“I would remind you,
brothers and sisters, of the good news…”is a recurring theme of the Corinthian
correspondence. Divided loyalty (I follow Cephas, I follow Apollos, I follow Paul,
I follow Christ) leads the Corinthians to argue over minor matters, treat the
body of Christ with contempt by making a mockery of the unifying meal and
neglect the greater gift of love in favor of flashier outward signs of tongues
and puffed up spiritual pride. The good news reminder shouldn't be lost on us
who have received and now stand in the story Paul proclaimed. The Christ who
appeared to the long list of witnesses and lastly to Paul has appeared to us so
that whenever death in all its many forms (including discord) threatens to
destroy “whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is
pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable, whatever is excellent or praiseworthy”
(Philippians 4:8) we say “NO” and hold firmly to the belief that life and love will
have the last word. And reminded that the last word belongs to the life of
Christ means every word belongs to Christ which clearly includes those we speak
to one another.
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