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FIRST CORINTHIANS. How to Live in a Pagan World. Two Mega-Themes In 1 st Corinthians. Living as Christians in a pagan world. Being the Church in a pagan world. Two Mega-Themes In 1 st Corinthians. Living as Christians in a pagan world. Being the Church in a pagan world. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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FIRST CORINTHIANSFIRST CORINTHIANS

How to Live in a How to Live in a Pagan WorldPagan World

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Two Mega-ThemesTwo Mega-ThemesIn 1In 1stst Corinthians Corinthians

• Living as Christians in a Living as Christians in a pagan world.pagan world.

• Being the Church in a Being the Church in a pagan world.pagan world.

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Two Mega-ThemesTwo Mega-ThemesIn 1In 1stst Corinthians Corinthians

• Living as Christians in a pagan world.

• Being the Church in a Being the Church in a pagan world.pagan world.

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Being the Church in a Pagan WorldBeing the Church in a Pagan WorldNine Issues:Nine Issues:

1.1. IdentityIdentity 1:1-91:1-92.2. UnityUnity 1:10-171:10-173.3. MaturityMaturity 3:1-173:1-174.4. AuthorityAuthority 3:18-4:213:18-4:215.5. PurityPurity 556.6. OrderlyOrderly 11117.7. MinistryMinistry 12-1412-148.8. GenerosityGenerosity 16:1-416:1-49.9. DutyDuty 16:5-2416:5-24

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Being the Church in a Pagan WorldBeing the Church in a Pagan WorldNine Issues:Nine Issues:

1.1. IdentityIdentity 1:1-91:1-92.2. UnityUnity 1:10-171:10-173.3. MaturityMaturity 3:1-173:1-174.4. AuthorityAuthority 3:18-4:213:18-4:21 5.5. PurityPurity 556.6. OrderlyOrderly 11117.7. MinistryMinistry 12-1412-148.8. GenerosityGenerosity 16:1-416:1-49.9. DutyDuty 16:5-2416:5-24

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11stst Corinthians 1:10-17 Corinthians 1:10-1710 Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.11 For it has been declared to me concerning you, my brethren, by those of Chloe’s household, that there are contentions among you.12 Now I say this, that each of you says, "I am of Paul," or "I am of Apollos," or "I am of Cephas," or "I am of Christ."13 Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?

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11stst Corinthians 1:10-17 Corinthians 1:10-1714 I thank God that I baptized none of

you except Crispus and Gaius,15 lest anyone should say that I had

baptized in my own name.16 Yes, I also baptized the household of

Stephanas. Besides, I do not know whether I baptized any other.

17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.

(NKJV)

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Living in UnityLiving in Unity 1:10-17 1:10-17

• A Definition of UnityA Definition of Unity• Vs. 10, NKJV “…that all of you

agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought.”

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Living in UnityLiving in Unity 1:10-17 1:10-17

1.1. A Common MessageA Common Message• Vs. 10, Amplified “…that all of

you be in perfect harmony and full agreement in what you say…”

• NAS95 & NIV “that you all agree”

• A Definition of UnityA Definition of Unity

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Living in UnityLiving in Unity 1:10-17 1:10-17

2.2. The Absence of FactionsThe Absence of Factions• “Divisions” – to split or rend• Vs. 10, Phillips “and not allow

yourselves to be split up into parties”

• A Definition of UnityA Definition of Unity

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Living in UnityLiving in Unity 1:10-17 1:10-17

3.3. A Shared World ViewA Shared World View• Vs. 10, “…that you be perfectly

joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.”

• The mind: Beliefs, values, opinions• The judgment: Practical decisions,

things to be done• There is no unity without theology

• A Definition of UnityA Definition of Unity

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Living in UnityLiving in Unity 1:10-17 1:10-17

• “Perfectly joined together”• Word refers to healing a wound, or

making whole a rent• For setting broken bones• For mending torn nets (Mark 1:19)• For restoring one overtaken in sin

(Galatians 6:1)

• A Definition of UnityA Definition of Unity3.3. A Shared World ViewA Shared World View

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Living in UnityLiving in Unity 1:10-17 1:10-17

• Divisions are Based on Personal Divisions are Based on Personal FollowingsFollowings

• Vs. 11-12 “For it has been declared to me concerning you, my brethren, by those of Chloe’s household, that there are contentions among you. Now I say this, that each of you says, ‘I am of Paul,’ or ‘I am of Apollos,’ or ‘I am of Cephas,’ or ‘I am of Christ.’”

