This chapter is so profound for my little family. God blessed my sweet babies to bring down what was once considered powerful in my life. They not only humbled me, and opened my eyes to abuse, BUT they humbled those that held power over me, and God used that humility to break chains!! Oh my goodness! I knew that was true, but 1:27-28 was an absolute clarification that was His hand in the whole scenario and continues to be! Thank you, Jesus, for blessing me in such a way.
Grace is always first, peace always second. This is due to the fact that grace is the source of peace. Without grace there is and can be no peace, but when grace is ours, peace must of necessity follow.” (Lenski)
Thank you for the workbook! That is very kind of you. Thank you also for continuing to share your knowledge about the Word with us and encouraging us on our journey of knowing God and His Word better.❤
Oh man!!!❤❤❤ "God's not trying to change your personality." That will preach! Run off with it Kaela ❤❤❤ this statement is totally going on my hallway whiteboard for my family 😊 thank you for giving us that. I have always struggled with hiding my personality because I thought it was wrong and that God wouldn't approve. But of course, that's not what He wants. Of course, I know that I can't hide anything from Him, but I have tried to dim my personality and change it to the point where I couldn't remember what my personality was, who I am, for a long time. ❤
I am so so glad you received that freedom. We still have to examine ourselves, but my goodness look at Paul. His boldness, his... shall I say... "gangster ways"... remember who he was before. Now he uses that personality FOR THE KINGDOM. Yet we do still have to check ourselves to make sure it aligns with Christ. ☺️
Thank you for the free workbook/journal and for also starting another book of the Bible. Your hard work and dedication is greatly appreciated. I love all you have taught me!!! I pray that God continues to bless you!
Wow! Well thank YOU so much for continuing to encourage me. It is a lot of work and dedication, but the fact that I actually get to receive DAILY rewards through comments like this... PRAISE GOD! 🙌🏼
Good Morning Kaela! Abba bless you! I'm new and rarely comment but you have been such a huge blessing to me ❤ Thank you for taking the time to make these videos 😊
Paul’s plea is that they stop ripping each other apart, tearing up the body of Christ. c. But that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment: The contrast to divisions is to be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. Instead of being torn apart, Paul pleads that they would be joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
c. Enriched in everything by Him in all utterance and in all knowledge: This was the effect of grace in the life of the Corinthian Christians. The Corinthians were a “rich” church, not only materially, but also in their speech and knowledge of Jesus (all utterance and in all knowledge… the testimony of Christ), in their abounding in the gifts (come short in no gift), and in that they lived in anticipation of Jesus’ coming (eagerly waiting). i. The work of God in the Corinthian Christians could be seen by what they said, by what they learned, by a supernatural element in their lives, and by their expectant anticipation of Jesus’ return.
An apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God: With this, Paul emphasizes his point and already begins contending with the Christians of Corinth. It is as if he says, “You all may not recognize my apostolic credentials. That is of little importance to me, because I am not an apostle because of a popular election. I am not an apostle through the appointment of the other apostles. I am an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, not the will of any man.”
the church of God which is at Corinth: Notice the contrast: The church of God (something good), which is at Corinth (someplace bad). Understanding the tension between the church and the city is important to understanding the letter of 1 Corinthians. The bottom line is this: is the church influencing the city, or is the city influencing the church?
Fantastic! Thank you for posting this. This is a question that I needed for my own current placement. I feel like God planted my family in our new home to influence the community. However, it didn't take long for the community to influence me and pulled me away for a time from my focus. Even though it was a short time, much happened. I now need to go back and fix where I fell short and allowed influence to infiltrate in a negative manner.
“I bless God that there are so many denominations. If there were not men who differed a little in their creeds, we should never get as much gospel as we do… God has sent different men to defend different kinds of truth; but Christ defended and preached all… Christ’s testimony was perfect.” (Spurgeon)
I feel like we can look at the Holy Trinity and see how even the Trinity have seperate assignments with an end goal to complete in Unity!!! Beautiful 💜 thats a gut check! What is my unique assignment? And how am I pursuing that assignment and how can i do better?
