Tag: 1 Corinthians
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A testimony of the resurrection
A testimony of Christ is incomplete at best of it does not include a testimony of his resurrection from the dead. When the apostles sought to replace Judas they made a testimony of the resurrection of Christ one of the defining characteristics of who they would choose. A testimony today cannot be that He lived,…
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He shall rise the third day
I wonder if there is any specific project more repeated than the fact that Christ would be killed and ride again on the third day after His death. That says something about how central that act was to the plan of salvation and how uniquely it identified Christ.
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Christ always pleased His Father
Jesus testifies that he always did that which was pleasing to Heavenly Father. That fits with the testimony of Heavenly Father that He was well pleased with Christ.
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He came to serve and not to be served
While it is appropriate that people should sell to serve the Savior – that is about us and our recognition of our place relative to Him, not about what His purpose and expectation were. The same hold true for our current leaders. They sell not to be served even though we should sell to serve…
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King of Kings
All things and all people are subject unto Christ and eventually all will acknowledge that to be true.
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Mission of Christ
Christ came that he might glorify His Father and liberate the captive and reign over the people, especially the covenant people. Through His death he overcame death and liberated all mankind.
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The Millennial Reign
Who could hear of the millennial reign of Christ and not desire to experience such peace and justice?
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Christ as Lord
I’m surprised at how few references there are too Christ as Lord. I would have expected many more.
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Judgement is universal
People today talk about death and taxes being universal. Judgement by the Savior is more universal than both of them.
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Early offerings to Jerusalem
I wonder how the initial practice of sending offerings to Jerusalem came about? Was it based on the Jewish practice of sending tithes to the temple? These don’t seem to have been tithes, they seemed to be freewill offerings like fast offerings and as far as I know they were used to help suffering Christians.