One source states: "The One True God Moving History for His People. God reassures His people that He alone is guiding all events in human history, for His glory and their benefit."
That statement is true and very accurate. But how far do the ripples of God's sovereignty reach?
Feeding Sheep or Amusing Goats
Why is it that believers these days don’t know the names of some of the greatest preachers and missionaries of previous generations? Because… these men’s preaching and writings would condemn much of what passes for preaching today. If these men came back today and heard the average preaching in most Christian and Messianic congregations, they would toss the preachers out of the pulpit. Then, after everybody recovered from that, they would commence to preaching in such away that it would clear out the chaff from the wheat!
Quit You Like Men
In this verse Paul (who is politically gender insensitive by today’s standards) is telling the Corinthian men to … act like men of God, God’s men. How do we define what it is to be a man of God? What is our mind suppose to envision? Wonder what examples Paul would have used when reenforcing his call for men to be God’s men?
Perhaps … Abraham, Moses, Gideon, Joshua?
Thanksgiving
Whether Ye Be In The Faith
II Corinthians 13:5 — Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates? In a sense, the Apostle Paul is challenging them. Why? Eternity is at stake. This isn’t something to be taken lightly. The assurance of one’s salvation is of vital importance. Paul had sensed that things weren’t quite right with some in the assembly. You can see this as you read the Epistle. The only way Paul could get to the bottom of it was by making them take a good hard look at themselves.