Article September 30, 1972 Issue

Words of Current Interest

Related to the Lesson-Sermon for October 8, 1972, in the CHRISTIAN SCIENCE QUARTERLY Subject: Are Sin, Disease, and Death Real?

Ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called (I Cor. 1:26)

The Interpreter's Bible observes that in the church "nothing depended upon worldly success; the divine calling alone mattered." Dummelow comments: "The Corinthian Church was composed chiefly of people who from the worldly standpoint were of little account. There were probably many freedmen and slaves in the Church, the former being chiefly engaged in trade."

Base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are (I Cor. 1:28)

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