FIRST CORINTHIANS How to Live in a Pagan World

Two Mega-Themes In 1 st Corinthians Living as Christians in a pagan world.Living as Christians in a pagan world. Being the Church in a pagan world.Being the Church in a pagan world.

Two Mega-Themes In 1 st Corinthians Living as Christians in a pagan world. Being the Church in a pagan world.Being the Church in a pagan world.

Being the Church in a Pagan World Nine Issues: 1.Identity1:1-9 2.Unity1: Maturity3: Authority4: Purity5 6.Orderly11 7.Ministry Generosity16:1-4 9.Duty16:5-24

Being the Church in a Pagan World Nine Issues: 1.Identity1:1-9 2.Unity1: Maturity3: Authority4: Purity5 6.Orderly11 7.Ministry Generosity16:1-4 9.Duty16:5-24

1 st Corinthians 14:26 How is it then, brethren? Whenever you come together, each of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a tongue, has a revelation, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification. 1 st Corinthians 14:40 Let all things be done decently and in order. (NKJV)

Issue 6 Worshipping Orderly 11:2-34

Gender Roles & Head Coverings Burkhas for Baptists? 11:2-16

Implied Throughout the Passage: A Distinction between the SexesImplied Throughout the Passage: A Distinction between the Sexes

Gender Roles & Head Coverings Burkhas for Baptists? 11:2-16 Implied Throughout the Passage: A Distinction between the SexesImplied Throughout the Passage: A Distinction between the Sexes Genesis 1:27, KJV “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.”

Gender Roles & Head Coverings 11:2-16 Related Distinction: Length of HairRelated Distinction: Length of Hair

Gender Roles & Head Coverings 11:2-16 Related Distinction: Length of HairRelated Distinction: Length of Hair Vs , NIV “Does not the very nature of things teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him, but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering.”

Gender Roles & Head Coverings 11:2-16 Related Distinction: Men Shouldn’t Wear VeilsRelated Distinction: Men Shouldn’t Wear Veils

Gender Roles & Head Coverings 11:2-16 Related Distinction: Men Shouldn’t Wear VeilsRelated Distinction: Men Shouldn’t Wear Veils Vs. 4, Weymouth “A man who wears a veil when praying or prophesying dishonors his Head”

Gender Roles & Head Coverings 11:2-16 The Principle of Equality and InterdependenceThe Principle of Equality and Interdependence

Gender Roles & Head Coverings 11:2-16 The Principle of Equality and InterdependenceThe Principle of Equality and Interdependence Vs. 11 “Nevertheless, neither is man independent of woman, nor woman independent of man, in the Lord.” Vs. 12, NLT “For although the first woman came from man, all men have been born from women ever since, and everything comes from God.”

Gender Roles & Head Coverings 11:2-16 The Wife is the Glory of Her HusbandThe Wife is the Glory of Her Husband

Gender Roles & Head Coverings 11:2-16 The Wife is the Glory of Her HusbandThe Wife is the Glory of Her Husband Vs. 7 “For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but woman is the glory of man.”

Gender Roles & Head Coverings 11:2-16 The Principle of Husband LeadershipThe Principle of Husband Leadership

Gender Roles & Head Coverings 11:2-16 The Principle of Husband LeadershipThe Principle of Husband Leadership Vs. 3 “But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God” Phillips: “But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every individual man, just as a man is the ‘head’ of the woman and God is the head of Christ.”

Gender Roles & Head Coverings 11:2-16 The Order of CreationThe Order of Creation Vs. 8 “For man is not from woman, but woman from man.”

Gender Roles & Head Coverings 11:2-16 The Order of CreationThe Order of Creation Vs. 8 “For man is not from woman, but woman from man.” The Purpose of CreationThe Purpose of Creation Vs. 9 “Nor was man created for the woman, but woman for the man.” Amplified: “Neither was man created on account of or for the benefit of woman, but woman on account of and for the benefit of man.”

Gender Roles & Head Coverings 11:2-16 A Symbol of AuthorityA Symbol of Authority

Gender Roles & Head Coverings 11:2-16 A Symbol of AuthorityA Symbol of Authority Vs. 10 “For this reason the woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.” Vs. 10, Phillips “For this reason a woman ought to bear on her head an outward sign of man's authority for all the angels to see.”

