Passage
1 Corinthians 1:1-17 (ESV)
Let All the Earth Be Silent
Habakkuk 2:9-20
Key Verse: 2:20
The Power of the Cross
Date: Jun. 22, 2015
Daily Bread
Introduction to 1 Corinthians
Key Verse: 1:17
First, God is faithful. (1-9) Paul considered the church in Corinth as holy and sanctified by Christ. To look at them alone, they had many weaknesses and divisions among them. But Paul was thankful for them, for they were called by God who is faithful. When Paul saw the Corinthian Christians, he saw those for whom Christ died, those who will be blameless and have eternal union with the Lord Jesus Christ.
Second, lest the cross be emptied of its power. (10-17) The Christians in Corinth were proud of their Bible teachers, but this created quarrels and divisions among them. Christ died on the cross that each of them may be perfectly united to each other and to him forever. Their divisions were the denial of the power of the gospel. They can serve the power of the cross when they set aside their disagreements and live in gospel unity.
Prayer: Lord, thank you for your faithfulness to send Christ for me. Help me to serve in the power of the cross of Christ in all things.
One Word: The cross of Christ has power
