Wednesday
Read 1 Corinthians 1:10-18
10 By the authority of our Lord
Jesus Christ I appeal to all of you, my brothers and sisters, to agree in what
you say, so that there will be no divisions among you. Be completely united,
with only one thought and one purpose. 11For some people from
Chloe’s family have told me quite plainly, my friends, that there are quarrels
among you. 12Let me put it this way: each one of you says something
different. One says, “I follow Paul”; another, “I follow Apollos”; another, “I
follow Peter”; and another, “I follow Christ”. 13Christ has been
divideda into groups! Was it Paul who died on the cross for you?
Were you baptized as Paul’s disciples?
14 I thank God that I did not
baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius. 15No one can say, then,
that you were baptized as my disciples. 16(Oh yes, I also baptized
Stephanas and his family; but I can’t remember whether I baptized anyone else.)
17Christ did not send me to baptize. He sent me to tell the Good
News, and to tell it without using the language of human wisdom, in order to
make sure that Christ’s death on the cross is not robbed of its power.
18 For the message about Christ’s
death on the cross is nonsense to those who are being lost; but for us who are
being saved it is God’s power.
Think
Paul is surprised at the divisions in the church in Corinth. We often follow people and traditions more
faithfully than we follow Jesus.
Pray
Keep our eyes on you Lord.
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