Leave Judgment to the Lord- 1 Corinthians 4:4-5
And God has called each of us to serve in different ways. We are answerable to him, not each other. So, leave judgment to the Lord.
Encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory. (1 Thess. 2:12 NIV)
Studies from Paul’s first letter to the Corinthian church
And God has called each of us to serve in different ways. We are answerable to him, not each other. So, leave judgment to the Lord.
All true believers join together in producing God’s temple. We should be careful that we do nothing to cause division in the body of Christ.
The things of the spiritual world are foreign to me as a human. But God’s Spirit, living with me, helps me to understand spiritual truths.
God has equipped all believers for service in the kingdom. But not all the same. There are different kinds of service that he has called us to.
This chapter makes clear the primacy and enduring nature of love. And this includes debates over doctrine. Do everything in love.
The focus of God’s plan for his creation was the redemption that comes through the crucified Jesus. A plan that was destined for our glory.
Now we know in part, our knowledge of God and his activity is incomplete. But someday that will change and we can more fully understand him.
Imagine what the church would be like today if each of us felt compelled to serve, using the gifts God has given us for the common good.
We should be careful about feeling proud as believers. Who I am as a believer is really all about what God has done in my life.
It is through the message of the cross that the power of God works in the lives of believers. The cross truly is good news for us.
The 13th chapter of 1 Corinthians describes the most essential element of our Christian walk; the way of love. Without it, nothing we do has value.
Paul’s warning against overconfidence is important today. It is too easy for us to be dependent on self and, as a result, fall into sin.