O SAY, CAN YOU SEE? (11 OF 40)
by Jeff Schreve
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 4:1-13
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O Say, Can You See? (11 of 40)
Series: 1 Corinthians - And You Think You've Got Problems
Jeff Schreve
1 Corinthians 4:1-13
I heard a story about a husband and wife and they were getting ready for bed. And they're both in their 60s, and the wife was looking in the mirror. And she just got this sad look on her face as she just studied her reflection in the mirror. And she said to her husband, ''You know, when I look in the mirror, I see a wrinkled old bag. I see that my chin has dropped and now I have a double chin. And my body is flabby. My thighs are flabby.'' She said, ''I just don't like what I see at all.'' She said, ''I need you to tell me something about my body that would make me feel better about myself.'' And he looked at her and he said, ''Well, you've got good eyesight!'' Not what she was looking for.
I want to speak to you tonight about eyesight, spiritual eyesight; seeing things in the Christian life accurately.
Now, as we've been going through the Book of 1st Corinthians, one of the things that we've discovered is in Corinth they didn't see things correctly. They had spiritual cataracts, so to speak. And Paul was trying to help cut that away and help them to see things as they really were and as they should be in the Christian life, as God intended it to be.
Remember, Corinth had a problem with divisions and factions and fighting. And, ''I am of Paul,'' and ''I am of Apollos,'' and ''I am of Cephas.'' And they would attach themselves to certain teachers and certain preachers. And then it's kind of like the old commercial, ''My dog's better than your dog. My dog's better because he gets Ken-L Ration. My dog's better than your dog.'' And they'd say, ''You know, my dog is Paul, and Paul is better than Apollos.'' And the Apollos people would say, ''No, my dog's better than your dog.'' And they just had all this fighting. And Paul is trying to set them straight, and he's trying to fix the divisions and the problems within the church, and ...
Series: 1 Corinthians - And You Think You've Got Problems
Jeff Schreve
1 Corinthians 4:1-13
I heard a story about a husband and wife and they were getting ready for bed. And they're both in their 60s, and the wife was looking in the mirror. And she just got this sad look on her face as she just studied her reflection in the mirror. And she said to her husband, ''You know, when I look in the mirror, I see a wrinkled old bag. I see that my chin has dropped and now I have a double chin. And my body is flabby. My thighs are flabby.'' She said, ''I just don't like what I see at all.'' She said, ''I need you to tell me something about my body that would make me feel better about myself.'' And he looked at her and he said, ''Well, you've got good eyesight!'' Not what she was looking for.
I want to speak to you tonight about eyesight, spiritual eyesight; seeing things in the Christian life accurately.
Now, as we've been going through the Book of 1st Corinthians, one of the things that we've discovered is in Corinth they didn't see things correctly. They had spiritual cataracts, so to speak. And Paul was trying to help cut that away and help them to see things as they really were and as they should be in the Christian life, as God intended it to be.
Remember, Corinth had a problem with divisions and factions and fighting. And, ''I am of Paul,'' and ''I am of Apollos,'' and ''I am of Cephas.'' And they would attach themselves to certain teachers and certain preachers. And then it's kind of like the old commercial, ''My dog's better than your dog. My dog's better because he gets Ken-L Ration. My dog's better than your dog.'' And they'd say, ''You know, my dog is Paul, and Paul is better than Apollos.'' And the Apollos people would say, ''No, my dog's better than your dog.'' And they just had all this fighting. And Paul is trying to set them straight, and he's trying to fix the divisions and the problems within the church, and ...
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