極大的奧秘 - 基督與教會

The Two Festivals for Christians - Passover VS Feast of Unleavened Bread

Corinthians 5:6-8 "Your boasting is not good. Don't you know that a little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough? Get rid of the old yeast, so that you may be a new unleavened batch—as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. Therefore let us keep the Festival, not with the old bread leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth."

How can Christians be washed in the name of the Lord?

Ephesians 1:7 "In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace."

John 14:26 "But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you."

From 1 Corinthians Chapter 4, examining 'Genuine Humanity and True Spirituality'

1 Cor 4:21 "What do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and with a gentle spirit?"

The Stewards of God's Mysteries

1 Cor 4:1-2 "This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful."

Col 1:25 "of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God that was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known,"

Why Paul said the apostles have become a spectacle?

1 Corinthians 4:9 "For I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last, as men condemned to death; for we have been made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men."

All things are ours, we are Christ's, and Christ is God's

1 Corinthians 3:21-22 "So then, no more boasting about human leaders! All things are yours, whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours."

Romans 8:28 "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."

Gold, Silver, Precious Stones VS Grass, Wood, Straw - Two Types of Christian Life and Service

1 Corinthians 3:11 For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 3:12 If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw,