1 Corinthians - Can We Help Us?

August 2, 2022

“1 Corinthians 3:11 New King James Version (NKJV)

¹¹For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 3:11 in all English translations” (BibleGateway.com)

“1 Corinthians 11:23-25 New King James Version (NKJV)

Institution of the Lord’s Supper

²³For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread; ²⁴and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, ^[^a^]“Take, eat; this is My body which is ^[^b^]broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” ²⁵In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”

Footnotes:

1 Corinthians 11:24 NU omits Take, eat
1 Corinthians 11:24 NU omits broken

New King James Version (NKJV)

“For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you:”

“Romans 10:17 New King James Version (NKJV)

¹⁷So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

New King James Version (NKJV)

Romans 10:17 in all English translations” (BibleGateway.com)

Hello beloved; who have been saved by grace (GOD’S gift to the world—His only begotten Son-YESHUA CHRIST JESUS) through faith (in the precious Blood, death, burial, and resurrection [on the third day, according to Scripture] of our Messiah-YESHUA CHRIST JESUS-by His Holy Spirit; for the forgiveness of our sin of self-righteousness.) Amen.

Continued from the August 1, 2022 letter;

“Genesis 14:18-20 New King James Version (NKJV)

Abram and Melchizedek

¹⁸Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was the priest of God Most High. ¹⁹And he blessed him and said:

“Blessed be Abram of God Most High,
Possessor of heaven and earth;
²⁰And blessed be God Most High,
Who has delivered your enemies into your hand.”

And he gave him ^[^a^]a tithe of all.

Footnotes:

Genesis 14:20 one-tenth

New King James Version (NKJV)” (BibleGateway.com)

“Hebrews 11:32

New King James Version

³²And what more shall I say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Barak and Samson and Jephthah, also of David and Samuel and the prophets:

Read full chapter

Hebrews 11:32 in all English translations

New King James Version (NKJV)

“1 Chronicles 21:1

New King James Version

The Census of Israel and Judah

21 Now Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to ^[^a^]number Israel.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

1 Chronicles 21:1 take a census of

1 Chronicles 21:1 in all English translations”

“2 Samuel 24:1

New King James Version

David’s Census of Israel and Judah

24 Again the anger of the Lord was aroused against Israel, and He moved David against them to say, “Go, ^[^a^]number Israel and Judah.”

Read full chapter

Footnotes

2 Samuel 24:1 take a census of

2 Samuel 24:1 in all English translations

New King James Version (NKJV)

“21:1 To number Israel: The census of David in this chapter is also recorded in 2 Sam. 24, but there it states that it was because God was angry with Israel (the reason for this is unclear) that He moved David to take the census. The account of the census has been problematic because God does not cause anyone to sin (James 1:13) and because it is not apparent why such a census was wrong (Num. 1:2, 3; 26:2-4). The first problem is clarified by comparing 2 Sam. 24:1 with 1 Chr. 21:1; God did not directly incite David to do something for which He would then turn around and judge him (v. 14); rather, He allowed Satan to influence David to do what David probably already had in his heart to do (James 1:14, 15).

This is similar to the times when the Lord allowed Satan to trouble Job (Job 1:12; 2:6) or when He permitted an evil spirit to torment Saul (1 Sam. 16:14). This is one of the only three OT references where Satan (literally, “Adversary”) is mentioned by name (see also Job 1; 2; Zech. 3:1). The absence of the definite article (the) before “Satan” in v. 1 indicates that the title, which emphasized his role in inciting rebellion against God, had already become a proper name.

Although we are not told why the numbering was evil (v. 7), it was perhaps either an indication that David was trusting more in his military strength than in God’s power (see Ps. 20:7) or a violation of God’s instruction to Moses on how to conduct a census (see Ex. 30:11-16). The first would be a sin of motive and the second, a sin of method.” (NEW SPIRIT FILLED LIFE Bible—Jack W. Hayford, Litt.D.— New King James Version—THOMAS NELSON—Since 1798)

Good morning beloved of YESHUA CHRIST JESUS. Beloved, is it possible that some of the trials and tribulations we experience are either because of the lingering evil stench of pride that is in our hearts; or, could it be that our LORD-GOD knows something about us that we do not know about ourselves and allows us to be sifted, that His power in us be revealed?

Beloved, I know not about your heart but my heart is praying that whatever I endure that is not pleasant but a trial or a tribulation; is because the power of my LORD’S Holy Spirit, through the precious Blood of my Savior and LORD-YESHUA CHRIST JESUS, as an adopted Son of GOD Most High; is being revealed in me; that my LORD-GOD be praised and adored as GOD Most High; and I myself, that my LORD-GOD consider me, as He did, our man of GOD, “King David”; a man after His very heart. Amen. Amen. Amen.

“Job 1:12

New King James Version

¹²And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your ^[^a^]power; only do not lay a hand on his person.”

So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.

Read full chapter

Footnotes