Get rid of the old yeast that you may be a new batch without yeast - as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
(1 Corinthians 5.7)
The central problem that Paul was dealing with among the Corinthians has been identified in 1 Corinthians 4.8: ‘we’ve arrived!’ This is continued in chapter 5, by this emphasis in 1 Corinthians 5.7, on the paschal lamb. We haven’t arrived. We’ve embarked on a journey.
Some people get to the starting line, take one step, and say ‘that’s that then!’ The Corinthians had fallen for this. They thought they had arrived. No-one was fooled but themselves.
Today, people are looking for a meaningful journey to enter and engage in. Most searchers are not looking to join a club who know they are right. People look for leadership and direction. They need to find people who are followers, not simply believers in, Jesus Christ.
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Personal Reflections as a follower of the Way
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- 'Christian faith is purposeful participation in the life, ministry & victory of Jesus Christ'
- Married to Jennifer & serving together in full-time Church ministry since 1980. Committed to the Word of God in the Holy Scriptures. Influenced by Reformed, Orthodox, Catholic mystics, Anabaptists, Pietists, Puritans and Pentecostals and baptistic to the core! So thankful for Jesus, seeking to follow Him and inviting you to explore these pages to find out more about the exciting beauty of worshipping God through becoming a disciple of Jesus Christ.