Gender Roles & Head Coverings 11:2-16 Because of the AngelsBecause of the Angels

Gender Roles & Head Coverings 11:2-16 Because of the AngelsBecause of the Angels 1 st Timothy 5:21 “I charge you before God and the Lord Jesus Christ and the elect angels that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing with partiality.”

Gender Roles & Head Coverings 11:2-16 A Symbol of AuthorityA Symbol of Authority

Gender Roles & Head Coverings 11:2-16 A Symbol of AuthorityA Symbol of Authority Vs. 5 “But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for that is one and the same as if her head were shaved.”

Gender Roles & Head Coverings 11:2-16 A Universal PrincipleA Universal Principle

Gender Roles & Head Coverings 11:2-16 A Universal PrincipleA Universal Principle Vs. 16, NLT “But if anyone wants to argue about this, all I can say is that we have no other custom than this, and all the churches of God feel the same way about it.”

Gender Roles & Head Coverings 11:2-16 A Cultural SymbolA Cultural Symbol

Gender Roles & Head Coverings 11:2-16 A Cultural SymbolA Cultural Symbol signVs.6, Phillips “For if a woman does not cover her head she might just as well have her hair cropped. And if to be cropped or closely shaven is a sign of disgrace to women, then that is all the more reason for her to cover the head.”

Gender Roles & Head Coverings 11:2-16 How Do We Apply This Principle in Our Culture?How Do We Apply This Principle in Our Culture?

Gender Roles & Head Coverings 11:2-16 How Do We Apply This Principle in Our Culture?How Do We Apply This Principle in Our Culture? Supportive role to her husband

Gender Roles & Head Coverings 11:2-16 How Do We Apply This Principle in Our Culture?How Do We Apply This Principle in Our Culture? Supportive role to her husband Feminine, yet modest, dress

Gender Roles & Head Coverings 11:2-16 How Do We Apply This Principle in Our Culture?How Do We Apply This Principle in Our Culture? Supportive role to her husband Feminine, yet modest, dress –Dress that does not blur the distinction between male & female

Gender Roles & Head Coverings 11:2-16 How Do We Apply This Principle in Our Culture?How Do We Apply This Principle in Our Culture? Supportive role to her husband Feminine, yet modest, dress –Dress that does not blur the distinction between male & female Humility & respect for leadership in the church

Church Meetings and the Lord’s Supper 11:17-34 Your Meetings are Counter- productive.Your Meetings are Counter- productive.

Church Meetings and the Lord’s Supper 11:17-34 Your Meetings are Counter- productive.Your Meetings are Counter- productive. Vs. 17, NIV “In the following directives I have no praise for you, for your meetings do more harm than good.”

Church Meetings and the Lord’s Supper 11:17-34 You Use Your Services as a Platform for Personal RecognitionYou Use Your Services as a Platform for Personal Recognition

Church Meetings and the Lord’s Supper 11:17-34 You Use Your Services as a Platform for Personal RecognitionYou Use Your Services as a Platform for Personal Recognition Vs “First of all, I hear that there are divisions among you when you meet as a church, and to some extent I believe it. But, of course, there must be divisions among you so that those of you who are right will be recognized!” Vs. 19, Phillips “…when you meet for worship I hear that you split up into small groups… For there must be cliques among you or your favourite leaders would not be so conspicuous.”

Church Meetings and the Lord’s Supper 11:17-34 You Abuse the Lord’s Supper vs You Abuse the Lord’s Supper vs

Church Meetings and the Lord’s Supper 11:17-34 You Abuse the Lord’s Supper vs You Abuse the Lord’s Supper vs It cannot rightly be called the Lord’s SupperIt cannot rightly be called the Lord’s Supper

Church Meetings and the Lord’s Supper 11:17-34 You Abuse the Lord’s Supper vs You Abuse the Lord’s Supper vs It cannot rightly be called the Lord’s SupperIt cannot rightly be called the Lord’s Supper Vs. 20 “Therefore when you come together in one place, it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper.”

Church Meetings and the Lord’s Supper 11:17-34 You Abuse the Lord’s Supper vs You Abuse the Lord’s Supper vs It cannot rightly be called the Lord’s SupperIt cannot rightly be called the Lord’s Supper Vs. 20 “Therefore when you come together in one place, it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper.” You pig out and hog the foodYou pig out and hog the food

Church Meetings and the Lord’s Supper 11:17-34 You Abuse the Lord’s Supper vs You Abuse the Lord’s Supper vs It cannot rightly be called the Lord’s SupperIt cannot rightly be called the Lord’s Supper Vs. 20 “Therefore when you come together in one place, it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper.” You pig out and hog the foodYou pig out and hog the food Vs. 21, NLT “For I am told that some of you hurry to eat your own meal without sharing with others. As a result, some go hungry while others get drunk.”

Church Meetings and the Lord’s Supper 11:17-34 Jesus’ Instructions Concerning the Lord’s Supper Vs Jesus’ Instructions Concerning the Lord’s Supper Vs

Church Meetings and the Lord’s Supper 11:17-34 Jesus’ Instructions Concerning the Lord’s Supper Vs Jesus’ Instructions Concerning the Lord’s Supper Vs Vs. 26 “For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death till He comes”

Church Meetings and the Lord’s Supper 11:17-34 God Disciplines Those Who Abuse the Lord’s SupperGod Disciplines Those Who Abuse the Lord’s Supper

Church Meetings and the Lord’s Supper 11:17-34 God Disciplines Those Who Abuse the Lord’s SupperGod Disciplines Those Who Abuse the Lord’s Supper Vs. 27, Weymouth “Whoever, therefore, in an unworthy manner, eats the bread or drinks from the cup of the Lord sins against the body and blood of the Lord.” Vs. 30, NLT “That is why many of you are weak and sick and some have even died.” Vs. 32, NAS95 “But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord so that we will not be condemned along with the world.”

Church Meetings and the Lord’s Supper 11:17-34 The Lord’s Supper Should Include Self-examinationThe Lord’s Supper Should Include Self-examination

Church Meetings and the Lord’s Supper 11:17-34 The Lord’s Supper Should Include Self-examinationThe Lord’s Supper Should Include Self-examination Vs. 28, Amplified “Let a man [thoroughly] examine himself, and [only when he has done] so should he eat of the bread and drink of the cup.” Vs. 31 HCS “If we were properly evaluating ourselves, we would not be judged”

Issue 7 Engaging in Ministry Chapters Spiritual Gifts Require Information, Not IgnoranceSpiritual Gifts Require Information, Not Ignorance

Issue 7 Engaging in Ministry Chapters Spiritual Gifts Require Information, Not IgnoranceSpiritual Gifts Require Information, Not Ignorance Vs. 1, NRSV “Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed.”

Issue 7 Engaging in Ministry Chapters The Holy Spirit Initiated Our Christian ConfessionThe Holy Spirit Initiated Our Christian Confession

Issue 7 Engaging in Ministry Chapters The Holy Spirit Initiated Our Christian ConfessionThe Holy Spirit Initiated Our Christian Confession Vs. 2-3, NLT You know that when you were still pagans you were led astray and swept along in worshiping speechless idols. So I want you to know how to discern what is truly from God: No one speaking by the Spirit of God can curse Jesus, and no one is able to say, "Jesus is Lord," except by the Holy Spirit.

Issue 7 Engaging in Ministry Chapters The Holy Spirit Empowers Our Christian Service Vs. 4-11, NIVThe Holy Spirit Empowers Our Christian Service Vs. 4-11, NIV

Issue 7 Engaging in Ministry Chapters The Holy Spirit Empowers Our Christian Service Vs. 4-11, NIVThe Holy Spirit Empowers Our Christian Service Vs. 4-11, NIV 4 There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5 There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. 6 There are different kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in all men.

Issue 7 Engaging in Ministry Chapters Vs. 7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: Vs. 11 But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills.

Issue 7 Engaging in Ministry Chapters The word of wisdom The word of knowledge Faith Gifts of healings The working of miracles Prophecy Discerning of spirits Tongues Interpretation of tongues

Issue 7 Engaging in Ministry Chapters The Church is Like a Body: Unity & Diversity 12:12-31aThe Church is Like a Body: Unity & Diversity 12:12-31a

Issue 7 Engaging in Ministry Chapters The Church is Like a Body: Unity & Diversity 12:12-31aThe Church is Like a Body: Unity & Diversity 12:12-31a –Vs Diversity –Vs. 18, 27-31a Assigned Functions –Vs Interdependence

Issue 7 Engaging in Ministry Chapters The Baptism of the Holy SpiritThe Baptism of the Holy Spirit

Issue 7 Engaging in Ministry Chapters The Baptism of the Holy SpiritThe Baptism of the Holy Spirit Vs. 13 “For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body— whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and have all been made to drink into one Spirit.”

