Sermons

A Diversity Of Gifts For The Common Good (1 Cor. 12:1-11)

 

Paul is correcting a wrong view of gifts.

  1. The Spirit proclaims Jesus as Lord.
    • 12:2-3. This could be ecstatic worship, which is fundamentally unchristian – 1 Cor.14:29, 32. Lucian: ‘A sort of god carries us away wherever he wills, and it is impossible to resist him.’
    • John 16:14. It
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Sermons

Thankful For Grace (1 Cor.1:4-9)

 

  1. Paul gives thanks to God.
    • 1:4; also e.g. Rom.1:8; Phil.1:5. It is not there in 1 Timothy, Titus (both personal letters) or Ephesians (a general letter, almost a treatise), and is replaced by horrified wonder in Galatians – Gal.1:6. But even in wayward Corinth, Paul can still give thanks
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