1 Corinthians 9:16 It is a ministry of necessity that Christ calls for, that the world needs, that a revived Church supplies today. We need not ministers that may or that will, but ministers that must preach the gospel. We need members not that may or that will, but that must live the gospel. I. Th... [ Continue Reading ]
1 Corinthians 9:24 The Race and the Prize. I. The prize, in the contest that St. Paul speaks of, is a different kind of prize from that which these Corinthians were seeking after in their games. It was not a light thing, as men call lightness, which these racers sought after. The man who seeks to b... [ Continue Reading ]
1 Corinthians 9:25 I. We may take it as an undoubted fact that Christianity does make a vast difference as regards self-denial, by strengthening and multiplying the motives which induce us to submit to it, and by infusing into each man a higher nature offering a Divine help which tends to make self... [ Continue Reading ]