DCF,
I appreciate the intent of your message, it was a good one. What may seem a minor semantic difference is to me most important. But, again my perspective yields a different interpretation, as I'll demonstrate.
"1 Cor 1:1 Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,
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:
3 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ."
"The Church of God in Corinth"" a real place at a real time."
A dictionary shows the definition of a 'Corinthian' to be "a gay profligate man". Profligate is "a person given up to dissipation and licentiousness".
Why would a Church of God be in a place like this? If the whole city was given up to dissipation and licentiousness, how could there be any sanctified left? Because the church is within the temples of our head, we who struggle with both 'good' and 'bad' within ourselves.
"And to whom in the Church was he writing? "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:""
Yes, I agree, he was telling us how to Unify our thoughts in God, and in this way bring all onto him, within us.
We are all babes in Christ. Our understandings will matter little if the results are the same. I appreciate your intent.
Peace,
Darrin |
