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This is our last message in the book of 1 Corinthians. Paul is writing to a church that needs a lot of correction because of their spiritual immaturity. He saved his last correction for the end; refuting those in the church who did not believe there is a resurrection. He brought compelling arguments to strengthen faith and then explained that if there is no resurrection, then even Christ Himself has not been raised from the dead. And if Christ has not been raised, then our faith is worthless and we are still in our sins.

But Christ has been raised and therefore we have an anchor for our soul; we have hope beyond this broken world in which we are now living. In other words, Paul is strengthening their faith and bringing them to greater spiritual maturity.

Here in this last chapter, Paul gives them more of a personal message. He gives them details about a collection of funds they were to receive for the church in Jerusalem that was going through a very difficult time, mostly because Rome was growing impatient with the difficult Jewish leadership. Of course we know from history that Rome marched on Jerusalem to destroy it and 66 A.D. and finally succeeded in 70 A.D.

In many ways we do the same thing. We are connected to churches all of the world and send them our support, our prayers, and our encouragement. I was just speaking to pastor George in Nairobi, Kenya who asked for prayer because a large mosque was built just across from them and they are allowed to point speakers directly toward the Bible Institute there and send out calls for Muslim prayers. In a couple of weeks I’m going to visit many churches in Africa and teach at conferences and bring support and encouragement.
Paul also writes to them about his travel plans and about some of the personal friends he ministers with; Timothy, Apollos, and others.

Then, in the middle of the chapter, he turns his heart toward them and gives them specific principles for living out their faith victoriously. We also need to grow in spiritual maturity and live out our faith victoriously, so these verses apply specifically to us as well.

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