• Vs. 12 NLT “Some of you are saying, ‘I am a follower of Paul.’ Others are saying, ‘I follow Apollos,’ or ‘I follow Peter,’ or ‘I follow only Christ.’

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Living in UnityLiving in Unity 1:10-17 1:10-17

• Personal Followings are IllogicalPersonal Followings are Illogical• Vs. 13 “Is Christ divided? Was Paul

crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?”

• NLT “Can Christ be divided into pieces?”

• If Christ can’t be divided, neither can his body.

• Leaders can bless us, but they can’t save us – our loyalty to them should be in keeping with what they are to us.

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Living in UnityLiving in Unity 1:10-17 1:10-17

• Personal followings Personal followings emphasize things like emphasize things like baptism and preaching baptism and preaching style.style.

• Vs. 14-15 “I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, lest anyone should say that I had baptized in my own name.”

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Living in UnityLiving in Unity 1:10-17 1:10-17

• Personal followings Personal followings emphasize things like emphasize things like baptism and preaching stylebaptism and preaching style

• Vs. 14-15 “I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, lest anyone should say that I had baptized in my own name.”

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Living in UnityLiving in Unity 1:10-17 1:10-17

• Personal followings dilute Personal followings dilute the gospel by adding to itthe gospel by adding to it

• Vs. 17 “For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.”

• Christ plus _______

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Moving Toward MaturityMoving Toward Maturity3:1-173:1-17• Two Symptoms of Two Symptoms of

ImmaturityImmaturity1.1. The inability to engage meatier The inability to engage meatier

subjectssubjects• Vs 1-2 “And I, brethren, could not

speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ. I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able”

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Moving Toward MaturityMoving Toward Maturity3:1-173:1-17• What does he mean by carnal?What does he mean by carnal?• Carnal or fleshly – sarkikoi• Flesh: Me minus God. Me, with only my

human resources, apart from the renewing work of the Holy Spirit

• Vs. 1, NAS95 “as to men of flesh, as to infants in Christ”

• “Paul had to speak to them as he would to men wholly natural, inasmuch as they are still carnal in many respects, notwithstanding their conversion (1:4-9).” JFB

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Moving Toward MaturityMoving Toward Maturity3:1-173:1-17

2.2. The presence of factions in the The presence of factions in the churchchurch

• Vs. 3-4 “For you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men? For when one says, ‘I am of Paul,’ and another, ‘I am of Apollos,’ are you not carnal?”

• Two Symptoms of Two Symptoms of ImmaturityImmaturity

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Moving Toward MaturityMoving Toward Maturity3:1-173:1-17• Maturity requires a proper Maturity requires a proper

view of the church.view of the church.• Two portraits of the church:• A Field 3:5-8• A Temple 3:9-17

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Moving Toward MaturityMoving Toward Maturity3:1-173:1-17• The Church is Like a FieldThe Church is Like a Field• Vs. 9 For we are God’s fellow

workers; you are God’s field…

• InstrumentalityInstrumentality• Vs. 5 Who then is Paul, and

who is Apollos, but ministers through whom you believed, as the Lord gave to each one?

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Moving Toward MaturityMoving Toward Maturity3:1-173:1-17• DiversityDiversity• Vs. 6 I planted, Apollos

watered, but God gave the increase.

• DependencyDependency• Vs. 7 So then neither he who

plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.

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Moving Toward MaturityMoving Toward Maturity3:1-173:1-17• The Church is Like a The Church is Like a

TempleTemple• Vs. 9 “For we are God’s fellow

workers; you are God’s field, you are God’s building.”

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Moving Toward MaturityMoving Toward Maturity3:1-173:1-17• The Church is Like a TempleThe Church is Like a Temple• The Right FoundationThe Right Foundation• Vs. 10 According to the grace of

God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I have laid the foundation, and another builds on it. But let each one take heed how he builds on it.

• Vs. 11 For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

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Moving Toward MaturityMoving Toward Maturity3:1-173:1-17• The Church is Like a TempleThe Church is Like a Temple• The Right MaterialsThe Right Materials• Vs. 12 Now if anyone builds on this

foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw,

• Vs. 13 each one’s work will become clear; for the Day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one’s work, of what sort it is.

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Moving Toward MaturityMoving Toward Maturity3:1-173:1-17• The Church is Like a TempleThe Church is Like a Temple• The Right MaterialsThe Right Materials• Vs. 14-15 If anyone’s work which he

has built on it endures, he will receive a reward. If anyone’s work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire.

