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109 1 Corinthians 8 – Love – The Basis of Christian Behaviour
Talk 11 Love, the Basis of Christian Behaviour (8:1-13) Introduction to Chapters 8-10 The main theme of chapters 8-10 is that love does not insist on its own rights (cf. 13:5 Amplified Bible). This principle is applied to the question of meat offered to idols in chapters 8 and 10 and to…
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108 1 Corinthians 7 – Questions about Marriage
One of Paul’s purposes in writing 1 Corinthians was to answer certain questions about which they had written to him. The first of these was on the subject of marriage and Paul devotes the whole of Chapter 7 in giving his answer.
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107 1 Corinthians 6 – Dealing with Immorality, Part 2
Talk 9: Dealing with Immorality (Part 2) Welcome to talk 9 in our series on 1 Corinthians. Today we are in chapter 6. As we saw last time, in chapter 5 Paul has been dealing with a very serious case of sexual immorality within the church. He teaches the Corinthians that they must judge…
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106 1 Corinthians 5 – Dealing with Immorality
Talk 8: Dealing with Immorality (5:1-13) Chapters 1-4 have dealt with divisions in the church. Now in Chapters 5-6 Paul turns to the serious matter of immorality. The two chapters may be divided into four main sections: Sexual immorality must be put out of the church (5:1-13) Christians have a responsibility to judge…
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105 1 Corinthians 4 – Privileges and Responsibilities of Church Leadership
Talk 7: The Privileges and Responsibilities of Church Leadership Chapter 4 forms the final part of the opening section of Paul’s letter in which he deals with divisions in the church. The divisions have been based largely on personalities and it is with this subject that the chapter opens. Paul is appealing to the…
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104 1 Corinthians 3:9-23 – Gods Holy Temple – The Church
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103 1 Corinthians 1:18-2:16 – God’s Superior Wisdom
Talk 5 God’s Superior Wisdom Today we’re continuing our study of 1 Corinthians 1:18 -2:16. Last time we discovered nine problems with human wisdom: It is foolishness to God It does not recognise God It rejects the message of the cross It rejects Christ who is God’s Wisdom personified It is totally different…
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102 1 Corinthians – The Problem with Human Wisdom
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102 1 Corinthians 1:18-2:8 – The Problem with Human Wisdom
Talk 4: The trouble with human wisdom (1:18-2:8) Last time we identified five causes of division in the Corinthian church: Behaving ‘only in a human way’ – like the world Immaturity A Celebrity culture Failure to recognise church leaders for what they are – servants Failure to recognise that we’re all serving the…
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101 1 Corinthians 1 and 3 – Dealing with Division in the Church
Dealing with Division (1:10-17, 3:1-9) Last time we looked at 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 where we saw that Paul was able to give thanks for the Corinthians despite all the problems they were facing. Today’s passage reveals the first of those problems – divisions in the church, and particularly division over leaders. We’ll be…