Author Archives: Jefferson Vann
crossing the line
ARE YOU LISTENING TO THE MINORITY REPORTS? 1 Corinthians 4:5-8 1Co 4:5 So before the Lord comes, you should wait a while before passing judgment. He will bring to light the things now hidden by darkness and will disclose the … Continue reading
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the boss is watching
ARE YOU AWARE THAT YOU ARE BEING SUPERVISED? 1 Corinthians 4:1-4 1 Cor. 4:1 This is how a person should think about us, as officers delegated by Christ and stewards of the mysteries belonging to God. 1 Cor. 4:2 From … Continue reading
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it’s all for us
BE GRATEFUL, BUT NOT IDOLATROUS 1 Corinthians 3:21-23 21 So no one should brag about human leaders, because all things are for you, 22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present … Continue reading
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a strange path to wisdom
OUR ONLY BOAST, OUR ONLY PLAN 1 Corinthians 3:18-20 18 No one should deceive himself in this matter. If anyone among you thinks that he is a wise leader for this age, let him become stupid so that he may … Continue reading
our body is his temple
DON’T DESTROY US! 1 Corinthians 3:14-17 14 If the work which someone has built survives that fire, he will receive a reward. 15 If someone’s work is burned up, he will lose it. He himself will be saved, but only … Continue reading
disclosure day
ARE YOU BUILDING WITH THE RIGHT STUFF? 1 Corinthians 3:10-13 10 By means of the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I placed a foundation, but another is building on it. So each … Continue reading
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significance in service
COMMITMENT, NOT COMPARISON 1 Corinthians 3:7-9 7 So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is significant, only God who is causing you to grow. 8 But the one planting and the one watering work together … Continue reading
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servants of the sovereign
STOP WORSHIPING SERVANTS 1 Corinthians 3:4-6 4 Because when someone says, “I am in Paul’s group,” and another, “I am in Apollos’ group,” are you not mere humans? 5 What then is Apollos, and what is Paul? We are servants … Continue reading
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carnal people
JEALOUSY AND RIVALRY ARE SIGNS OF IMMATURITY 1 Corinthians 3:1-3 1 Yet I, brothers, was not able to speak to you like you were spiritual people, but like you were carnal people, like you were infants in Christ. 2 It … Continue reading
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spiritual stupidity
WE GET IT — THEY DON’T 1 Corinthians 2:13-16 13 …truths which we can also communicate, just not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual realities using spiritual words. 14 But a … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Corinthians 2
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