Sosthenes our brother: This man Sosthenes is perhaps mentioned in Acts 18:17, as the head of a Corinthian synagogue who was beaten because he protected Paul.
Love it! So true. I love that we saw Philip baptize the Eunich right then and there. I wonder if when the Gospel was first being shared if the people thought it did matter who baptized them as there maybe were only a few at first. So curious about their thoughts too ☺️
There is little information about Chloe in the New Testament, just one sentence that mentions her name. But one thing is certain, Chloe is known to the Corinthian church, otherwise Paul would not have mentioned her. And if she is the host of a house church that included her whole household, she would have been a woman of standing and one of the powerful.[20] Considering the report that her people brought to the apostle Paul, it is likely Chloe is a prominent female minister like Priscilla and Phoebe who were also women ministers of standing connected with the church at Corinth (Acts 18:1ff; Rom. 16:1-2).
Which is at Corinth: Corinth was one of the great cities of the ancient world, and a community very much like Southern California. It was prosperous, busy, and growing; it had a deserved reputation for the reckless pursuit of pleasure. Corinth had a rich ethnic mix, and it was a center for sports, government, military, and business. i. When Paul came to Corinth in A.D. 50 the city was famous for hundreds of years before he was born. Ancient writers considered Corinth “rich, prosperous… always great and wealthy” (Mare). The Romans destroyed Corinth in 146 B.C., but Julius Caesar rebuilt the city a hundred years later.
On verse 24, would that be referring to just the "Easter Sunday only" goers? I don't mean any offence to anyone by any means but there are those who are.
That's not offensive at all. AND... I don't think there were "Easter Sunday only" goers when Paul wrote this letter to the church at Corinth 😉 I love your thinking. Sometimes we need to go to some other teachers and scholars to help. Here's a free online commentary I use all the time: enduringword.com/bible-commentary/1-corinthians-1/
When Paul first came to Corinth, the ruler of the synagogue was a man named Crispus. Crispus believed on the Lord with all his household (Acts 18:8), and was saved. So he was fired from - or quit - his job as ruler of the synagogue! ii. His replacement was a man named Sosthenes, who was beaten by the Roman officials in a bit of anti-Semitic backlash against the Jews who tried to persecute Paul. Perhaps this same Sosthenes in Acts 18:17 is now with Paul, so Paul calls attention to the man with him whom the Corinthian Christians would know: Sosthenes our brother. iii. It was common in the ancient world to dictate a letter to a scribe who would write it all down. Probably, Sosthenes was Paul’s scribe (or, more technically, his amanuensis).
. Righteousness means that we are legally declared not only “not guilty,” but to have a positive righteousness. It means that the righteous deeds and character of Jesus are accounted to us. We don’t become righteous by focusing on ourselves, because Jesus became for us… righteousness. ii. Sanctification speaks of our behavior, and how the believers are to be separate from the world and unto God. We don’t grow in sanctification by focusing on ourselves, but on Jesus, because Jesus became for us… sanctification. iii.Redemption is a word from the slave trade. The idea is that we have been purchased to permanent freedom. We don’t find freedom by focusing on ourselves, because Jesus became for us… redemption. The path for God’s glory is Christ crucified; the evidence of God’s glory is His choice of the lowly.
The words sanctified and saints communicate the same idea, of being set apart from the world and unto God. Corinthian Christians are called saints, but this was not based on the outward performance of the Corinthians. It was founded on a promise of God, when He said for I have many people in this city (Acts 18:10). The Corinthian Christians are called… saints, but this isn’t exclusive to them. They are saints together with all who in every place call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Jesus is both their Lord and our Lord, and because they share a common Lord, they share an essential unity.
