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NOT OF THIS WORLD (7 OF 40)

by Jeff Schreve

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 2:6-16
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Not of This World (7 of 40)
Series: 1 Corinthians - And You Think You've Got Problems
Jeff Schreve
1 Corinthians 2:6-16


First Corinthians chapter 2, we're in a study on the Book of 1st Corinthians and tonight, we want to look at this message that I've entitled, ''Not of This World.''

I heard a story about a lawyer, and he was on an airplane, and he sat next to this blonde on this airplane. It was a long flight, and he was kind of bored. And he thought, Well, I'll start up a conversation and maybe I can play a game with this blonde. And so he said to her, ''How'd you like to play a game?'' He said, ''Let's play a little game where I ask you a question and see if you can answer it. And then, you ask me and see if I can answer it. It's kind of a battle of wits.'' She said, ''Nah, I don't want to play that.'' She said, ''I'm just kind of tired. I don't really want to play.'' He said, ''Come on, let's play. I'm kind of bored.'' And he said, ''How about if we play for money? You ask me a question and I can't answer, I'll give you money.'' She said, ''No, I don't want to play.'' He goes, ''Ah, come on.'' He goes, ''How about this: How about if I ask you a question and you can't answer it, you give me $5.00. But if you ask me a question and I can't answer it, I'll give you $50.00.'' She said, ''Okay, I'll play.'' And so he said, ''Well, I'll let you go first.'' You know, he's kind of laughing to himself. I mean, she's a blonde, and he's a lawyer. So she asks him, ''What goes up the hill with three legs and comes down the hill with four legs?'' Well, he thought and he thought. And he pulled out his laptop, and he had some kind of encyclopedia program on there, and he's looking all this stuff up. And then, he gets the phone and he phones a friend, you know, like it's Regis Philbin. And he calls his buddy. He's like, ''What, this that goes up with three legs, comes down with four legs?'' After about 30 minutes he says, ''I don't know.'' He hands her $50.00. He say ...

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