Friday, June 23, 2017

FIRST CORINTHIANS 9 ⁄ RIGHTS OF CHRISTIANS

PAUL DESCRIBES HIS RIGHTS AS WELL AS OTHER RIGHTS AS A APOSTLE TO SUPPORT AND NOT HAVING TO WORK TO SUPPORT HIMSELF AS THE LEVITICAL PRIESTHOOD BUT WAVES THOSE RIGHTS IN ORDER TO WIN OTHERS TO CHRIST. WE ALSO HAVE RIGHTS TO DO CERTAIN THINGS BIT WE SHOULD ALSO PUT UP WITH A LOT OF THINGS THE WORLD THROWS AT US IN ORDER TO WIN OTHERS TO CHRIST.

Monday, June 5, 2017

FIRST CORINTHIANS 8⁄ EATING FOOD SACRAFICED TO IDOLS

PAUL SPEAKS OF KNOWLEDGE THAT WOULD CAUSE US TO BECOME WISE IN OUR OWN CONCEITS THAT WOULD CAUSE OUR BRETHREN TO FALL AND LOVE FOR THE BRETHREN THAT WOULD CAUSE  THEM TO BE BUILT UP AND BE STRONGER. HE TEACHES THAT IDOLS ARE NOTHING AND ARE NO GODS AND THAT FOOD EATEN OR NOT EATEN MEANS NOTHING BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT DRAW US CLOSER TO GOD. HE STATES A STRONG BROTHER WHO CAN EAT FOOD DEDICATED TO IDOLS IS AT LIBERTY TO DO THAT BUT THINGS THAT WE HAVE LIBERTY TO DO ARE OFTEN THE THINGS NOT TO DO SINCE THE WEAKER BROTHER WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OF IDOLS AND FOODS MAY SEE YOU AS THE EXAMPLE AND WANT TO FOLLOW YOU IN THE PRACTICE. YOU MAY CAUSE THE WEAKER ONE TO STUMBLE AND FALL AND CAUSE HIM TO SIN AGAINST CHRIST.

Saturday, January 7, 2017

Book of Esther / Hamans Decree

Haman the Agagite had been raised up in power by Xerxes the king to high status in the kingdom and it was lawful to bow to him and do obeisance to him and it was done by all except by Mordecai who would not do it because it was unlawful according to the Mosaic law. This really made Haman wroth and then finding out that Mordecai was a Jew, Haman sought to kill Mordecai and all the Jews and take all their possessions and put in the palace to pay off war debts. Haman got a decree from Xerxes to kill these people take their goods because this people did not honor the kings law, at least according to Haman. Xerxes and Haman were happy about this but the people were confused as to why the king wanted all the nice peaceful people dead.