Watch, and stand fast in the faith... 1 Corinthians 16.13

Interesting, but Christian?

You could hardly say the Corinthians were standing fast in the faith.

Watch... 1 Corinthians 16.13

Pay attention!

The Scriptures frequently exhort believers to pay attention to what’s going on in their lives.

Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. Let all that you do be done with love. 1 Corinthians 16.13, 14

Two failures

The Church in Corinth in the days of the Apostle Paul was a struggling church, not unlike many of our churches today.

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Foundations of a Worldview

Then the LORDsaid: “I have pardoned, according to your word; but truly, as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD– because all these the men who have seen My glory and the signs which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have put Me to the test now these ten times, and have not obeyed My voice, they certainly shall not see the land of which I swore to give to their fathers…” Numbers 14.20-23

Foundations of a Worldview

“The LORDwill send on you cursing, confusion, and rebuke in all that you set your hand to do, until you are destroyed and until you perish quickly, because of the wickedness of your doings in which you have forsaken Me.” Deuteronomy 28.20

Foundations of a Worldview

“The LORDwill cause you to be defeated before your enemies; you shall go out one way against them and flee seven ways before them…” Deuteronomy 28.25

Foundations of a Worldview

“You shall appoint judges and officers in all your gates, which the LORD your God gives you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with just judgment.” Deuteronomy 16.18

Foundations of a Worldview

“Therefore you shall keep the commandments of the LORDyour God, to walk in his ways and to fear him.”Deuteronomy 8.6

Foundations of a Worldview

“And you shall remember that the LORDyour God led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you andtest you, to know what wasin your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.” Deuteronomy 8.2

Foundations of a Worldview

“You should know in your heart that as a man chastens his son, so the LORDyour God chastens you.” Deuteronomy 8.5

Ecclesiastes 10.18-20

¹⁸Because of laziness the building decays,
And through idleness of hands the house leaks.
A feast is made for laughter,
And wine makes merry;
But money answers everything.
²⁰Do not curse the king, even in your thought;
Do not curse the rich, even in your bedroom;
For a bird of the air may carry your voice,
And a bird in flight may tell the matter.