The Cross and God’s Love

Verse: 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when He was betrayed took bread, and when He had given thanks, He broke it, and said, “This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance...

Food or Love?

Verse: 1 Corinthians 8:7-13 However, not all possess this knowledge. But some, through former association with idols, eat food as really offered to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled. Food will not commend us to God. We are no worse off if we do not...

Fight the Good Fight

Verse: I encourage you to read the whole of chapter 23.  I’m going to highlight specific verses and summarize the chapter so we have the context for the commentary. Acts 23:1 And looking intently at the council, Paul said, “Brothers, I have lived my life before God in...

Imagine

Verse: Acts 16:6-10 And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia. And when they had come up to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them. So,...

Christ Alone is Enough

Verse: 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”...