How can Paul be confident of this when the Corinthian church has so many problems? He can be confident because God is faithful. He is the One who has called them into the fellowship of His Son, so He is the One who will confirm them to the end and present them blameless. f. His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord: In these first 10 verses, Paul refers to Jesus in every verse, for a total of 11 times. In this emphasis on Jesus, Paul promotes the sure cure for the problems of the Corinthians: ******getting your eyes off self and on Jesus*******
The Lord Jesus Christ: Paul will often (more than 17 times in the letter) refer to Jesus as the Lord Jesus Christ; it is well to recall what the title means. i. Lord: A title designating not only master and boss, but also the Lord revealed in the Old Testament (known as Yahweh or Jehovah). “This term could be no more than a polite form of address like our ‘Sir.’ But it could also be used of the deity one worships. The really significant background, though, is its use in the Greek translation of the Old Testament to render the divine name, Yahweh… Christians who used this as their Bible would be familiar with the term as equivalent to deity.” (Morris, in Romans) ii. Jesus: The given name of the son of Mary, and adopted son of Joseph, which is the Greek pronunciation of Joshua. The name Joshua means, “Yahweh is salvation.” iii. Christ: This is the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew word for Messiah, or “Anointed One.” This is the One prophesied by the Old Testament Scriptures, sent by the Father to save and deliver us.
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You are so welcome. Glad to see you still hanging in there chapter by chapter ☺️
This chapter is so profound for my little family. God blessed my sweet babies to bring down what was once considered powerful in my life. They not only humbled me, and opened my eyes to abuse, BUT they humbled those that held power over me, and God used that humility to break chains!! Oh my goodness! I knew that was true, but 1:27-28 was an absolute clarification that was His hand in the whole scenario and continues to be! Thank you, Jesus, for blessing me in such a way.
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Grace is always first, peace always second. This is due to the fact that grace is the source of peace. Without grace there is and can be no peace, but when grace is ours, peace must of necessity follow.” (Lenski)
Thank you for the workbook! That is very kind of you. Thank you also for continuing to share your knowledge about the Word with us and encouraging us on our journey of knowing God and His Word better.❤
You are so welcome! Thank you for hanging out with me and encouraging me along the way.❤️
Thank You for the workbook ,Kaela❤
You are now one of my teaching Priest!
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You are so very welcome. I pray it helps you examine yourself and go deeper in your relationship with God, experiencing Him in a fresh way.🙏🏻
Oh man!!!❤❤❤ "God's not trying to change your personality." That will preach! Run off with it Kaela ❤❤❤ this statement is totally going on my hallway whiteboard for my family 😊 thank you for giving us that. I have always struggled with hiding my personality because I thought it was wrong and that God wouldn't approve. But of course, that's not what He wants. Of course, I know that I can't hide anything from Him, but I have tried to dim my personality and change it to the point where I couldn't remember what my personality was, who I am, for a long time. ❤
I am so so glad you received that freedom. We still have to examine ourselves, but my goodness look at Paul. His boldness, his... shall I say... "gangster ways"... remember who he was before. Now he uses that personality FOR THE KINGDOM. Yet we do still have to check ourselves to make sure it aligns with Christ. ☺️
Thank you for the free workbook/journal and for also starting another book of the Bible. Your hard work and dedication is greatly appreciated. I love all you have taught me!!!
I pray that God continues to bless you!
Wow! Well thank YOU so much for continuing to encourage me. It is a lot of work and dedication, but the fact that I actually get to receive DAILY rewards through comments like this... PRAISE GOD! 🙌🏼
Thank you for your free work book., much appreciated and grateful.
You are very welcome. I pray it gives you some extra examination of yourself in your time with God through 1 Corinthians ❤️
I love this kind of teaching thank you Kaela ❤
Praise God!🙌🏼 I'm so honored that you're continuing on with me❤️
Good Morning Kaela! Abba bless you! I'm new and rarely comment but you have been such a huge blessing to me ❤ Thank you for taking the time to make these videos 😊
Wow! Good morning. And praise God! 🙌🏼 I'm so glad you're here with me❤️
Paul’s plea is that they stop ripping each other apart, tearing up the body of Christ.
c. But that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment: The contrast to divisions is to be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. Instead of being torn apart, Paul pleads that they would be joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
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You're so welcome. I know it may seem like a lot, but just like we keep doing everything - day by day.☺️
Thank you so much for the free workbook!!❤
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Thank you for providing the workbook free of charge Kaela. So very grateful. Can’t wait to continue studying !
