The believer's submission - not subjugation - as a choice, in gender roles as well as giftings, points to the self-sacrificing nature of Christ, and gives glory to God as each member strives for unity in walking out their calling in the context of the body of Christ.

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The baptism of Jesus Christ as related in Mark 1:9-11 vividly prefigures and foreshadows His crucifixion, along with all the benefits that it purchased for us, but particularly our adoption, and the reality that God the Father speaks the same affirmation over every one of His children that He spoke to the Son at His ministry's start.

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1 Corinthians 9 teaches us that while some are called to vocational ministry, and to make special sacrifices for the gospel, all are called to ministry, and all ministry is accomplished through and for Jesus Christ.

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Paul outlines how we are called to use our freedom with respect to idols: not misusing it so as to offend our own consciences or those of others - recognizing that while we have real freedom, we also have real influence - and exercising our freedom for God's glory!

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Whether single or married, God has called us in our circumstances to live sacrificially, using the gifts that He has given us (singleness and marriage, each a gift) for His glory.

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In 2 Corinthians 12:1-10, we see the nature of Paul's suffering, and how God uses adversity in our lives to bring glory to Himself.

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Since our bodies - including our sexuality - were made by God, sexual sin damages the imago Dei, but now that our bodies belong to God, sex and sexuality are part of our worship that gives glory to God!

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Sin in the church cannot be celebrated. Rather, by the power of Christ, it must be confronted in love, in step with the word of God, in humility, and for the purpose of restoring the one in sin when they repent.

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Luke 7:36-50 offers great insight into the reasons we avoid repenting, including a view of sin as external, and spiritual pride; the bold, generous, radical worship, and wholesale transformation that come when we do repent; and the source of power and motivation for repentance.

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Unity and humility are exemplified by the Triune God and the coming to earth of the Son, so the ultimate goals of the Christian are not unity and humility themselves, but Christ Himself, and unity and humility will flow out of seeking Him.Support the show