Closer Day By Day

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 [...]

Apostle Paul’s emphasis in this chapter is none other than unity in the Body of Christ. We knew from the beginning of this epistle to the Corinthians, Paul wrote to set things right and also to reprimand the believers there of their wrong doings, but this epistle still serves as a very good reminders to [...]

Bible Passage:  1 Corinthians 11 I will say it upfront… I don’t quite understand the first part of this chapter. The first verse, I get …. Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ. If we have been following the Bible reading so far, we would have read about many things in Paul’s life – [...]

Bible Passage:  1 Corinthians 10 But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified. (1 Corinthians 9:27) A disciplined life, Christians are to lead; We’ll be disqualified if we don’t heed. Once saved, always saved? Certainly not! Where in the Bible of [...]

Bible Passage:  1 Corinthians 8 Today’s chapter compares two things – knowledge and love. It starts off saying “Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies.” But as I typed the above I have to say that we must be clear that God’s love and man’s love is different, and as Christians we must learn what it [...]

Bible Passage:  1 Corinthians 7 Elegant roses, carefully decorated pews, colourful draping and ribbons, smiley faces of brothers and sisters in the congregation, red carpeted walkway along the length of the church hall towards the pulpit, where the brother waits patiently for his beloved to walk down the aisle and join him in the start [...]

Bible Passage:  1 Corinthians 6 We all know that as members of the true church, we are one family Christ. We are a spiritual community. Yet, we are all human beings. As such, we are all prone to making mistakes and we all have our weaknesses. For this reason, conflicts will be inevitable. However, as [...]

Bible Passage:  1 Corinthians 5 Do you know what it’s like to feel guilty? When you’ve done something wrong, And your conscience pricks you. I know that feeling because I’ve made many mistakes. But not to change after the event is the worst mistake of all, Because all it takes is a little stumble before [...]