Bible Reading Plan: March 22-28
We invite you to join us in reading through the Bible together. We're not trying to complete it in a limited time frame like a month or a year; but rather, we want to create a habit (or discipline) of getting to know God's heart through what He's told us about Himself.
We are studying the Letter to the church in Corinth. It’s Paul’s corrective letter to a divided and morally compromised church. He confronts disunity, immorality, misuse of spiritual gifts, and confusion about worship and the resurrection. His purpose is to re-center the church on Christ crucified and risen, calling them to holiness, unity, and love.
When reading, ask yourself the following questions:
We are studying the Letter to the church in Corinth. It’s Paul’s corrective letter to a divided and morally compromised church. He confronts disunity, immorality, misuse of spiritual gifts, and confusion about worship and the resurrection. His purpose is to re-center the church on Christ crucified and risen, calling them to holiness, unity, and love.
When reading, ask yourself the following questions:
- What does it say about God?
- What does it say to/about me?
- What can I learn from this reading?
- Sunday: Psalm 148 “…for his name alone is exalted, his majesty is above earth and heaven.”
- Monday: 1 Corinthians 7:17-24 The charge “lead the life that the Lord has assigned …” is a good instruction for everyone. God is able to give grace to those who wished life was different …
- Tuesday: 1 Corinthians 7:25-31 Paul argues for the fact that whether you are single or married, one is not better than the other. The key perspective to keep is that this “world is passing away” (vs 31)
- Wednesday: 1 Corinthians 7:32-40 Paul’s desire is that we be “free from anxieties” (vs 32) and explains that married people have their share of anxieties, while for the single person has the ‘advantage’ of being worried only about how to please the Lord. Paul would still say, do what you feel called to …either singlehood or married
- Thursday: 1 Corinthians 8:1-7 The issue in the church was whether food offered in other religious sacrifices to gods, can that be eaten by a Christ follower? Paul states that because these ‘gods’ are not real, it’s not an issue; however, if your “conscience” believes these gods or the food offered are religious, then don’t eat
- Friday: 1 Corinthians 8:8-13 Now Paul raises it to a higher level: it’s more than what you think. If your brother, who is “weak” spiritually believes that your eating of that is wrong, then don’t be a “stumbling block”.
- Saturday: 1 Corinthians 9:1-9 A great passage on “rights”! In the world you will see people fighting for their “rights”; Christians too demand their “rights”. Paul teaches here that ‘even if you have a right, you have the option of surrendering it’ [continued in the following verses]. This is a radical posture in today’s society … the Cross is our example
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