Everything – Love = Nothing
1 Corinthians 13:1-3 13:1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I…
What Did the Eye Say to the Ear?
1 Corinthians 12:12-31 12 For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit. 14 For the body does not consist of one member but of many. 15 If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do…
Spiritual Maturity
1 Corinthians 12:1-11 12:1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed. 2 You know that when you were pagans you were led astray to mute idols, however you were led. 3 Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says “Jesus is accursed!” and no one can say “Jesus is Lord” except in the Holy Spirit. 4 Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; 5 and there are…
Through the Storm
Job 19:13-27 13 “He has put my brothers far from me, and those who knew me are wholly estranged from me. 14 My relatives have failed me, my close friends have forgotten me. 15 The guests in my house and my maidservants count me as a stranger; I have become a foreigner in their eyes. 16 I call to my servant, but he gives me no answer; I must plead with him with my mouth for mercy. 17 My breath is strange to my wife,…
What do we do?
Acts 2:42-47 42 And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. 43 And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. 44 And all who believed were together and had all things in common.45 And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need. 46 And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their…
Who Are We?
Matthew 28:16-20 16 Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. 17 And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted.18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold,…
Embracing the Light
I. Our God A. Walking in Darkness – The Invisible Creator, God Acts 17:22-27 B. Unapproachable Light – The Unapproachable, Holy God I Timothy 6:13-16, Exodus 33:18-23, Exodus 20:18-19 C. Embracing the Light – The Visible & Approachable God: Jesus Christ Colossians 1:11-17, John 1:9-17, John 17:3, Philippians 2:5-11, II. Our Response A. Playing with Shadows – Darkness Entertained Romans 1:19-23 B. Walking in the Light – Darkness Evicted Ephesians 5:8, Colossians 1:11-14, Romans 12:1-2, Romans 12:1-2, Romans 13:11-14
Division in the Body Dishonors the Head
1 Corinthians 11:17-34 17 But in the following instructions I do not commend you, because when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse. 18 For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you. And I believe it in part, 19 for there must be factions among you in order that those who are genuine among you may be recognized. 20 When you come together, it is not the Lord’s supper…
What’s Going On Here? (Headship, Femininity, and Coverings) Part ll
1 Corinthians 11:2-16 2 Now I commend you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions even as I delivered them to you.3 But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.4 Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head, 5 but every wife who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, since it is…