A Study On Sexuality And Brotherly Love

The letters Paul writes to the Church in Corinth are prompted by desire to save save their souls, because their actions are defying their claim to being God's children. He's clearly disappointed that they many members have continued practicing sinful behaviors - including, perhaps the most prevalent- sexual sin. Paul cautioned the church that continuing in these sins does not demonstrate that one has become a new creature in Christ Jesus, and that unrepentant, habitual sin will keep them out of heaven (1 Corinthians 6 vs 9-11). He questions how they can judge the church, as unrepentant sinners.

Paul was writing the letter to the churches of Thessalonica which is the capital of the Roman province of Macedonia. His purpose of writing was to praise them on their “faith and love” that Timothy had brought and to focus on the instruction on how to live their Christian lives. Paul was writing this letter while he was on his mission in Corinthian where he was farther south in the province of Achaia. He wants the letter to be read aloud “to all his brothers” which means all his believers in Thessalonica. In 1 Thessalonians 4:3-4 it is confirmed of the conclusion that the churches of Thessalonica was mostly composed of gentile

Paul is the author of the book of Titus. The book of Titus was written around the years 63-65 A.D. The letter was addressed to Titus who was a gentile and a companion of Paul. Paul called Titus his “True son”. Titus along with First and Second Timothy are called Pastoral Epistles. The reason for being categorized that way is because the letters emphasizes the reason for having leaders within the church. (Votaw, Clyde W. pg.130-38) The book 's theme is instructions to Titus on how to run the churches in Crete and to encourage Titus in faith. The first readers of this letter would be Titus, some of the leaders within the Crete churches, Zenas and Apollos who Paul gave the letter to give of Titus. Paul and Titus most likely visited Crete

In this passage of the second letter to the Corinthians, Paul addresses several concerns. He is addressing the situation of a man who has sinned not only against himself, but against the Corinthian Church as well. He explains why he wrote a letter rather than bringing sorrow upon them. Paul is sensitive to the Lord’s leading, and in love, writes to the church encouraging them to discipline this man in love for the purpose of restoring him. He urges the Corinthians to be obedient and love the man through forgiving and encouraging him. Paul shares with them his trust in the Lord for the outcome of this matter and how burdened he was for restoration to take place. He warns them of the need to not allow Satan a foothold through this

I believe that there was possibly an array of issues occurring in the communities of the early Christians during the time that Paul wrote 1 Thessalonians. One of the main issues that could have been present at the time was the fact that Christianity was a new religion, which went against what the other major religions were practicing in society at the time. “Named after Alexander the Great’s half-sister, Thessalonica was a city with rich and varied religious heritage that reflected the diversity of its population” . It seems paganism had a great influence in society with allot of followers, which could be why Julius Caesar was emperor was worshiped and viewed as a god. I can envision that other leaders at the time of early Christianity may

Basically in a nut shell, everyone has offended God, but God has a solution. Paul was focused on building up the kingdom of God (Wright 995), and he was not afraid to share and teach the gospel. However, Paul had not visited the church in Rome and was unfamiliar with their problems. So this letter is a bit different than his others. It is not written in the form that we are used too. Paul had already finished his work in the Mediterranean and really wanted to travel to Spain (Osiek 1829). So scholars say that heading to Rome and teaching the Romans would help finance this trip. Seeing how he was from there, it might have crossed his mind to help him. This seemed like a really good plan for Paul. However, being a converted follower of Jesus could present some unforeseen

The immediate context of the passage in 1 Timothy with regards to women reveals the reality of the church at that time. Paul’s purpose in writing to Timothy was to provide instruction for proper conduct in the church.

Everyone likes to be pulled into the movie they are watching and with the right storyline, you can. When it comes to Brotherly Love the storyline is much deeper than those other movies like, Juice, Menace II Society, and Boyz N the Hood that only portray a “typical” black male trying to get out of the ghetto by selling drugs. This movie shows more than the suppression and oppression, but the strength in one's family and neighborhood; along with the romance, fun and the brotherly love that many may have expected. Overall, the storyline takes the audiences on a journey and leaves them in a bittersweet moment at the

