Who is God like? Vv. 9-11 God cleansed us with his Spirit in Jesus Christ in order to give us his kingdom as an inheritance. Praise the Lord! God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit made me holy, changed me to be righteous and allowed me to be an heir of his kingdom. Thank God who reigns in my life and leads me to obey him, having repented from my sin in the past.
What lesson is God teaching me? Vv. 7,8 Lawsuits among believers prove the fact that there are faults in churches. It is better to choose to accept the betrayal or disadvantage. Didn¡¯t Jesus tell us, ¡°if someone strikes your right cheek, turn the left one also (Mt 5:39)?¡± Do not take problems to a court of the world, if you can handle them by accepting and tolerating the loss. Church is a family community in which there cannot be a matter of winning and losing.
Vv. 9,10 If the Corinthian church had been spiritually mature enough and filled with the wisdom of the Holy Spirit, there would not be the problem of lawsuits. As a result of immorality, idol worship and sexual sin, the church became weak and dull in the spiritual realm. If we find those sins in our lives, we will not have a spiritual impact nor enter the kingdom of God. Do I have proofs in my life that show that I am a new creation in the Holy Spirit?