UNLEARNING WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED (2)
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:18-31
This content is part of a series.
Unlearning What We Have Learned (2)
Robert Dawson
1 Corinthians 1:18-31
I remember sitting in chemistry class at Valdosta State College, now Valdosta State University, thoroughly confused as the professor spent the entire period working through a single stoichiometry problem. Now, almost 30 years later, I have no idea what a stoichiometry problem even is. What I do remember is that it took almost two sheets of paper to work through that one problem. After an hour of step by step instruction and explanation he comes to the end of that equation and says, ''Oh, no! I must have messed up somewhere!'' My immediate thoughts were, ''If you can't work one of these without messing it up what hope do I have.'' At that moment, every student let out a collective groan and you could hear papers being ripped out of notebooks, crumpled up and thrown to the side.
We would now have to unlearn what we had just learned so we could learn what we should have learned in the first place. That's also true in life. Sometimes, to learn, grow and move forward we must first unlearn what we have already learned so that we can learn what we should have learned in the first place.
Part of what we see in 1 Corinthians is Paul trying to help them unlearn some things and let some things go so they could...
1. Repair their broken fellowship
2. Remove the stain from their public testimony
3. Restore their broken relationship with Paul
Remember, this was a troubled church. Churches will always have struggles as long as it remains in this world.
1. Our beliefs, values and actions are not mainstream in our world today.
2. Our lives, our worship and our witness should create waves and ripples in the cultural streams of our world because we are walking against the current of unbelief. That is not always easy. We will not emerge unscathed.
3. We will suffer a more tragic fate if we allow the currents of this world to dictate/define the teachings, purpose and conduct of the ch ...
Robert Dawson
1 Corinthians 1:18-31
I remember sitting in chemistry class at Valdosta State College, now Valdosta State University, thoroughly confused as the professor spent the entire period working through a single stoichiometry problem. Now, almost 30 years later, I have no idea what a stoichiometry problem even is. What I do remember is that it took almost two sheets of paper to work through that one problem. After an hour of step by step instruction and explanation he comes to the end of that equation and says, ''Oh, no! I must have messed up somewhere!'' My immediate thoughts were, ''If you can't work one of these without messing it up what hope do I have.'' At that moment, every student let out a collective groan and you could hear papers being ripped out of notebooks, crumpled up and thrown to the side.
We would now have to unlearn what we had just learned so we could learn what we should have learned in the first place. That's also true in life. Sometimes, to learn, grow and move forward we must first unlearn what we have already learned so that we can learn what we should have learned in the first place.
Part of what we see in 1 Corinthians is Paul trying to help them unlearn some things and let some things go so they could...
1. Repair their broken fellowship
2. Remove the stain from their public testimony
3. Restore their broken relationship with Paul
Remember, this was a troubled church. Churches will always have struggles as long as it remains in this world.
1. Our beliefs, values and actions are not mainstream in our world today.
2. Our lives, our worship and our witness should create waves and ripples in the cultural streams of our world because we are walking against the current of unbelief. That is not always easy. We will not emerge unscathed.
3. We will suffer a more tragic fate if we allow the currents of this world to dictate/define the teachings, purpose and conduct of the ch ...
There are 18568 characters in the full content. This excerpt only shows a 2000 character sample of the full content.
Price: $5.99 or 1 credit
