OneThing [27Dec10]
“Wake up from your drunken stupor, as is right, and do not go on sinning. For some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.” - 1 Corinthians 15:34
Here, in the middle of a passage about the resurrection, Paul urges the Corinthians to snap out of their continuing sin and live a pure life. “Why?” they ask. The reason presented here is the sake of the gospel. The people were living drunken lives which indicate lives that are self-centered and out-of-control. Such a lives are not ones a Christian should lead because they harm the image of the gospel. Christ did not save us so that we may go back to sinning! We are saved to new life and part of that new life is spreading the gospel to a dying and confused world.
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