The Epistle of St. Paul
Heard certain Christians at certain time's use this passage to say their way/thinking of a simplified salvation process is the right way or some may not really understand this passage. That passage does touch upon the simplicity in Christ but one needs to know what the Apostle Paul was referring to here and who these people were, let alone what had been occurring in their church gatherings. Salvation is another issue but for now I thought let's look at scripture and see what it is talking about regarding the simplicity for one that is in The Lord Jesus Christ. I found one video that seems to have some profound truth and it goes in-depth. There are two parts to that video.
Again to stress we need to know who the Corinthians were and what had happened. Remember the date was a very long time ago. I will say interesting that the Apostle Paul did not charge them anything. He was truly a true Apostle and loved Christ!!
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"The first letter, probably written about 53–54 ce at Ephesus, Asia Minor, deals with problems that arose in the early years after Paul's initial missionary visit (c. 50–51) to Corinth and his establishment there of a Christian community."
"The Letter of Paul to the Corinthians, also called The Epistle of St. Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians, either of two New Testament letters, or epistles, addressed from the apostle Paul to the Christian community that he had founded at Corinth, Greece."
"The three main problem areas were: a) the church, b) the members and c) authority. Problems within the church were notably related to mission, baptism, the Lord's Supper, body life, love, worship and prophecy. Problems with members related to intellect, freedom, giving, sex, suffering and death. Feb 10, 2020"
What was the Corinthians biggest error?
"1 Corinthians: Among the myriad problems in the Corinthian church were: claims of spiritual superiority over one another, suing one another in public courts, abusing the communal meal, and sexual misbehavior. Paul wrote to demand higher ethical and moral standards."
Watch "1 Corinthians 11 (Part 1) :1-15 Identifying with Christ"
Watch "2 Corinthians 11 (Part 2) :16-33 Identifying with Christ"
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You see the reason I wrote this blog entitled guard against false preaching is because I heard a fellow Christian say religion says do and Christ said done. What was done? He paid the price in full. His work/earthly mission was done and I know things have been nailed to the cross but the gospel came from God as the holy ghost moved men to record those words over a long period of time. Christ said that branches that don't obey him are cut off and cast into the fire. He said the two greatest commandments are to love your nab-our as yourselves and to love God with all your hearts, mind and soul.
The issue here that brought me to this current blog was a simplified form of salvation and a reference to particular sections in 2 Corinthians 11. And I found a video by Calvary Chapel on YouTube talking about 2 Corinthians 11 and they have part 1 and part 2. I thought the video was informative and has an in-depth look/view at this issue but it may not be perfect 100%. Particularly in part 2 he/preacher spoke about the man who came and asked Jesus what must he do to inherit eternal life. Well the fella in the video said that the rich young ruler was under the impression that he had to do works but Christ understood what he was asking and was implying you can't earn your own salvation. When I go to Matthew 19:16 particularly in the King James Bible it reads, good master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? Remember at this time they were under the law being the Mosaic law. Christ said basically why do you call me good there's only one good and it's God. He told him if he will enter into life to keep the Commandments. Isn't that works? Some call it legalism. Now I realize we are under grace but grace can be abused and shall it abound for people truly saved. Next, then Christ laid out some Commandments and the young man told him he did all that since his youth. Christ said if you want to be perfect go and sell everything you have, give the money to the poor and you will have treasures in heaven then come and follow me and the young man went away sorrowful. He had great wealth. (YOU CANNOT SERVE TWO MASTERS) Then Christ told the disciples that a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven to his disciples. The disciples were exceedingly amazed but they wondered then who could be saved as they asked him. Jesus beheld them and said unto them, with men this is impossible but with God all things are possible. I think it takes faith to believe the word of God and to believe Christ as what he spoke are great words.
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Remember Paul was dealing with some radical pharisees type of Jews that seeped into the Corinthians church of that time period as well as the other issues mentioned above and in these videos. Just to stress the rich young man did keep the law but he needed to obey the Lord, follow him and pick up his cross. The real way is the way of the cross. It is a narrow road. Today people think because we are under grace all they have to do is believe and be saved. In other words believe, stay sinful and you will be blessed with everything you want under the sun. Christ said repent and believe in the gospel. To repent means to change and make a complete turn around from living in sin. People are enslaved to different types of sins.
Here is a basic synopsis of what Paul taught about salvation Here
What was dividing the corinthian church
The Life And Issues Of The Corinthian Community Religion Essay
Divisions in Corinth
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