1 Corinthians here we come!

So today in the reading plan we start 1 corinthians. I am pretty excited about it. I love how we read Acts 18 yesterday and got to see what it was like for Paul when he visited the city for the first time. It is when he met Priscilla and Aquilla, when he heard about Apollos, and where he ministered for a year and a half. I like how God spoke to him in and said "There are many of my people in this city..." and told Paul to stick around.

I did some background on Corinth for us and I will give you a really brief summary. Corinth was a Roman port city in Greece.They are famous for all of their temples to the Roman gods. So the culture is pretty pagan. Paul actually mentions writing a letter before 1 corinthians dealing specifically sexual immorality and division in the church. So these things are clearly big issues because he is going to talk about them again in 1 corinthians. Something my background commentary said that I want to share is that the big issue wasn't necessarily sexual immorality, marraige conflicts, or false prophets... it was a deeper heart issue of not being a holy "set apart" people in a very pagan culture. Anyways there is some background.

You guys have a wonderful weekend! Get in the word, love well, and rest in our joy that can never be taken away!