with His grace in the form of an anointing, which
enables us to endure our circumstances, otherwise why did James say,
“Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials;
knowing that the testing of our faith produces endurance.” This endurance
comes from the anointing (which is a word that refers to the grace of God)
that perfects us and completes our faith.
Endurance and grace are synonymous, causing Paul to say, “…with the temptation
[He] will provide a way of escape also, that you may be able to endure it.” God’s grace is directly proportional to our suffering, so to the degree that
we are pressed under sorrow is the degree that we receive grace for
endurance. Now we know God’s way of escape is through grace,
but from what are we escaping? He helps us escape from the snare of
disobedience, so we can continue being faithful to Christ, regardless of our
circumstances. Hardship and difficulties apart from God's grace have a way of hardening our
heart,
so God endows us with His anointing to help us circumvent the sin of unbelief.
(102d) Thy kingdom come
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Faithfulness (Loyalty) >> Faithfulness is
dependable >> God is dependable
(116e) Thy kingdom come
>> Faith >> Working the grace of God >> Through worship >>
Entering His hiding place
(140a) Temple
>>
Temple made without hands >> Hiding place >>
The doorway –
This is God’s
manner of delivering us from temptation: He uses that temptation itself to provide
a way of escape, that we may be able to endure it. That is, God uses
temptation to
deliver us from temptation, as Jesus also said in the Lord’s Prayer, “Do not lead us
into temptation, but deliver us from evil” (Mat 6-13). Rev 3-8,10 also says,
“I know your deeds. Behold, I have put before you an open door which no one
can shut, because you have a little power, and have kept My word, and have not
denied My name.” Then verse 10, “Because you have kept the word of My
perseverance, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, that hour which
is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the
earth.” Every person who walks through this open door is rescued from
temptation, and the hour of testing is the time of the antichrist, and the
temptation is
receiving the mark of the beast, which would seal our eternal fate if we took
it. He uses
the temptation to provide a way of escape by creating a door in the temptation
itself, where the antichrist cannot go. It is like the
movie The Truman Show where there was a door at the perimeter of his
make-believe world. Truman got tired of living a lie after realizing his life
was a mere production for society's viewing pleasure,
found a little boat and sailed into stormy seas, and when He got to the horizon, he bumped into the outer perimeter of his fantasy world and
climbed into the sea, only waist deep, looking for a way to escape his
facsimile, and located a door, walked through it and discovered a new reality. Like Truman, we walk through the door from this
fantasy world that temptation has invented to discover the wilderness, where
reality is awaiting us. This is where God will deliver His people in the last
days, in the wilderness, meaning that man's world is unreal, a mere facsimile
of his imagination. The principle is the same in every temptation of life, God
creates a door for us to use that exposes the backside of Satan's deceptions.
Once we walk through this door and view our temptations from the other side, the power of temptation
dissipates, but if we remain within the temptation, it will maintain its power over us.
(160i) Works of the devil
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Temptation >>
Overcoming temptation >> Prayer overcomes
temptation
(228g)
Kingdom of God >>
God’s kingdom is a living organism >> God
working in you >> God is working in you to place
you in His will >> To lead you in His purpose
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(192k) Die to self (Process of substitution)
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Turn from sin to God >> Repent >>
Stop practicing sin >> Run from sin
(195h) Denying Christ
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Man exercises his will against God >> Idolatry >>
Worshipping other gods >> Worshipping other gods
as a servant -- This verse goes with verses
19-30. Idol
worship back in the day was based on superstition, consisting chiefly of the
Baals. There was one for the spring rains, one for harvest and one for every solar, lunar and human event, and they
all robbed God of His glory. When He gave them rain, people gave the
credit to a stupid statue. He was kind to
people, and they wouldn't even acknowledge Him. We all know that kneeling
before a dumb idol won’t make it rain. Things have changed since then;
people are not as superstitious; we have grown in knowledge. We now trust our scientists who tell us that God doesn’t exist.
Much as things have changed, they have remained the same. We understand weather patterns
and the causes for rain, making idol worship obsolete; science has become
our new idol. We don’t kneel and pray to dumb statues anymore; today
man has found God in himself, and the knowledge that man has achieved has
become his new idol.
1Cor 10-15
(69g) Authority
>>
Righteous judgment >> Meditate on discernment >>
Judging what is right
–
Paul was writing to people he expected to properly interpret him, and these
were the Corinthians who were the most immature Christians of all his
epistles. God also expects each of us to properly interpret him, but do we?
