Meditations
in First Corinthians
April 29, 2022
Everything Belongs to You
Everything belongs to you, and you belong to Christ,
and Christ belongs to God.
1 Corinthians 3:22b-23
Read: 1 Corinthians 3:18-23
Paul made very bold claims in this brief passage. Returning to a theme he has addressed several times already, he cautions the church not to brag about being followers of Paul, or Apollos, or Peter. Paul said such behavior is following worldly wisdom of which he says, “The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise; he knows they are worthless.” (Psalm 94:11 quoted in v.20)
Paul then returns to the link I noted in yesterday’s Takeaway. Paul is saying that as God’s Temple, everything, the teachings of Paul, Apollos, Peter, (insert your pastor), belong to you. Let that sink in. God wants us to take personal ownership, and personal responsibility for the development of our Christian character.
My Takeaway: Why does Paul
want us to grasp this concept that everything belongs to us? Because we belong
to Christ and Christ belongs to God. Let’s learn to relish in our belonging.
Sē’lah
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(Selah is a word that appears in the
Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my
correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about
these things.)
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