April 26, 2009 - Confirmed To The End

Meditation on 1 Corinthians 1

The first letter to the Corinthians was written by the Apostle Paul to correct the many problems in the church of Corinth. They had divisions, immorality, law suit, questions of worship and question of spiritual gifts and etc. But the amazing thing was that Paul still said that Christ would also confirm them to the end, that they might be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. (v. 8) In other word, they would be sustained by the grace of God and would be saved for eternity.

What gave Paul the confidence to say the above? Verse nine gave the answer. "God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord." (NKJV)  The faithfulness of God will make sure that his calling upon Christians will be carried out to the end to accomplish the purpose of His call.

Praise the Lord for His faithfulness though sometime we may be unfaithful. For He cannot deny Himself. (2 Timothy 2:13) Though the Corinthian Christians had lots of problem and was ignorant of many things, God still called them saints. (v. 2) And they were taught and expected to live like a saint.

May we all rejoice in the wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption we have in Jesus Christ. (v. 30)