Jump Start # 116
Jump Start # 116 1 Peter 2:1-2 “Therefore, putting aside all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander, like newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow in respect to salvation” The words of Peter here address the spirit and attitude […]
Jump Start # 115
Jump Start # 115 1 Peter 1:8 “and though you have not seen Him, you love Him, and though you do not see Him now, but believe in Him, you greatly rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory.” Peter is writing about faith. The verse before talks about the “proof of your faith,” […]
Jump Start # 114
Jump Start # 114 1 Corinthians 14:37 “If anyone thinks he is a prophet or spiritual, let him recognize that the things which I write to you are the Lord’s commandment.” Someone once said, “Opinions are like noses—everyone’s got one and they think theirs is the best!” There is a difference between what God […]
Jump Start # 113
Jump Start # 113 1 Corinthians 4:11-13 “To this present hour we are both hungry and thirsty, and are poorly clothed, and are roughly treated, and are homeless; and we toil, working with our own hands; when we are reviled, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure; when we are slandered, we try to […]
Jump Start # 112
Jump Start # 112 1 Corinthians 14:20 “Brethren, do not be children in your thinking; yet in evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.” Throughout Paul’s writings, especially to the Corinthians, the apostle is concerned with the maturity of brethren. In the chapter before, as he was instructing about spiritual gifts, he […]