Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read 1 Corinthians 9. In this chapter, Paul began to defend how he served God in the role of Apostle. Verses 1 & 2 offer his qualifications to be an apostle. The main qualification is in verse 1: “Have I not seen Jesus our Lord?” […]
1 Corinthians 8
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read 1 Corinthians 8. In the last devotional, I told you that the Corinthians had written a letter to Paul with questions and Paul wrote 1 Corinthians, in part, to answer those questions. The first question, in the previous chapter, was about celibacy and whether […]
1 Corinthians 7
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read 1 Corinthians 7. This chapter from 1 Corinthians contains several instructions around the subject of marriage. Verse 1 began the chapter with the phrase, “Now for the matters you wrote about.” The Corinthian believers had many questions about what was right and wrong for Christians […]
1 Corinthians 6
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read 1 Corinthians 6. At the end of our reading yesterday in 1 Corinthians 5, Paul stated that he does not judge outsiders to the church. Instead, God would judge them (5:12-13). Here in chapter 6 he picked up the theme of judgment and rebuked the […]
1 Corinthians 5
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read 1 Corinthians 5 This short chapter discusses the difficult subject of church discipline. The person who needed discipline in Corinth was a man in their church who was committing adultery with his father’s wife (v. 1). The fact that she is not called his […]
1 Corinthians 4
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read 1 Corinthians 4. Some Christians have a regal view of the ministry. That is, they see pastors and other ministry leaders like monarchs. They look up to us, in some ways, so they think that everyone must give us honor and respect and treat […]
1 Corinthians 3
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read 1 Corinthians 3. Back in 1 Corinthians 1, Paul expressed a great deal of confidence about the salvation of the Corinthian believers. He talked about all the ways in which God had enriched them (1:5) which confirmed their acceptance of the gospel (1:6) so […]
1 Corinthians 2
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read 1 Corinthians 2. In this chapter, Paul explained to the Corinthians his approach to ministry. That approach was to rely on the message of Christ (v. 2) and the power of God’s Spirit (v. 4). Verses 14-15 described the differences between those who have […]
1 Corinthians 1
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read 1 Corinthians 1. Was there ever a more mixed-up group of Christians than the believers in Corinth? Although they had been blessed by the ministries of several faithful men (v. 12), they could not just receive and appreciate each man’s teaching. Instead of seeing […]
Acts 19
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Acts 19. The city of Ephesus occupied an important place in the New Testament, and here in Acts 19 we read about Paul’s first contact with this city. You know about the letter we call “Ephesians” that Paul wrote to the church there. He […]