1. A More
Excellent
Way
1 Corinthians 12:31

2. “But earnestly desire the higher gifts. And I will show you a still
1 Corinthians 12:21
“But earnestly desire the higher gifts.
And I will show you a still
more excellent way.”

3. The Early Church was known as
The Way
Acts 9:2
“and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found an belonging to The Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.”

4. From Persecutor to Member of
The Way
Acts 19:8-9
“And he entered the synagogue and for three months spoke boldly, reasoning and persuading them about the kingdom of God. But when some became stubborn and continued in unbelief, speaking evil of The Way before the congregation, he withdrew from them and took the disciples with him, reasoning daily in the hall of Tyrannus.”

5. Probably took the name The Way
based on this teaching
John 14:6
“Jesus said to him, “I am The Way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”

6. more excellent Way.” And I will show you a still
A People known as the Way,
This would have resonated!
1 Corinthians 12:21
“But earnestly desire the higher gifts.
And I will show you a still
more excellent Way.”

7. A challenge to choose to live
A More Excellent Way
1 Corinthians 13:4-13

8. Effective Evangelism: You have to know What to say .
AND When to say it.
1 Timothy 2:5-6
“For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus who gave Himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.”

9. Love is the Foundation Love is the Bridge
1 Corinthians Chapters
Gifts Love Gifts
Love is the Foundation
Love is the Bridge

10. 1 Corinthians Chapters 12 13 14 Gifts Love Gifts 1 Corinthians 13:1-3
Gifts Love Gifts
1 Corinthians 13:1-3
“If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 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. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.”

11. THE CHRISTIAN LIFE IS THE
Testing
1 Corinthians 12:21
Testing

12. Is the More Excellent Way
The Christian Life
Is the More Excellent Way
Excellent:

13. Is the More Excellent Way Being of great virtue or worth
The Christian Life
Is the More Excellent Way
Excellent:
Being of great virtue or worth

14. Is the More Excellent Way Being of great value or worth
The Christian Life
Is the More Excellent Way
Excellent:
Being of great value or worth

15. Is the More Excellent Way Distinguished for superior
The Christian Life
Is the More Excellent Way
Excellent:
Distinguished for superior
attainments

16. Is the More Excellent Way
The Christian Life
Is the More Excellent Way
1 Corinthians 13:13
“So now faith, hope and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.”

17. SIN
GOOD

18. SIN
Look for
within myself
GOOD

19. Look for
In others
SIN
Look for
within myself
GOOD

20. Look for
within myself
SIN
Look for
in others
GOOD

21. Christian with Christian
A more Excellent Way
Contrasting
Christian with Christian

22. A More
Excellent
Way
Higher Path
Lower Path