Spiritual gifts are for the present; love is everlasting. Paul tells the competitive Corinthians to act in “age-appropriate” ways. Not only are spiritual gifts useless without love, spiritual gifts are only appropriate for this age. On the other hand, love is the virtue of supreme value in both this age and the age to come.
What’s the key to “success” in life? According to the book of Joshua, from God’s perspective, true success comes from meditating on and adhering to the word of God.
The Holy City of Jerusalem had been conquered. God’s chosen people were dragged away to Babylon as slaves. Was it not reasonable for the psalmist to express his doubts and question God? Yet, these questions lead the psalmist to remember the past mighty acts of the holy, sovereign, and compassionate God — who is worthy of his and our trust.
Paul is not commanding Christians to always have happy feelings. He is exhorting those who continually serve the Lord to joyfully worship the Lord
We read that the “prayers of faith” of the righteous accomplish much — even physical healing. But what is a “prayer of faith”? And, who are the “righteous”? Is James promising that every time we confess our sins and pray we will be healed?
Exodus 39:32-43 tells of how the Israelites completed the work on all of the items that were to be placed in the tabernacle. In the NT, we read how Jesus made His dwelling (literally: “tabernacled”) among us (Jn 1:14), allowing His followers to become temples of the Spirit of God (1 Cor 6:19, etc.).
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Throughout the Book of Proverbs, (godly) wisdom is contrasted with (worldly) foolishness (Prov 1:7, cf. 9:10, etc.). Proverbs 10:19-21 offers godly wisdom concerning word economy. In a nutshell, when it comes to words: “the fewer the better.” Like a rare treasure, the words of the wise are often few but valuable.
Today, C4C is studying Proverbs 9:1-18 — a juxtaposition of rival feasts hosted by Woman Wisdom and Women Folly. While the fools, scoffers, and mockers accept the invitation to the feast that leads to death, the wise accept the invitation of the feast that leads to life and understanding. The theology of the ‘Two Ways’ continues in the New Testament, leaving us all with Christ’s invitation to the Great Banquet — and a choice to make.
Our actions are influenced by our ideology. And, if our ideology is not grounded in good theology, we may consistently engage in — and even enjoy! — things that are not of God (i.e., wickedness). For, despite our moral inclinations, God is the ultimate standard of morality (Prov 16:2, 21:2).
Let us delight not only in wisdom, but in the One from whom wisdom begins (Prov 1:7, 9:10, etc.).
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Today, C4C is studying 2 Samuel 6:1-15, which tells of how, following the coronation of David, the holy ark of the covenant was brought into Jerusalem — the newly conquered city of David. The new king learned a valuable lesson concerning the holiness of the ark, and the holiness of the God whose power and presence it symbolized.
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