Being Holy in an Unholy World
We are to glorify God in all that we do, including in how we use our body. The Corinthians were being taught that what they did with their body was immaterial - that only the "spirit" mattered.
Series: 1 Corinthians
We Will Judge the World
The Corinthian Christians were, in some cases, taking one another to civil courts over various disputes. Paul says this is shocking and shameful and calls them to realize who they now are in Christ.
Christ Our Passover Lamb
The Passover and Feast of Unleavened Bread serves as a picture of Christ's sacrifice for us. Paul points this out to the Corinthians and tells them that like leaven which was to be put out of their homes at Passover, so the leaven of sin must be put out from among them.
Don’t Eat with Such a One
God's command to His people is that the wicked who claim to be Christians are to be put out of the church. The Passover is a picture of how the church is to be pure - clean out the leaven because Christ our Passover has been sacrificed.
Do Not Even Eat with Such a Person
Paul admonishes the Corinthians for their arrogance in failing to grieve over gross sin in their midst and to put such a professing Christian out of the church.
Greatness in the Kingdom of God
Paul admonishes the Corinthians for their arrogance. He shows them his experience in following Christ and rebukes them for puffing themselves up in pride. The church of today needs this rebuke.
The Church has a Sacred Trust
The church has been entrusted with a treasure - the gospel - which must be guarded carefully and faithfully. Otherwise we will be found unfaithful when Christ comes again. We are stewards of this pearl of great price and we must never alter it no matter how much pressure people with itching ears crave another gospel.
The Sinner’s BIOS is Corrupted
When Paul tells us to be renewed in the spirit of our mind, he means that the very essence and depth of the sinner's being is corrupted so that the mind is darkened, blinded, and broken. It cannot process God's Revelation to us and twists His truth into a lie.
We Must Become Foolish to be Wise
The world's wisdom is foolishness to God. If we are going to be wise in God's real wisdom, we must be willing to be regarded as fools by the world.
Faith is Our Victory
Faith is a gift from God given when He makes us new creations. Faith embraces the wisdom of God even though the world calls it foolishness. Without faith, it is impossible to please God. Man the sinner cannot and will not believe God's Word.