[Originally posted in a WhatsApp group (BRW-M) as a daily reading update (reflection) from each chapter of the Bible]
[6:51 am, 17/01/2022] S.R:
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ℂ𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕤
𝟙:𝟚
"To the church of God which is
at Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, 𝕊𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕤
𝔹𝕪
ℂ𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘,
with all who in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their
Lord and ours:"
If there's any Christian community
in the Bible that is so unworthy to be called saints, it's the church of
Corinth. When we read the following chapters, we see how sinful they were
before and even after their conversions.
Yet, God called them
"saints" in the words of Paul, why? Because it's not what we do that
made us saints. We are made saints by His calling!
Praise God that I am a sinner, at
the same time, a saint because He has called me in Christ!
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ℂ𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕤
𝟚:𝟙𝟞
"For WHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF
THE LORD, THAT HE WILL INSTRUCT HIM? But we have the mind of Christ."
According to Philippians 2, this
mind of Christ includes humility.
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ℂ𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕤
𝟛:𝟛
"For you are still fleshly.
For since there is 𝕁𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕠𝕦𝕤𝕪
and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking like mere
men?"
Who does not struggle with
jealousy, btw?
Yesterday, I just met a man who
will be going for theological studies. I thought he was going abroad. When he
said that it was in India, Nagaland, I was relieved!
Wretched man, I am! 🤦♂️
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ℂ𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕤
𝟜:𝟙𝟞
"Therefore I exhort you, be
imitators of me."
Jesus commanded us to imitate Him.
Paul commanded us to imitate him.
Scriptures commanded us to imitate
good behaviour.
Likewise, friends, imitate me in
updating regularly!
𝟙
ℂ𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕤
𝟝:𝟡-𝟙𝟘
"I wrote you in my letter not
to associate with immoral people; I did not at all mean with the immoral people
of this world, or with the covetous and swindlers, or with idolaters, for then
you would have to go out of the world."
Indeed, evil company corrupts good
morals. Let's be mindful of those we associate.
And in the secular world, when we
make friends with godless people, let's do so to influence them and not to
become like them.
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ℂ𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕤
𝟞:𝟙𝟚
"All things are lawful for me,
but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful for me, but I will not
be mastered by anything."
Nice verse to memorize. That's why
I don't drink. That's why I don't gamble. That's why I don't text girls after
11:00 PM
That's why.... 😂
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ℂ𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕤
𝟟:𝟙
"Now concerning the things
about which you wrote, it is good for a man not to touch a woman."
Indeed, one should touch only his
woman that also after marrying her!
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ℂ𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕤
𝟠:𝟠
"But food will not commend us
to God; we are neither the worse if we do not eat, nor the better if we do
eat."
This is why I disagree with my
Seventh-Day Adventist friends to eat pork! 😎
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ℂ𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕤
𝟡:𝟙𝟞-𝟙𝟟
"For if I preach the gospel, I
have nothing to boast of, for I am under compulsion; for 𝕨𝕠𝕖
𝕚𝕤
𝕞𝕖
𝕚𝕗
𝕚
𝕕𝕠
𝕟𝕠𝕥
𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕙
𝕥𝕙𝕖
𝕘𝕠𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕝.
For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have a
stewardship entrusted to me."
There are sometimes I want to stop
preaching, but it also means I want to stop living. Woe is me if I don't enjoy
the Gospel!
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ℂ𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕤
𝟙𝟘:𝟛𝟙
"Whether, then, you eat or
drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God."
This is my go-to verse in
counselling, evangelism, and discipleship. This week alone, I have sat down
with 2 different individuals, explaining it. Everyone ought to know, memorize,
and be able to explain this!
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ℂ𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕤
𝟙𝟙:𝟙𝟜
"Does not even nature itself
teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him,"
𝕀𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕖𝕕,
nobody thinks a guy with long hair is a normal guy!
Go cut your hair, if you don't want
to be abnormal! 😎
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ℂ𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕤
𝟙𝟚:𝟚𝟟
"Now you are Christ's body,
and individually members of it."
Every day I go to church, I have to
remember this truth. When I take bath, I make sure that everything in me is
clean. Likewise, in church, my goal is for everyone's sanctification!
𝟙
ℂ𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕤
𝟙𝟛:𝟚
“If I have the gift of prophecy,
and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to
remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.”
Love is the greatest and noblest
among all virtues. But we often fail to understand love. God loves us perfectly
and we still ask, "Does God love me?"
So, don't just give in to anything
at the chorus of "love love love"
Some people love chicken and eat
them. Some people love their Gfs and kill them. Etc., etc.
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ℂ𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕤
𝟙𝟜:𝟙𝟚
"So also you, since you are
zealous of spiritual gifts, seek to abound for the edification of the
church."
To build up one another in Christ! 😊👍
𝟙
ℂ𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕤
𝟙𝟝:𝟛-𝟝
"For I delivered to you as of
first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according
to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third
day according to the Scriptures, and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the
twelve."
The most important Christian
doctrine is the Gospel of Jesus Christ that He came to die for sinners!
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ℂ𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕤
𝟙𝟞:𝟚𝟚
"If anyone does not love the
Lord, he is to be accursed. Maranatha."
The greatest tragedy is not loving
Christ. Learn to cherish Christ. Learn to love Him more and more day by day!