FORGIVEN TO FORGIVE (15 OF 40)
by Jeff Schreve
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:9-11
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Forgiven to Forgive (15 of 40)
Series: 1 Corinthians - And You Think You've Got Problems
Jeff Schreve
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
If you have your Bible, please turn to 1st Corinthians chapter 6. We're in a series on 1st Corinthians entitled, ''And You Think You've Got Problems!''
The church in Corinth was a church filled with problems. And they had problems in their fellowship, all sorts of problems, and problems with members going after members and suing members and having issues with other members of the church and other brothers and sisters in Christ. Not unlike today where we have the same thing in churches all over the world.
Now let me just take a little poll: how many people have ever been cheated in business, can I see your hand? Okay. How many people have ever been lied about? Somebody said something about you that wasn't true? Okay. How many people have ever been stabbed in the back? Anybody? Okay. How many people have ever been wronged by another Christian? Anybody? Okay. Sure, we've all had that experience. And we are not weird. That's the norm. And it happens in churches all over the place. It happened in Corinth. They had situations where they felt cheated on a business deal, where they felt that they were lied to, that they were mistreated, they were stabbed in the back, and they were wronged by another Christian. And what they did in Corinth, they said, ''Well, we know what we can do about this. We're just going to go to court. We're going to sue and I'm going to get every last dime out of you. You hurt me, so I'm going to hurt you.'' And Paul, as we talked last week, he told them, ''Hey, that is horrible. You're a Christian and you're suing another Christian? You're not supposed to do that. And then, you bring it into the world. You air your dirty laundry out in front of the world. Is there not one person in the whole church that would be able to decide this dispute and this matter?'' And he says to them in chapter 6, verses 7 and 8, ''Ac ...
Series: 1 Corinthians - And You Think You've Got Problems
Jeff Schreve
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
If you have your Bible, please turn to 1st Corinthians chapter 6. We're in a series on 1st Corinthians entitled, ''And You Think You've Got Problems!''
The church in Corinth was a church filled with problems. And they had problems in their fellowship, all sorts of problems, and problems with members going after members and suing members and having issues with other members of the church and other brothers and sisters in Christ. Not unlike today where we have the same thing in churches all over the world.
Now let me just take a little poll: how many people have ever been cheated in business, can I see your hand? Okay. How many people have ever been lied about? Somebody said something about you that wasn't true? Okay. How many people have ever been stabbed in the back? Anybody? Okay. How many people have ever been wronged by another Christian? Anybody? Okay. Sure, we've all had that experience. And we are not weird. That's the norm. And it happens in churches all over the place. It happened in Corinth. They had situations where they felt cheated on a business deal, where they felt that they were lied to, that they were mistreated, they were stabbed in the back, and they were wronged by another Christian. And what they did in Corinth, they said, ''Well, we know what we can do about this. We're just going to go to court. We're going to sue and I'm going to get every last dime out of you. You hurt me, so I'm going to hurt you.'' And Paul, as we talked last week, he told them, ''Hey, that is horrible. You're a Christian and you're suing another Christian? You're not supposed to do that. And then, you bring it into the world. You air your dirty laundry out in front of the world. Is there not one person in the whole church that would be able to decide this dispute and this matter?'' And he says to them in chapter 6, verses 7 and 8, ''Ac ...
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