As Christians, we have freedom and we have rights. As Americans, we have freedom and we have rights. In our text for this Sunday from 1 Corinthians, Paul is going to be talking about his rights. But as he does, he's going to let us know that sometimes the most important thing we can do is to give up our rights - both for the sake of our neighbor and for the sake of the Gospel.
There are a lot of things we know. Sometimes we encounter people that are not in on what we know. It can be challenging to know how to help these people. In our text for this Sunday from Paul’s letter to the Corinthians, there was a lot of knowledge but not a lot of loving. They knew that God created all things and eating food sacrificed to idols is nothing. So they were free to eat without sin. But some didn’t know this, so when they ate, they were caused to sin. So, what is all this knowledge for? Is it for ourselves…or something more? Where does love fit into all this?
As we finish up the 7th chapter of 1 Corinthians, Paul continues to give practical and godly advice to the church concerning the Christian life. As we navigate all areas of life here on earth, Paul makes it clear that we need to do so with an eternal, heavenly perspective. As the old song says, "the things of earth will grow strangely dim, in the light of his glory and grace." Come join us as we continue to turn our eyes upon Jesus!
In the beginning of 1 Corinthians, chapter 7, Paul made it clear that a person can live a God-honoring Christian life through either their singleness or their marriage. As we continue on in chapter 7 this week, Paul makes it clear that the same is true when it comes to our societal and economic status as well. Come and hear the good news that we don't need to change our circumstance in order to be right where God wants us.
Along with continuing in 1 Corinthians, this Sunday we will be commemorating Sanctity of Human Life Sunday. Dr. Wes Borowski will be sharing on this important topic. We will then see how the Apostle Paul answers questions pertaining to singleness, marriage, and divorce, as we continue to rejoice in the truth that we are not our own. We were bought with a price.
There are many slogans that are popular in our culture. Slogans such as "If it feels good, do it!" and "You be you!". But this is nothing new. As Paul was writing to the Corinthian church, he was confronting very similar ideas. And these ideas from the culture had unfortunately made their way into the church. Come hear the good news about our bodies - and what those bodies are truly made for.
This Sunday as we resume our series in 1 Corinthians, Paul is addressing more issues with the love and unity of the church in Corinth. Does how we treat others matter? Afterall does anything in this life really matter if one day we are going to heaven with God? If it does matter, what if I have messed things up? Join us and find out what God has to say to us in his word.
As we get to the 5th chapter of 1 Corinthians, Paul gives a glaring example of the spiritual immaturity and pride of the church in Corinth. There was ongoing, open, unrepentant sin in their midst, and instead of being grieved by it, they were proud of it. Through Paul's response, we are reminded that confronting sin in a believer is an act of love. However, the greatest act of love occurred when Christ confronted our sin for us at the cross.
Paul concludes his instructions about unity in the church. Pride is at the root for those who are causing division in the church. Pride can make us blind to reality. For the Corinthians it blinded their judgement about who is the source of truth, all good things, and salvation. When we consider God’s ways, our eyes are open to see ourselves, God, and others rightly. Let him who boasts boast in the LORD.
As we move on in Paul's Letter to the Corinthians, he diagnoses the root problem of why there is jealousy and division within the church. They are spiritually immature. They are living in the flesh. And, they are trying to build the church with the wrong "materials". In this text, we are reminded to not only build on the sure foundation of Christ, but also to continue to build with God's truth, rather than man's.