You're very welcome. This whole book had me looking deeper into a lot in my own life and I hope it will do the same for you and everyone else.
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Thank you for the free workbook.
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Thank you for another book of the bible.
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Thank you for the workbook Kaela and another great Bible study!
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Thank you for the workbook journal! So excited to do another book with you by Gods grace❤️
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c. Enriched in everything by Him in all utterance and in all knowledge: This was the effect of grace in the life of the Corinthian Christians. The Corinthians were a “rich” church, not only materially, but also in their speech and knowledge of Jesus (all utterance and in all knowledge… the testimony of Christ), in their abounding in the gifts (come short in no gift), and in that they lived in anticipation of Jesus’ coming (eagerly waiting).
i. The work of God in the Corinthian Christians could be seen by what they said, by what they learned, by a supernatural element in their lives, and by their expectant anticipation of Jesus’ return.
Good morning ☀️ from sunny California📖 😎
An apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God: With this, Paul emphasizes his point and already begins contending with the Christians of Corinth. It is as if he says, “You all may not recognize my apostolic credentials. That is of little importance to me, because I am not an apostle because of a popular election. I am not an apostle through the appointment of the other apostles. I am an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, not the will of any man.”
Amen....
Late night for me!
the church of God which is at Corinth: Notice the contrast: The church of God (something good), which is at Corinth (someplace bad). Understanding the tension between the church and the city is important to understanding the letter of 1 Corinthians. The bottom line is this: is the church influencing the city, or is the city influencing the church?
Fantastic! Thank you for posting this. This is a question that I needed for my own current placement. I feel like God planted my family in our new home to influence the community. However, it didn't take long for the community to influence me and pulled me away for a time from my focus. Even though it was a short time, much happened. I now need to go back and fix where I fell short and allowed influence to infiltrate in a negative manner.
“I bless God that there are so many denominations. If there were not men who differed a little in their creeds, we should never get as much gospel as we do… God has sent different men to defend different kinds of truth; but Christ defended and preached all… Christ’s testimony was perfect.” (Spurgeon)
I feel like we can look at the Holy Trinity and see how even the Trinity have seperate assignments with an end goal to complete in Unity!!! Beautiful 💜 thats a gut check! What is my unique assignment? And how am I pursuing that assignment and how can i do better?
Beautiful visual ❤️
Sosthenes our brother: This man Sosthenes is perhaps mentioned in Acts 18:17, as the head of a Corinthian synagogue who was beaten because he protected Paul.
The power of baptism is in the spiritual reality it represents, not in who performs it.
Love it! So true. I love that we saw Philip baptize the Eunich right then and there. I wonder if when the Gospel was first being shared if the people thought it did matter who baptized them as there maybe were only a few at first. So curious about their thoughts too ☺️
Leon Morris describes Corinth as “Intellectually alert, materially prosperous, but morally corrupt.”
There is little information about Chloe in the New Testament, just one sentence that mentions her name. But one thing is certain, Chloe is known to the Corinthian church, otherwise Paul would not have mentioned her. And if she is the host of a house church that included her whole household, she would have been a woman of standing and one of the powerful.[20] Considering the report that her people brought to the apostle Paul, it is likely Chloe is a prominent female minister like Priscilla and Phoebe who were also women ministers of standing connected with the church at Corinth (Acts 18:1ff; Rom. 16:1-2).
Which is at Corinth: Corinth was one of the great cities of the ancient world, and a community very much like Southern California. It was prosperous, busy, and growing; it had a deserved reputation for the reckless pursuit of pleasure. Corinth had a rich ethnic mix, and it was a center for sports, government, military, and business.
i. When Paul came to Corinth in A.D. 50 the city was famous for hundreds of years before he was born. Ancient writers considered Corinth “rich, prosperous… always great and wealthy” (Mare). The Romans destroyed Corinth in 146 B.C., but Julius Caesar rebuilt the city a hundred years later.