If we miss Paul’s point, we have no excuse, and if we get it wrong, it
proves our spiritual immaturity. The most likely reason we want the Bible to
say something it doesn't is to corroborate with our religion. We cannot properly interpret the
Scriptures to save our souls, proving that we are far less mature even than
the Corinthians, which is saying a lot. According to the seven churches
in the book of Revelation, Laodicea was extremely immature, and the Church in the 21st
century resembles
them.
1Cor 10,16-21
(130a) Thy kingdom come
>>
Manifestations of faith >> Unity >>
Being in one accord >> Communion
(230a)
Kingdom of God >>
God’s kingdom is a living organism >> Partaking of Jesus >>
Partaking of communion –
The body and blood that Jesus gave for us is what communion represents. The most
poignant aspect of this ceremony is the fact that we cannot share with someone
else the food we eat. We can share our meals together, but the food we put in
our mouths we cannot share; it becomes ours alone. In the same way, we can
share the gospel with someone, but we cannot share our faith, for it is ours
alone. A
husband and wife who have become one flesh sit at the dinner table and eat
their meals together on separate plates. So too when we consume the bread and
wine, it is ours alone. Jesus’ heart
pumped His blood from his body and it dripped all over the street, where he
made the arduous trip to Golgotha, there nailed to a cross, hoisted into its
stand and left to die. His
body was given for us. Jesus never wanted us
to literally drink His blood, anymore than He wants us to be cannibals, yet all symbolism points to something literal.
The sacrifice He made for the sins of mankind belongs to anyone who will accept that He died for our
sins. We needed this
sacrifice for God to forgive us, and without it we were destined to be
separated from God forever. Now that the grace of God has been revealed, we
only need to receive it, and God uses our faith to receive the Holy Spirit, who comes to dwell in
us, and we become born-again, destined to live forever with Him in paradise.
1Cor 10,16-18
(76n) Thy kingdom come
>>
Desires >> Word is food >>
Bread of life is the word of God
1Cor 10-16,17
(37g) Judgment
>>
Redemption of man >> His blood is the gift of His
grace
(131j) Thy kingdom come
>>
Manifestations of faith >> Unity >>
Many members but one body
>> Many partakers but one loaf of bread
–
We are the children of God, as in marriage where the man and woman are one
flesh, though not every day seems like a union. Married couples have separate interests and desires, different
hobbies, different habits, different ideas and thoughts, yet the Bible says they
are one flesh, and that speaks to more than sex. Over the years husband and wife
meld together; they rejoice together and suffer together as a single life. This too is what it means to be a member of the body of Christ. Sometimes we
seem distant from each other; we have different views of God, different ideas
about the Bible, pray about different things; our faith and devotion
to Christ differ in magnitude and emphasis, yet God calls us one body. The arm is
linked to the torso, fingers to hand, hand to wrist, wrist to
arm. We are not in pieces but connected. When there
is a task at hand, we all help each other, feet standing in position, hands
working on the project, but we all have the mind of Christ, who is head of the
body, telling us what to do, operating together.
(135l) Similarity In
the Body (Key verse)
(135m) Temple
>>
Your spirit is the temple of God >> The body of
Christ >> Similarity in the body >>
The things we have in common >> Common salvation
(136g) Temple
>>
Your spirit is the temple of God >> The body of
Christ >> Jesus’ spiritual body
–
There is a lot of arrogant thinking in the Church today that resists associating
with other members of the body of Christ. In order for unity to exist we need to associate with each
other and spend time together. In ninety-nine percent of the cases the only time
we ever see each other is at church. We go through the
motions together, and that is the only thing we do in unison, but that is not
what constitutes genuine unity. Paul does not call participating in a
church service unity; rather, He talks about people meshing their lives together, dedicated to one another. Even if this happened
a little, it would change the world, but gross disobedience cancels what little
unity exists between us. In heaven we will be united
as a single body in ways that are incomprehensible in this life.
