1st CORINTHIANS ~Chapter 4

Men should look upon us as servants of Mashiach, as stewards of the mysteries of Elohei. And to sum it up the main requirement of a steward is that he be found faithful. With me, it is a very small matter that I should be judged by you, or tried before a human court. I do not even pass judgment pf myself. For although my conscience does not reprove me for anything, that does not mean that I am innocent. It is Adonai Yeshua that judges me. Therefore, do not pass any premature judgments, but wait until Yeshua comes back. He will throw light on what is now hidden in darkness, and He will reveal the motives in men’s hearts. Every man will then receive from Elohim Himself the praise that is his due.

Brethren, the reason why I have applied all this to myself and Apollos is that you may profit by it, that you may learn from us not to go beyond what the Scriptures permit, and that no one of you should boast of one person in preference to another. After all, who makes one superior to another? Or, what is it that you have that has not been given you? So if you have received it s a gift, why do you boast as though you have earned it?

Are you already satisfied? Have you already become rich? Have you already taken possession of your kingdom without our help? I surely could wish that you now occupied your thrones, and that we, too, might reign with you. Indeed, it seems to me that Elohim has placed us Apostles last and least among men, like men under sentence of death. Truly, we are a spectacle of the whole creation, to Angels as well as men. For Mashiach’s sake we are fools, but you are wise in Mashiach. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we are in disrepute.

Up to the present moment, we have suffered hunger and thirst. We are poorly clad. We have been abused and beaten. We have no home. We have worked hard with our hands for a living. When men revile us, we answer with a blessing; when they slander us, we just beg them to cease. We are considered as worthless filth, the scum of the earth, to this very day.

No, I am not writing these things to make you feel ashamed. Rather, I counsel you as my beloved children. Foe even if you had ten thousand Christian teachers, you have only one father. It was I who became your father in Yeshua Mashiach when I preached the Gospel to you. I plead with you, therefore, to follow my example. It was for this reason that I sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in Adonai Yeshua, to remind you of my walk in Mashiach Yeshua, which is the same as I preach everywhere in every church.

Some among you seem to think that I am never again going to visit you, and they have, therefore, become puffed up. But I am coming to you again, and that very soon, Elohim willing. Then I shall find out, not so much what these conceited ones say, as what they can do. For Elohei’s Kingdom does not consist of mere words, but of deeds to match them. What is it you wish? Would you rather see me come with a stick in hand, or with a loving, gentle spirit?

**CORINTHIANS 3: https://jeastofeden.blogspot.com/2019/06/1st-corinthians-chapter-3.html

1st CORINTHIANS ~Chapter 3

So I had to approach you, not as spiritual men, but a worldly-minded set, at best not more than babies in Mashiach. I gave you milk to drink, not meat to eat, for you could not take it. Even now you are not strong enough for it. You are still too worldly. For when jealousy, quarrels, and divisions thrive among you, are you not worldly-minded and carrying on like men of the world?

When one of you says, ‘I am a follower of Paul,’ and another says, ‘I am a follower of Apollos,’ are you not then speaking like worldly men? Who is Apollos? And who is Paul? Just servants through whom you have come to faith, each doing the work that Elohei allotted to him. I did the planting, Apollos the watering, but Elohei gave the growth. So neither he who plants nor he who waters counts for anything, but only Elohei, Who gave the growth.

The planter and the waterer are alike, although each will be paid according to his work. We are Elohim’s workmen and you are Elohim’s field to be tilled – or Elohei’s building to be erected. Like a skillful architect, I laid a foundation according to the commission that Elohim gave me, but someone else is building on it. But let each one take care how he builds on it. For this foundation is Yeshua Ha’Mashiach, and He is the only foundation on which anyone can build.

Men may build on this foundation with gold, silver, and precious stones; or with wood, grass, and straw; and each builder’s workmanship will be made clear, for the Judgement Day will disclose it. That Day will come with fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done. If a man has put up a building that stands firm, he will receive a reward. But if the building is destroyed, that will be his loss; yet he, himself, will be saved: but only as though he were pulled out of the fire.

Don’t you know that you are Elohei’s Temple, and that His Spirit makes His home in you? If anyone defiles Elohei’s temple, Elohim will bring him to ruin, for Elohei’s Temple is holy and you are that temple.

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in a worldly way, let him rather become a fool in order to be truly wise. In Elohim’s sight, the world’s wisdom is foolishness. So Scripture says, “He catches the wise with their own quibbling.” And again, “The Lord knows the reasonings of the learned, that they are of no account.” (Job 5:13 & Psalm 94:11).

Let no one, then, boast of men, because all things are yours! Be it Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world; or life and death, or the present and the future – it is all for you!

And you belong to Mashiach, and Mashiach belongs to Elohei!

**CORINTHIANS 2: https://jeastofeden.blogspot.com/2019/05/1st-corinthians-chapter-2.html

1st CORINTHIANS ~Chapter 2

The message of the Scriptures never gets old – it is always relevant to the present as well as the past.

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So, when I came to preach Elohim’s message to you, brethren, I did not come with pretensions to eloquence or learning. For I had decided that while I was with you, I would speak of nothing except Yeshua Ha’Mashiach, the crucified One. In fact, while I was with you I was timid and afraid, even trembling. And I spoke and preached without enticing words or show of learning, but I tried to demonstrate that the Ruach Ha’Kodesh has power. I did this in order that you might rest on Elohei’s power rather than on human wisdom.

There is, of course, a wisdom that true Believers have, and this we expound, but it is not the wisdom of these times nor of the leaders of this age, doomed as they are to be set aside as naught. On the contrary, the message that we proclaim is Elohei’s wisdom, hereto a mystery and kept secret until now, but which Elohim had intended for our glory before time began. It is a message that not one of the leaders of this world knew about, for if they had known they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. Truly, as Scripture says, “For those who love Him, Elohim has prepared things no eye has ever seen and no ear has ever heard, and no human heart ever conceived” (Isaiah 64:4).

These things Elohei revealed to us by His Spirit, for the Ruach Ha’Kodesh searches everything, event he depths of Elohei Himself. For who can best know the things about a man, except the man’s own spirit that is within him? And just so, no one can understand the thoughts of Elohei as can the Spirt of Elohei. We have received the Ruach Ha’Kodesh, not the spirit of the world, so that we may know the things that Elohim has given us.

And we tell and explain this mystery in words not taught by human learning, but taught by the Ruach Ha’Kodesh; that is, we explain spiritual truths to those who have received the Ruach. The worldly man does not accept the gifts from Elohei’s Spirit, because they seem foolishness to him, and because he cannot understand them without help from the Ruach Ha’Kodesh. It is the spiritual man who can understand all spiritual matters, even though he himself may not be understood by anyone. For who has known the mind of Adonai Yeshua, and who can teach Him? Yet, we share with Mashiach, His thoughts.

**CORINTHIANS 1: https://jeastofeden.blogspot.com/2019/05/pauls-letter-to-corinthians-chapter-1.html