• 1 Corinthians
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1 Corinthians 1
“The greatest blessing of being the people of God is that we are sanctified in Christ, declared by God to be holy because of Christ.”
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1 Corinthians 1
​“The greatest calling of the people of God is to be holy, in other words, to progressively become what we are positionally.”
1 Corinthians 1
“The way to overcome the obstacle to unity is the same as the way to overcome the obstacle to salvation, and that is to embrace the power and wisdom of the cross, to exalt the Lord’s definition of power and wisdom and not ours.”
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1 Corinthians 1
​“The message of the cross does not change, before or after salvation. True power is still seen in sacrificial service, not in selfish lording. True wisdom is still seen in obedience to God, not in accumulation of information.”
1 Corinthians 5
"Church discipline is always administered in love, and in pain; a pain felt not just by the person who is being disciplined, but also by the church, and especially by the Lord."
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1 Corinthians 5
​“The God who instituted the Passover, also mandated the feast of the Unleavened Bread. Salvation in Christ is not complete without holiness in Christ.”
1 Corinthians 5
"To be Christian is to be holy."
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1 Corinthians 5
​“God didn’t just call us His people. He called us a holy nation. God didn’t just call us out of hell into heaven. He called us out of darkness into His marvellous light.”
1 Corinthians 7
“One of the most spiritual things a spiritual Christian can do is to have time and energy for our spouse.”
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1 Corinthians 7
​“Being a Christian doesn’t change our status or season in life. It only infuses blessedness into it.”
1 Corinthians 7
“The best way to enjoy marriage, and even love making within marriage, is to not worship them, but see them for what they are – God’s gifts, but nonetheless temporal and imperfect pleasures in the light of eternal bliss.”
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1 Corinthians 9
​“Before we say we have fought the good fight, can we say we fight not as one who beats the air? Before we say we have finished the race, can we say we run as one who wants to win the race?”
1 Corinthians 10
“The only way to love God, is to love Him with all our heart, all our soul, all our mind, and all our strength, leaving absolutely no room for any form of idolatry.”
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1 Corinthians 10
​“Idolatry and sexual immorality occur when we want blessings minus relationship, but God created us to enjoy blessings only within the boundaries of faithful, loving relationships.”
1 Corinthians 10
“To live for the glory of God is to put our relationship with God and people above task and things. For how can we live for the glory of Someone whom we don’t even care enough to know?”
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1 Corinthians 10
​“To live for the glory of God is to be grateful and contented with God and with what He has already given us. For how can we live for the glory of Someone whose Presence and presents we don’t even appreciate?”
1 Corinthians 11
“Fasting is not to twist God’s hand, but to tune man’s heart.”
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1 Corinthians 11
​“The effectiveness of our prayers is affected by the submissiveness of our hearts.”
1 Corinthians 11
“The most important thing is not for us to compete to see who is the better of the sexes in the battle of the sexes, but for us to cooperate to see how we can best glorify God together in the complement of the sexes.”
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1 Corinthians 11
​“Those of us who have more should demonstrate faith, by expressing it in love, at the dining table. This kind of faith takes developing and transforming, at the Lord’s table.”
1 Corinthians 11
“If we don’t have the right attitude toward man, it usually boils down to a wrong attitude toward God.”
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1 Corinthians 11
​“We do not have love for people because we forget God’s love for us.”
1 Corinthians 11
“Communion not only symbolizes our union with Christ, but also our union with other Christians in Christ’s body.”
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1 Corinthians 11
​“Communion not only symbolizes our union in Christ, but also our equality in Christ.”
1 Corinthians 11
“When we look at the past, the most important thing to see, is our Lord dying for us.”
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1 Corinthians 11
​“When we look toward the future, the most important thing to see, is our Lord coming for us.”
1 Corinthians 12
“Judge not, by how spectacular the spiritual gift is; judge rather, by how Christlike the steward of the spiritual gift is.”
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1 Corinthians 12
​“Spiritual gifts are gifts meant to bless the recipients, but their blessings are realized only when they are used to bless others.”
1 Corinthians 12
“Spiritual gifts used rightly should bring about unity, not disunity.”
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1 Corinthians 12
​“Very often, our natural talents are the raw ingredients God uses to form our spiritual talents.”
1 Corinthians 14
“Biblical prophecies must be forthtelling, but not necessarily foretelling.”
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1 Corinthians 14
​“Do not assess gifts based on how spectacular they are or how they can bring attention to the user. Assess gifts based on how useful they are to edify the body and how they can bring glory to God.”
1 Corinthians 15
“If all the prayer we have is ‘prayer on the move’, we lack the time to be still and know that He is God.”
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1 Corinthians 15
​“Quiet Time makes sure that we not only have time to pray for our needs, we also have time to reflect on and appreciate our relationship with God.”
1 Corinthians 15
“Our resurrected body will be opposite in nature to our current body, and will derive its identity, not from physical appearance, but from spiritual character.”
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1 Corinthians 15
​“The only beauty that lasts is inner beauty. It will define us not just for this lifetime, but for all eternity.”
1 Corinthians 16
“Giving is an option in terms of freewill; giving is not an option in terms of love.”
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