God uses faithful ministers of the gospel to build His church on the foundation of Jesus Christ for His own glory. Therefore, believers in Christ must reject spiritual immaturity, recognize our role in ministry, faithfully build up the church through the gospel, and honor God’s people as holy!
God’s wisdom, hidden from the world, is revealed through the Holy Spirit so that we might understand and embrace the salvation freely given to us in Jesus Christ. Therefore, believers must reject worldly wisdom, embrace God’s revealed truth, and live as those who possess the mind of Christ!
The wisdom of God and power of God is experienced when we repent of our worldly wisdom and our human ability and trust in our crucified, buried, and risen Savior, who is our salvation, sanctification, and redemption. Therefore, let us proclaim Christ and Him crucified and boast only in the Lord!
The gospel gives God’s people a new identity and a new community in Christ. Therefore, Christians must reject worldly wisdom that leads to corporate division and continually apply the gospel to our lives by believing it, remembering it, and boasting in the Lord Jesus!
The gospel of Jesus Christ is not merely the message that saves the church but shapes the church. Therefore, God’s people must reject worldly wisdom and selfish pride, pursue holiness and sacrificial love, build up one another, and hold fast to the risen Christ.
Jesus isn’t just a good teacher or a good example. Jesus is God. He’s supreme over all creation and over His people. Therefore, Jesus must be supreme in our hearts. Christians must cultivate a heart that sees Jesus in His Word and savors Him as the Savior of our souls, both now and forever!
In an age marked by skepticism, pluralism, and strife, the question of all questions still stands: Who is Jesus? He is our great High Priest, who took on flesh, lived among us, died for sinners, rose in triumph, and now reigns as King forevermore.
Every church has a unique calling to go into all the world and send its best to the nations. In Acts 13, Antioch joyfully sent missionaries to proclaim the gospel, with a promised end. Therefore, believers must be willing and eager to send their best for God's fame across the earth.
Every believer is called to financial faithfulness, but our testimony is threatened by the desire for riches and the love of money. Forgiveness through Jesus and the gift of the Holy Spirit enables us to be content with what we have and control harmful desires. Therefore, we can live this out practically with our resources, doing God’s will and glorifying Him!