HOW TO TREAT EACH OTHER AT CHURCH (50 OF 53)
by Mike Stone
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 16
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How to Treat Each Other at Church (50 of 53)
Series: Straight-Up Truth for a Messed-Up Church
Mike Stone
1 Corinthians 16:10-12
One of the challenges of preaching through books of the Bible is that you come to passages of Scripture that don't seem to have a sermon in them. I've run into that with many of Paul's letters as they come to a close. When we complete 1 Corinthians, I will have preached through 10 of Paul's 13 letters, verse by verse.
And the conclusions of his letters are often filled with personal notes and words of greetings. Sometimes they seem like an unnecessary ''P.S.'' that challenge our belief that ALL Scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable.
Yet every time I've ever dived into Paul's farewell addresses, I have discovered there is TREMENDOUS truth in them. These final words to the Corinthians are almost like a gold mine laying just beneath the surface. Today, I want us to uncover three little nuggets from that mine. There is one in each of verses 10, 11, and 12.
As we move to the conclusion of this book to a messed-up church, Paul continues to lay out some straight-up truth. This truth is very practical. It deals with interpersonal relationships and how we are to relate to one another in the church.
The work of the Lord has been hindered by a lot of things going back to the first books of the Bible. But bad relationships between God's people has always been near the top of the list.
From the strife between Abraham and Lot to a modern day split at a Baptist church, when God's people can't get along with each other, very little will be accomplished for the work of the Lord. In 3 verses, we find 3 keys on how to teach each other at church.
1. Acceptance of one another's weaknesses (10)
Nearly two years ago when we started this series of messages, I preached an introductory message called, ''Something Beautiful.'' I pointed out that as mixed up as the Corinthian church was, Paul still called them:
San ...
Series: Straight-Up Truth for a Messed-Up Church
Mike Stone
1 Corinthians 16:10-12
One of the challenges of preaching through books of the Bible is that you come to passages of Scripture that don't seem to have a sermon in them. I've run into that with many of Paul's letters as they come to a close. When we complete 1 Corinthians, I will have preached through 10 of Paul's 13 letters, verse by verse.
And the conclusions of his letters are often filled with personal notes and words of greetings. Sometimes they seem like an unnecessary ''P.S.'' that challenge our belief that ALL Scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable.
Yet every time I've ever dived into Paul's farewell addresses, I have discovered there is TREMENDOUS truth in them. These final words to the Corinthians are almost like a gold mine laying just beneath the surface. Today, I want us to uncover three little nuggets from that mine. There is one in each of verses 10, 11, and 12.
As we move to the conclusion of this book to a messed-up church, Paul continues to lay out some straight-up truth. This truth is very practical. It deals with interpersonal relationships and how we are to relate to one another in the church.
The work of the Lord has been hindered by a lot of things going back to the first books of the Bible. But bad relationships between God's people has always been near the top of the list.
From the strife between Abraham and Lot to a modern day split at a Baptist church, when God's people can't get along with each other, very little will be accomplished for the work of the Lord. In 3 verses, we find 3 keys on how to teach each other at church.
1. Acceptance of one another's weaknesses (10)
Nearly two years ago when we started this series of messages, I preached an introductory message called, ''Something Beautiful.'' I pointed out that as mixed up as the Corinthian church was, Paul still called them:
San ...
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