March 21 Readings

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Today's reading from Job 38-40; 1 Corinthians 13

Stedman: The God of Nature-Job 38-39
Stedman: The Nature of God-Job 40-41

Job 38 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Job 39 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Job 40 with Commentaries, verse by verse

Other Links
TheRobe blog with personal reflection on Job
Dr. Thomas Constable Study Notes is a PDF file, open with Adobe Acrobatic Reader
Deffinbaugh on Job 1
Deffinbaugh on the man, Job
Malik-Intoduction to Job
Malik-Argument for Job
Piper on Job
Spurgeon on Job
Spurgeon, Edwards on Job
Stedman on Job

1Corinthians 13 with Commentaries, verse by verse
This is the Love Chapter. Paul is showing the Corinthian Church how to exercise spiritual gifts through love. He spoke about four gifts-tongues, prophecy, faith and generosity. If they do not have love agape, which is God's unconditional love, these gifts mean nothing. Verse 4-6 speaks about the quality of this love. This chapter has been misused as the Love Chapter because the meaning of the word love is misunderstood. In English the word love can be vague. While in the Greek, there are three types of love. The first is eros, which is the love between a man and a woman. The second is phileo which means brotherly love. This is where we got the word Philadelphia which means the city of brotherly love. Finally, agape is God's love which is unconditional. With this love, you can love your enemies. When Jesus said to love your enemies. This was the word that he used.
Link to agape love

In verses 8-13, agape love is compared against tongues, prophecy and knowledge. Agape love is not a spiritual gift but it is a fruit of the Spirit (Gal 5.22).
Paul also mention that in our natural bodies we only know things partially but one day on our resurrected bodies we will see things the way they are.

Piper on 1Cor 13.4-7
Stedman Sermon 1 on 1Cor. 13
Stedman Sermon 1 on 1Cor. 13
Deffinbaugh on 1 Corinthians 13

Other Links
Calvin on 1 Corinthians 1-9
Calvin on 1 Corinthians 10-16
Dr. Thomas Constable Study Notes is a PDF file, open with Adobe Acrobatic Reader
Deffinbaugh on 1Corinthians
Index to Sermons by McArthur, Ryle, Edwards and Spurgeon on 1Corinthians
Spurgeon on 1Corinthians
Stedman on 1 Corinthians
Pett on 1Corinthians 1-7
Pett on 1Corinthians 8-16
Piper on 1Corinthians
Wallace on 1 Corinthians


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