1 Corinthians 8 Contrast between knowledge and love

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1 Corinthians 8 Contrast between knowledge and love A Beautiful Mess Contrast between knowledge and love Because of their love for other newer believers… I will put my rights aside… Thinking more of others and less about myself

1 Corinthians 8 Response Great principle but totally unattainable A Beautiful Mess Response Great principle but totally unattainable Is it really possible to live like this? It is possible to be a leader and live like this?

A Beautiful Mess 1 Corinthians 9 The Right Use of Rights!

Chapter 9 I practiced what I am teaching you! A Beautiful Mess I practiced what I am teaching you! Verse 3, “This is my defence to those who sit in judgement on me.”

Chapter 9 Verses 4-14 Reasons why Paul could have claimed his rights A Beautiful Mess Verses 4-14 Reasons why Paul could have claimed his rights V4-6 He was their Spiritual father V7-8 Common Practice – soldier, farmer, shepherd V9-14 Biblical point of view

Chapter 9 A Beautiful Mess Verse 15 Reasons why Paul did not claim his unquestionable rights V16-18 Because of his call from God So that nothing would get in the way of the Gospel message All he wanted was changed lives

Our world A Beautiful Mess

Paul & us Love for others Our call from God A Beautiful Mess Love for others Our call from God Proclaiming the Good News for transformed lives

Verses 24-27 A Beautiful Mess

Call to be different A Beautiful Mess John the Baptist – I must decrease, Jesus must increase Paul – Jesus humbled Himself and became obedient to death, even death on a cross Jesus – I have come to serve, not to be served True authority and leadership in the Christian context comes from resisting the temptation to exercise our rights and living as a servant of the kingdom.

Theme How we are to live in these really tough times A Beautiful Mess How we are to live in these really tough times The Gospel, which is based upon the love and sacrifice of Jesus, cannot be fitly presented by preachers who insist on their rights, delight in the exercise of authority and make what profit they can out of the work of evangelism. In other words, a crucified head and a pampered body are incompatible and inconsistent.