PROGRESSING IN THE GOSPEL (4)
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:1-7, 1 Corinthians 3:10-17, 1 Corinthians 3, 81 Corinthians 3:9
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Progressing in the Gospel (4)
Series: Corinthians
Robert Dawson
1 Corinthians 3:1-17
I read a story that I wish were not true and hard to believe but, knowing people, it's not. Two doctors at a hospital in Massachusetts, the attending surgeon and anesthesiologist, were working together while operating on an elderly woman.
Everything seemed to be going well but it obvious to everyone in the room, expect the patient who was still sound asleep, that these two men did not like each other. No one knows what was said between them but as the surgery and clock progressed so did the tension in the room.
- At one point during the surgery the anesthesiologist uttered a profanity at the surgeon and without thinking the surgeon flicked a cotton-tipped prep stick disdainfully at the other doctor. Apparently, he was a good aim because that tiny cotton swab hit its target and sparked everything that happened next.
- First the shoving started. Then the shouting and that gave birth to an all-out, fist-flying brawl as these two men of medicine forgot their patient and started rolling around on the floor in the operating room punching, jabbing, pulling and calling each other unspeakable names.
After the men tired and were no worse for wear, they gained composure and finished the surgery. [Adapted from Make Nappa, God in Slow Motion (Thomas Nelson, 2013), pp. 57-58]
Unbelievable. With something so important, a person's life, on the line you would think these two men could focus on the task at hand. It was a task for which both their skills were essential but for reasons unknown (probably due to stubborn pride) these two men of science forgot their calling, ignored their better judgment and the needs of those they were called to serve.
That describes what took place in the church at Corinth. They had lost sight of their calling, focused on their own stubborn pride, positions and preferences and ignored the needs of the people they were called to serve. They los ...
Series: Corinthians
Robert Dawson
1 Corinthians 3:1-17
I read a story that I wish were not true and hard to believe but, knowing people, it's not. Two doctors at a hospital in Massachusetts, the attending surgeon and anesthesiologist, were working together while operating on an elderly woman.
Everything seemed to be going well but it obvious to everyone in the room, expect the patient who was still sound asleep, that these two men did not like each other. No one knows what was said between them but as the surgery and clock progressed so did the tension in the room.
- At one point during the surgery the anesthesiologist uttered a profanity at the surgeon and without thinking the surgeon flicked a cotton-tipped prep stick disdainfully at the other doctor. Apparently, he was a good aim because that tiny cotton swab hit its target and sparked everything that happened next.
- First the shoving started. Then the shouting and that gave birth to an all-out, fist-flying brawl as these two men of medicine forgot their patient and started rolling around on the floor in the operating room punching, jabbing, pulling and calling each other unspeakable names.
After the men tired and were no worse for wear, they gained composure and finished the surgery. [Adapted from Make Nappa, God in Slow Motion (Thomas Nelson, 2013), pp. 57-58]
Unbelievable. With something so important, a person's life, on the line you would think these two men could focus on the task at hand. It was a task for which both their skills were essential but for reasons unknown (probably due to stubborn pride) these two men of science forgot their calling, ignored their better judgment and the needs of those they were called to serve.
That describes what took place in the church at Corinth. They had lost sight of their calling, focused on their own stubborn pride, positions and preferences and ignored the needs of the people they were called to serve. They los ...
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