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Why are we studying 1 Cor.?

Why are we studying 1 Cor.?. Materialism vs. Generosity Sexual Immorality The Role of Men & Women in the Church Nature of Quality Christian Meetings Relating to the Pagan/Non-Believing World Divisions within the Church The Wisdom & Power of the Cross The Truth of the Resurrection of Christ.

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Why are we studying 1 Cor.?

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  1. Why are we studying 1 Cor.? • Materialism vs. Generosity • Sexual Immorality • The Role of Men & Women in the Church • Nature of Quality Christian Meetings • Relating to the Pagan/Non-Believing World • Divisions within the Church • The Wisdom & Power of the Cross • The Truth of the Resurrection of Christ

  2. Capital City of Province of Achaia

  3. Controlled Two Ports

  4. Moral Corruption - Acrocorinth

  5. Moral Corruption - Acrocorinth But they were not beyond the reach of God’s grace!!!

  6. 1 Corinthians 1:1-2 (HCSB) 1 Paul, called as an apostle of Christ Jesus by God’s will, and Sosthenes our brother: 2 To God’s church at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus and called as saints, with all those in every place who call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord—both their Lord and ours.

  7. Acts 18:1-18a 1 After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. 2 There he met a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to see them, 3 and because he was a tentmaker as they were, he stayed and worked with them. 4 Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks.

  8. Acts 18:1-18a 5 When Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself exclusively to preaching, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Messiah. 6 But when they opposed Paul and became abusive, he shook out his clothes in protest and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”

  9. Acts 18:1-18a 7 Then Paul left the synagogue and went next door to the house of Titius Justus, a worshiper of God.8 Crispus, the synagogue leader, and his entire household believed in the Lord; and many of the Corinthians who heard Paul believed and were baptized.

  10. Acts 18:1-18a 9 One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be silent.10 For I am with you, and no one is going to attack and harm you, because I have many people in this city.” 11 So Paul stayed in Corinth for a year and a half, teaching them the word of God.

  11. Acts 18:1-18a 12 While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews of Corinth made a united attack on Paul and brought him to the place of judgment. 13 “This man,” they charged, “is persuading the people to worship God in ways contrary to the law.”

  12. Acts 18:1-18a 14 Just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio said to them, “If you Jews were making a complaint about some misdemeanor or serious crime, it would be reasonable for me to listen to you. 15 But since it involves questions about words and names and your own law—settle the matter yourselves. I will not be a judge of such things.” 16 So he drove them off. 17 Then the crowd there turned on Sosthenes the synagogue leader and beat him in front of the proconsul; and Gallio showed no concern whatever.

  13. Acts 18:1-18a 18 Paul stayed on in Corinth for some time. Then he left the brothers and sisters and sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila.

  14. Summary of the Founding of the Corinthian Church • Jewish background believers • Conservative, moral people • Greek background believers • Liberal, immoral people • Opposition • From many sides

  15. Why did Paul write this letter? • 56 A.D. and Paul was lecturing daily during his 3 year ministry in Ephesus • Had already written to Corinthian churches • 1 Cor. 5:9 I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people… • Reports that issues were getting worse • 1 Cor. 1:11 My brothers and sisters, some from Chloe’s household have informed me that there are quarrels among you.

  16. Why did Paul write this letter? • 56 A.D. and Paul was lecturing daily during his 3 year ministry in Ephesus • Had already written to Corinthian churches • 1 Cor. 5:9 I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people… • Reports that issues were getting worse • 1 Cor. 1:11 My brothers and sisters, some from Chloe’s household have informed me that there are quarrels among you. Paul took the Corinthian issues and masterfully addressed some of them in an open letter to all the churches.

  17. 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 (HCSB) 1 Paul, called as an apostle of Christ Jesus by God’s will, and Sosthenes our brother: • Acts 18:17a Then the crowd there turned on Sosthenes the synagogue leader and beat him in front of the proconsul • 1 Cor. 4:12 When we are reviled, we bless…

  18. 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 (HCSB) 2 To God’s church at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus and called as saints, with all those in every place who call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord—both their Lord and ours.

  19. 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 (HCSB) “The Corinthians are identified as ‘Those who were made holy’ and who are ‘called out as saints (i.e., holy ones)’. They were getting drunk at Holy Communion and shouting insults at each other. One of them was sleeping with his mother-in-law. The prophets (preachers) were all talking at once in their worship services and some of the women were chatting and not listening to anyone. They had split into factions, and some thought that polished language was more important than historical realities like the cross. Others denied the resurrection. Yet Paul called them ‘saints.’ Remarkable! Clearly, for Paul, ‘a saint’ meant a person who had received the Holy Spirit and not a person who had reached some undefined stratospheric level of piety. The troublesome Corinthians were saints!” -Kenneth Bailey in Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes: Cultural Studies in 1 Corinthians 2 To God’s church at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus and called as saints, with all those in every place who call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord—both their Lord and ours.

  20. 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 (HCSB) 3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 4 I always thank my God for you because of God’s grace given to you in Christ Jesus, 

  21. 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 (HCSB) 3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 4 I always thank my God for you because of God’s grace given to you in Christ Jesus,  Romans 1:8 I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you because the news of your faith is being reported in all the world

  22. 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 (HCSB) 3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 4 I always thank my God for you because of God’s grace given to you in Christ Jesus,  Eph. 1:15-16 since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, 16 I never stop giving thanks for you as I remember you in my prayers.

  23. 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 (HCSB) 3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 4 I always thank my God for you because of God’s grace given to you in Christ Jesus,  Phil. 1:3-53 I give thanks to my God for every remembrance of you, 4 always praying with joy for all of you in my every prayer, 5 because of your partnership in the gospelfrom the first day until now.

  24. 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 (HCSB) 3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 4 I always thank my God for you because of God’s grace given to you in Christ Jesus,  Col. 1:3-53 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 4 for we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all the saints 5 because of the hope reserved for you in heaven.

  25. 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 (HCSB) 3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 4 I always thank my God for you because of God’s grace given to you in Christ Jesus,  1 Thess. 1:2-32 We always thank God for all of you, remembering you constantly in our prayers. 3 We recall, in the presence of our God and Father, your work of faith, labor of love, and endurance of hopein our Lord Jesus Christ…

  26. 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 (HCSB) 3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 4 I always thank my God for you because of God’s grace given to you in Christ Jesus, 

  27. 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 (HCSB) 5 that by Him you were enriched in everything—in all speech and all knowledge. 6 In this way, the testimony about Christ was confirmed among you, 7 so that you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ. 8 He will also strengthen you to the end, so that you will be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 God is faithful; you were called by Him into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

  28. 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 (HCSB) 5 that by Him you were enriched in everything—in all speech and all knowledge. 6 In this way, the testimony about Christ was confirmed among you, 7 so that you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ. 8 He will also strengthen you to the end, so that you will be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 God is faithful; you were called by Him into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Gifts separated from grace will eventually destroy.

  29. Conclusions & Applications • Remember Sosthenes! • Remember grace! • Remember that the best thing we have to offer others is God!

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