1 Corinthians Study 10

Dear Student of the Word,

I am busy for the next week, away from my hotel from morning till night.  So before it becomes impossible to do so, I had better send you this week's Bible study.  No matter how busy we are, we must make every effort to stay close to God's word.  I trust that these studies helpy you do just that.

In our study this week, Paul continued to educate the Corinthians about life and practices in a local church.  They obviously had some kind of problem around the communion rite, and then Paul moved on to a discussion of spiritual gifts.  This week I wrote:

v. 8 -- The first two gifts that Paul mentioned were wisdom and knowledge.  I have always considered knowledge to be special understanding and insight into some truth, like the grace of God, church government, administration, or prayer.  I have then considered wisdom knowing how to apply those special insights.  For example, I have knowledge about purpose, but I meet with many people to give them wisdom of how to apply the purpose principles to their lives at any specific point in time.

Furthermore, I think that knowledge is something you study to obtain and wisdom is something that you seek from God.  While the Spirit is the source of both, both require cooperation from the recipient.  Are you doing your part to be the recipient of God's spiritual gifts?  Are you using those gifts in ways that will glorify Him?

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Comments

[Phil]

Bless you John,

Life can get so busy at times and it feels as if time is running away, I now realise that it's at these times when you have to stop and re-evaluate your life and most importantly your relationship with God and how this can be developed. However, when there is so much to achieve in life your bound to get busy, but we need to keep it in perspective.