He that hath ears to hear, let him hear!!!!
"Father, I pray in Jesus name-I pray for those who are confused and deceived by false doctrine like I was. I pray for those who are regejatating their new found "internet spirituality" and for those who receiving the wrong message. I pray that you have mercy on all your children that got lost amongst the noise and the babble. In Jesus Christ, I pray for mercy on us all.-Amen"
1 Corinthians Part 6
3:1-13
- And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
(I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: In the case of newborn babes, this would be natural and to be expected (1 Pet. 2:2). But it is embarrassing at this stage in their development. Milk figuratively stands for elementary Christian instruction, and meat refers to advanced doctrine. Carnal (lit., “fleshly”): The warfare between the flesh and the spirit receives continual emphasis in Paul’s writings (cf. Rom. 7:14—8:13; Gal. 5:17). The factions that have destroyed the unity in Corinth indicate that these believers were not walking by the Spirit, but were allowing the flesh to direct their behavior.)
- For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?
(Carnal: A number of early manuscripts read “men.” In such a case, Paul is saying, “Are you not mere men?”)
- Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour. For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.
( We are labourers together with God (lit., “God’s fellow workers”) is the key to this chapter. This, in effect, restates the phrase in verse 8, he that planteth and he that watereth are one.)
- According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
(The day is the day of the judgment seat of Christ (cf. 4:5; 2 Cor. 5:10). Fire is figurative for judgment, more specifically, the absolutely righteous judgment of God. Fire is used here to denote, not enlightening power, but consuming power. Of the six types of material mentioned, three are combustible and three are incombustible. See also Deuteronomy 4:24; Malachi 3:2; 2 Thessalonians 1:8; Hebrews 12:29.)
- Today I will seek to evolve from a carnel being into a spiritual being. I will not engage in envy, strife, or divisions of politics, religion, AA or personal. I will ask for Jesus to strengthen me in this.
- Today I will look for ways I can serve Him and His children as opposed to adding to the chaos and discourse.
- Today I will face hard TRUTHS about myself and the world I live in. I will face them head on-asking God to grant me the courage to endure.
SERENITY PRAYER
(long version)
God, grant me the Serenity
to accept the things
I cannot change Courage to change the
things I can, and the
Wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardship as the
pathway to peace.
Taking, as He did, this
sinful world as it is,
not as I would have it.
Trusting that He will make
all things right if I
surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy
in this life, and supremely
happy with Him forever in
the next.
Amen
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Into Action
"Having made our personal inventory, what shall we do about it? We have been trying to get a new attitude, a new relationship with our Creator, and to discover the obstacles in our path. We have admitted certain defects; we have ascertained in a rough way what the trouble is; we have put our finger on the weak items in our personal inventory. Now these are about to be cast out. This requires action on our part, which, when completed, will mean that we have admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being, the exact nature of our defects. This brings us to the Fifth Step in the program of recovery mentioned in the preceding chapter.
This is perhaps difficult—especially discussing our defects with another person. We think we have done well enough in admitting these things to ourselves. There is doubt about that. In actual practice, we usually find a solitary self-appraisal insufficient. Many of us thought it necessary to go much further. We will be more reconciled to discussing ourselves with another person when we see good reasons why we should do so. The best reason first: If we skip this vital step, we may not overcome drinking. Time after time newcomers have tried to keep to themselves certain facts about their lives. Trying to avoid this humbling experience, they have turned to easier methods."
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