Issue 7 Engaging in Ministry Chapters Love: Superior to Spiritual Gifts 12:31b- 13:13Love: Superior to Spiritual Gifts 12:31b- 13:13

Issue 7 Engaging in Ministry Chapters Love: Superior to Spiritual Gifts 12:31b- 13:13Love: Superior to Spiritual Gifts 12:31b- 13:13 Love is Indispensable vs. 1-3

Issue 7 Engaging in Ministry Chapters Love: Superior to Spiritual Gifts 12:31b- 13:13Love: Superior to Spiritual Gifts 12:31b- 13:13 Love is Indispensable vs. 1-3 –1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. –2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. –3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.

Issue 7 Engaging in Ministry Chapters Love Described 13:4-8Love Described 13:4-8

Issue 7 Engaging in Ministry Chapters Love Described 13:4-8Love Described 13:4-8 Love & the Eternal Order 13:9-13Love & the Eternal Order 13:9-13

Issue 7 Engaging in Ministry Chapters Love Described 13:4-8Love Described 13:4-8 Love & the Eternal Order 13:9-13Love & the Eternal Order 13:9-13 Vs. 13 “And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.”

Issue 7 Engaging in Ministry Chapters Did Spiritual Gifts (or at least, the sign gifts), Disappear with the Coming of the New Testament? 13:8-10Did Spiritual Gifts (or at least, the sign gifts), Disappear with the Coming of the New Testament? 13:8-10

Issue 7 Engaging in Ministry Chapters Did Spiritual Gifts (or at least, the sign gifts), Disappear with the Coming of the New Testament? 13:8-10Did Spiritual Gifts (or at least, the sign gifts), Disappear with the Coming of the New Testament? 13:8-10 Vs “But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away.”

Issue 7 Engaging in Ministry Chapters Vs. 9 “For we know in part and we prophesy in part.”Vs. 9 “For we know in part and we prophesy in part.”

Issue 7 Engaging in Ministry Chapters Vs. 9 “For we know in part and we prophesy in part.”Vs. 9 “For we know in part and we prophesy in part.” Vs. 10 “But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away.”

Issue 7 Engaging in Ministry Chapters Vs. 9 “For we know in part and we prophesy in part.”Vs. 9 “For we know in part and we prophesy in part.” Vs. 10 “But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away.” Vs. 12 “For now we see in a mirror, dimly Now I know in partVs. 12 “For now we see in a mirror, dimly but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.”

Issue 7 Engaging in Ministry Chapters Is the Gift of Tongues a “Prayer Language”?Is the Gift of Tongues a “Prayer Language”?

Issue 7 Engaging in Ministry Chapters Is the Gift of Tongues a “Prayer Language”?Is the Gift of Tongues a “Prayer Language”? 14:2 “For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God” 14:14 “For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays…”

Issue 7 Engaging in Ministry Chapters Is the Gift of Tongues a “Prayer Language”?Is the Gift of Tongues a “Prayer Language”? 14:16, NIV “If you are praising God with your spirit, how can one who finds himself among those who do not understand say "Amen" to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying?” 14:28 “But if there is no interpreter, let him keep silent in church, and let him speak to himself and to God.”

Issue 7 Engaging in Ministry Chapters The Superiority of Prophecy to Tongues 14:1-5The Superiority of Prophecy to Tongues 14:1-5

Issue 7 Engaging in Ministry Chapters The Superiority of Prophecy to Tongues 14:1-5The Superiority of Prophecy to Tongues 14:1-5 14:1 Follow the way of love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy. 14:2 For anyone who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God. Indeed, no one understands him; he utters mysteries with his spirit.

Issue 7 Engaging in Ministry Chapters The Superiority of Prophecy to Tongues 14:1-5The Superiority of Prophecy to Tongues 14:1-5 14:3 But everyone who prophesies speaks to men for their strengthening, encouragement and comfort. 14:4 He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the church.

Issue 7 Engaging in Ministry Chapters The Superiority of Prophecy to Tongues 14:1-5The Superiority of Prophecy to Tongues 14:1-5 14:5 I would like every one of you to speak in tongues, but I would rather have you prophesy. He who prophesies is greater than one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets, so that the church may be edified.

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