Monthly Archives: April 2018

1 Corinthians

1 Corinthians 7:34-35

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1 Corinthians 7:34 There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.35 And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
 
These two verses say about the same thing as the previous two verses except it is talking about the woman. women do like to pleas their husbands and there is no sin in that because that is what God expects them to do. The married woman can serve God but may have less time than a single woman to fulfill the things of God. The next verse Paul reminds us this is what he thinks. There can be a distraction in a marriage to fulfill the service we should to God. We need to understand no matter which state we are in we need to do what God calls us to do and know that he knows the problems we may face. We are to be obedient to what He ask us to and know that He will help us with any problem we might have.
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1 Corinthians 7:32-33

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Corinthians 7:32 But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:33 But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.
 
Paul again, is showing the difference in working for the Lord as a single person, and working for the Lord as a married person. The single person can devote all his time to the Lord without distractions and is free from concern about the earthly needs of a spouse and therefore potentially better able to set himself apart exclusively for the Lord’s work. We try to think that we will devote the proper attention to the Lord being married but sometimes we will feel the need to put the household things first, and we shouldn’t. If both are one in a marriage like they should be they stand a better chance of pleasing God most of the time with the work they do for Him. Even a single person is not totally safe from not being tempted to put things before God in the world we live in today.
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1 Corinthians 7:29-31

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1 Corinthians 7:29 But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; 30 And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; 31 And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
 
Paul is continuing to encourage the married couples as well as the single people to use there time for the Lord. A single person can give their full attention to the Lord’s work and so should a married couple. Next he tells us that the things of this world will pass away and we should not get caught up in them.
The mature Christian should not get so swept up in the emotion of this life that they lose their motivation, hope and purpose. He continues by telling us that things of this world are but for a moment in time an will not always be. This world is not our home, heaven is, and it will be nothing like the world we know. We have to live here but we are not to get attach to the things of this world. Attend a good Bible believing church today and let the fill your heart with His love.
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1 Corinthians 7 : 28

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1 Corinthians 7:28 But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.
 
Paul is saying here it is that is ok for divorced people, who are divorced for biblical reasons, and virgins to marry. It was God’s plan for men and women to marry. The trouble he talks about here is the conflicts and demands that two people being joined together will have compared to a person that stays single. It is natural for a husband and wife to have disagreements but they also work them out together. A single person does not have to worry about another person telling them what to do but they have to make sure they are in the Lord’s will in what they do.
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1 Corinthians 7:25-27

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25 Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful. 26 I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be. 27 Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
 
Paul here is giving his opinion on this subject and he is just saying that if someone is a virgin, or not, they should be faithful to God. As he goes on we see he could be talking of men or women and that because of all the things that can distract us today it would be better to remain that way. Persecution is difficult for a single person to endure, but problems and pain are multiplied for those who are married, especially if they have children. He ends this by saying that if you are married you should not try to get out of it. If you do and here he means by divorce, you should not seek another spouse. Whether one is single or married it remains a fact they should remain focused on God.
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1 Corinthians 7:24

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1 Corinthians 7:24 Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.
 
This one little verse says a lot. To begin with this lets us know that our position in society is of little importance to the Lord. Also that no matter what job we are doing, whether it is at a physical job, or working for the Lord we are to do it as if we were doing it for the Lord Himself. Finally it shows us that if we abide in God everyday and continually dwell with Him we will do what He would have us do. We should not seek to be changed or moved from what God has doing unless He says it is time for us to move on to something different. We should start every day asking God what He has for us to do today and then praise Him at the end of the day when we know we have fulfilled His will for us.
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1 Corinthians 7:21-23

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1 Corinthians 7:21 Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather. 22 For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord’s freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ’s servant. 23 Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
 
In these next few verses we see that even if we are a servant we are to use it for God just as if we were free. This is not saying that slavery should be approved of but that we can still serve the Lord even if we are. We should not take our freedom lightly, we are free in the Lord but we still have to obey him. There is no better freedom than that of the Lord, just as there is no worse bondage than that sin, from which Christ sets us free. Last we see that we are bought with a price , which is the blood of Jesus, but we are not a slave to any man. Being servants of men is where sin starts in so many ways in the worldly things that happen and where the flesh takes over and enslaves men. Lord help us to reach people that enslave by the world today so they can be free in You.
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1 Corinthians 7:18-20

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1 Corinthians 7:18 Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised. 19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.20 Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.
 
Here Paul is clarifying an issue that the Jewish Christians felt the gentiles should abide by and Paul was saying not. Paul needed to clarify the issue by saying that neither was necessary, the idea is that when a Jew became a Christian that he was not to give up his racial and cultural identity in order to appear like a Gentile. The same for a Gentile they were not to become culturally like a Jew. Culture and social order and external ceremony have no bearing on spiritual life because what matters is faith and obedience. Verse 19 continues to say that it does not matter if you are circumcised and become a Christian it is ok and if you are not circumcised and become a Christian it is ok. We are to accept people the way the Lord does because circumcision was a law Jesus fulfilled on the cross. Lastly he states here that if the Lord approved of your calling who is man to question what the has ordained.
A Note from Hope

Fear: A Note from Hope

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Romans 8 15 For you have not received the spirit of slavery again to fear. But you have received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba, Father.”

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Mom and Dad were riding the motorcycles the other night, and something bad happened. Dad wouldn’t tell me what it was, but when Mom realized, she said she got so scared, she didn’t want to look in the rearview mirror… she kept thinking she was going to see something bad back there, I guess. Then she said God reminded her that He was taking care of her, so she started singing  part of “The Great I Am” and that made the fear go away.  Here’s what she sang:

The great I am
The mountains shake before you the demons run in fear
At the mention of the name king of majesty
There is no power in hell
Or any who can stand
Before the power and the presence of the great I am

I get scared sometimes; I hear the possum under the house in the hall bathroom, and I want to run out and chase it away; or the big trucks going by outside make too much noise and it scares me. But Mom and Dad remind me that God is taking care of us, so we don’t have to be afraid. Nothing is going to happen that HE can’t handle. We don’t have to worry about handling it, because it’s not our job.

So next time you get afraid, just try singing a praise and worship song, or just say “In the name of Jesus” and see if things don’t look better!

oh yeah! Mom says FEAR can stand for two things: Forget Everything And Run; or Face Everything And RISE….

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1 Corinthians 7:17

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1 Corinthians 7:17 But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.
 
Paul is encouraging the Corinthians here to serve in the capacity that you called into no matter what state you are in. If you are married do not divorce your spouse to serve the Lord but stay together and do it as one. If your are single and God gives you a calling serve Him in that calling as a single person devoting all you have to it. Just serve where you were called, and how you were called. The Corinthians were not happy with there way of life in many areas, marriage, slavery, and some just to use there freedom in Christ to sin. This passage plainly repeats the basic principal that Christians should be willing to accept the marital condition and social situations into which God has placed them and always be content to serve Him there until He leads them elsewhere.