1 Corinthians

I. An Appeal For Unity V. 10 A. Jesus Is The Basis For Unity V. 10a 1. V. 10a-Now I plead with you… a. parakaleo, par-ak-al-eh'-o; to call near, invite, invoke, beseech, call for, entreat, pray. b. He could have appealed to his apostolic position and commanded them....

I. The Fact Of The Cross V. 1:18a A. Jesus Christ, The Crucifixion, And The Resurrection Are All Facts B. Christianity Differs From Other Religions By Being Factual 1. Many religions will start by offering you a philosophy or way of thinking. a. You may be taught...

I. The People God Chooses A. A Person’s Condition When God Calls Them 1. “…not many…” NOT: “…not any…” 2. Not wise-according to worldly standards V. 26 3. Not mighty-Not influential or powerful over the lives of others. V. 26 4. Not noble-Not well born, high in rank,...

I. Paul’s Greeting A. Background 1. Paul started the church and stayed with them for 1½ years. 2. In Acts 19, Paul had written a letter to the Corinthians before he wrote 1 Corinthians. 3. In 1 Corinthians 5⁚9, Paul referred to this letter, but it was lost. 4....

I. Paul’s Message Vs. 1, 2 A. Paul Didn’t Depend On Oratory Skills Or Human Wisdom V. 1 1. We know that some of the Corinthians preferred to follow Apollos, who was from Alexandria, a city known for people with excellence of speech. 2. The Corinthians lived in a...

I. The Natural Man A. What Is The “Natural Man”? 1 Cor 2:14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 1. Natural- psuchikos, psoo-khee-kos';...

I. Spiritual Versus Carnal V. 1 A. Spiritual 1. Strong’s Concordance- One who is filled with and governed by the Spirit of God. B. Carnal 1. Strong’s Concordance-Fleshly, carnal. 2. Having the nature of flesh, i.e. under the control of the animal appetites. 3....

I. The Spiritual Self Deception Of The Corinthians V. 18a A. They Were Correct About Jesus As Savior 1. The deception that the Corinthians experienced had nothing to do with Jesus as Savior. 2. This letter to them doesn’t address that problem. 3. The Galatians were...

  I. God’s Workers Vs. 5-8 A. The Mentality Of The Corinthian Believers 1. The Christians at Corinth were carnal in many ways. a. One of those ways was that they wrongly exalted their church leaders. b. This led to divisions amongst the Christians at Corinth....

I. How Paul Asked To Be Considered Vs. 1, 2 A. The Setting 1. The church at Corinth had an incorrect view of their leaders. Turn to 1:12; 3:4-7 2. They were exalting certain leaders in the church thinking less of other. 3. We believe that their preferences were based...

1 Corinthians 4:1, 2 The setting in Corinth- Paul was the founding father of the church. He had led many of them to Christ.   The church had become very carnal, and had begun to divide. Church members were aligning themselves with their favorite teachers. Some of them...

I. The Problems Being Addressed Vs. 6-8 A. They Had A Distorted View Of Their Christian Leaders V. 6a 1. When they considered their leaders, they evaluated the beyond the scope of Scripture. 2. Conversely, they were missing important biblical truths about their church...

I. Background Teaching A. Jesus Is The Head Of The Church Matthew 16:13-19 1. Jesus is the Head of the church. He gives authority to the church. 2. When the church acts according to God’s word, Jesus honors and ratifies those decisions. B. Jesus Taught About Church...