May 2017
25
Communion (koinonia) is an outward act that has spiritual consequences. In Hebrew thought, eating and drinking with others signi…
May 2017
24
Having established that there is always a “way of escape” when a person is tested, Paul enlarges upon the example of testing fro…
May 2017
23
After giving us examples from Israel’s experience, so as to teach the church how to avoid disqualification as an overcomer, Paul…
May 2017
22
In 1 Corinthians 10:5, 6 Paul says,
5 Nevertheless, with most of them God was not well-pleased; for they were laid low in the w…
May 2017
20
Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians 10:4 that the Israelites “were drinking from a spiritual Rock which followed them.” If this Rock …
May 2017
19
In 1 Corinthians 10:4 the Apostle Paul again shows his concern that the people might be disqualified as overcomers, if they shou…
May 2017
18
Paul says in 1 Corinthians 10:3 that the Israelites “all ate the same spiritual food.” This was, of course a reference to the ma…
May 2017
17
After Paul mentioned the possibility of being disqualified as an overcomer in 1 Corinthians 9:27, he launches into a teaching th…