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(153e) Witness
>>
Validity of the Father >> God bears witness
against the world >> Shame >>
Hiding under a cloud of guilt >> Preferring
darkness over the light -- These verses go with verses 5-11
(163l) Works of the devil
>>
Being a slave to the devil (Addictions) >>
Entertaining demons >> The Church entertains
demons – Paul begins speaking directly to the Catholic
faith again, flashing back to chapter 8 and resuming his discussion about
eating things sacrificed to idols, saying that those things which the
gentiles sacrifice to idols, they sacrifice to demons and not to God,
attempting to steer the Church from being sharers with demons. This is
speaking in context with taking communion. Those who believe the bread and wine
magically turn into the body and blood of
Christ at the blessing of the priest, are communing with demons. He reminds us
that we cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; we cannot
serve two masters; we must make up our mind whom we will serve. See also:
Catholicism; 173g
(173g) Works of the devil
>>
The religion of witchcraft >> Catholicism >>
Unholy sacrifice (Penance) >> Offering sacrifice without
God’s approval >> Sacrifice against the will
of God
-- These verses go with verses 27-29. The
first century Church is something that has never recurred; it literally
changed the world, in that the second century Church was a composite of the
first century and the third. When we
compare Paul and his friends to Catholicism that came 200 years later—in the
third century—the difference is enormous, especially when considering that
Catholicism was the official Christian religion for 1200 years, until
the Protestant Reformation came in the 1500’s. In almost every respect
Catholicism is a cult, except that it acknowledges the trinity, being the only
thing that makes it a true Christian religion. However, they practice many
cultic, pagan rituals that are nowhere near the teaching of Scripture. They have a
habit of just making up beliefs, indicating they have not subjected themselves
to the authority of Christ. Catholicism took Christianity under siege over a
millennium before anyone decided to do something about it, which accounts for
half the entire age of grace. Now that Christianity has escaped the oppression of
Catholicism, we seemed to have fallen into apostasy again. There is complacency in the Church so thick today we could cut it with a
knife. See also:
See also: Catholicism; 1Cor 10,25-28;
155a / History of the Church (First century Christians); 1Cor 10,5-11; 49a
/ 1Pet 5,1-3; 138j
(176h) Works of the devil
>>
The religion of witchcraft >> Zeal without
knowledge (Spirit w/o the word) >> Resolution
without relationship
(183f) Works of the devil >>
The origin of lawlessness >> Spirit of Error (Anti-Christ / Anti-Semitism) >> Nursery for
the Spirit of error >> Ignorance
(196b) Denying Christ
>>
Man exercises his will against God >> Idolatry >>
Worshipping the devil –
Paul
said in 1Cor 8-4, “Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to
idols, we know that there is no such thing as an idol in the world, and that
there is no God but one.” This is really quite an amazing statement after
all the hullabaloo concerning idolatry in the Old Testament. In fact, the very first commandment
says that we should have no other gods. Chapter after chapter in the books of judges, I & II Kings and
I & II Chronicles spoke of God judging the Israelites for their idolatry,
and now Paul is saying that idols don’t really exist. What he meant was that
to us there is no such thing as an idol, but to those who fall down and
worship them, idols do exist, and to them there are many false gods in the
world. We see them as props for demons, for there is a demon hiding behind
every idol, looking for a way into people's lives. God
didn’t want Israel worshipping idols, because He didn’t want His people
worshipping His nemesis, Satan, the person who is His exact opposite.
1Cor 10,19-30
(195h) Denying Christ
>>
Man exercises his will against God >> Idolatry >>
Worshipping other gods >> Worshipping other gods
as a servant -- These verses go with verse 7
1Cor 10,19-21
(163j) Entertaining
Demons (Key verse)
1Cor 10-20,21
(185f) Works of the devil
>>
The origin of lawlessness >> Mystery of
lawlessness >> Having knowledge but not knowing
God
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(63g) Paradox
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Anomalies >> Sarcasm >>
Be pretentious >> Pretending to be stupid
(75k) Thy kingdom come
>>
Motives >> Jealously manipulating people – There are plenty of shysters and false prophets who jealously manipulate people to get what they
want. They know how to dangle temptation in front of people and make them dance without giving them anything, while the people give them all their money and trust. Paul is talking about idolatry in this chapter, returning to the Old Testament when the Lord warned Israel that He is a jealous God (Exodus 20-5). The concept of God’s jealousy has aroused many people’s curiosity as to what it means; why would He be jealous of us? Some of these charlatans who manipulate people would do the same to God if they could, by refusing to love and worship Him with a whole heart, inciting God to jealousy. They are not trying to manipulate Him, are they? Doesn’t God’s jealousy prove just how invested He is in mankind, who made us to be His worshippers? When we become insanely jealous of something or someone, wanting something so bad it hurts, we have an inkling of how God feels about us. How many times have we heard that God loves us, and then we grin and do what we want, instead of allowing the love of God to motivate us to love and
good deeds? Does not our complacency incite God to jealously; we are not stronger than Him are we? If we think we are, then we are deceiving ourselves, and in fact isn’t the destructive power of idolatry self-deception? We must deceive ourselves before we can deceive anybody else, especially God. We must lie to ourselves and say that God is okay with us if we don’t serve Him, because He loves us; and since He loves us, He would never judge us, so we can do
what we want and he can’t touch us. This is manipulation 101.
