Sermons on 1 Corinthians
Good Trouble
Scripture: James 2: 1-26 2 My brothers and sisters, believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ must not show favoritism. 2 Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in filthy old clothes also comes in. 3 If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, “Here’s a good seat for you,” but say to the poor man, “You stand there” or “Sit on the floor by my feet,” 4 have you not discriminated…
It’s Time to Get Together!
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 16:13: Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong
Until you are Ready to Die, You won’t be Ready to Live!
Scripture 1 Corinthians 15: 1 Now brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 2 By this gospel you are saved, if yo hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain. 3 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures.
The Church is a Mess and Divided: World Needs Our Love!
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 4:11-12 11 Even unto his present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffered, and have no certain dwellingplace: 12 And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:
Church Is a Mess & Divided! The World Needs Our Voice!!
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11: 17-19 17 In the following directives I have no praise for you, for your meetings do more harm than good. 18 In the first place, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and to some extent I believe it. 19 No doubt there have to be differences among you to show which of you have God’s approval.
Church is a Mess & Divided! The World Needs Our Voice
1 Corinthians 11:17 But in giving this instruction, I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse
Give It Everything You Got!
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:24 Do you not know that those who run a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.
Is Church Essential?
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9: 1 Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not the result of my work in the Lord? 2 Even though I may not be an apostle to others, surely I am to you! For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
We need each other, The Importance of Women
Scripture: 1 Corinthians: 8-12 8 For the man is not of the woman: but the woman of the man. 9 Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man. 10 For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels. 11 Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord. 12 For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by…
Do You Have to Be Right?
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 8: Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that “We all possess knowledge.” But knowledge puffs up while love builds up. 2 Those who think they know something do not yet know as they ought to know. 3 But whoever loves God is known by God