Picture This

Picture This
Messy Church – Loving Others Isn’t Easy
February 23, 2020

Did you ever play with a kaleidoscope as a kid? Peering into a small hole with one eye, while the other was squeezed tightly shut…pointing the tube toward the sun, then slowly turning the opposite end, watching the geometric patterns and colors change before your eyes. They are fascinating! Most kaleidoscopes are mass produced from inexpensive materials and intended as children's toys. At the other extreme are handmade pieces that display fine craftsmanship. Looking through a kaleidoscope allows us to see the beauty of ordinary pieces of colored glass in a way that we might not otherwise even notice.

As we continue our study of I Corinthians this week, Paul does much the same thing for the believers in the church at Corinth. Young in their faith, they had no framework for understanding the different facets of what the Church should look like or be like. In chapter 3 of I Corinthians, Paul provides us with three different pictures or lenses through which we can view and better understand God’s design for His Church.