1Cor 10,23-30
(118k) Thy kingdom come
>>
Manifestations of faith >> Freedom >>
Law of the spirit >> Law of liberty –
If we want to dine with an unbeliever, we have that freedom. Christianity
doesn’t say we should have nothing to do with unbelievers; if one invites us
to dinner, we can go. The believer’s liberty is well-documented in the New
Testament; Paul was a strong advocate of freedom. We are free to do
righteousness, which is not true of unbelievers, who are in bondage to their
unbelief and the sin associated with it, but we have been set free from sin,
and we have the freedom to live for Jesus and do what is good and right.
So, when we dine with an idol worshipper, Paul advises us not to ask if
the food was sacrificed to idols. In this case it is better to remain ignorant. To us it
doesn’t matter if the meat was sacrificed to an idol, unless the meat is
turning green or smells of death, or the heathen ritual involved sprinkling
the meat with poison. Otherwise, Rom 14-14 says, “I know and am convinced
in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself; but to him who thinks
anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.” We are free to eat whatever
is set before us with no fear of voodoo curses coming upon us.
1Cor 10-23,24
(234k)
Kingdom of God >>
Pursuing the kingdom >> Invest in the kingdom >>
Be a blessing >> Be a blessing and love your
brother -- These verses go with verses 31-33
1Cor 10-24
(13h) Servant
>>
Support the body >> Serve selflessly –
If we cut this verse out of the Bible and threw the rest away, and the whole
world obeyed this one and only statement that God ever made to mankind:
“Let no one seek his own good, but that of his neighbor,” people would
create paradise on earth. This is the only verse we need, if we weren’t so
hopelessly lost in sin, but because of that we also need the story of Jesus
and the epistles that explain the gospels that tell how He came to save us
from our sins and made us acceptable to the Father. If we include that, then
we should also include the history of man with God in the Old Testament,
which is the basis of Jesus coming in the flesh. Phi 2-4 says, “Do not
merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests
of others.” In that verse Paul gave us permission to pay attention to our
own interest as well as others, but to the Corinthians he took away
“self” and told them to care only about their neighbor, starting with
their immediate family, then the brethren at church and finally those who
are lost and in the world. If everybody did this, people would be looking
after us as we looked after them. Blessing would come from every direction
as we reciprocated the blessing to others, meeting every need and concern in
front of us, as others met our needs behind us. We would never have to worry
about robbers or losing the things we have gained, except that we would be
giving it all away, at the same time that others replenished what we have
freely given. This is exactly the way it will be in heaven; we have no needs
there, because everybody will be caring for everybody else, so we don’t
have to care about ourselves.
(127b) Thy kingdom come
>>
Manifestations of faith >> Kindness >>
Be kind like God >> Kindness is meeting the
needs of the saints -- This verse goes with verse 33
(131c) Thy kingdom come
>>
Manifestations of faith >> Unity >>
Brother depends on you >> To care for his
needs
(235f)
Kingdom of God >>
Pursuing the kingdom >> Invest in the kingdom >>
Giving (your inner self) >> Giving preference
to one another -- This verse goes with verse 33
1Cor 10,25-33
(55g) Paradox
>>
Opposites >> The mature are no stronger than the weak in faith
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(54l) Paradox
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Opposites >> Do not let that which is a good
thing be spoken of as evil –
We don’t want to know if
our food was sacrificed to an idol; we
don’t even care, but if a friend informs us that the meat was sacrificed to
an idol, then we don’t eat it for his sake, not ours. If we eat the meat
knowing it was sacrificed to an idol, to our friend we will be
condoning the worship of his gods, and we don’t want to
condone evil. We are to serve our brothers and our neighbors and even our
enemies with the gospel, taking their point of view into consideration. We who
believe in Jesus should not inadvertently model the practice of idol worship
and Christianity as though they go together. We don’t want to close the gap
between Christianity and paganism, or limit the distinction between the
believer and the unbeliever. We want to preserve that gap, so they understand
they need to make Jesus Christ their Lord and Savior and abandon their
religious idols and witchcraft and whatever practices that are contrary to Christianity. Paul wants us to maintain the distinction between
us and them, not for our sake but for theirs, that they might be saved.
