by ray | Nov 8, 2011 | 1 Cor, NT, Sermons
Today, we are going to study the same passage we did last week. 1 Corinthians 5. Last week, we talked about spiritual blindness because the church at Corinth is one prime example of a church that was groping in the darkness. They were boasting about their brand of...
by ray | Nov 8, 2011 | 1 Cor, Holy Spirit, NT, Sermons, Topical Studies
5) Assuming that you agree that we are quite susceptible to blindness, how did we become blind in the first place and what perpetuates blindness? I think the answer to that is quite simple. Like the Corinthians, we become blind when we depart from the saving knowledge...
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...
