I Corinthians 1:3-9
First Week of Advent
November 27, 2005
Paul speaks here on the other side of the First Advent of Jesus Christ, but with the same sense of anticipation that the prophets spoke hundreds of years before Christ’s birth. The Early Church believed that Jesus would be coming in their lifetimes (Mark 13:26-30), so Paul is petitioning the Church in Corinth to stay to their course, stay trusting in the grace of Jesus to save & protect them, and stay faithful as God is faithful to them. Because of Jesus, Paul declares, it fully possible to wait for His arrival, patiently & without blame. Jesus came once and promised to come again. We wait for His arrival, relying on Him completely in the interim.
November 27, 2005
Paul speaks here on the other side of the First Advent of Jesus Christ, but with the same sense of anticipation that the prophets spoke hundreds of years before Christ’s birth. The Early Church believed that Jesus would be coming in their lifetimes (Mark 13:26-30), so Paul is petitioning the Church in Corinth to stay to their course, stay trusting in the grace of Jesus to save & protect them, and stay faithful as God is faithful to them. Because of Jesus, Paul declares, it fully possible to wait for His arrival, patiently & without blame. Jesus came once and promised to come again. We wait for His arrival, relying on Him completely in the interim.
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