Closer Day By Day

From the previous chapter, we read: Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God. For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. 2 Corinthians [...]

Bible Passage:  2 Corinthians 5 Dear appleofHiseye, I was inspired by your letter yesterday to write a reply to it, I hope the others don’t mind, because your letter spoke right to my heart, probably the same feeling that the churches back then felt when they received Paul’s letters firsthand and reading them aloud. Sometimes [...]

Bible Passage:  2 Corinthians 4 Dear Reader, Sometimes we look at life through a telescope, camera lens, a monitor screen, or a pair of eyes. But there is something more than the things seen, beyond what we can see. When we forget our direction in life Paul’s letter, though written millenniums ago, addresses us with [...]

Bible Passage: 2 Corinthians 3 (Opening Note: Apologies for the late write-up… And now back to our regularly scheduled programme…) But their minds were blinded. For until this day the same veil remains unlifted in the reading of the Old Testament, because the veil is taken away in Christ… 2 Corinthians 3: 14 In this [...]

Bible Passage:  2 Corinthians 2 The Corinth church was one that had many issues and Paul was grieved to see them in this state. He rebuked them for their foolishness, lust, pride and divisiveness and he did that because of his love for them. Although Paul was even rejected by some of them, when we [...]

Bible Passage:  2 Corinthians 1 Comfort We Can All Use The world that we live in is a troubled place. If it is not the earthquakes, it is the volcanic eruptions.  If it is not the financial turmoil that threatens to engulf us once again, it is the civil riots or rebellions that are popping [...]

Bible Passage:  1 Corinthians 16 “Let all that you do be done with love.” (1 Cor 16:14) To wrap up his first letter to the church in Corinth, Paul wrote once again about love. He encouraged them to practice sincere love because love can solve many problems. Love teaches us to care for others and [...]

Bible Passage:  1 Corinthians 15 This is a particularly long chapter with 58 verses. My intention is to share some thought on some of these verses without going too in-depth on the theological aspects. Paul emphasized the significance of Jesus Christ’s resurrection in this Chapter. His death on the cross and the resurrection three days [...]

Therefore, if I do not know the meaning of the language, I shall be a foreigner to him who speaks, and he who speaks will be a foreigner to me. (1 Cor 14:11) Even though Paul was talking about the speaking of tongues here, there is a question we can ask ourselves when reading this [...]

Bible Passage: 1 Corinthians 13 What is this thing called love?  I am sure we experience this from time to time – loving the world is not difficult, it is loving its people that is the major challenge. Everyday we face with unpleasant people who test our limits. In the morning we have to jostle [...]