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The Expression of God by Joe La Bianca

1 CORINTHIANS 12:1-7


We have seen from the last chapter that God does not kill his children to train them. Once a person is dead, the training is over. So this proves that those Christians who were sick and dying in chapter eleven were that way because the Christians that could have helped the poor around them did not discern the body. They were ignorant of the poor Christians at the fellowship and at communion, so Paul rebuked them for it.
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Hidden by Joe La Bianca

Col. 3:3-6
For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
When Christ, who is your life, appears,
then you also will appear with him in glory.
Put to death, therefore, whatever
belongs to your earthly nature:
sexual immorality, impurity, lust,
evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.
Because of these, the wrath of God is coming.
If you believe in the cross of Christ, that Jesus died for your sins and rose again, it means that you died with Jesus on the c… Continue

Happy Waiting by Joe La Bianca

Romans 15:5-12
May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you a spirit of unity among yourselves as you follow Christ Jesus, so that with one heart and mouth you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God. For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the Jews on behalf of God’s truth, to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs so that the Gent… Continue

Names by Joe La Bianca

What’s in a name? Names are used as a means of identification. You can associate a name with a face and establish the identity of the person. But names have meanings, meanings which are either forgotten in many cases, or never known to begin with. I met a bank teller who’s name was the same as my wife’s maiden name. I asked her if she knew what her last name meant, and she did not. So I told her what her name meant, and she was very interested to hear it. Your names all h… Continue

Let God Be True by Joe La Bianca

Romans 3:1-4
What advantage, then, is there in being a Jew, or what value is there in circumcision? Much in every way! First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God. What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God’s faithfulness? Not at all! Let God be true, and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that you may be proved right when you speak and prevail when you judge.”

The Jews of old had a superior position. In a s… Continue