• Phillips: “But if a man's work be destroyed under the test, he loses it all. He personally will be safe, though rather like a man rescued from a fire.”

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Moving Toward MaturityMoving Toward Maturity3:1-173:1-17• The Church is Like a TempleThe Church is Like a Temple• The Proper CareThe Proper Care• Vs. 16-17 “Do you not know that

you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple youyou are.”

• NLT: “God will bring ruin upon anyone who ruins this temple…”

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Moving Toward MaturityMoving Toward Maturity3:1-173:1-17• Summary of this Section:• When church members cannot dig

into the deeper things of the Word -or- when a church is divided, it is a sign that its members need to grow up. The church is like a field and a temple. It is about God and dependant upon God. It is not about the people He uses. Since it is His work, we should be careful not to damage it.

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Understanding AuthorityUnderstanding Authority3:18-4:213:18-4:21Having the proper concept of spiritual Having the proper concept of spiritual leadersleaders 1.1. Don’t reduce yourselves to being Don’t reduce yourselves to being

“groupies” 3:18-23“groupies” 3:18-23• Vs. 21 Therefore let no one boast in men.

For all things are yours:• Vs. 21, NLT “So don’t take pride in

following a particular leader. Everything belongs to you”

• Vs. 22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas, or the world or life or death, or things present or things to come — all are yours.

• Vs. 23 And you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.

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Understanding AuthorityUnderstanding Authority3:18-4:213:18-4:21Having the proper concept of spiritual Having the proper concept of spiritual leadersleaders 2.2. Recognize that spiritual leaders Recognize that spiritual leaders

are stewards, not celebrities 4:1-are stewards, not celebrities 4:1-22

• Vs. 1 Let a man so consider us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

• Vs. 1 NLT “A person should consider us in this way: as servants of Christ and managers of God's mysteries.”

• Vs. 2 Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful.

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Understanding AuthorityUnderstanding Authority3:18-4:213:18-4:21Having the proper concept of spiritual Having the proper concept of spiritual leadersleaders 3.3. Realize that it’s too soon to Realize that it’s too soon to

judge the best spiritual judge the best spiritual leaders 4:3-5leaders 4:3-5

• Vs. 5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each one’s praise will come from God.

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Understanding AuthorityUnderstanding Authority3:18-4:213:18-4:21Having the proper concept of spiritual Having the proper concept of spiritual leadersleaders 3.3. Realize that it’s too soon to judge Realize that it’s too soon to judge

the best spiritual leaders, not the best spiritual leaders, not even ourselves even ourselves

• Vs. 3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by a human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself. HCS: “I don't even evaluate myself”

• Vs. 4 For I know nothing against myself, yet I am not justified by this; but He who judges me is the Lord.

• NLT: “My conscience is clear, but that isn’t what matters. It is the Lord himself who will examine me and decide.”

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Understanding AuthorityUnderstanding Authority3:18-4:213:18-4:21Having the proper concept of spiritual Having the proper concept of spiritual leadersleaders 4.4. Remember that spiritual leaders are Remember that spiritual leaders are

not self-made men 4:6-7not self-made men 4:6-7• Vs. 6 Now these things, brethren, I have

figuratively transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that you may learn in us not to think beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed up on behalf of one against the other.

• Vs. 7 For who makes you differ from another? And what do you have that you did not receive? Now if you did indeed receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?

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Understanding AuthorityUnderstanding Authority3:18-4:213:18-4:21Having the proper concept of spiritual Having the proper concept of spiritual leadersleaders 5.5. Don’t judge a spiritual leader Don’t judge a spiritual leader

on the basis of outward on the basis of outward appearances 4:8-13appearances 4:8-13

• Vs. 11 To the present hour wewe both hunger and thirst, and we are poorly clothed, and beaten, and homeless.

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Understanding AuthorityUnderstanding Authority3:18-4:213:18-4:21Having the proper concept of spiritual Having the proper concept of spiritual leadersleaders 5.5. Don’t judge a spiritual leader on Don’t judge a spiritual leader on

the basis of outward the basis of outward appearances 4:8-13appearances 4:8-13

• Vs. 11 To the present hour wewe both hunger and thirst, and we are poorly clothed, and beaten, and homeless.

