_CHRISTIAN UNITY_ ‘I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.’ 1 Corinthians 3:6 St. Paul pleaded with the Corinthians for unity of spirit. Had he lived now, I do not think he would have hoped for immediate unity of organisation—however much to be desired—but one feels that he wo... [ Continue Reading ]
_SANCTIFIED FOR SERVICE_ ‘We are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.’ 1 Corinthians 3:9 Your soul is God’s seed-field, God’s building; we are labourers together with God. Such a description of each individual life is very significant everywhere. I. TO US W... [ Continue Reading ]
_GOD AND THE SOUL_ ‘Ye are God’s husbandry.’ 1 Corinthians 3:9 What this text tells us is this—that Christian people are to God just what the tillage of the earth is to us. I. OUR HEARTS AND SOULS ARE LIKE WILD, UNCULTIVATED LAND.—As waste land wants time and labour and expense to bring it into... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE CHURCH’S ONE FOUNDATION_ ‘Other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.’ 1 Corinthians 3:11 In recent years this Catholic belief has been assailed. Competent scholars come and tell us that the root of Christianity is not a Person but a doctrine, that the Person is... [ Continue Reading ]
_TESTED BY FIRE_ ‘The fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is.’ 1 Corinthians 3:13 How best can we prepare for the ordeal that awaits us all? The day of Christ’s appearing will be a day of joy and gladness, but it will be a solemn day too. The day of the Lord’s Advent will be a searchi... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE TEMPLE OF GOD_ ‘Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and than the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?’ 1 Corinthians 3:16 Not only does the Holy Ghost come to convict of sin, not only does He come to lead us into the path of righteousness, but He dwells in us. And, therefore, the tremendous... [ Continue Reading ]
_‘WHICH TEMPLE YE ARE’_ ‘For the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.’ 1 Corinthians 3:17 That each one of you is a ‘temple,’ we have St. Paul’s own authority. ‘Know ye not that your body’—each body in itself individually—‘your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost?’ The thought seems to be... [ Continue Reading ]