WHEN YOU’RE THE PROBLEM: THE FALLOUT OF A SELF-CENTERED EXISTENCE (1 OF 6)
by Scott Maze
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:1-4
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When You’re the Problem: The Fallout of a Self-Centered Existence (1 of 6)
Series: Run Away Bride: A Study of 1 Corinthians
Scott Maze
1 Corinthians 3:1-4
Paul writes to the church at Corinth to help genuine believers solve their divisions. When you read today's words from Paul to the church at Corinth, you need to prepare for the knife. Paul writes as one who is taking a scalpel in hand to perform surgery on the church he founded by the grace of God. This is one of those texts that offer tenderhearted hope and tough-minded warning in the very same truth. The hope is especially intended for the earnest struggler in the faith and the warning is especially intended for the careless drifter. And both are intended for the person on the outside looking in this morning, wondering what it might be like if you trusted in Christ and became a Christian.
Today's Scripture
''But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. 2 I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready, 3 for you are still of the flesh. For while there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving only in a human way? 4 For when one says, ''I follow Paul,'' and another, ''I follow Apollos,'' are you not being merely human'' (1 Corinthians 3:1-4)?
Our aim this morning is to sniff out the barnacles of pride inside of each us. Today's Big Idea: Pride causes division; humility draws the gaze of God.
Paul's words in verses one through four mark a transition. He's been talking about what is true wisdom in chapter two. There we discovered that true wisdom is the mind of Christ. Yet, the church often displays a false ''intelligence'' where you see quarrels. That is exactly what is happening in today's text. This false intelligence worked to destroy the very church for which Christ died. Despite his transition, Paul is not entertaining about a new subject. ...
Series: Run Away Bride: A Study of 1 Corinthians
Scott Maze
1 Corinthians 3:1-4
Paul writes to the church at Corinth to help genuine believers solve their divisions. When you read today's words from Paul to the church at Corinth, you need to prepare for the knife. Paul writes as one who is taking a scalpel in hand to perform surgery on the church he founded by the grace of God. This is one of those texts that offer tenderhearted hope and tough-minded warning in the very same truth. The hope is especially intended for the earnest struggler in the faith and the warning is especially intended for the careless drifter. And both are intended for the person on the outside looking in this morning, wondering what it might be like if you trusted in Christ and became a Christian.
Today's Scripture
''But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. 2 I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready, 3 for you are still of the flesh. For while there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving only in a human way? 4 For when one says, ''I follow Paul,'' and another, ''I follow Apollos,'' are you not being merely human'' (1 Corinthians 3:1-4)?
Our aim this morning is to sniff out the barnacles of pride inside of each us. Today's Big Idea: Pride causes division; humility draws the gaze of God.
Paul's words in verses one through four mark a transition. He's been talking about what is true wisdom in chapter two. There we discovered that true wisdom is the mind of Christ. Yet, the church often displays a false ''intelligence'' where you see quarrels. That is exactly what is happening in today's text. This false intelligence worked to destroy the very church for which Christ died. Despite his transition, Paul is not entertaining about a new subject. ...
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