Thursday, December 07, 2006

I've just started reading 1 Corinthians today. As usual of all Paul's epistles, it started with something about Jesus.

1 Corinthians 1:1-9

1Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,

2To 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:

3Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

4I always thank God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus. 5For in him you have been enriched in every way—in all your speaking and in all your knowledge— 6because our testimony about Christ was confirmed in you. 7Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed. 8He will keep you strong to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9God, who has called you into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.

Wright reflected upon the passage and wrote, "It doesn't take long in someone's company... before you discover what's really exciting them, what is at the centre of their waking thoughts... One name keeps coming up, over and over again."

For Paul, just in the first 9 verses, the name of Jesus appeared 8 times...

How many times does Jesus appear in your thought every day?

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