Saturday, June 9, 2012
Review Days
Just realized I forgot to post for today so we`ll make today and tomorrow review days and pick up at v11 on Monday.
Friday, June 8, 2012
1 Corinthians 13:10
1 Corinthians 13:10
but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears.
Yesterday`s verse makes a lot more sense once you add on today`s verse! (I wonder why they didn`t just make that all one verse anyway - no idea how they divided that up!).
So, begin the day by reviewing v 1-9 and then add on today`s verse. It`s another short one, so another easier day for you.
The gift of languages ceased at the end of the apostolic age and is no longer mentioned after v8. Prophecy and knowledge will be abolished when the perfection comes - when we see God face to face eternally.
MacArthur says this will be specifically after the Thousand Year Reign or Millennial Kingdom. His explanation is rather lengthy (though good!), but I found a shorter one that said the same thing here....
The “perfect” is not the completion of Scripture, since there is still the operation of those two gifts and will be in the future kingdom (Joel 2:28; Acts 2:17; Revelation 11:3). The Scriptures do not allow us to see “face to face” or have perfect knowledge as God does (v. 12). The “perfect” is not the rapture of the church or the second coming of Christ, since the kingdom to follow these events will have an abundance of preachers and teachers (Isaiah 29:18; 32:3, 4; Joel 2:28; Revelation 11:3). The perfect, therefore, must be the eternal state, when we in glory see God face to face (Revelation 22:4) and have full knowledge in the eternal new heavens and new earth. Just as a child grows to full understanding, believers will come to perfect knowledge and no such gifts will be necessary.
but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears.
Yesterday`s verse makes a lot more sense once you add on today`s verse! (I wonder why they didn`t just make that all one verse anyway - no idea how they divided that up!).
So, begin the day by reviewing v 1-9 and then add on today`s verse. It`s another short one, so another easier day for you.
The gift of languages ceased at the end of the apostolic age and is no longer mentioned after v8. Prophecy and knowledge will be abolished when the perfection comes - when we see God face to face eternally.
MacArthur says this will be specifically after the Thousand Year Reign or Millennial Kingdom. His explanation is rather lengthy (though good!), but I found a shorter one that said the same thing here....
The “perfect” is not the completion of Scripture, since there is still the operation of those two gifts and will be in the future kingdom (Joel 2:28; Acts 2:17; Revelation 11:3). The Scriptures do not allow us to see “face to face” or have perfect knowledge as God does (v. 12). The “perfect” is not the rapture of the church or the second coming of Christ, since the kingdom to follow these events will have an abundance of preachers and teachers (Isaiah 29:18; 32:3, 4; Joel 2:28; Revelation 11:3). The perfect, therefore, must be the eternal state, when we in glory see God face to face (Revelation 22:4) and have full knowledge in the eternal new heavens and new earth. Just as a child grows to full understanding, believers will come to perfect knowledge and no such gifts will be necessary.
Thursday, June 7, 2012
1 Corinthians 13:9
1 Corinthians 13:9
For we know in part and we prophesy in part,
Begin the day by reviewing the first 8 verses of 1 Corinthians 13. Add on today's verse - it's a short one!
As rich as our revelation from God is - it is only in part. There is no such thing as a "know it all" when it comes to our knowledge about God and His universe.
For we know in part and we prophesy in part,
Begin the day by reviewing the first 8 verses of 1 Corinthians 13. Add on today's verse - it's a short one!
As rich as our revelation from God is - it is only in part. There is no such thing as a "know it all" when it comes to our knowledge about God and His universe.
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
1 Corinthians 13:8
1 Corinthians 13:8
Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
Begin by reviewing the first 7 verses, then add on today's verse. Take it phrase by phrase if you need to. Repeat, repeat, repeat.
Love never fails. That doesn't mean that love always succeeds or is always victorious over evil or trouble. It does not always triumph in human relationships. Jesus treated everyone He met with undying love and we killed Him for it. So love does fail in that respect. That's not what Paul's saying here.
