Archive for April 2019
Correctly receiving correction
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-44m55-aebb25 Growth cannot come if we are not willing to accept beneficial correction. Teaching and learning are two sides of the same coin; wisdom and knowledge cannot be taught if not first learned. This week we explore how to accept correction and instruction in a godly manner and what we can expect this to produce…
Read MoreS16P11 – Personal lessons from Paul: the old creation has passed away
2 Cor. 5:16-19So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! All this is from God, who reconciled…
Read MoreS16P10 – Personal lessons from Paul: true confidence rests in the eternal
Phil. 3:4b-8aIf someone else thinks he has reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee; as for zeal, persecuting the church; as for righteousness based on the…
Read MoreS16P9 – Personal lessons from Paul: focus on the spirit, not the person
2 Cor. 11:6I may indeed be untrained as a speaker, but I do have knowledge. We have made this perfectly clear to you in every way. There are two ways to view this verse. The first is from the perspective of the audience. Paul is asking the listener to focus on what matters when it…
Read MoreS16P8 – Personal lessons from Paul: Jesus always remains the standard
1 Cor. 11:1 Imitate me, just as I imitate Christ. This short verse gives us critical instruction that we may overlook if we are not careful. God places leaders in the Church to teach us and build us. Those who are more mature in the Lord than we have precious knowledge and wisdom to impart,…
Read MoreS16P7 – Personal lessons from Paul: we are servants first
Romans 1:1 Paul, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God… Paul’s personal introduction in this letter is not unique to him or this letter. Other New Testament writers such as Jude, Peter and James also introduce themselves as bond-servants of Christ Jesus. Paul himself uses…
Read MoreS16P6 – Personal lessons from Paul: remembering that we once were lost
Titus 3:1-3Remind people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready and willing to do good, to slander or abuse no one, to be kind and conciliatory and gentle, showing unqualified consideration and courtesy toward everyone. For we too once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various sinful desires and…
Read MoreS16P5 – Personal lessons from Paul: we are God’s examples
1 Tim. 1:15-16The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost. But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to…
Read MoreS16P4 – Personal lessons from Paul: you are no accident
Eph. 2:10For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, so that we would walk in them. When I read the teachings of Paul, I cannot help but be amazed by the transformation God brought about in him. It is a transformation that has resulted in so much…
Read MoreS16P3 – Personal lessons from Paul: proper knowledge and wisdom
1 Cor. 1:17-25 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel—not with wisdom and eloquence, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power. For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of…
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