Today's Verse: 1 Corinthians 1:9 (ESV)
nGod is faithful, by whom you were called into the ofellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
n ch. 10:13; Deut. 7:9; Isa. 49:7; 2 Cor. 1:18
o 1 John 1:3
In Paul's greeting to the Church at Corinth, he gives thanks to God for His faithfulness to the Church. Paul was trying to deal with problems in the church, and it was for that reason that he wrote this epistle. This letter was written to a church that Paul had founded.
Today's Comments: Like the Church in Corinth, we are plagued by problems in our church. Many of those problems seem to be identical or similar. The Teacher's Commentary suggests that Paul was dealing with division in the church, discipline, marriage and divorce, doctrinal disputes, and the misunderstanding of spiritual (charismatic) gifts. Those seem like the same problems that we are dealing with in the church today, doesn't it? Like today's mainstream churches, the Church in Corinth was richly gifted in its membership. But, like ours, their struggle for faith was long and was being constantly blocked. Like many American cities, the city of Corinth was a center for trade, commerce, and communications, being well diversified in both population groups and cultures. In this epistle, Paul reminds us that God will work in our lives to keep us strong, because He is faithful to His church. And, because God calls us into fellowship with Him, He will make sure that, in the end, that His church will be purged of all heresy and that we will will finally achieve Christian fellowship with God, as well as one another.
nGod is faithful, by whom you were called into the ofellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
n ch. 10:13; Deut. 7:9; Isa. 49:7; 2 Cor. 1:18
o 1 John 1:3
In Paul's greeting to the Church at Corinth, he gives thanks to God for His faithfulness to the Church. Paul was trying to deal with problems in the church, and it was for that reason that he wrote this epistle. This letter was written to a church that Paul had founded.
Today's Comments: Like the Church in Corinth, we are plagued by problems in our church. Many of those problems seem to be identical or similar. The Teacher's Commentary suggests that Paul was dealing with division in the church, discipline, marriage and divorce, doctrinal disputes, and the misunderstanding of spiritual (charismatic) gifts. Those seem like the same problems that we are dealing with in the church today, doesn't it? Like today's mainstream churches, the Church in Corinth was richly gifted in its membership. But, like ours, their struggle for faith was long and was being constantly blocked. Like many American cities, the city of Corinth was a center for trade, commerce, and communications, being well diversified in both population groups and cultures. In this epistle, Paul reminds us that God will work in our lives to keep us strong, because He is faithful to His church. And, because God calls us into fellowship with Him, He will make sure that, in the end, that His church will be purged of all heresy and that we will will finally achieve Christian fellowship with God, as well as one another.
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