Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—1 Corinthians 9:22b-27
by: Linda Harris.
Which is stronger, your flesh or your spirit? How often do you choose to do something because it is comfortable? How often do you choose to do something unpleasant because it will bring great spiritual rewards?
Just as in yesterday’s reading, Paul wrote about his own spiritual discipline in terms of suffering. The Greek words in verse 27 carry the meaning of bruising oneself or of bringing the flesh into bondage. Our current lifestyles rarely exhibit such discipline.