There are two main things that caught my attention in this chapter. This first is how the church is divided. Keep in mind that this is the early church so many are new Christians but many are a lot more devoted to their church than we are today. In Acts the early church is described as being unstoppable. In this chapter Paul writes about how Corinth's understanding of truth is better, more complete; and how there is no spiritual gift that God hasn't given them. So when I look at our church today and myself and how I feel I and the Church don't understand truth very well I am inclined to wonder if we too are divided by many leaders. Are we all following the true Jesus or are we following people who follow/followed Him?
The second is how Paul brings back a verse from Isaiah. This verse and the rest of the chapter bring me to the conclusion that God doesn't always call "the best person" (defining best as to what we as humans would see it as). Maybe this is to show that our perceptions as humans are insignificant or to show our ignorance, I don't know. But what I do know is that once he calls you. You will have everything you need to do what he asks of you.
I love your thoughts on where we are as a church today - whether we are following Him, or someone/something else. I think in a lot of cases we think we're following Him - but we've 'tricked ourselves into believing it's really Him we're following.' In reality we're probably following 'society.' My question is what are we going to do about it?
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For now I am going to try to be an example to those around me by trying to live knowing Christ and showing Him in my life, for now I am going to pray and I feel if I need to say something I will do it in a way I feel would be the way Jesus would handle it.
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