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iFellowship 1 Corinthians 7:1

iFellowship 1 Corinthians 7:1
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Another beautiful iFellowship Day is here. I have chosen this day to share with you scripture that has touch my heart from the past week. In the past few weeks, I have been sharing scripture from 1 Peter. Our pastor has been preaching from 1 Peter and doing a marvelous job. This week though, I will be sharing from another New Testament book, 1 Corinthians. In fact, I read this scripture this morning as it was a devotion that I get on my phone. When I first read it, I literally gasped.

2 Corinthians 7:1


1 Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.

Why do you ask that I gasped? The first thing that came to my mind when I read this is, I am abusing my body by what I put in my mouth. You see, I have a weight issue. I am about 70-80 pounds overweight. That isn’t good. Especially when I have been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia and Arthritis.  To me, this scripture could very well mean that I need to cleanse my body from the excessive weight that I am carrying.  However, there is more to the scripture than that.

I have done a little research (meaning asking my hubby!) and looked at a commentary, and have realized that at this particular time in the bible, they were meaning excessive indulgences.  This can also be applied to sins against the body, more generally, as well as sins of the mind (lust, covetousness, etc).
All of these are sins of idolatry, and were mostly a result of bringing pagan greek belief into the church.  This is in reference to1Corinthians 6:12- 1 Corinthians 8.

God’s word is so amazing!  I hope you have enjoyed the scripture I have shared with you today.  Be sure to stop by Seeds of Faith and enjoy the other blogs who have linked up.

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iFellowship 1 Corinthians 7:1

iFellowship 1 Corinthians 7:1
iFellowship

Another beautiful iFellowship Day is here. I have chosen this day to share with you scripture that has touch my heart from the past week. In the past few weeks, I have been sharing scripture from 1 Peter. Our pastor has been preaching from 1 Peter and doing a marvelous job. This week though, I will be sharing from another New Testament book, 1 Corinthians. In fact, I read this scripture this morning as it was a devotion that I get on my phone. When I first read it, I literally gasped.

2 Corinthians 7:1


1 Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.

Why do you ask that I gasped? The first thing that came to my mind when I read this is, I am abusing my body by what I put in my mouth. You see, I have a weight issue. I am about 70-80 pounds overweight. That isn’t good. Especially when I have been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia and Arthritis.  To me, this scripture could very well mean that I need to cleanse my body from the excessive weight that I am carrying.  However, there is more to the scripture than that.

I have done a little research (meaning asking my hubby!) and looked at a commentary, and have realized that at this particular time in the bible, they were meaning excessive indulgences.  This can also be applied to sins against the body, more generally, as well as sins of the mind (lust, covetousness, etc).
All of these are sins of idolatry, and were mostly a result of bringing pagan greek belief into the church.  This is in reference to1Corinthians 6:12- 1 Corinthians 8.

God’s word is so amazing!  I hope you have enjoyed the scripture I have shared with you today.  Be sure to stop by Seeds of Faith and enjoy the other blogs who have linked up.

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iFellowship 1 Peter 2:4-8

iFellowship 1 Peter 2:4-8
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Welcome to iFellowship! As you may have noticed, I have post scripture from 1 Peter the last couple of weeks. Our pastor has been preaching and teaching us from 1 Peter. As usual, there have been powerful words that really have stuck with me.  If we do not have Jesus as our cornerstone, we will crumble and fall.  It is important that we always keep Jesus first in our lives!

1 Peter 2:4-8

4 As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, 
5  you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 
6 For it stands in Scripture:

“Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone,
a cornerstone chosen and precious,
and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”

7 So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe,

“The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone,”

8 and
“A stone of stumbling,
and a rock of offense.”

They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.

Blessings to you!
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iFellowship 1 Peter 2:4-8

iFellowship 1 Peter 2:4-8
iFellowship

Welcome to iFellowship! As you may have noticed, I have post scripture from 1 Peter the last couple of weeks. Our pastor has been preaching and teaching us from 1 Peter. As usual, there have been powerful words that really have stuck with me.  If we do not have Jesus as our cornerstone, we will crumble and fall.  It is important that we always keep Jesus first in our lives!

1 Peter 2:4-8

4 As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, 
5  you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 
6 For it stands in Scripture:

“Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone,
a cornerstone chosen and precious,
and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”

7 So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe,

“The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone,”

8 and
“A stone of stumbling,
and a rock of offense.”

They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.

Blessings to you!
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iFellowship 1 Peter 1:22 – 2:1-3

iFellowship 1 Peter 1:22 – 2:1-3
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My scritpure for this weeks iFellowship is a little long, but it all goes right together. I hope you enjoy reading God’s word as much as I do. I am doing my best to live in the Word daily.

1 Peter 1:22-25
22Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart, 23 since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God; 24for
“All flesh is like grass
and all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers,
and the flower falls,
25 but the word of the Lord remains forever.”
And this word is the good news that was preached to you.

1 Peter 2:1-3
1 So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. 2 Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— 3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.

Be sure to stop by Seeds of Faith and visit all the others who took time to link up today.  Blessings to you all!

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