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Who are you in Christ?

How shall you as a believer live if we want to live by the Spirit?

1. You must be sure of your salvation.

2. You must take your eyes off this world and set them on Heaven.

3. You must let God change the way you think.

This fallen world in which we live gives us hundreds of opportunities to live by the Spirit. We must choose to walk in freedom from our sins; not in bondage to our sins.

As believers we daily struggle while living in a fallen world.

Paul tells the Corinthian church that they profess to know Jesus, but their action say that they do not know Him. They claim the benefits of salvation, but are not living as though they have been saved. Their actions are not consistent with the new life that they have in Christ.

Every word Jesus spoke impacted the world. His words impacted flesh, souls, sin, the elements (wind, rain, sea, sun, vegetation and animals) and eternity. There is nothing that Jesus encountered that remained the same as it was prior to hearing His words or experiencing His touch. The same is true today. You cannot hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ without choosing to either receive Him or deny Him.

Paul speaks in this chapter about there being two types of wisdom (worldly wisdom, Godly wisdom) and two types of spirit (the spirit of the world, the Holy Spirit) and there being only one truth.

The natural man cannot make sense of this Godly wisdom born from the Holy Spirit. It is and always will be a great mystery to a fallen world. Prior to receiving Christ, we are on the outside looking in and observing a world that is so far removed from our understanding, it is laughable to even begin to take it seriously.

As a matter of fact this Gospel of grace not only make no sense to the natural man, it makes him angry

The Corinthian letters were written in response to problems within the Corinthian church.Division within the body was the most dangerous problem.. This division had several root causes all of which were grounded in the flesh of the people within the church, including some of the leadership.

In addition to Corinth being a major cultural center of the Greco-Roman world, it was a major commercial and military center. Paul wrote two letters to the church he had established there. He needed to address some of the issues they were having problems with.

Then: Israel has a problem - God has a solution - Israel has a choice - Jesus is coming back!

Now: Man has a problem - God has the solution - Man must make a choice - Jesus is coming back!

Malachi foretells that God will send a messenger to prepare the way before the Lord's coming. We know this messenger to be John the Baptist, Jesus' cousin. It is good news that the Messiah is on His way as was promised.

In the second chapter of Malachi we see a God who, after challenging the priests (and people) of Israel for their disloyalty, spiritual adultery, and mockery of the ceremonial law, now takes them to task concerning their attitude toward the offerings they bring.

The theological message of Malachi is that the Great King (1:14) 1ill come to judge his people as well as to bless (3:1-5; 4:1) and restore them (3-6-12; 4:2).