![]() ![]() She's engaged in all kinds of motivational group exercises to excel in her field. Here's a person who constantly attends real estate seminars. I pray often, and I really try to live a good, moral life." I have been sponsoring a child for quite some time!"Īfter listening to her talk a bit about her sponsored child, I asked her if she was involved in any church in Calgary. She noted my World Vision emblem on my blue denim button-down shirt, and she said, "World Vision - that's a great organization. Seated beside me was a dynamic young business woman returning to her home town. Growth comes by being in relationship with brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ.Ī week ago Friday, I was on one of those small commuter airplanes flying from Seattle to Calgary to attend a triennial joint meeting of the boards of World Vision, Canada, Mexico and the United States. Individualism in spiritual matters is a dead end. We are instructed to neglect not the assembling of ourselves together. Worship is not something that happens by accident. It's appropriate to stop and contemplate worship.Īs Paul speaks to the specific situation confronting the Corinthian church, he evidences several qualities that must mark corporate worship, whether it be of the first century or our worship some two thousand years later.įive overlapping words emerge from this passage of Scripture. It's a healthy theme with which to begin this new program year. But when we are in heaven, we will see clearly that which is of puzzlement in this life. We also are humbled by his reminder that we now see in a mirror dimly. In it, the Apostle Paul stresses the incompleteness of our human existence, encouraging us to know that some day that which is now incomplete will be fulfilled when we will know as we are now known by Jesus Christ. So, we've noted that 1 Corinthians 13 was not intended primarily to be read at weddings but to underline the importance of living a life motivated by agape love. Then you remember how Paul quickly shifted gears to stress the temporal nature of these gifts and the importance that all of our religious activity, in fact all of our life existence, be undergirded by agape love. There is a synergism in which the whole body becomes much greater than the separate functioning of the individual parts. But that nobility is enhanced as we come together in the community of faith, each of us having an essential contributory part. He used the metaphor of the body, noting that each individual believer is a part of Christ's body. Remember, in 1 Corinthians 12, he stressed the importance of the spiritual gifts that are given to each believer. We now come to the latter part of 1 Corinthians 14, in which Paul discusses corporate worship. ![]() ![]() ( 1 Corinthians 14:39-40)ĭuring the past year, we have been preaching/teaching in the book of 1 Corinthians 1. So, my friends, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues but all things should be done decently and in order. ![]()
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