1 Corinthians 1-7: Come follow me with Sam

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With my new calling in my unity, my normal time for writing my blog posts has been interrupted. Stake Conference was today so I'm making the most of it to catch up!  These will be short, but one day I plan to add more detail.

Top 3 things to think about in 1 Corinthians 1-7

1. 1:18-24

18 For the apreaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the bpower of God.

19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the aunderstanding of the bprudent.

20 Where is the wise? where is the ascribe? where is the bdisputer of this cworld? hath not God made foolish the dwisdom of this eworld?

21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world aby wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of bpreaching to save them that believe.

22 For the Jews require a asign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:

23 But we apreach Christ bcrucified, unto the Jews a cstumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;

24 But unto them awhich are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the bpower of God, and the cwisdom of God.

Paul brings a lot of beautiful ideas together in these verses. The biggest point is that all of our petty squabbles and are vain understandings MELT to nothing in the light of the spirit of Christ. Trying to understand Him, the Way seems to make no sense. Once understanding Him, all other understandings don't seem to matter anymore. 

2. 2:5-8

5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the apower of God.

6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are aperfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:

7 But we speak the awisdom of God in a bmystery, even the hidden cwisdom, which God dordained before the world unto our glory:

8 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have acrucified the Lord of glory.

These follow a similar line of thought, but make two really important points

a. - The mysteries are not bad. Au contraire, they must be sought after to avoid apostasy. This doesn't mean that all mysteries or hidden knowledge is good, it only means that there are some mysteries that are indeed absolutely required for salvation

b. if you do not seek out or understand these hidden mysteries, you are following the same pattern of those who crucified Christ. Don't do that. Seriously. Don't.

3. 3: 1-4

1 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.

2 I have fed you with amilk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.

3 For ye are yet acarnal: for whereas there is among you benvying, and cstrife, and ddivisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?

4 For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?

There is a specific point I would like to highlight in Paul's words - it is not good to be stuck on the milk of the gospel. If you are stuck on the milk of the gospel, it means you are not able to bear certain things, you are yet carnel, envying, divided, and walk as men. 

This doesn't mean we are abandoning the plain and precious truths. It is in fact a fulfillment of those plain and precious truths.

We should be striving for the meat of the gospel and humbly working with our brothers and sisters and waiting with anxious expectation for the time that we are ready. 


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