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15 But if the unbeliever leaves, let him do so. A believing man or woman is not bound in such circumstances; God has called us to live in peace. This has become the escape clause for many Christian remarriages. But I want to offer my humble opinion as someone who has not gone through aContinue reading “1 Corinthians 7:15”

19cYou are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body. This violates every statement of individuality that Western society spews. We thrive on individuality, self-rule, autonomy. The Jesus-follower recognizes the folly of this type of utter nonsense. We are not free to choose, the hallmark of westernContinue reading “1 Corinthians 6:19c-20”

18 Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body. Here is something contrary to what is being preached by the world’s preachers, the media! The message they preach is one of valueless sexual encounters. “It’s just sex” is theContinue reading “1 Corinthians 6:18”

11 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. One of the greatest words is “were.” It speaks of a past and of a present. In the previous verses PaulContinue reading “1 Corinthians 6:11”

9 I have written you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people There are two ways to associate with people. One type of association changes the nature of both people creating a new third entity. All those in this type of association are changed by that connection. Those are the type ofContinue reading “1 Corinthians 5:9”

7 Get rid of the old yeast that you may be a new batch without yeast—as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. The concrete reality of the Passover lamb is lost in our culture of prepackaged meat and sterile church altars. For the Israelites, getting into right relationship with GodContinue reading “1 Corinthians 5:7”

16 Therefore I urge you to imitate me. Would you dare urge anyone to imitate your walk of faith? I dare say that there are people imitating you right now, even with all your imperfections. If you are a parent, your kids are imitating your actions, your character. This is true even if your wordsContinue reading “1 Corinthians 4:16”

12 We work hard with our own hands. When we are cursed, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it; 13 when we are slandered, we answer kindly. What a picture of Jesus living in a life. What a contrast between the actions of the world and the actions of obedient surrender. The worldContinue reading “1 Corinthians 4:12-13”

1 So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the secret things of God. Picture yourself in the service of the President of the United States. You are a new maid whose job it is to vacuum the Oval Office. You begin your task, having been assuredContinue reading “1 Corinthians 4:1”

15 If it is burned up, he will suffer loss; he himself will be saved, but only as one escaping through the flames. So many people today do just enough to get by. They come from the school of Just Enough, just enough homework to pass, just enough at the job so as not toContinue reading “1 Corinthians 3:15”