On verse 24, would that be referring to just the "Easter Sunday only" goers? I don't mean any offence to anyone by any means but there are those who are.
That's not offensive at all. AND... I don't think there were "Easter Sunday only" goers when Paul wrote this letter to the church at Corinth 😉 I love your thinking. Sometimes we need to go to some other teachers and scholars to help. Here's a free online commentary I use all the time: enduringword.com/bible-commentary/1-corinthians-1/
When Paul first came to Corinth, the ruler of the synagogue was a man named Crispus. Crispus believed on the Lord with all his household (Acts 18:8), and was saved. So he was fired from - or quit - his job as ruler of the synagogue!
ii. His replacement was a man named Sosthenes, who was beaten by the Roman officials in a bit of anti-Semitic backlash against the Jews who tried to persecute Paul. Perhaps this same Sosthenes in Acts 18:17 is now with Paul, so Paul calls attention to the man with him whom the Corinthian Christians would know: Sosthenes our brother.
iii. It was common in the ancient world to dictate a letter to a scribe who would write it all down. Probably, Sosthenes was Paul’s scribe (or, more technically, his amanuensis).
Paul calls the gathering of Christians in Corinth the church of God. This isn’t the gathering of the world, but of God.
. Righteousness means that we are legally declared not only “not guilty,” but to have a positive righteousness. It means that the righteous deeds and character of Jesus are accounted to us. We don’t become righteous by focusing on ourselves, because Jesus became for us… righteousness.
ii. Sanctification speaks of our behavior, and how the believers are to be separate from the world and unto God. We don’t grow in sanctification by focusing on ourselves, but on Jesus, because Jesus became for us… sanctification.
iii.Redemption is a word from the slave trade. The idea is that we have been purchased to permanent freedom. We don’t find freedom by focusing on ourselves, because Jesus became for us… redemption.
The path for God’s glory is Christ crucified; the evidence of God’s glory is His choice of the lowly.
The words sanctified and saints communicate the same idea, of being set apart from the world and unto God. Corinthian Christians are called saints, but this was not based on the outward performance of the Corinthians. It was founded on a promise of God, when He said for I have many people in this city (Acts 18:10). The Corinthian Christians are called… saints, but this isn’t exclusive to them. They are saints together with all who in every place call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Jesus is both their Lord and our Lord, and because they share a common Lord, they share an essential unity.
Can we define 'divide'? I think its okay to disagree in a loving manner but dividing is certainly not of God.
That's a great point. It would be very interesting to do a study on that word, and the original word used in Paul's letter.
How can Paul be confident of this when the Corinthian church has so many problems? He can be confident because God is faithful. He is the One who has called them into the fellowship of His Son, so He is the One who will confirm them to the end and present them blameless.
f. His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord: In these first 10 verses, Paul refers to Jesus in every verse, for a total of 11 times. In this emphasis on Jesus, Paul promotes the sure cure for the problems of the Corinthians: ******getting your eyes off self and on Jesus*******
The Lord Jesus Christ: Paul will often (more than 17 times in the letter) refer to Jesus as the Lord Jesus Christ; it is well to recall what the title means.
i. Lord: A title designating not only master and boss, but also the Lord revealed in the Old Testament (known as Yahweh or Jehovah). “This term could be no more than a polite form of address like our ‘Sir.’ But it could also be used of the deity one worships. The really significant background, though, is its use in the Greek translation of the Old Testament to render the divine name, Yahweh… Christians who used this as their Bible would be familiar with the term as equivalent to deity.” (Morris, in Romans)
ii. Jesus: The given name of the son of Mary, and adopted son of Joseph, which is the Greek pronunciation of Joshua. The name Joshua means, “Yahweh is salvation.”
iii. Christ: This is the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew word for Messiah, or “Anointed One.” This is the One prophesied by the Old Testament Scriptures, sent by the Father to save and deliver us.
So awesome!!!