Be all things

Be all things – 1 Cor 9:20-21

Vs 20 – When Paul worked among the Jews he would live a Jewish lifestyle.  He did this because that was the means to win them even though he was not obligated to love that way.

Vs 21 – Paul did the same when he worked among the gentiles.  He lived like them.  He did not violate his own personal convictions but in order to win them he would live a Christian life before them in righteousness and purity.  Paul would live according to the law of Christ.  To love God with all his being and then love his neighbor as Christ would love them.  Where ever we find ourselves we are to be the best example of love, grace and purity that we can.  This is the most effective way of winning people.  One of my favorite sayings is, “Live your life so well that the neighborhood gossip will vouch for you.”

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Paul's Paradoxes

Paul`s Paradoxes – 1 Cor 9:19

Vs 19 – Paul then presents another of his paradoxes.  Though he is free in all things he has chosen to be a servant of all.  Jesus is following Jesus’ requirements for the kingdom.  If you want to be great in God’s kingdom you have to be the servant of all.  This was a concept that many of the Corinthians were struggling with.  In fact this a concept that many today in our self centered society cannot grasp.  The false teachers did not follow this concept at all.  They believed that the church served them and not them the church.  Paul’s motivation for this service was that he could win all.  Paul understood that if you were going to win people you had to give them love and service.  

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