Pursue
Psalm 34:14 – “Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.”
Romans 14:19 – “So then let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.”
1 Corinthians 14:1 – “Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.”
1 Timothy 6:11 – “But as for you, O man of God, flee these things. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love,
steadfastness, gentleness.”
2 Timothy 2:22 – “So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.”
1 Peter 3:11 – “let him turn away from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it.”
Practice
Philippians 4:9 – “What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me– practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.”
1 Timothy 4:12 – 16 – “Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching. Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you by prophecy when the council of elders laid their hands on you. Practice these things, immerse yourself in them, so that all may see your progress. Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers.”
2 Peter 1:5 – 10 – “For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he is blind, having forgotten that he was cleansed from his former sins. Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and election, for if you practice these qualities you will never fall.”
autem praedicamus Christum crucifixum – which means “we preach Christ crucified”. Christ is the Power of God & the Wisdom of God and Paul preached in the demonstration of the Spirit & of power. Why did he do this? So that the faith of the Corinthians might rest in the power of God – (which is Christ). All of God’s promises to us are Yes & Amen in Christ. We have nothing & we are nothing apart from Jesus. Jesus said, “without me you can do nothing.” How quickly we forget this & work in our own strength & wisdom. Christ is our power & wisdom and he is this because of his death. Let us proclaim the power & wisdom of the Cross and live in the light of it.