This gap represents the offense of the gospel; it represents the fact that God
accepts no one apart from Christ. People can say what they want about God,
but the bottom line is this: everyone wants to believe that God accepts him. No
one wants to feel below standard in the eyes of God. Realizing that
we are unacceptable to God marks the beginning of every person’s journey
back to Him.
(175l) Works of the devil
>>
The religion of witchcraft >> Ignorance >>
Lack of knowledge –
Obviously the unbeliever is ignorant; he is an idol worshipper, and the meat
market is full of meat that has been sacrificed to idols, and he knows what
cut has been sacrificed to which idol; he knows all about his religion, and he
may know the tenets of the Christian faith and the doctrines of salvation, but
if he is an unbeliever, he is still ignorant of God. If he doesn’t have the
Holy Spirit dwelling in him, who gives the revelation of God’s word, he may
have head knowledge of the Scriptures, but he has no revelation of the
sacrifice that Jesus made to cleanse mankind of sin.
1Cor 10,25-28
(155a) Witness
>>
Validity of the believer >> Witness of the
believer >> Conscience >>
Having a good conscience >> Doing right to the
best of our knowledge – If someone invites you to a Catholic Church,
go with him, and take communion without asking questions for conscience
sake. Paul says in Rom 14-14, “I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus
that nothing is unclean in itself; but to him who thinks anything to be
unclean, to him it is unclean.” Then, it says here, “The earth is the
Lord’s and all it contains,” implying that there is no substance under
heaven that is intrinsically evil, but we assign evil to certain things by
using them for evil or simply deeming them unclean. See also: Catholicism; 1Cor
10,27-29; 173g
1Cor 10-26
(141i) Witness
>>
Validity of Jesus Christ >> Old Testament bears
witness to the new >> Old Testament is for our
instruction >> Teaching from the Old Testament
-- This verse goes with verses 1-11
(214a) Sovereignty
>>
God is infinite >> Jesus owns you >>
God owns everything –
This is a quote from the Old Testament (Psalm 24-1), making this statement
doubly sure and indicating its importance. Knowing that God created everything
is the basis of our faith. Even so, He delegates it to His creation.
Everything He owns He delegates, to the point of giving us place on His
throne, which no other created being can say, yet He maintains His place in
creation as God and Creator of the universe. He is the origin of all things; He has all authority and
power; God lived in eternity past, but we were created; He is infinite; He has all wisdom; He is all knowing and
predestines all things according to the counsel of His will, and He understands things we never
will. For all these things we worship Him. We worship God for all the ways that
distinguish Him from His creation, for all His attributes that only He possesses. He has
given us all authority and power, yet He has given none of it away. For
example, a boss can give ten people authority to accomplish a certain task
that he wants done, and when they finish, the boss takes credit for what they
did, because without his authority, they could not have done it. In this
way he exponentially increases his authority. God can give us a place on His
throne, and we can sit in judgment, yet God maintains the final authority. He
will give us cities that will grow into countries, that will grow into planets
that will grow into galaxies that we will manage, and each person will have
his own galaxy or system of galaxies, yet we will always have reason to
worship God, because He created it all. We may manage our little corner of the
universe, but He owns it all. Over the billions of years as we watch
everything grow and see the Kingdom of God spreading throughout the universe,
we will glimpse infinity, for His kingdom will have no end (Isaiah 9-7). See also: New heavens and a new earth (God will create another race of man and put us in charge of them);
Gal 4,1-7; 117gb
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Works of the devil >> The religion of witchcraft >>
Catholicism >> Unholy sacrifice (Penance) >>
Offering sacrifice without God’s approval >>
Sacrifice against the will of God -- These verses go with verses
18-21 Paul describes a member of the Catholic
Church as an unbeliever. He instructs that if a Catholic invites us to church,
we can take communion if we wish without asking any questions, but if our friend explains that the bread and wine transform into
the body and blood of Christ at the blessing of the priest, don’t take
communion for his sake, not ours. This is how free we are: we would not be spiritually endangering
ourselves if we took communion even in full knowledge of its association with
demons, but if we take communion when our friend knows that we know it is a
form of witchcraft, we will be inadvertently condoning it, wounding his conscience. Paul’s main point is that we should avoid contradicting the
true doctrines of the faith by condoning evil and offending the
conscience of others for the sake of our freedom. See also: Catholicism; 1Cor 10,18-21; 163l
1Cor 10,28-30
(17c) Sin
>>
Unrighteous judgment >> Judging in the flesh >>
Evaluating circumstances by the carnal mind
1Cor 10-29
(154j) Witness
>>
Validity of the believer >> Witness of the
believer >> Conscience >>
Having a good conscience >> God is my conscience
1Cor 10-30
(82i) Thy kingdom come
>>
Prayer >> Thankfulness >>
Giving thanks for His blessings
1Cor 10,31-33
(13g)
Servant >> Serve the body
>>
Promoting its health >> Be a blessing
(234k)
Kingdom of God >>
Pursuing the kingdom >> Invest in the kingdom >>
Be a blessing >> Be a blessing and love your
brother -- These verses go with verses 23,24
1Cor 10-31
(156g) Witness >>
Validity of the believer >> Evidence of
salvation >> Manifesting the Holy Spirit is
evidence of salvation –
This verse does more to differentiate between the believer and the unbeliever than
perhaps any other verse in the Bible, yet it is invisible to the naked eye.
