OUR FATHER WHO GIVES US GRACE

1 Corinthians chapter 1 verses 1 - 9 captures the introduction of apostle Paul's first letter to the Corinthians.

Paul begins with a formal greeting where he introduces himself as a chartered apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ and then addresses the recipients of his letters as those at the town of Corinth who call on the name of Jesus as Lord.

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

2 To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who in every place call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:

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

4 I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given to you by Christ Jesus, 5 that you were enriched in everything by Him in all utterance and all knowledge, 6 even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you, 7 so that you come short in no gift, eagerly waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ, 8 who will also confirm you to the end, that you may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Apostle Paul expresses his gratitude for the existence of the believers in Corinth who had encounters with God that gave them utterances, knowledge and internal confirmation of their experiences.

Their spiritual  growth brought them to a place of operating in all spiritual gifts and were hungry for more of the things of Christ.

Paul assured the Corinthians that the path they were on would commend them in the end and they would be presented blameless on the great day of judgement because of God 's faithfulness who called those who believed in Jesus into fellowship with Him.

Amen.

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