by ray | Nov 8, 2011 | 1 Cor, Holy Spirit, NT, Sermons, Topical Studies
4) How are we blind today? That’s been my prayer this week–Lord, show me my blindness, show us our corporate blindness, show Christians in America our collective blind spots. We all have blind spots. You have them. I have them. Every ethnicity has its blind...
by ray | Nov 8, 2011 | 1 Cor, Holy Spirit, NT, Sermons, Topical Studies
3) For the Corinthians, what was the result of their blindness? Now we get into the specifics of Apostle Paul’s rebuke to this church. 1 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that does not occur even among pagans: A man has...
by ray | Nov 8, 2011 | 1 Cor, NT, Sermons
Hope you had a good week. We had a great retreat last weekend and I trust that God is continuing to bear fruit in your life as you get into His Word individually and in groups of 2 and 3. I know one brother at least is memorizing Scripture starting from 1 Corinthians,...
by ray | Oct 11, 2011 | 1 Cor, NT, Sermons
Paul was powerful not only because he preached the same gospel wherever he went, but also because his way of life matched what he was preaching. When there is a close correlation between what a person says and how he lives, we refer to such a person as having...
by ray | Oct 11, 2011 | 1 Cor, NT, Sermons
Okay, so that my long intro for what I really want to cover this morning. Paul says in v16, imitate me because I am your father in Christ. When it comes to discipleship, there are 2 extremes we should avoid. We should avoid–be just like me because I am your...
by ray | Oct 11, 2011 | 1 Cor, NT, Sermons
Starting in v8, Paul juxtaposes the theology of self-glory and the theology of the cross so that we can see how diametrically they are opposed one from the other. Obviously, he is placing the Corinthian leadership in the wisdom of the world/theology of self-glory camp...
