Daily Grace
Live for Others
"Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks or the church of God—even as I try to please everyone in every way. For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many, so that they may be saved” (1 Corinthians 10:32-33). Our world is, in the vernacular, a...
God Provides a Way Out
“No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it” (1 Corinthians 10:13). Sometimes it...
Live with a Purpose
“Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air. No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize” (1 Corinthians 9:26-27)....
Addicted to People
“Though I am free and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible” (1 Corinthians 9:19). It is important for us to know what business we are in. People who work in the computer industry are actually in the information business....
Put Others First
"Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block to the weak” (1 Corinthians 8:9). We live in a culture that is very conscious of individual rights. Our American Constitution even includes a Bill of Rights. We American citizens...
Combine Knowledge with Love
“Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that ‘We all possess knowledge.’ But knowledge puffs up while love builds up” (1 Corinthians 8:1). Paul used the specific issue of eating meat offered to idols to establish a much larger principle of conduct for all of us....
Radical Christianity
“…Those who buy something, as if it were not theirs to keep; those who use the things of the world, as if not engrossed in them. For this world in its present form is passing away. I would like you to be free from concern” (1 Corinthians 7:30b-32a). As Christians our...
Who We Are in God’s Eyes
“For the one who was a slave when called to faith in the Lord is the Lord’s freed person; similarly, the one who was free when called is Christ’s slave” (1 Corinthians 7:22). It is easy for us to determine our status by how we are seen by others. Paul wrote to slaves...
God Uses Ordinary People
“And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God” (1 Corinthians 6:11). Paul had just listed people who are not going to inherit the Kingdom of God. It is...