1 Corinthians 12:1 I. No man can even profess Christianity without the help of the Holy Spirit. It is something even to profess to be a Christian, to make a clear statement even of doctrinal truths which have entered very deeply into the heart. "No man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Hol... [ Continue Reading ]
1 Corinthians 12:3 A Test of True Inspiration. It is not easy at first to understand St. Paul's object in this passage. He seems to be laying down, first of all, a truism about which there can be no discussion whatever, and next, a proposition as to the truth of which there is apparently very larg... [ Continue Reading ]
1 Corinthians 12:13 Regenerating Baptism. As there is one Holy Ghost, so there is one only visible body of Christians which Almighty God "knows by name" and one baptism which admits men into it. This is implied in the text, which is nearly parallel to St. Paul's words in the Ephesians: "There is o... [ Continue Reading ]
1 Corinthians 12:26 Social Responsibility. There are three great principles which ought to govern a Christian's thought in his estimate of a great criminal case. I. Of these the first is, that every criminal is, to a certain extent, the product of his age, of the spirit of the society in which he... [ Continue Reading ]
1 Corinthians 12:27 I. The Church is the body in which Christ dwells as the soul, lighting up the body with His Divine presence, the organisation of this tabernacle being the sanctified tabernacle of flesh and blood in which Christ shall dwell, from whose lips He shall speak, whose hands He shall e... [ Continue Reading ]
1 Corinthians 12:31 ; 1 CORINTHIANS 13:1 St. Paul has been treating of spiritual gifts as they then existed in the Church of tongues, of prophecy, and the like. They were things to be courted and attained if it might be so. Still, there was one thing better; one way of living and proceeding, which... [ Continue Reading ]