Little Country Church on the edge of town

Do do do do do do

People coming every day from miles around

For meetings and for Sunday school

And it's very plain to see

It's not the way it used to be.

Welcome to the Word for today, featuring the Bible teaching ministry of Pastor Chuck Smith, founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a chapter-by-ch by chapter verse by verse study through the entire Bible.

And on today's edition of the word for today, Pastor Chuck continues his message,

grace and peace as we pick up in 1st Corinthians chapter 1, verse 3.

And now with today's study, here's Pastor Chuck.

Grace, the word means beauty. The beauty of giving, the beauty of giving to those who are

undeserving. Grace, one of Paul's favorite words.

He expounds on it throughout the New Testament.

Peace.

Now, grace was the common Greek greeting.

Instead of in the morning, when you see someone say,

good morning or hello or whatever, they'd say

grace.

The Jews, when they greet you rather than saying hello or good morning or whatever, they say

shalom, peace.

And so Paul took these two familiar greetings, those of the Greeks and those of the Jews,

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