So I just finished a rather satirical blog on Global Warming, and now I'm here to relate some of what I've been finding in the scriptures lately. If you want to read my other piece, you can find it at http://blog.myspace.com/jeremiahmcnabb. If not, I won't hold it against you; feel free to hang around here.

I Corinthians
5:9 Here, Paul refers to a previous epistle to the Corinthians. It's too bad that it isn't extant.

6:9 This is a list of people who will not inherit the kingdom of Heaven. Paul then command Christians, then also unbelievers, to be washed, sanctified, and justified.

7:9 (What is it with the ninth verse of everything?) "Burn" with passion, as opposed to marrying. Paul makes it clear that sexual promiscuity is a slippery slope to Hell.

8:1,4: These two verses support the idea that condemnation is accountability-based.

8:9 Continues support for the premise of 8:1,4.

9:2 The word "seal" is used in an evidenciary manner. There's no implication that it's an unbreakable seal, only a marker of salvation.

9:27 "...disqualified for the prize" Note that Paul says "...so after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize." He does not say "so that I myself will win first prize." Coming in second, third or last is different than being disqualified.

10:12 "Be careful that you don't fall."

10:23 This verse begins like 6:12. The first pertained to sexual immorality, the second (10:23), to food sacrificed to idols.

Continue with I Corinthians 11 by clicking HERE.

We're out of Romans and into I Corinthians (1-4). Let's begin, shall we?

1:8 If this verse were proof of Preserverance of the Saints, it would be important enough to warrant soem detail, and not left as a brief note couched in a statement of thanksgiving.

1:10 As in Romans 16:17 this verse speaks against division, a regular theme of Paul's.

1:18 "Being saved." This is not an event, but a process, at least. It could be construed as a destination.

1:24 This is a reference to "the called," both Jews and Gentiles, but it's obviously referring to Christians.

1:26 Not many of you were noble, most were weak, but were still called. God can use anyone.

2:11 Understanding of the deepest things comes from the Holy Spirit. This is Christianized Platonic philosophy, in a way.

3:10-15 "Fire will test." This particular verse is one that is used by Catholics to support the idea of Purgatory. Contextually, this is a verse referring to the immovable stature of the church.

4:6 This is a verse I want to look into more: "Do not go beyond what is written." I assume that this means that we should not make up our own rules in an attempt to become righteous, as the Pharisees did.

4:15 This is another reference to Paul's usage of the idea of spiritual heredity.

To continue in I Corinthians 5, click HERE.