Sermons

Seek the Good of Others (1 Cor. 10:23-11:1)

 

‘Flee idolatry’ was Paul’s message back in verse 14, 20-21. But what about outside the pagan temple?

  1. Glorify God by seeking the good of others.
    • 10:23-24. Freedom is important but it is not the only issue. See Rom.15:2; Phil.2:4.
    • 10:31-33. Gordon Fee: ‘To give offence … does not so
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Sermons

Knowledge Puffs Up, Love Builds Up (1 Cor. 8:1-6)

 

This was apparently raised in a letter from the Corinthians – 7:1, 25; 8:1a. There are two frameworks here: one is conceptual (the issue of idolatry), and the other is relational (how to interact with others).

  1. Knowledge requires love.
    • 8:1-3. This is the way of God always – Isa.
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Sermons

Spiritual Fatherhood (1 Cor. 4:14-21)

 

4:15. Paul is writing hypothetically as the founder of the church. Note 3 John 4. That is the Christian perspective.

  1. We must love.
    • 4:14. The NIV has ‘my dear children’ but it is actually ‘my beloved children’ (ESV). See Luke 15:20, 21-23. God rejoices when one sinner repents. Beware
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