DESIRE TO PROPHESY

1 Corinthians 14:1 – Pursue love, yet desire earnestly spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy. Paul stresses the importance of prophecy throughout chapter fourteen. He does this for a number of reasons. The Bible makes it clear that “the testimony of...

BE MATURE IN YOUR THINKING

1 Corinthians 14:20 – Brethren, do not be children in your thinking; yet in evil be babes, but in your thinking be mature. Paul brought correction to the saints at Corinth over the mishandling of the gifts of the Spirit. As a spiritual father, he wanted the...

PURSUE LOVE AND DESIRE SPIRITUAL GIFTS

1 Corinthians 14:1 – Pursue love, yet desire earnestly spiritual gifts. Paul clearly taught in 1 Corinthians 13 that a significant work of the Spirit is to help us be established in love. Certainly, we all fall short of the biblical mandate in this area at times. Paul...

DRINKING FROM THE SPIRITUAL ROCK

1 Corinthians 10:4 – All drank the same spiritual drink, for they were drinking from a spiritual rock which followed them; and that rock was Christ. It is vitally important to understand how God has chosen to reveal Himself to His triune creation man. His choice was...

WE ARE ONE SPIRIT WITH HIM

1 Corinthians 2:11-12 – Who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the spirit of the man, which is in him? Even so, the thoughts of God no one knows except the Spirit of God. According to scientists, billions of thoughts go through our brain daily. We process an...