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119 1 Corinthians 16 – Concluding Exhortations
Great Bible Truths Podcast Episode 119 1 Corinthians Talk 21 Concluding Exhortations (16:13-24) Welcome to the final talk in our series on 1 Corinthians. Today we are in chapter 16. We will be concentrating on verses 13 and 14 which contain five short commands which conveniently summarise all that Paul has been teaching in…
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118 1 Corinthians 16 – About the Collection and Apollos’ Coming
Great Bible Truths Podcast Episode 118 1 Corinthians Talk 20 About the Collection and Apollos’ Coming (1 Corinthians 16:1-12) Paul has now dealt with the major matters, but two items remain: – the collection for the poor in Jerusalem – and their request that Apollos return soon. These are dealt with in verses…
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117 1 Corinthians 15 – The Certainty of Our Resurrection and Final Victory over Death
Talk 19. The certainty of our resurrection and final victory over death – 1 Corinthians 15 Last time: The certainty of Christ’s resurrection vv 1-4 Resurrection is an essential part of the Gospel vv 5-8 The evidence of Christ’s resurrection – he appeared vv 9-11 Digression – Paul’s unworthiness to be an apostle…
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116 1 Corinthians 15 – The Certainty of the Resurrection of Christ
Talk 18. The Certainty of the Resurrection of Christ Paul now turns from the subject of public worship to the vitally important matter of the resurrection of the dead. Some had been questioning and even denying the great truths of bodily resurrection (v 12). 1 Corinthians 15 is a masterpiece of literary logic in…
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115 1 Corinthians 12-14
Talk 17 1 Corinthians chapters 12 to 14 Welcome to talk 17 in our series on 1 Corinthians. Today’s talk will be rather different from usual as I have decided to cover chapters 12-14 in one single talk. This is because I recently recorded five Podcasts on these chapters under the general heading of…
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114 1 Corinthians 11 – The Lord’s Supper
Talk 16: The Lord’s Supper – 1 Corinthians 11: 17-34 1 Corinthians was written before the Gospels and so this is the first written account of the events that instituted the Lord’s Supper. One of our greatest problems is that we are very familiar with at least part of this passage and our…
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113 1 Corinthians 11 – Women and Men in Worship
Talk 15: Women and Men in Worship (11:2-16) Paul leaves the matter of meat offered to idols and turns his attention to the subject of public worship. This important theme occupies the next four chapters which deal with head-coverings, the Lord’s Supper and the right use of spiritual gifts in all of which the…
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112 1 Corinthians 10: 14 – 11: 1 – No Going to Idol Temples
Talk 14. No going to idol temples (10:14-11:1) As we have seen in recent talks, in chapter 8 Paul brought out the general principle that there are some things that are quite lawful but from which we should abstain for the sake of weaker Christians. This theme is partly continued in chapter 9…
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111 1 Corinthians 10 – Warnings from Israel’s History
Talk 13. Warnings from Israel’s History (10:1-11:1) In chapter 8 Paul brought out the general principle that there are some things that are quite lawful but from which we should abstain for the sake of weaker Christians. This theme is partly continued in chapter 9 where he points out that he has certain…
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110 1 Corinthians 9 – Paul Defends his Apostleship
Talk 12. Paul defends his Apostleship (9:1-27) In this chapter Paul continues his theme of love not insisting on its own rights. In vv 1-14, he talks about his rights as an apostle and in vv. 15-27 explains why he does not choose to exercise those rights. In this chapter, as in the…