The Word of the Cross of Christ is foolishness to the natural man. The Corinthians were in danger of believing a false gospel which was altered in order to appear as wisdom to the natural man. Their sin of pride was at the root of it all.
We are seeing tyranny in our nation today. How is the Church to respond? What are we to do? Who are we to be?
Revelation 20 says that all human beings, including Christians, will be judged by their works on the Day when Christ returns. How can that be? Is Herman Hoeksema right when he teaches that every sin ever committed, including the sins of Christians, will be displayed in full ugly clarity for all to see?
We once again consider a chief theme of First Corinthians - pride and its terrible effects upon and within Christ's church.
The pride which was so rampant at Corinth is inconsistent with who Christ's people are and leads to all sorts of divisions and troubles in a church.
First Corinthians is a vital book of the New Testament for the church today, as it has been in all ages. The church at Corinth was a church plagued by the disease of pride, and that malady had led to all kinds of troubles - even in some cases to a denial of the gospel. The same sins seen in Corinth are plaguing the church today.
What does John mean when he instructs us to "test the spirits"? Why is it so important that we do so? How do we apply this test?
The increasing movement to dissolve the borders of nations in just one of many indications that Satan is actively at work, as he always has been, to establish a worldwide kingdom in opposition to the kingdom of God.
We must understand and believe that though we are still here in this world, we are part of the church universal, and that we are in actual communion with all the saints in this world and in heaven.
