1 Corinthians - A Short Bridge

1 Corinthians - A Short Bridge

Reading Scripture is like crossing a bridge from the Ancient Word to the Modern World. For some Bible books the bridge is quite long, vast chasms of chronology, cultures, and covenants. But the bridge from 1 Corinthians to Beijing 2018 is rather short. We both stand in the finished work of Christ’s Salvation, full of the Spirit of God. Young believers in Corinth struggled to live for Jesus in their wealthy and wicked world – a world often still in them. Answers in this letter speak to questions we are asking. How can we be unified in Christ, amidst great diversity? How can we remain pure in a perverse world? What difference does the resurrection of Jesus make? The short answer to each of their challenges is Jesus. By inspiration of the Spirit, Paul shows how a deeper understanding of Jesus Christ’s person and work unfolds our answers.