God designed our sexuality to be expressed within a lifelong, committed marriage relationship between a man and a woman for the purposes of procreation, partnership, pleasure, purity and remembering the union of Christ and the church. As our world drifts further away from God’s design for sex, we’re called to be different - to follow God’s design and direction for our bodies and relationships.

All sin is destructive, but sexual sin is particularly damaging. It’s for this reason that God puts very specific guardrails around sexuality. As followers of Jesus, honoring God includes resisting the temptation toward sexual sin, running to Jesus, and leaning on his strength to find freedom. The first step is bringing sin into the light and experiencing the forgiveness and transformation only a faith in Jesus can bring.

Conflict is an inevitable part of life in this broken world. When conflict arises between followers of Jesus, the way we resolve that conflict says a lot about whether or not we follow the example of love to which Jesus calls us. The world tempts us to always want to ‘win’ when conflict appears, but the Apostle Paul reminds us that our first priority is to love one another well, always eager to maintain unity within the church family as we serve as witnesses to a lost world.

God takes the integrity of His church seriously. When we encounter someone in sin within the church family, our responsibility is to call it out in love, praying always for repentance and restoration. But our first look should always be inward, asking the Holy Spirit to reveal those areas in which we struggle. With encouragement from our brothers and sisters in Christ, we walk with humility to worship and honor Jesus Christ through whom we receive the gift of grace and freedom from sin.

The Gospel is an amazing message of hope to share with the world, and the responsibility to share it rests on every follower of Jesus. While the gospel message can sometimes be met with pushback or even persecution from the world, ultimately it’s only God who will judge our faithfulness in the task. We put all our faith and trust in Jesus, the only one who can save.

Whose kingdom are you building? The pursuits of this world like wealth, success, popularity and influence can make us feel good in the moment, but none of those things will last. Instead of building our own kingdom, God calls those who are in Christ to spend time and energy building His Kingdom. When we live with the mission of pointing others toward Jesus, we build on top of a foundation that will last forever.

What does it mean to be spiritually mature? The Apostle Paul calls out some in the Corinthian church for their immaturity and encourages them to keep their focus on Jesus. It serves as a reminder to us all that preachers and ministry leaders are merely servants of Jesus Christ, called to be faithful in their duties, but never forgetting that only Jesus saves, and only Jesus can transform lives. Our desire should be to serve God in humility, always pointing to His glory and the hope of His gospel.

The gospel message is beautiful in its simplicity, but we can often overcomplicate it in our efforts to share it with others. We can convince ourselves that we need to use just the right words or have complex knowledge, ready for every possible question. But the Apostle Paul reminds us that the gospel’s power is in its simplicity and the fact that the Holy Spirit is the one who will do the work of transforming lives. We simply need to keep it simple: Jesus died on the cross for our sin and our faith and trust belong only in Him.

The gospel message - that God sent Jesus to save us from sin - is powerful in its simplicity. To a world that values power and influence, the idea that Jesus would sacrifice himself for the sake of others can seem like foolishness. But for those who embrace the gift of salvation paid for by Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross, it means being adopted into the Kingdom of God, enjoying His perfect presence forever.

What happens when division comes to church? From having a favorite pastor to preferences in music, divisions can rise up quickly when we take our eyes off of the main thing: the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The Apostle Paul calls out those divisions and reminds us that as followers of Christ, our goal should always be unity centered around the gospel.

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