CONFORMITY TO CHRIST (6 OF 6)
by Scott Maze
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 4:14-21
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Conformity to Christ (6 of 6)
Series: Run Away Bride: A Study of 1 Corinthians
Scott Maze
1 Corinthians 4:14-21
It's a message from Paul's first letter to the Corinthians and it represents a journey of sorts. A journey to an another land - and older land - where the goals of Christianity were not set by marketers in order to make it more palatable. Instead, the agenda was set by prophets who sought holy, godly people. Such a message will give us pause. When we read it, we are likely to say, ''You are bringing strange things to our ears.'' It's not the kind of message we are not used to hearing today.
A hypocrite is someone who does things he claims he does not do. Marilee Jones, was dean of admissions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Marilee recently resigned after admitting that her résumé she had submitted 28 years ago for an entry level position in the admissions department was filled with lies. As far as the school knew, Ms. Jones had attended and graduated Albany Medical College, Union College, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - three well-respected schools in New York. Yet, the former dean of admission was only a part-time student for just one school year.
A church is composed of people who believe in Jesus Christ, or Christians. We tend of such people as respectable. After all, we're not atheists or wicked people. We attend church... avoid scandal... and lead respectable lives. And though we are made saints by the immediate supernatural work of the Holy Spirit, Christians spend their lives engaged in guerrilla warfare. Engaged in a war to behave as we believe. Fighting to rid ourselves of sinful habits. Nevertheless, hypocrisy is a real problem for churches.
Church is the place where a line in the sand is drawn. People who belong to the church advertise themselves to their community as ''one of them'' - a Christ follower, a disciple. Church is comprised of a people redeemed by Jesus Christ, who came to defeat sin (1 Jo ...
Series: Run Away Bride: A Study of 1 Corinthians
Scott Maze
1 Corinthians 4:14-21
It's a message from Paul's first letter to the Corinthians and it represents a journey of sorts. A journey to an another land - and older land - where the goals of Christianity were not set by marketers in order to make it more palatable. Instead, the agenda was set by prophets who sought holy, godly people. Such a message will give us pause. When we read it, we are likely to say, ''You are bringing strange things to our ears.'' It's not the kind of message we are not used to hearing today.
A hypocrite is someone who does things he claims he does not do. Marilee Jones, was dean of admissions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Marilee recently resigned after admitting that her résumé she had submitted 28 years ago for an entry level position in the admissions department was filled with lies. As far as the school knew, Ms. Jones had attended and graduated Albany Medical College, Union College, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - three well-respected schools in New York. Yet, the former dean of admission was only a part-time student for just one school year.
A church is composed of people who believe in Jesus Christ, or Christians. We tend of such people as respectable. After all, we're not atheists or wicked people. We attend church... avoid scandal... and lead respectable lives. And though we are made saints by the immediate supernatural work of the Holy Spirit, Christians spend their lives engaged in guerrilla warfare. Engaged in a war to behave as we believe. Fighting to rid ourselves of sinful habits. Nevertheless, hypocrisy is a real problem for churches.
Church is the place where a line in the sand is drawn. People who belong to the church advertise themselves to their community as ''one of them'' - a Christ follower, a disciple. Church is comprised of a people redeemed by Jesus Christ, who came to defeat sin (1 Jo ...
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