What he is saying is that love is eternal, while gifts are just temporal. The Corinthians were enamored over gifts, especially the prominent ones, and were abusing them and each other - displaying an incredible lack of love. And here Paul reminds them (and us!) that all of those things, though important, are only temporal, but love is eternal.
MacArthur makes some interesting points about the meanings of the different Greek verbs used in this passage (if you want to read more of the details click on the link - it's quite interesting, but I'll just shorten it to the main point)....
Gifts are temporary. Love is eternal. And gifts should be used in love - without love we are resounding gongs, clanging symbols, nothing.
Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
Begin by reviewing the first 7 verses, then add on today's verse. Take it phrase by phrase if you need to. Repeat, repeat, repeat.
Love never fails. That doesn't mean that love always succeeds or is always victorious over evil or trouble. It does not always triumph in human relationships. Jesus treated everyone He met with undying love and we killed Him for it. So love does fail in that respect. That's not what Paul's saying here.
What he is saying is that love is eternal, while gifts are just temporal. The Corinthians were enamored over gifts, especially the prominent ones, and were abusing them and each other - displaying an incredible lack of love. And here Paul reminds them (and us!) that all of those things, though important, are only temporal, but love is eternal.
MacArthur makes some interesting points about the meanings of the different Greek verbs used in this passage (if you want to read more of the details click on the link - it's quite interesting, but I'll just shorten it to the main point)....
Something will stop prophecy, something will stop this knowledge of all the mysteries, as it’s referred to early in the chapter, but tongues will cease by itself.
So we have two very distinct points to make here. Prophecy and knowledge, they’ll be stopped by something acting upon them. Tongues will cease by itself... “Prophecy will be stopped, knowledge will be ended, tongues will cease by itself.”
So, knowledge, prophecy, tongues...temporary. That’s his main point. Something is going to come which he calls the perfect thing that will end knowledge and prophecy but before that, tongues will literally self-destruct, end on their own. So the gift of tongues will cease by itself. That’s what it says...
The gift of tongues, the ability to speak in language you didn’t know as a demonstration of the fact that a supernatural word from God was coming as a sign to Israel, because they wouldn’t listen when He spoke a language they could understand, as Isaiah prophesied, He will now speak in a language they couldn’t understand. It was both a judgment sign as well as a sign affirming those who spoke the true gospel, as on the day of Pentecost. But we know it ceased and it ceased in the apostolic era.
Gifts are temporary. Love is eternal. And gifts should be used in love - without love we are resounding gongs, clanging symbols, nothing.
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
1 Corinthians 13:7
Today is Tuesday so begin the day by reviewing the book of Titus before moving on to today's verse.
1 Corinthians 13:7
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Review the first 6 verses of 1 Corinthians 13 before adding on the new one. Now repeat it over and over, phrase by phrase if necessary.
John MacArthur.....
This is the first of glorious positives. Love bears all things. It means to cover with silence, to cover with silence. Love suppresses. It doesn’t mean that love puts up with anything, we’ve already said that. It doesn’t mean that love won’t confront, love is truthful. But what it does mean is that out of genuine, passionate, honest, legitimate concern for the value of another person for the real worth of that other person, love will do everything it can to cover the weakness...cover the failing, to cover the sin.....
Love is not suspicious, it just believes the best. It is not suspicious. It is not always eager to pounce and denounce some offender, always suspicious, always assuming the worst. It doesn’t go through life with cynical suspicion, it goes through life believing the best because love seeks the best so strongly....
love hopes all things. As long as the grace of God is operative in the person, you never give up.....And what is that hope in? Not in the person but in the Lord. As long as the grace of God is operative, human failure is never final.....
Love endures all things.... endures means to sustain. It’s a quality that sustains a soldier in the face of violent battle. This is not minor annoyance here. It’s not the word. This is a word for life and death, horrible opposition, violence, persecution, suffering. Love survives all that. It just doesn’t die, never really gives up. It endures through everything.....This is the crescendo of love. Love bears all hurts and wounds and disappointments, believing the best about others in spite of the wounds, gently throwing a mantle over their faults. And when the believing is betrayed, love still hopes because God is still God. And when hope seems lost, love still endures with triumphant confidence that the God who is still God is still sovereign and still able. Love just holds on. Love is never totally overwhelmed, never, no matter how many disappointments...It can be wounded to the bone, but it will endure...
