I close with two biblical motivations for why you should strive to free yourself from all enslavements, whether it is the fourth helping of food or to that first or second glass of wine or the twelfth cup of coffee or lust or laziness or work. First, be motivated to preserve your freedom in Christ […]
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1 Cor 6:12-20 – The Lord for the Body (pt3 of 4)
Second, Paul says in 6:12 — 12 Everything is permissible for me”—but I will not be mastered by anything. OR All things are lawful for me, but I will not be enslaved by anything. In other words, not only let your actions be guided by the law of love, but also let them be guided […]
1 Cor 6:12-20 – The Lord for the Body (pt2 of 4)
How can we glorify God? Let’s focus our attention on 1 Cor 6:12–14. 12 “Everything is permissible for me”—but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me”—but I will not be mastered by anything. 13 “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food”—but God will destroy them both. The body is not meant […]
1 Cor 6:12-20 – The Lord for the Body (pt1 of 4)
Read text. I found this text to be very challenging and relevant for our congregation so I am going to spend 3 weeks on this passage. The key idea I want to focus on over the 3 weeks is found in the latter half of v13. The Lord for the Body – in a nutshell, […]
1 Corinthians 6:1-11 – Repentance (pt3 of 3)
What then is repentance? One thing that repentance is not. Repentance is NOT feeling bad. You are living in a way that is contrary to the will of God, you know what you are doing is not right, but you feel bad. That’s not enough. That’s not repentance. That is just someone who is interested […]
1 Corinthians 6:1-11 – Repentance (pt2 of 3)
Now, let’s take a look at this text and why Paul is bringing in this idea of the future kingdom with this lawsuit at Corinth. 1 If any of you has a dispute with another, dare he take it before the ungodly for judgment instead of before the saints? 2 Do you not know that […]