1 Corinthians Week 49

  Today, we took a brief look into the scriptures that list all the nations of giants that were entrenched in the “promised land” / land of Canaan, when Abraham lived there on into the struggles of the nation of Israel  coming into the land after leaving Egypt and the 40 years of wandering.  These are the … Read more

1 Corinthians Week 48

  This is our 48th week in our study of 1 Corinthians.  We covered a lot of ground today, comparing the sons of God in the Old Testament, which were angels present at the creation (Job 38:4-7), and then followed Lucifer in his attempted overthrow of the throne of God (Revelation 12:3).  After that moment in … Read more

1 Corinthians Week 47

  I really thought we would get through this detour into angels today, but, I was wrong.  We were able to get much accomplished, and the class was very exciting with all the scriptures we were able to examine.  Comparing God’s design of authority that God the Son created in Colossians 1:12-17 and copied by … Read more

1 Corinthians Week 46

  1 Corinthians 6:3 asks a question — Know ye not that we shall judge angels?  I wanted to take a class or two and discuss a few thoughts and some great scriptures to give us a working understanding of angels and their different offices and abilities. Our brief look at angels is by no means … Read more

1 Corinthians Week 45

  We had a good start in chapter 6 today, looking into v.1-2.  The issue of frivolous lawsuits because of carnality among the members, and how it was affecting their testimony in the community.  The Corinthians lost sight of the fact that they were to protect the testimony of Christ, by putting others first and bearing one … Read more

1 Corinthians Week 44

  We completed chapter 5, even though it seemed an impossible task!  Paul clarifies our responsibility of keeping our outreach to the world, and holding each other to the higher standard of Christ. Romans 13:13-14, 15:1-3   The types of sinful activities in v. 9-11 are the same, because the old man always craves fleshly things, whether … Read more