Bible Study February 1, 2024
1 Corinthians 1:1-4 (LSB)
“1 Paul, called as an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, 2 To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, called as saints, with all who in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours: 3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 4 I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus, 5 that in everything you were enriched in Him, in all word and all knowledge.”
Appreciation is something we like. We like to know if we’re doing a good job in our employment. We should always be looking for a way to compliment our spouse, our children. I have always believed in some good in everyone, we all have value. A compliment is an expression of grace.
Appreciation nurtures us, gives us a feeling of acceptance. Someone has coined the phrase “attitude of gratitude.” There is a story in the scriptures of ten lepers being healed in Luke 17. They were given instructions to go and show themselves to the priests, that was the only requirement. It is interesting to note what is found in verse fourteen. “When He saw them, He said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And it happened that as they were going, they were cleansed.” They had not even arrived yet and they were cleansed. If you look at verse fifteen only one showed any gratitude to Jesus for the miracle.
Phillip Yancey in “What’s So Amazing About Grace” writes you can break the cycle of ungrace. He says, “Grace is unfair, which is one of the hardest things about it.” However, that is not an excuse to live in ungrace.
Grace is a choice lifestyle we should chose to live in it.
God Bless.
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