Aug2017
God’s gifted gift
There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit gives them. There are different ways of serving, but the same Lord is served. There are different abilities to perform service, but the same God gives ability to all for their particular service. The Spirit’s presence is shown in some way in each person… Read more
Aug2017
Taking Jesus at his word
For I received from the Lord the teaching that I passed on to you: that the Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took a piece of bread, gave thanks to God, broke it, and said, ‘This is my body, which is for you . Do this in memory of me.’ In the same… Read more
Aug2017
The key is love
When you meet together as a group, it is not the Lord’s Supper that you eat. For as you eat, you each go ahead with your own meal, so that some are hungry while others get drunk. Don’t you have your own homes in which to eat and drink? Or would you rather despise the… Read more
Aug2017
All to the glory of God
Well, whatever you do, whether you eat or drink, do it all for God’s glory. Live in such a way as to cause no trouble either to Jews or Gentiles or to the church of God. Just do as I do; I try to please everyone in all that I do, not thinking of my… Read more
Aug2017
A heart in tune with God
‘Don’t you understand? Anything that goes into your mouth goes into your stomach and then on out of your body. But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these are the things that make you ritually unclean. For from your heart come the evil ideas which lead you to… Read more
Aug2017
New sounds
May the peoples praise you, 0 God; may all the peoples praise you! May the nations be glad and sing for joy, because you judge the peoples with justice and guide every nation on earth. (verses 3,4) Read Psalm 67 If only it would be that most of the people I know would truly praise… Read more
Aug2017
Too precious to take for granted
In the cloud and in the sea they were all baptised as followers of Moses. All ate the same spiritual bread and drank the same spiritual drink. They drank from the spiritual rock that went with them; and that rock was Christ himself. But even then God was not pleased with most of them, and… Read more
Aug2017
You’ve got to admire their enthusiasm
All this I do for the gospel’s sake, in order to share in its blessings. Surely you know that many runners take part in a race, but only one of them wins the prize. Run, then, in such a way as to win the prize. Every athlete in training submits to strict discipline, in order… Read more
Aug2017
Smokescreens?
Surely you know that the men who work in the Temple get their food from the Temple and that those who offer the sacrifices on the altar get a share of the sacrifices. In the same way, the Lord has ordered that those who preach the gospel should get their living from it. But I… Read more
Aug2017
True freedom
But not everyone knows this truth. Some people have been so used to idols that to this day when they eat such food they still think of it as food that belongs to an idol; their conscience is weak, and they feel they are defiled by the food. Food, however, will not improve our relationship… Read more
