Acts 28:5-6 But he shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm. However, they were expecting that he would swell up or suddenly fall down dead. But after they had looked for a long time and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds and said that he was a… Read More »
Lord and Master
Romans 1:1 Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated to the gospel of God One cannot be a bondservant without a lord. In the case of Paul, his Master was Jesus, the One whom Paul devoted himself to out of love. God gives us a choice of Who we devote… Read More »
Think Twice?
1 Corinthians 1:10 (ESV) I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment. I like how Paul begins – “in the name of our Lord… Read More »
Think Twice?
1 Corinthians 1:10 (ESV) I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment. I like how Paul begins – “in the name of our Lord… Read More »
Treading
Deuteronomy 25:4 Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. Later in his letter to the church of Corinth, Paul pulls this verse out of the book of Deuteronomy. Paul wrote to them: 1 Corinthians 9:9–11 For it is written in the law of Moses, “You shall not muzzle an ox… Read More »
It’s the Message
1 Corinthians 2:3-5 I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.… Read More »