• Vs. 12 And we labor, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;

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Understanding AuthorityUnderstanding Authority3:18-4:213:18-4:21Having the proper concept of spiritual Having the proper concept of spiritual leadersleaders 5.5. Don’t judge a spiritual leader on the Don’t judge a spiritual leader on the

basis of outward appearances 4:8-basis of outward appearances 4:8-1313

• Vs. 11 To the present hour wewe both hunger and thirst, and we are poorly clothed, and beaten, and homeless.

• Vs. 12 And we labor, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;

• Vs. 13 being defamed, we entreat. We have been made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things until now.

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Understanding AuthorityUnderstanding Authority3:18-4:213:18-4:21Having the proper concept of spiritual Having the proper concept of spiritual leadersleaders 6.6. Distinguish between God-sent Distinguish between God-sent

leadership and the leadership and the “wannabes” 4:14-17“wannabes” 4:14-17

• Vs. 15 For though you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.

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Understanding AuthorityUnderstanding Authority3:18-4:213:18-4:21Having the proper concept of spiritual Having the proper concept of spiritual leadersleaders 7.7. Be aware that true spiritual Be aware that true spiritual

leaders have genuine spiritual leaders have genuine spiritual power 4:18-21power 4:18-21

• Vs. 19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord wills, and I will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power.

• Vs. 20 For the kingdom of God is not in word but in power.

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Maintaining Purity in the Maintaining Purity in the Church 5Church 5• A Case StudyA Case Study• The immediate issue• 5:1 It is actually reported that

there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles — that a man has his father’s wife!

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Maintaining Purity in the Maintaining Purity in the Church 5Church 5• The Right AttitudeThe Right Attitude• Grief and mourning over sin• Vs. 2 And you are puffed up, and have

not rather mourned, that he who has done this deed might be taken away from among you.

• HCS “And you are inflated with pride, instead of filled with grief”

• Phillips “Are you still proud of your church? Shouldn't you be overwhelmed with sorrow and shame?”

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Maintaining Purity in the Maintaining Purity in the Church 5Church 5• The Wrong AttitudeThe Wrong Attitude• Being proud of our openness• Vs. 6 “Your glorying is not

good…”• Weymouth “It is no good

thing—this which you make the ground of your boasting…”

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Maintaining Purity in the Maintaining Purity in the Church 5Church 5• The Big DangerThe Big Danger• That the sin would spread through

the church• Vs. 6-7 …Do you not know that a little

leaven leavens the whole lump? Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us.

• Weymouth “Do you not know that a little yeast corrupts the whole of the dough?”

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Maintaining Purity in the Maintaining Purity in the Church 5Church 5• The Right ResponseThe Right Response• Expelling the Unrepentant Expelling the Unrepentant

BrotherBrother• Vs. 5 deliver such a one to

Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

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Maintaining Purity in the Maintaining Purity in the Church 5Church 5• What Does, “For the Destruction What Does, “For the Destruction

of the flesh mean”?of the flesh mean”?• NLT “Then you must cast this man

out of the church and into Satan’s hands, so that his sinful nature will that his sinful nature will be destroyedbe destroyed and he himself will be saved when the Lord returns.”

• Weymouth “I have handed over such a man to Satan for the destruction of for the destruction of his bodyhis body, that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord Jesus.”

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Maintaining Purity in the Maintaining Purity in the Church 5Church 5• General Principles of Church DisciplineGeneral Principles of Church Discipline1.1. It is for church membersIt is for church members• Vs. 9 I wrote to you in my epistle not to keep

company with sexually immoral people.• Vs. 10 Yet I certainly did not mean with the

sexually immoral people of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world.

• Vs. 11 But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone named a brother, who is sexually immoral, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner——not even to eat with such a person.

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Maintaining Purity in the Maintaining Purity in the Church 5Church 5• General Principles of Church DisciplineGeneral Principles of Church Discipline2.2. Those outside the church who Those outside the church who

misbehave are God’s responsibilitymisbehave are God’s responsibility• Vs. 12 For what have I to do with Vs. 12 For what have I to do with

judging those also who are outside? judging those also who are outside? Do you not judge those who are Do you not judge those who are inside?inside?

• Vs. 13 But those who are outside God Vs. 13 But those who are outside God judges. Therefore "put away from judges. Therefore "put away from yourselves the evil person."yourselves the evil person."

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Maintaining Purity in the Maintaining Purity in the Church 5Church 5• Additional Principles of Church Additional Principles of Church

DisciplineDiscipline• Matthew 18:15-17• Galatians 6:1• 2nd Thessalonians 3:6

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