The apostle Paul foresaw at the end of his life a great tsunami of attacks coming against the church of God. He responded with three letters. We call them the Pastoral Epistles: 1, 2 Timothy and Titus. After Paul’s first imprisonment, he visited different places including the Island of Crete, an Island only 160 miles long south of Greece and Turkey in the Mediterranean Sea. He wrote this letter to Titus around 62 A.D. from somewhere in Macedonia. Paul’s main objective is to encourage Titus and give instructions about Godly living as a young pastor. The churches in the Island of Crete needed leadership, correction and order thus Paul could not be everywhere. Paul at some time had visited the island of Crete for he says in Titus 1:5 “I left you

I enjoyed your post, the information you shared was clear and insightful. You stated that “Paul addressed the needs of Christians in Thessalonica, and directed them in ways to correct their behavior”. In spite of Paul’s opponents, who promoted their behavior, he still expressed love and thanks for the Thessalonians. Paul’s first letter was a prayer of thanksgiving. He thanked God for the evidence of His grace and miracles the confirmed Paul’s truth of the gospel. Thessalonians had abandoned their idols and now are serving God. Paul’s second prayer of thanksgiving was to confirm divine origin of the gospel to remind the Thessalonians that the suffering they share for the gospel is not unnoticed and their persecutors will be judged. And

Paul was writing to the Christians in Rome. These believers were from a wide range of teachings; Gentiles who had come from pagan worship and Old Testament following Jews who believed in Jesus as the Messiah. Because Rome had Christians from multiple backgrounds problems evidently started to arise. Jews wanted the Gentiles to follow their Old Testament teachings and were not showing grace or promoting unity with their demands. Both Jews and Gentile believers lacked sound teaching in the areas of grace and other doctrinal truths, this is what appears to have prompted

Is thought that the recipient of the letter were people from a province in central Asia Minor and Paul preached them during his first mission. The authors of the letter to the Galatians was Paul and Jesus Spirit. One of the main purpose of the letter or theme was to address the relationship from the Gentile Christians towards Judaism. The main points of the letter are to be truthful to God and commit to Him, in order to gain the Kingdom of heaven. In verse Gal 1:7 Paul clarifies that there is no other Gospel than the one that Jesus proclaimed. Paul explains that there is people that try to confuse Christians and pervert the gospel of Christ but he is warning us not to fall into that. It repeats over and over to not follow the law of the world but the teachings of Jesus Christ. We all are the church. The ones who believe on God are the church. To be the church in this letter means to believe in Jesus Christ and only worship God because He gave us freedom from sin and He is the only one that can lead us to the Kingdom of God. It also means to live by the fruit of the Spirit which is in love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control (Gal 5:22-23). It means to die to the sin, to reject the sin of, fornication, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, anger, quarrels, dissensions, factions, envy, drunkenness, carousing (Gal 5:19-21), and anything that looks like

Paul begins the letter of Romans by introducing himself and stating his mission. Concisely stating the gospel message, Paul encourages the Roman Christians to “bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name” (1:5), or for the glory of Jesus Christ. He goes on to write of his desires and intentions to visit Rome in order to preach the gospel of Christ to the Jews as well as the Gentiles. Paul continues by explaining his excitement for the gospel as well as the need to live the gospel out in our lives. Finishing the first chapter, Paul presents the inexcusable idolatry, sinfulness, and evilness of the ungodly.

The previous section of the letter is the introduction and Paul’s note of thanks for the Corinthian believers. There is a distinct note of commendation and love in the first section before Paul begins to condemn and exhort the Corinthians for their poor behavior. Much of this behavior is linked to their boasting about their wisdom, or the wisdom of those whom they choose to follow. Therefore, much of Paul’s teaching is in relation to true wisdom, as opposed to worldly wisdom. Paul continues to address the issue of factions in the church by further concentrating on the issue of wisdom, before he begins approaching other issues from the report in chapters 5 and 6. Following this, Paul begins to address the questions posed by the

In this letter Apostle Paul showed how great his love was for the church of Philippi, showing his gratitude for their financial support to further the work of the ministry and to express his concern about their spiritual walk. His only thought was about advancing the cause of Christ and building the Philippians’ faith to continue their mission in spite of the persecution they were facing. Within their church many of the people were at odds and some were trying to hinder the spread of the Gospel. Because of this, Paul encourages the church of Philippi to "stand fast, be of the same mind, rejoice in the Lord always but by prayer let your request be made known and the peace of God shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus" (4:1-7).