“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #156 Charity “doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil” (1 Cor. 13:5). We are taking care to work slowly through Paul’s description of what love is like. We have noted …
Love is not Furtive
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #155 “Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up” (1 Cor. 13:4). We have come to a famous and very exalted passage, the apostle Paul’s paean to love. Given the …
Never in Shadow
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #154 “Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and …
Spiritual Gifts and Unspiritual Men
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #153 “But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.” (1 Cor. 12:31). Paul is now moving into his very famous chapter on love, and the last verse of chapter 12 is …
Do All Speak in Tongues?
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #152 “Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles? Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?” (1 Cor. 12:29–30). Paul is bringing his extended analogy in …
The IT Guy
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #151 “And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues” (1 Cor. 12:28). When Paul gives a list of spiritual gifts, as …
The Same Nervous System
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #150 “And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it. Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular” (1 Cor. 12:26–27). Not only …
Compensatory Honor
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #149 “For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked: That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should …
Pride in the Body
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #147 “And if they were all one member, where were the body? But now are they many members, yet but one body. And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the …
As It Has Pleased Him
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #146 “But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him” (1 Cor. 12:18). In the lines preceding this, Paul has been using the illustration of the human body. The …