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1 Corinthians 6:9-11 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? …And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ… I have known those who feel that their destructive life choices stand as evidence…
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1 Corinthians 5:9,10 I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people— not at all meaning the sexually immoral of this world… since then you would need to go out of the world. Have you ever felt like you were too out of shape to go to the gym?  I…
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1 Corinthians 5:1 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not tolerated even among pagans… It is almost unbelievable to me, looking back, to see the conduct I came to consider as normal when I was engaged in active addiction.  Though it is horrific to…
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  1 Corinthians 3:16 Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? A few years ago, our family vacationed in Missouri, where we rented a cabin, which looked nice enough online.  We realized the first night that a raccoon lived in the roof, but we stayed as…
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1 Corinthians 3:15 He himself will be saved, but only as through fire. Though I obsess with some pursuits, for most endeavors in life, I have always been a bit lazy.  I can recall as a teenager, doing the minimum amount required for almost everything.  What is the least amount of work I can do…
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1 Corinthians 3:1-3 I could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ… For while there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh? In today’s passage, Paul referred to his audience, being consumed with jealousy and conflict, as people of the flesh.  The…
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1 Corinthians 1:27-29 But God chose what is foolish in the world…  God chose what is weak in the world…  God chose what is low and despised in the world… I stood out on my porch last night, watching the storm and pondering this passage.  As the lightening flashed, the thunder pounded and the waves…
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1 Corinthians 1:18 The word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. Having found recovery and sobriety, it is oddly easy to forget my previous way of thinking.  Having left active drug use, it is easy to become frustrated…
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Romans 16:17,18 Watch out for those who cause divisions… avoid them. For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites… I have picked fights with others over issues like predestination or the age of the earth, under the guise of discussing God’s truth.  Pretending to be on the side of right…
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Romans 14:2,3,20 One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables. Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats… It is wrong for anyone to make another stumble by what he eats. Occasionally,…
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