Bible Verse of the Day Sunday October 15th, 2023

1 Corinthians 1:2-3 To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be his holy people, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ—their Lord and ours: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

An airplane was on final approach, and the wheels touched down a few seconds before the pilot intended, which caused the plane to hammer down very hard. The pilot was standing by the door as everyone was exiting the plane. On her way out, a little old lady asked the pilot: "Did we land, or where were we shot down?" If some airline passengers are dissatisfied with air travel quality, maybe the same applies to people going to churches. The modern church of today does have its flaws, as did the church in Corinth. As we read through Paul's letters to the Corinthian church, in the First letter to the Corinthian Church, beginning in the tenth verse, we will find an appeal from the Apostle Paul about their church division over leaders.

Paul's writings did not refer to the Church at Corinth as the Church of Corinth or the 1st Corinthian Apostolic Church of Paul. It was called "God Church in Corinth." The members saw their church in a tight, all-encompassing statement: God's Church. Paul made it very clear and unambitious whose church it really was, Verse 2 begins with “To the church of God in Corinth.” We must wonder sometimes how churches overall would be different if we stopped referring to them as “our church” and being calling them “God’s Church.” We also must wonder what difference it would make when we find ourselves all tangled up in disfunction if we reminded ourselves that it is not about us, it is about being and doing God’s will, not our will. Paul gave the Christians at Corinth, and in extension all Christian today some weight to attach ourselves to. Paul reminded them and us as well we are not just a group of people hanging out to catch up on the latest gossip. In today’s verse of today Paul pointed out that we are God’s holy people along with all that call on the name of the Lord Christ Jesus.

It our modern-day society when we decide to travel to a destination we have never been before we no longer must dig out the map and study it for hours. Today we simply put our destination in our GPS and listen for the directions. It is the same way when God calls us to a certain ministry that we have never been involved in before. We simply go to God in prayer, open His Holy Word and listen to the direction of the leading of His Holy Spirit. This Sunday as we make our way to God’s church let us all leave whatever Satan has been bothering us with behind and come together as His children to do His will.