Posts from March 2021 (Page 3)

1 CORINTHIANS, Day 2 DON’T LET DIFFERENCES CAUSE SCHISMS The Problems #2 1 Corinthians 3 – 4 Divisions in the church — Chapter 3 Paul begins this chapter by telling the Corinthians that they were conducting church matters in a worldly way and not a spiritual way. He states that while he was with them, he gave them Christian baby food (milk) and not Christian adult food (meat) because they were not spiritually ready for adult food. They had the…

1 Corinthians, Day 1 1 Corinthians Chapters 1 – 2 A little-known fact about me is that my first major in college was accounting. I like numbers, I like processes, I like knowing the result of 2 + 2 will always equal 4 and I like following directions. It seemed like a good fit. You know what I don’t understand at all? — Accounting. It was made abundantly clear to me during Accounting 101 that the ways of accountants are…

Romans, Day 12 Romans 15 – 16 | Acceptance without Exceptions “Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God” (Romans 15:7). The U.S of A. was once known as “the melting pot,” a country where people of different ethnicities could come from all over the world and blend together into one homogeneous, happy family of “Americans.” In reality, once you take the lid off the pot and look inside, you see more of a…

Romans, Day 11 “The Practice of Service” Romans Chapter 14 Service can be defined as “contribution to the welfare of others.” “A call to leadership in the church is a call to a life of willing sacrifice and service.”1 “There is no doubt about it: servanthood is the thematic biblical description of every follower of Jesus Christ.”2 In Mark 10:45, Jesus is speaking: “For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give…

Romans, Day 10 Timely Insight (Romans 13) “Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment” (Romans 13:1 – 2). I have received many phone calls that eventually lead to a question that starts out like this: “What do you think about our government’s actions concerning…

Romans, Day 9 The Practice of Service #1 (Romans 12) “For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching; the one…

Romans, Day 8 GOD’S RIGHTEOUSNESS COMES BY FAITH IN JESUS The Problem of Separate Peoples #2 Romans 11 Did God reject His people? The LAW was given to Moses somewhere around 1440 BC. When Christ died on the cross for our sins, He fulfilled the LAW. Paul in his teachings in Romans is trying to explain the fulfillment of the cross and the entrance into grace to the Gentiles. It appeared to Jews and Gentiles that God has rejected His…