When Pleasing Man Pleases God

05. February 2009 1 Corinthians 0
Text: 1 Corinthians 10:23-11:1 Theme: Our actions do not please God if they offend other people. Key verses: “Nobody should seek his own good, but the good of others.” (v. 24) “If some unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat whatever is put before you…But if anyone says to you, ...

Dangerous Worship

22. January 2009 1 Corinthians 1
Text: 1 Corinthians 10:14-22 Theme: Participating in sin is worshiping the devil. Key verses: “Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry.” (v. 14) “And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ? (v. 16b) “Do not those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar?” (v. 18b) “…the sacrifices ...

God Lets Us Be Tempted

19. January 2009 1 Corinthians 0
Text: 1 Corinthians 10:13 Theme: God allows temptations but expects and helps us overcome them. Key verse: “No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way ...

Learning From Their Mistakes

13. January 2009 1 Corinthians 0
Text: 1 Corinthians 10:1-12 Theme: We must not fall to temptations like the Israelites did in the wilderness. Key verses: “…all our fathers were under the cloud, all passed through the sea…” (v. 2) “For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ. But with most of them God ...

Running Hard for the Prize

01. January 2009 1 Corinthians 0
Text: 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 Theme: Our life’s run must be focused, deliberate and determined. Key verses: “Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes goes into strict training…” (v. 24-25) “Therefore I ...

Above and Beyond for the Gospel

22. December 2008 1 Corinthians 0
Text: 1 Corinthians 9:1-23 Theme: Paul went far beyond the norm or the average to assure he would win the rewards of the gospel. Key verses: “If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much if we reap a material harvest from you? If others have this right of support from you, ...

Love Over Knowledge

12. December 2008 1 Corinthians 0
Text: 1 Corinthians 8 Theme: We should love others, rather than offend them through our knowledge. Key verses: “Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. The man who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know. But the man who loves God is known by God.” (v. 2-3) “We know ...

Undivided Devotion to God

09. December 2008 1 Corinthians 0
Text: 1 Corinthians 7:25-40 Theme: Seek a lifestyle that helps us have an undivided devotion to the Lord. Key verses: “Because of the present crisis, I think that it is good for you to remain as you are.” (v. 26) “What I mean…is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives ...