We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death [1 John 3:14]. “We know that we have passed from death unto life.” You can know whether you are a child of God or not. The idea that we cannot know ...
14. For we know that we have been translated from death into life . This is what offends Satan, for he sees that we do not belong to the kingdom of death and darkness. Thus we would receive much praise today if we joined their crowd. But Paul has depicted their ways in 2 Cor. ...
Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was priest of God Most High, and he blessed Abram, saying, “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth. And blessed be God Most High, who delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything. ...
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The Everlasting Day In many Church creeds, you will find a statement such as this: “We believe in the everlasting conscious bliss of all who truly believe in our Lord Jesus Christ”. In chapter 21 of Revelation, John sees that eternity of joy and receives a revelation of a “new heaven and a new earth”, ...
God’s View of Wisdom (3:18-23) 18Do not deceive yourselves. If any one of you thinks he is wise by the standards of this age, he should become a “fool” so that he may become wise. 19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in ...
GOD THE MASTER BUILDER (3:5-23) 1. Paul and Apollos Merely Servants (3:5-9) 5What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe—as the Lord has assigned to each his task. 6I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. 7So neither he who plants nor ...
1 CORINTHIANS 3 C. WISDOM AND SPIRITUAL MATURITY (2:6-3:4) 3. Divisions a Sign of Worldliness (3:1-4) 1Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual but as worldly—mere infants in Christ. 2I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready. 3You are still worldly. ...
The Teaching of the Spirit (2:10-16) 10but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. 11For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the man’s spirit within him? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except ...
WISDOM AND SPIRITUAL MATURITY (2:6-3:4) 1. God’s Secret Wisdom (2:6-9) 6We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. 7No, we speak of God’s secret wisdom, a wisdom that has been hidden and that ...