There are many things Christians do and say that are different from
unbelievers, but it doesn’t really amount to much. People in the world
wonder what is the difference between them and us, and this verse answers
their question: we keep our mind trained on Jesus. One of the best ways to describe this verse is
practicing the presence of God. Doing this usually is not anything that anyone
could physically measure; nobody else knows what we are thinking;
only He knows, and this is what
makes us His worshippers. It is a true mark of a Christian,
and fellow Christians can discern this about us, and that spiritual
discernment stands as evidence of our salvation.
(233l)
Kingdom of God >>
Pursuing the kingdom >> Seeking the glory of God >> Seek His glory without wavering
>>
By all means seek the glory of God –
Paul is telling us to seek the glory of God in all aspects of our lives. We sit down to dinner we say a prayer as a formal acknowledgement of God, yet
Paul is telling us to acknowledge Him informally in everything we do. When we
get to heaven, we will discover our names written in the Lamb's Book of Life,
as those who acknowledge God in all things. In His literal presence we will know for sure that He is watching us
and sees everything, but in this life most people fool themselves into
believing He
doesn’t really know what is happening or that He even cares. God knows
and cares.
(250a) Priorities
>>
God’s prerequisites >> Sequence of priorities >>
In all things ... >> Glorify God in all things –
All that is not sin we do to the glory of God, so the first way to
give glory to God is to stop sinning, and then honor Him in everything we do. Some of the examples Paul gives, “whether we
eat or drink…” are some of the most basic functions of life; even drinking
a glass of water we do to His glory. We are to acknowledge Him in all
our ways, “and He will make your paths straight” (Proverbs 3-6). This is
how it is in heaven; everyone there acknowledges God as a form of worship.
We don’t acknowledge Him only when the water tastes good, but even if we
must drink from a puddle.
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(1c)
Responsibility >> Avoid offending God and
people >> Avoid the appearance of evil
-- We often
think of evangelism as a vigilant task, but much of evangelism is trying to
avoid offending the person we want to save. If the person knows where we stand
with Christ, there is nothing more we need to say; evangelism after that is
based on what we do. We must wait for
the person to open his heart to God, but if we continually offend the person
by contradicting our faith, or by needlessly offending him, his salvation may never come.
(2i)
Responsibility >> Avoid offending God
>>
Get out of His way >> Do not touch the apple of
His eye >> Do not offend the weak in faith –
We actually have freedom to eat meat that has been sacrificed to idols (Vs25-33; also
1Cor 8,7-13). We know idols are a spoof,
suggesting that Christianity was ahead of its time by thousands of years; in
fact, the only reason idol worship is so antiquated is because of Christianity.
There may be a demon hiding behind every idol, but we personally do not
worship them. Moreover, just because a certain cut of meat has been sacrificed
to an idol doesn’t mean we shouldn't eat it,
but Paul says we should not eat it in front of a person who is weak in faith
if he knows that we know that it was sacrificed to an idol, or we may
inadvertently condone idol worship if he is predisposed to such things.
(11l) Servant
>>
Paul’s example of ministry
(150b) Witness
>>
Validity of Jesus Christ >> Works of the Church bear witness to Jesus >> Evangelism >>
Instructions on evangelism
1Cor 10-33
(127b) Thy kingdom come
>>
Manifestations of faith >> Kindness >>
Be kind like God >> Kindness is meeting the
needs of the saints -- This verse goes with verse 24
(235f)
Kingdom of God >>
Pursuing the kingdom >> Invest in the kingdom >>
Giving (your inner self) >> Giving preference to
one another -- This verse goes with verse 24
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