The Enriching Power of God
1 Corinthians 1:4-13
I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;…


"In everything" — in your

(1)  physical,

(2)  intellectual,

(3)  emotional,

(4)  spiritual natures.All nature shows this affluence of God. We are enriched in all our relations — at home, in society, &c. "In Him." This can be said of no one else than God. Presidents and kings may help us to justice. Millionaires, railroad magnates, and bankers have the power to enrich us temporally. Only of God can it be said that in everything ye are enriched by Him. In what ways are we enriched?

1. The best way to secure true honours is to make our lives conform to Christian principles.

2. The ideas of inspiration will more largely and more permanently enrich the intellect than draughts drawn from other reservoirs of wisdom. All others are receiving reservoirs: the Bible is a fountain source.

3. The man whose business is conducted on a Christian basis will most certainly be rich in the best sense of the word. No one is rich who is not rich in contentment and in good works.

4. We are enabled in God to believe in and assert our immortality.

5. In Him we have a wealth of spirituality which is ever-increasing. It is unaffected by the grave. Lack we any good thing, we ask and receive. All things are ours. If such to us is the enriching power of God on earth, how much more enriching will that power be in the world to come!

(N. Schenk, D. D.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;

WEB: I always thank my God concerning you, for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus;




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