SURRENDERING RIGHTS FOR GOSPEL ADVANCE (11)
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9
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Surrendering Rights for Gospel Advance (11)
Series: 1 Corinthians
Robert Dawson
1 Corinthians 9
There are some among us in society, in the church, who are political junkies. We follow politics as closely as some follow sports. When it is campaign season or when elected officials are actually trying to write, vote on and pass legislation you will often hear someone, usually another politician or reporter, accuse their opponent of being a flip-flopper. They will say something to the effect, ''They were for it before they were against it'' or ''They were against it before they were for it.'' The accusation is that this person is not trustworthy and lacks conviction because their position on a certain subject changed. They attempt to show that their actions are based more on the current political climate than conviction and they are nothing more than valueless opportunist. (In politics that is more often true than not).
As the church in Corinth listened to someone read everything Paul had written to this point, as the opening of this section was being read I can see them start to shift in their seat, sit up, wiggle around and crane their head toward their neighbor and whisper, ''See, I told you he was a flip-flopper. He's just opportunistic. He was against demanding our rights when it was our rights but now he's all for demanding rights when they are his rights. He was against it before he was for it.''
Paul, in the previous chapter, had just finished writing about surrendering their rights, limiting their spiritual liberty, for the sake of others. He told them to be sensitive to the spiritual conscience of others who may not understand Christian freedom and liberty in connection to the gray areas of life, those areas that are not specifically addressed by chapter and verse in Scripture. Now on the heels of that liberty limiting speech comes these words...
1 Corinthians 9.1-14 - Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are y ...
Series: 1 Corinthians
Robert Dawson
1 Corinthians 9
There are some among us in society, in the church, who are political junkies. We follow politics as closely as some follow sports. When it is campaign season or when elected officials are actually trying to write, vote on and pass legislation you will often hear someone, usually another politician or reporter, accuse their opponent of being a flip-flopper. They will say something to the effect, ''They were for it before they were against it'' or ''They were against it before they were for it.'' The accusation is that this person is not trustworthy and lacks conviction because their position on a certain subject changed. They attempt to show that their actions are based more on the current political climate than conviction and they are nothing more than valueless opportunist. (In politics that is more often true than not).
As the church in Corinth listened to someone read everything Paul had written to this point, as the opening of this section was being read I can see them start to shift in their seat, sit up, wiggle around and crane their head toward their neighbor and whisper, ''See, I told you he was a flip-flopper. He's just opportunistic. He was against demanding our rights when it was our rights but now he's all for demanding rights when they are his rights. He was against it before he was for it.''
Paul, in the previous chapter, had just finished writing about surrendering their rights, limiting their spiritual liberty, for the sake of others. He told them to be sensitive to the spiritual conscience of others who may not understand Christian freedom and liberty in connection to the gray areas of life, those areas that are not specifically addressed by chapter and verse in Scripture. Now on the heels of that liberty limiting speech comes these words...
1 Corinthians 9.1-14 - Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are y ...
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