A genuine church is enriched in Christ, awaits the Lord’s unveiling, and enjoys Christ

In the first chapter of 1 Corinthians we see a portrait of a genuine church in the focus of the Lord’s recovery, and yesterday we were enjoying the first 4 verses – this church enjoys God as grace and is called out by God to be the church of God. This morning we were enjoying verses 5-9 from this same chapter, where Paul shows us that a genuine church is enriched in Christ, does not lack any gift, has the sign of eagerly awaiting the Lord’s coming, and is in the sweet fellowship and participation of Jesus Christ! How sweet and how wonderful! Here is 1 Cor. 1:5-9,

That in everything you were enriched in Him, in all utterance and all knowledge, Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you, So that you do not lack in any gift, eagerly awaiting the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who will also confirm you until the end unreprovable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord....

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A genuine church is a meal offering church life with the fine humanity of Christ

Qualifications of a genuine church: the church of God enjoying grace upon grace!

Qualifications of a genuine church: the church of God enjoying grace upon grace!

It is so encouraging to read the first few verses in 1 Corinthians chapter 1 – right at the beginning of his epistle, Paul paints a wonderful picture of a genuine church in the focus of God’s economy, in the focus of the Lord’s recovery. The church is composed of the called saints (1 Cor. 1:2) – there is no other name or denomination, but the ones called out of the satanic world, the ones who are being continually sanctified! Hallelujah, we are the saints – we do not belong to the world but to the church, and we are being sanctified in the person of the Lord Jesus Christ!...
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Source: A normal believer in Christ

Qualifications of a genuine church: the church of God enjoying grace upon grace!

Seeing what it means to be a genuine church in the focus of the Lord’s recovery