Christmas is not a random event on a timeline. It is the epicenter of all human longing, seeking, and meaning! The interwoven tapestry of all scripture, history, and spirituality have all promised the coming of our King.

📖 SCRIPTURE READING: Isaiah 45:1-7

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How do you see the local church? How does God see the local church? How we see the local church is vitally important, because our view of the church will determine our commitment to the church and to one another. Paul continues his fight to unite God's people in the local by teaching us who we are and all that is ours in Christ.

📖 SCRIPTURE READING: 1 Corinthians 3:16-23

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As we continue our MESSY CHURCH study of First Corinthians, we come to a bunch of helpful and humbling reminders for a church family and for church leaders as Paul continues to dismantle the factions and unite the church around the Gospel.

📖 SCRIPTURE READING: 1 Corinthians 3:4-15

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God's design and desire for his people is spiritual growth and maturity. We learn here that the Corinthian Christians aren't growing up. They are still spiritual babies. This is true for some of us, too. Paul here reminds us that God has given us all we need to grow as he challenges us to GROW UP!

📖 SCRIPTURE READING: 1 Corinthians 2:6-3:4

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Paul reminds the Corinthians, and us, to forsake worldly wisdom and rest our faith solely on the power of the good news of Jesus Christ.

📖 SCRIPTURE READING: 1 Corinthians 1:26 – 2:5

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God uses a "foolish" and "weak" message, means and people to save perishing people. Why? We explore that question as we continue our "Messy Church" series in First Corinthians.

📖 SCRIPTURE READING: 1 Corinthians 1:18-31

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In the first four chapters of First Corinthians, Paul calls the divided church of Corinth to a renewed unity around the Gospel. In 1 Corinthians 1:17-25 he tells us WHY the Gospel is a all supreme and all sufficient basis for the unity of God's people.

📖 SCRIPTURE READING: 1 Corinthians 1:17-25

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Paul loves the Messy Church at Corinth because God loves the Messy Church at Corinth. It's because Paul loves the church that he won't leave them in their mess, but leads them forward to become all that God has declared them to be. And it doesn't take him long to jump write into one of the core issues plaguing the church. The church is divided.

📖 SCRIPTURE READING: 1 Corinthians 1:10-17

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We close out our BY FAITH vision series with Paul's extraordinary prayer for the church in Ephesians 3:14-21 and here we discover we can live by bold risk-taking faith for God!

📖 SCRIPTURE READING: Ephesians 3:14-21

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