‘We Are To Learn From The Old Testament.’
1 Corinthians 10:1-11.
a) 1 Corinthians 10:1. We should not forget what happened to the Jewish ancestors.
b) 1 Corinthians 10:2-4. They experienced Christ.
c) 1 Corinthians 10:5. God was not pleased with them and most of them were destroyed in the wilderness.
d) 1 Corinthians 10:6. These things happened as a warning to us so that we would not crave evil things as they did.
e) 1 Corinthians 10:7. We should not worship idols as they did.
f) 1 Corinthians 10:8. We should not engage in sexual immorality as they did.
g) 1 Corinthians 10:9. We should not test Christ.
h) 1 Corinthians 10:10. We should not grumble as they did.
i) 1 Corinthians 10:11. All these events happened as examples for us. They were written down to warn us.
(This QT reminds me that I Am To Learn From The Old Testament)
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‘The Spirit Of The Lord Upon Us.’
a) Isaiah 61:1-2; Luke 4:18-19. It is the Lord’s Anointing to:-
1-Bring Good News to the poor people.
2-Comfort broken hearted people.
3-Release the captive people.
4-Announce that the time of the Lord’s favour has come.
b) John 20:21-22. Equipping the Disciples emotionally:-
1-Peace.
2-Being sent by God.
Receiving the Holy Spirit.
c) John 14:12. Being ready to do the Works of Jesus Christ.
d) John 15:1-5; 8 & 16. Being made fruitful by the Lord.
e) Joel 2:28-29; Acts 2:17-18. The Lord pouring out His Spirit upon us.
f) 1 Corinthians 12:13; Ephesians 4:3-4. We all have the same Holy Spirit.
(Through this Second one I treasure immensely The Spirit Of The Lord Upon Me)
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Chris.
When we read of the history of the city of Corinth around the Bible times it was a place that had a great pride of intellectual achievement. It was a city in which the people were highly competitive and it was a city that took pleasure in gross immorality. The same could be said of many modern cities today, especially in the developing world. Apostle Paul’s messages to the Corinthian Church were positively potentially life changing for the people if those people responded to the messages. Today these messages are 1 + 2 Corinthians in our Bibles. They are just as relevant and life changing if we would respond to them.
