Series: Free at Last: Exploring Our Liberty through 1 Corinthians Title: Liberty Under Love Text: 1 Corinthians 8:1-3, 10:16-11:1 Today’s Truth: Mature Christian liberty is measured not by how much freedom you exercise but by how much freedom you limit as a demonstration of love to others 1. Love the lesser — Limit your liberty…
Series: Remedies for the Wreckage: Restoring through 1 Corinthians What Sin Broke Title: Living Temporarily for the Eternal Text: 1 Corinthians 7:1-40 Today’s Truth – Whatever my situation, God’s unchanging call is selfless service to others. 1. God cares more about my faithfulness than my circumstances 2. Those single can focus exclusively on serving God…
Series: Remedies for the Wreckage: Restoring through 1 Corinthians What Sin Broke Title: This Body Belongs To? Text: 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 Today’s Truth: My body exists to glorify God 1. It was created for the Lord 2. It was redeemed by the Lord 3. It is in union with the Lord 4. It will be…
Series: Remedies for the Wreckage: Restoring through 1 Corinthians What Sin Broke Title: Such Were You Text: 1 Corinthians 6:1-11 Today’s Truth – God delights to wash away our grimy past so we can step into His glorious future. 1. A Grimy Reality We all have a grimy past and maybe a grimy present 2. A Grim Consequence…
Series: Remedies for the Wreckage: Restoring through 1 Corinthians What Sin Broke Title: The Hard but Holy Thing Text: 1 Corinthians 5:1-13 Today’s Topic – How a Bible-believing church should respond to a member who refuses to repent of serious sin 1. Mourn the sin 2. Call the sinner to repentance 3. Expel the unrepentant sinner 4. Separate socially from the unrepentant sinner 5. Pray for their repentance and…
Series: Growing Pains: Maturing through 1 Corinthians Title: Hope for the Puffed Up Text: 1 Corinthians 4:1-21 Today’s Truth – Because I’m prone to puff up, I need God to lovingly puncture my pride 1. A realization of the extent of grace 2. A proclivity for reserving judgment 3. A vision for the real Christian life 4. A godly mentor to imitate 5. A threat of divine discipline…
Series: Growing Pains: Maturing through 1 Corinthians Title: We + Me + He Text: 1 Corinthians 3:1-23 Today’s Truth: Mature Christians love to… 1. Work as a team in God’s mission 2. Own their role with faithfulness 3. Give God the glory without fail May we accomplish much, caring only that God gets the credit!
Series: Growing Pains: Maturing through 1 Corinthians Title: Keep It Simple, Saints Text: 1 Corinthians 2:1-16 Today’s Takeaway – Rest in the simple gospel, relying on the Spirit’s power to reach the lost 1. Speak with the listener in mind 2. Trust the gospel’s simple sufficiency 3. Admit humanity’s natural inabilities 4. Depend fully on the Spirit’s work May we stop trusting man’s wisdom and start trusting fully in the Spirit-powered gospel to win our community for Jesus Christ!
Series: Growing Pains: Maturing through 1 Corinthians Title: From Fractured to Fellowship Text: 1 Corinthians 1:9-31 A. The Reality of Division B. The Remedy for Division 1. See the unity of Christ Himself 2. Ground your identity in Christ alone 3. Make the gospel central 4. Let the wonder of God’s grace humble you 5. Boast only in Christ May our unity grow as we mature in the truth of God’s amazing and sovereign grace!
Series: Growing Pains: Maturing through 1 Corinthians Title: Grace that Generously Gives Text: 1 Corinthians 1:1-8 Today’s Takeaway: Rest and rejoice in the grace of God that… 1. amply supplies so that you lack nothing… and 2. secures you until the end… 3. while you eagerly wait for Jesus’s appearance May you hope in God and His provision as you pray Jesus comes quickly!