This is how we should be known. This is how we should live. How can I apply it in my life? Acknowledge it as a command, agree that you have the capacity from God to love this way. Understand that it’s not the unusual kind of Christian living but the norm. Realize that it is the Spirit’s work and go do it.
1 Corinthians 13:7
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Review the first 6 verses of 1 Corinthians 13 before adding on the new one. Now repeat it over and over, phrase by phrase if necessary.
John MacArthur.....
This is the first of glorious positives. Love bears all things. It means to cover with silence, to cover with silence. Love suppresses. It doesn’t mean that love puts up with anything, we’ve already said that. It doesn’t mean that love won’t confront, love is truthful. But what it does mean is that out of genuine, passionate, honest, legitimate concern for the value of another person for the real worth of that other person, love will do everything it can to cover the weakness...cover the failing, to cover the sin.....
Love is not suspicious, it just believes the best. It is not suspicious. It is not always eager to pounce and denounce some offender, always suspicious, always assuming the worst. It doesn’t go through life with cynical suspicion, it goes through life believing the best because love seeks the best so strongly....
love hopes all things. As long as the grace of God is operative in the person, you never give up.....And what is that hope in? Not in the person but in the Lord. As long as the grace of God is operative, human failure is never final.....
Love endures all things.... endures means to sustain. It’s a quality that sustains a soldier in the face of violent battle. This is not minor annoyance here. It’s not the word. This is a word for life and death, horrible opposition, violence, persecution, suffering. Love survives all that. It just doesn’t die, never really gives up. It endures through everything.....This is the crescendo of love. Love bears all hurts and wounds and disappointments, believing the best about others in spite of the wounds, gently throwing a mantle over their faults. And when the believing is betrayed, love still hopes because God is still God. And when hope seems lost, love still endures with triumphant confidence that the God who is still God is still sovereign and still able. Love just holds on. Love is never totally overwhelmed, never, no matter how many disappointments...It can be wounded to the bone, but it will endure...
This is how we should be known. This is how we should live. How can I apply it in my life? Acknowledge it as a command, agree that you have the capacity from God to love this way. Understand that it’s not the unusual kind of Christian living but the norm. Realize that it is the Spirit’s work and go do it.
Monday, June 4, 2012
1 Corinthians 13:6
Today is Monday so begin the day by reviewing all the Psalms you have memorized. Then move on to today's verse - it's a short one today!
1 Corinthians 13:6
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
Repeat this verse over and over again.
Now meditate on what it means for your life.
John MacArthur says....
1 Corinthians 13:6
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
Repeat this verse over and over again.
Now meditate on what it means for your life.
John MacArthur says....
Love controls your tongue. Love prevents you from a salacious way gloating over the iniquities of other people because you don’t like them anyway, because they did something to you, or because it makes you feel more virtuous because you have sins that fit into a different category all together. Love doesn’t do that. Never rejoices in iniquity.
Certainly it couldn’t, and here’s why, how could any Christian ever rejoice in any case over something that offends God? Get a perspective. Love finds no satisfaction in passing on somebody else’s iniquities, rehearsing somebody else’s iniquities, parading somebody else’s iniquities to further offend God....
Love tells the truth and it rejoices to tell the truth....Love is honest. It doesn’t lie to flatter. It doesn’t lie to falsely protect. It loves truth, it rejoices in truth. It will always speak the truth. It will celebrate the truthfulness, the honesty, the integrity of others....because telling the truth builds strong relationships, telling lies destroys relationships.....Sometimes the truth is painful but we speak the truth in love....Sometimes the truth is encouraging and comforting and winsome and brings a benediction. And sometimes the truth is convicting and painful and brings a condemnation. But loving people always speak the truth.
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Sunday - Review Day
Sundays are always review days - so review 1 Corinthians 13:1-5 today.
See you tomorrow for verse 6.
See you tomorrow for verse 6.
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