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“Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.” (1 Corinthians 10:11, KJV) When I worked for a company in Europe, I often traveled there for a month or two. On one visit, I had a conversation with anContinue reading “The Entire Story (1 Cor 10:6-11)”

“Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; And did all eat the same spiritual meat; And did all drink the same spiritual drink: forContinue reading “Warnings (1 Corinthians 10:1-5)”

“So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.” (1 Corinthians 9:26–27, ESV) In 1969, I entered Drexel University to pursue a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering. Frankly, IContinue reading “Focus and Discipline (1 Corinthians 9:26-27)”

“Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.” (1 Corinthians 9:24–25, KJV) It hasContinue reading “Run to Win (1 Cor 9:24-25)”

“For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that areContinue reading “All to All (1 Corinthians 9:19-23)”

“For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel! For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.” (1Continue reading “Motives Matter (1 Cor 9:15-18)”

“If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ. Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait atContinue reading “Reward for Sacrifice (1 Corinthians 9:12b-14)”

“For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? . . . “If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?” (1 Corinthians 9:9,Continue reading “Ox in the Pulpit (1 Cor 9:8-12)”

“Have we not power to eat and to drink? Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas? Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working? Who goeth a warfare any time at his ownContinue reading “Decisions and Providence (1 Corinthians 9:3-7)”

“Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord? If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.” (1 Corinthians 9:1–2, AV) OnContinue reading “Seal of the Servant (1 Cor 9:1-2)”