60 Days in the Word

Day 12: 1 Corinthians 4: 6-13

Rev. Dyson | About the passage

I have a friend that is an evangelist. In the beginning of his messages, he spends time making fun of the “little things” in his own life. His jokes always lightened what could otherwise be a very tense moment. I asked him about his strategy, and he quoted 1 Corinthians 4:10 and said he’d gladly be a “fool for Christ”. Being willing to be dishonored, mistreated, defamed and more- all if Christ could just get the glory from his life. Is loss ok if God wins? Paul reminds the Corinthians that they have a lot, but that giving it all up for Christ and His Kingdom is worth it. This day, consider practicing loss- for the King and His Kingdom.
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Rev. Gregory Dyson

Vice President for Spiritual Life and Intercultural Leadership | Campus Pastor

Day 12: 1 Corinthians 4: 6-13

Dear brothers and sisters, I have used Apollos and myself to illustrate what I’ve been saying. If you pay attention to what I have quoted from the Scriptures, you won’t be proud of one of your leaders at the expense of another. For what gives you the right to make such a judgment? What do you have that God hasn’t given you? And if everything you have is from God, why boast as though it were not a gift? You think you already have everything you need. You think you are already rich. You have begun to reign in God’s kingdom without us! I wish you really were reigning already, for then we would be reigning with you. Instead, I sometimes think God has put us apostles on display, like prisoners of war at the end of a victor’s parade, condemned to die. We have become a spectacle to the entire world—to people and angels alike. 10 Our dedication to Christ makes us look like fools, but you claim to be so wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are so powerful! You are honored, but we are ridiculed. 11 Even now we go hungry and thirsty, and we don’t have enough clothes to keep warm. We are often beaten and have no home. 12 We work wearily with our own hands to earn our living. We bless those who curse us. We are patient with those who abuse us. 13 We appeal gently when evil things are said about us. Yet we are treated like the world’s garbage, like everybody’s trash—right up to the present moment.

Questions

What does the passage say? / What is happening in the text?

How does this impact me?/  What is significant or noteworthy?

What does this mean in my life?/ What does this mean to me? 

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