Twin Cities Grace Fellowship Sermons

Being before God is no small feat. We attempt to be holy before Him ourselves we will be destroyed. Yet, God provided Christ for us to be in and thus be holy and without blame before Him. We are called with a holy calling not unto uncleanness, but unto cleanness. We are holy in Him and are to perfect holiness.

The feast days and sacrifices of the law serve, in part, as the tutors and governors regarding the faith that would come. Learn how the sacrifices under the law taught Israel.

After upholding God's wisdom in Christ in the face of the Corinthians love for the wisdom and riches of the world, Paul addresses the results of such love for the world, that is, you act it. Paul takes on the sexual and spiritual fornication in the upcoming chapters.

Christ is holy and we are chosen in Him that we would be holy and without blame. The chief attribute of God is He is holy, being holy before Him is staggering and the foundation of all that He purpose in Christ and us in Him.

Examination of the description of the tenor of the law, how it was to be understood, what Israel was accountable to, their failure and the evidence of it.

Paul wraps of the first major section to the Corinthians by holding them accountable to that which he has written to them concerning the wisdom of God in Christ.

God is holy and all that He plans in Christ must be holy. God chose us in Christ to be holy before Him, that is, suitable to His pleasing.

Further examination of numerous features of the law as it pertains to Israel regarding historical context, disposition, and that which it would teach.

Paul's warning of his coming to hold the Corinthians responsible to follow the Paul's ways which be in Christ - such is the kingdom of God.

God's counsel established His purpose in Christ - thus Christ chosen and we (believers) in Him to fulfill His eternal purpose.

Further examination of the historical context and disposition of the Mosaic Covenant.

A quick survey of the sufferings of Christ that Paul was appointed to that his faithfulness manifested which stood in stark contrast to the Corinthians lack of faithfulness to God, but love for the riches of the world.

The Law, received due to Israel's prideful response due to the the failure to learn of God's Jehovahness and their sinfulness, taught to them from Egypt to Mt. Sinai, would be their schoolmaster ministering condemnation and death to be a tutor and governor that their mouth may be stopped concerning their own righteousness.

Paul sets what God has set forth with the apostles in contrast to that which the Corinthians are experiencing to serve as a warning they are esteeming lightly Christ, but the world highly to their own condemnation.

Understanding that God choose Christ and what God's purpose in Christ is aids our understanding of how we are chosen in Christ to be blessed with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Him.

Examination of the day of temptation in Israel's wilderness wandering and during their time under law they continued to tempted and provoke the LORD.

God uses the opposite that the world esteems to manifest His glory. The Corinthians love for the riches of the world put them in contrast to what God had appointed and manifest in Paul.

Understanding our own selection of God must first be understand of God's choosing of Christ, the Lord of glory.

Examination of the commencement of the day of temptation when God redeemed them from the hand of their enemy of Egypt that revealed their lack of faith manifested in murmuring, tempting, and chiding God.

Another introduction to understanding the blessings the body of Christ is blessed with. The genesis of such blessings were established in the counsel of God before anything was and imputed upon the individual upon faith in Christ. The kind of these blessings are spiritual and the extent to which God has provided them is told in the "all".

Examination of the commencement of the day of temptation when God redeemed them from the hand of their enemy of Egypt that revealed their lack of faith manifested in murmuring, tempting, and chiding God.

The Corinthians esteemed the riches of the world and such esteem was the root for their divisions, contentions, strife and envy. Paul corrects them their thinking concerning the riches of the world to that of the riches of God.

Another introduction to understanding the blessings the body of Christ is blessed with. The genesis of such blessings were established in the counsel of God before anything was and imputed upon the individual upon faith in Christ. The kind of these blessings are spiritual and the extent to which God has provided them is told in the "all".

Examination of the commencement of the day of temptation when God redeemed them from the hand of their enemy of Egypt that revealed their lack of faith manifested in murmuring, tempting, and chiding God.