Have you ever met anyone who thinks everything is dangerous? They can find deadly peril at every turn. Usually, they have statistics and personal stories to back up their approach to life. If you don’t share the same level of panic, they think you are blind and dumb. It’s kind of annoying, isn’t it? Essentially, you internally think, “What’s the big deal?” That’s exactly the response the Corinthians have to Paul’s concern for them. Paul says that he is deeply concerned for these believers because they are listening to spiritual truths that are based in lies. The Corinthians seem to think they make sense even though they disagree with what they were taught by Paul. But Paul is writing to express his deep distress. The things they think are no problem are actually a big problem. The Gospel is not something to twist or change. For thousands of years, it has remained exactly the same. Today’s culture wants Christians to set aside some basics about what it means to follow Jesus, but when we do that, we don’t have the true Gospel anymore.
