november 3, 2011 God's Love Letter

God’s Love Letter
1 Corinthians 1 – 2

1 Corinthians 1:2 To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ — their Lord and ours.

THE Apostle Paul wrote this letter to the church in Corinth. And he wrote it to someone else. He wrote it to you.
What? You weren’t alive then? You’ve never been to Corinth? You didn’t know Paul, and he didn’t know you?
It doesn’t matter. God appointed Paul to tell the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the world, and the world is still here. You are part of the world. God gave you life and put you here. He called you to himself, just as he called those believers in Corinth. And this message is for “all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
When you understand this letter to be directly to you, I hope that this letter takes on a deeper and more personal meaning for you.
I also hope that you begin to see the entire Bible as a letter from God to you personally.
God’s Holy Word is a message of love that demonstrates how God personally gave himself through Christ Jesus to the world across cultures and time. He gave himself so that we might know him and be saved through him.
So what should you do with the rest of this letter to the Corinthians? What might happen if you approach God’s Word as his love letter of truth to you?


Pause and Consider: what a special privilege it is to hear from God.