Why did Paul write 1 Corinthians? Why was one of Jesus' names The Storyteller? Why did monotheism become popular? Who was Jesus's first apostle? Why is the number 40 significant in the Bible? Why is the Talmud important to Judaism?
resurrection of Jesus Christ. If Christ did not rise, Christianity would not have existed. Paul wrote, “But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen. And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty” (1 Corinthians 15:13...
There is some truth to this, especially depending on how you understand the prophecy ofDaniel’s 70 Weeks(Daniel 9:24-27). It may be that Jesus had to come when He did to complete the prophecy given 490 years earlier. Also, in relation to this, Paul writes that Jesus came “at the...
Jesus’ use of parables is a great example of discernment on his part. Parables, if you remember, were told to those who lived before the resurrection of Christ. They did not yet have the full or complete picture to help interpret. That being said, some understood, because they “knew” ...
For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?Douay-Rheims BibleFor who distinguisheth thee ? Or what hast thou that thou hast not received ? And if thou hast received, why dost thou ...
A third positive reason for the practice of the invocation of the saints is that St. Paul instructs us not to refuse help from other members of the mystical body of Christ. We’ve covered 1 Corinthians 12:20-21 a couple of times already, and it bears repeating again here: “There are...
(1 Cor. 15:44). Surely, Paul is not denying the physical nature and bodiliness of our resurrection. We know this because Paul says in 1 Corinthians 15:49 that our bodies will be imaged after Jesus’ resurrected body, which the Gospel writers tell us was bodily in nature. Recall, Jesus...
Paul did not believe the Greek philosophy of his day which taught the immortality of all souls. Before the Messiah, Jesus, came, no one had a chance at immortality because of sin. If they did, then Paul's statement would make no sense. Why would immortality come through the gospel if ...
Paul testified that“we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad” (2 Corinthians 5:10). Here that day is mentioned in Revelation 20:11-15: “I saw a great white...
1 CORINTHIANS 6 Lawsuits Among Believers 1If any of you has a dispute with another, do you dare to take it before the ungodly for judgment instead of before the Lord’s people? 2Or do you not know that the Lord’s people will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, ...