Don’t you realize that all of you together are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God lives in you? 1 Corinthians 3:16 Note the similarity of thought found in Ephesians: Eph 2:20 Together, we are His house, built on the foundation of …
Bible Gem 330 – You are God’s Temple (1 Cor 3:16)
Bible Gem 329 – Building materials used (1 Cor 3:10-15)
. . . But whoever is building on this foundation must be very careful. For no one can lay any foundation other than the one we already have—Jesus Christ. Anyone who builds on that foundation may use a variety of materials—gold, silver, jewels, wood, hay, …
Bible Gem 328 – Field or Building (1 Cor 3:9-10)
For we are both God’s workers. And you are God’s field. You are God’s building. Because of God’s grace to me, I have laid the foundation like an expert builder. Now others are building on it. . . 1 Corinthians 3:9-10 Interestingly here Paul doesn’t …
Bible Gem 327 – Together with God or Together with Each Other? (1 Cor 3:9)
For we are labourers together with God. – συνεργοί – co-workers. 1 Corinthians 3:9 A similar use occurs in 2Co_6:1. This expression has two interpretations: they were co-workers with God; engaged with him in his work, that he and they cooperated in the end result. …
Bible Gem 326 – Evidence of the flesh (1 Cor 3:4-9)
When one of you says, “I am a follower of Paul,” and another says, “I follow Apollos,” aren’t you acting just like people of the world? After all, who is Apollos? Who is Paul? We are only God’s servants through whom you believed the Good …
Bible Gem 325 – Milk or Solid Food: Are you ready? (1 Cor 3:1-3)
Dear brothers and sisters, when I was with you I couldn’t talk to you as I would to spiritual people. I had to talk as though you belonged to this world or as though you were infants in the Christian life. I had to feed …
Bible Gem 324 – Communicating the Things of the Spirit (1 Cor 2:13-16)
When we tell you these things, we do not use words that come from human wisdom. Instead, we speak words given to us by the Spirit, using the Spirit’s words to explain spiritual truths. But people who aren’t spiritual can’t receive these truths from God’s …
Bible Gem 323 – God’s Deep Secrets Revealed (1 Cor 2:10-12)
But it was to us that God revealed these things by His Spirit. For His Spirit searches out everything and shows us God’s deep secrets. No one can know a person’s thoughts except that person’s own spirit, and no one can know God’s thoughts except …
Bible Gem 322 – Thinking Deeply: Connecting Isa 64:4 with 1 Cor 2:9 (1 Cor 2:5-16)
Did you notice all the references in Isaiah 64 to the human condition – our sin sickness? Since ancient times no ear has heard, and no eye has seen a God like You, who works for those who wait for Him! You welcome those who …
Bible Gem 321 – Which passage is Paul quoting? (Isa 64:4)
Did you find it?. What is the Biblical reference that Paul is quoting? Yes indeed, it’s Isaiah 64:4. Read it now in context; the whole passage Oh, that You would burst from the heavens and come down! How the mountains would quake in Your presence! …