So then, let us aim for harmony in the church and try to build each other up. Romans 14:19 (NLT) 
1 Corinthians 3:16-23 (NLT)
16 Don’t you realize that all of you together are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God lives in you? 17 God will destroy anyone who destroys this temple. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
18 Stop deceiving yourselves. If you think you are wise by this world’s standards, you need to become a fool to be truly wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness to God. As the Scriptures say,
“He traps the wise
in the snare of their own cleverness.”
20 And again,
“The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise;
he knows they are worthless.”
21 So don’t boast about following a particular human leader. For everything belongs to you— 22 whether Paul or Apollos or Peter, or the world, or life and death, or the present and the future. Everything belongs to you, 23 and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.
- The body of believers is the temple of God.
- Christ is the head of the church.
- Collective and corporate worship is a vital part of spiritual life.
- God will destroy anyone who destroys his temple.
- Christians should aim for harmony in the church and try to build each other up.
- God’s temple is holy.
- The wisdom of this world is foolishness to God.
- Don’t boast about following a particular human leader.
- Christians are heirs of God’s glory.
- Christians belong to God, not the leaders of their church.
I am writing to God’s church in Corinth, to you who have been called by God to be his own holy people. He made you holy by means of Christ Jesus, just as he did for all people everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours. (1 Corinthians 1:2 NLT)
“Reflections on 1 Corinthians” will be continued in future posts.
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