Team Jesus (2 of 17)
Series: Messy Grace
Ross Lester
1 Corinthians 3:1-9
Proposition Statement:
Local churches are supposed to be united in common purpose and common trust in a common Saviour, and they are assisted in that unity by servant leaders.
Intro:
Sanibonani, Dumelang, Howzit. Good to see you.
It is week 3 in our several-month study of 1 Corinthians, so please turn to 1 Corinthians 1:10. This is a letter that the Apostle Paul wrote to a rebellious young church that he had planted a few years earlier.
Once Paul gets the introduction out of the way and has his reader's eyes set firmly on Jesus (what we looked at last week), he gets into the first of the issues that he sees in the church in Corinth, which is...DIVISION...which according to Paul, when it manifests the way that it is manifesting in Corinth is a sign and a result of immaturity.
Remember what was said last week about churches. What we draw people with, we draw them to. What happens is that churches become places where people are attracted to them by certain things or people, and then they end up being loyal to them, only because of those things or people. This had happened in Corinth.
Let me just say this. This will feel inward today. Like the church examining itself. If you sit outside of that, if you are a visitor to this local church or if you are someone simply exploring faith, then today should encourage you as it shows that the church is supposed to be a reflective organism. One that self-assesses and one that self-corrects.
If you are part of this local family expression of shared faith, today will provoke you into asking why that is? It might be a bit uncomfortable in that space and that is okay.
BBC is 50 years old this year. We didn't just pop up. Chance to reflect on how we will stay healthy enough to be around for another 50 years and still be faithfully preaching the gospel.
Here is what you need to know about what has happened in Corinth, and ...
Series: Messy Grace
Ross Lester
1 Corinthians 3:1-9
Proposition Statement:
Local churches are supposed to be united in common purpose and common trust in a common Saviour, and they are assisted in that unity by servant leaders.
Intro:
Sanibonani, Dumelang, Howzit. Good to see you.
It is week 3 in our several-month study of 1 Corinthians, so please turn to 1 Corinthians 1:10. This is a letter that the Apostle Paul wrote to a rebellious young church that he had planted a few years earlier.
Once Paul gets the introduction out of the way and has his reader's eyes set firmly on Jesus (what we looked at last week), he gets into the first of the issues that he sees in the church in Corinth, which is...DIVISION...which according to Paul, when it manifests the way that it is manifesting in Corinth is a sign and a result of immaturity.
Remember what was said last week about churches. What we draw people with, we draw them to. What happens is that churches become places where people are attracted to them by certain things or people, and then they end up being loyal to them, only because of those things or people. This had happened in Corinth.
Let me just say this. This will feel inward today. Like the church examining itself. If you sit outside of that, if you are a visitor to this local church or if you are someone simply exploring faith, then today should encourage you as it shows that the church is supposed to be a reflective organism. One that self-assesses and one that self-corrects.
If you are part of this local family expression of shared faith, today will provoke you into asking why that is? It might be a bit uncomfortable in that space and that is okay.
BBC is 50 years old this year. We didn't just pop up. Chance to reflect on how we will stay healthy enough to be around for another 50 years and still be faithfully preaching the gospel.
Here is what you need to know about what has happened in Corinth, and ...
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