Revering the Word

This is an important and challenging teaching. Please take it all in.

This is a very important chapter of scripture.

It is very beneficial even without context but yet I do believe what Paul is saying is amplified and clarified by seeing it is in the middle of two chapters on Spiritual gifts written to a church that in many ways was immature and I believe getting ahead of themselves in areas when they lacked Christian character. They wanted the gifts of the Spirit but lacked the fruit of the Spirit.

The teaching from Chapter 12 really should be listened to with the teaching from chapter 13 and 14.

Search Got Questions for articles on Cessationism and Continuationism.

This podcast will get into women’s dress and men and women’s roles in the church and family.

I believe in a concept called complementarianism.

You can read about it here.

https://www.gotquestions.org/complementarianism.html

In Proverbs 10 Solomon reminds us of the blessing in honoring God with our living and warns us of the ruin of wickedness.

This chapter is about not taking part in worldly false worship of the people around us but seeking to give glory to God in our behavior in the world to win the world.

Paul in this chapter makes the case that a minister who preaches the gospel has a right to be paid for his work. However, may that minister, like an athlete be disciplined and not a phony.

David had a remarkable life and God miraculously protected Him in order to make David King. Although we are not David and were not anointed to be King on earth, just as God promised David a throne on earth, he has promised us a throne in heaven.

This is an amazing Psalm that shows us our need and foreshadows a Savior who died on Mount Zion to graciously meet it.

In Christ we have been set free from many Old Testament Laws. We also have been freed from the bondage of sin. Sometimes Christians use “freedom” in Christ to justify free or even sinful living. Thank God for the freedom we have been given but always seek to honor Christ in your living.

This is one of the more challenging chapters of the Bible for me to preach. Mostly in regards to remarriage. God’s desire is for one marriage for a lifetime. How do we interpret the various passages on this topic and how does God’s grace for our sin fit into this topic in comparison to other sin? Can God love us and forgive us when our actions are not his desire? I believe the answer is yes, however the goodness of His Grace should not be claimed to promote us going in a direction that is not pleasing to Him. Yet, are we not all thankful for His love and grace that covers a multitude of sin!?

• I misspoke early in podcast when I said Paul wanted us to live “im”moral sexual lives. Clearly you can see throughout the whole teaching that is not what I meant to say. I trust you can tell from all said that was an error in speaking and not intent. I mean to say “moral.”

In this episode it is revealed that believers are to work out things with each other on earth and that we should be able to knowing one day we will judge the earth. Secondly, we learn of God’s high standard or sexual morality.

This is an important teaching about using good judgement and when to judge behavior and when not too.

This is an important chapter in church life because with people there can and will be problems.

The solution.

1. Leaders conduct yourselves honorably
2. Church body be careful to in pride to create division in the body.
3. All seek to build unity and seek to honor one another.
4. If there is something to discuss do not build factions but rather go to the person you need to talk to alone and be humble. Maybe there are facts to which you are unaware.
5. If that meeting alone does not yet build unity then agree on bringing in other Godly counsel to assist in building unity.
6. If you have done all this and division remains that cannot be resolved it may be good to consider finding a new church.

In my experience, sadly, many of these God ordained steps are not followed.

Sometimes in this life evil seems to have its way but you can trust in ages and places to come God’s lovingkindness will be for those who believe and do good and justice on those who do not and live for evil.

This is truly a glorious chapter or scripture dealing with the foundation of our lives, our purpose, and a future reward.

It also deals with the Holy Spirit, flesh and more.

The Word of God is called the Word of God because it was birthed from God’s breathed spirit. When listening to preaching the focus should be on God and His Word and not man. When one sees God’s Word in reverence spiritual power your quiet time changes.

The newly found church in Corinth had the challenge of living for Jesus among a pagan city. They struggled with divisions in the body, a sinful culture around them, and a lack of maturity in the exercise of spiritual gifts.

One of the most beautiful things in life is to see a man or women continue to grow in wisdom and spriritual connection to God and then serve Him faithfully all the way to the end.

Even though God knew of their future waywardness God is going to be with them and bless them in taking the promised land. Moses the man of God prayed a special blessing upon the tribes on the presuppose of taking the land.