1 Corinthians 9:19-23

Paul wanted to reach all men with the good news of the Gospel of JESUS CHRIST. He became like them in order to serve them where they were at spiritually. We would do well to remember this in our ministries…GOD meets us where we are but never leaves us there. His indwelling HOLY SPIRIT changes us from the inside out once we believe in Him. Spread the Word and let God do the rest. 

Faith alone pleases God.

My father is nearing 90 with moderate alzheimer I have started either taking him to and from Mass or attending with him weekly. 15 years ago i went every Wednesday with him for a year to saint Bernadette’s Church for adoration of the eucharist. he has been an outstanding example of a true believer and has raised all six of his children in the Catholic Church. He has lived out his faith and will one day hear “Well done My good and faithful servant”. Although I attend a protestant Church and have for over 20 years I find the HOLY SPIRIT abides in any Church where the faithful worship! 

Paul put himself at the service of others in order that God may use him to bring people to Jesus. He does not regard himself as a “savior,” but as an instrument through which someone might hear the gospel and be saved. He adapts to his audience (but not by compromising the gospel or his message) to remove any obstacles to their acceptance of the gospel message. Paul is not advocating syncretism or compromise of the gospel message. Rather, he is promoting a considerate evangelistic approach—one that accounts for different social circumstances, ethnicities, and religious convictions. Faithlife Bible.

Paul put his ministry of the gospel above his personal desires. He was willing to conform to the customs of other people, whether Jew or Gentile, in order to bring them to Christ. For example, in order to relate to the Jews in Jerusalem he made a Nazirite vow in the temple (Acts 21:23, 24). Around those who were under the Law—the Jews—Paul obeyed the Law. Around those who were outside the Law—the Gentiles—Paul did not observe Jewish custom. Paul clarified this, however, lest anyone misunderstand his actions. He obeyed God’s law through obedience toward Christ. This was a broader law than the Mosaic legislation; this was the fulfillment of Christ’s will. NKJ Bible.

1 Corinthians 9:19–23 (NKJV)

¹⁹ For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win the more; ²⁰ and to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might win Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law, that I might win those who are under the law; ²¹ to those who are without law, as without law (not being without law toward God, but under law toward Christ), that I might win those who are without law; ²² to the weak I became as weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. ²³ Now this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I may be partaker of it with you.

Acts 16:3 (NKJV)

³ Paul wanted to have him go on with him. And he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in that region, for they all knew that his father was Greek.

Acts 21:24 (NKJV)

²⁴ Take them and be purified with them, and pay their expenses so that they may shave their heads, and that all may know that those things of which they were informed concerning you are nothing, but that you yourself also walk orderly and keep the law.