1. Called out of Corinth 1 Corinthians 1:1-9

3. Called out of Corinth ① Religious pluralism alone was valid

5. Emperor Cult

6. Called out of Corinth ① Religious pluralism alone was valid ② Wealth always won

10. Corinth Lechaeum Cenchreae

15. Called out of Corinth ① Religious pluralism alone was valid ② Wealth always won ③ Personal pleasure was not to be denied Strabo “Not for every man is the voyage to Corinth.”

16. Called out of Corinth ① Religious pluralism alone was valid ② Wealth always won ③ Personal pleasure was not to be denied 1 Corinthians 15:32 If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.” (Isaiah 22:13)

17. Called out of Corinth ① Religious pluralism alone was valid ② Wealth always won ③ Personal pleasure was not to be denied ④ Individual value was derived from status

18. Called out of Corinth Gordon Fee “The problem was not that the church was in Corinth but that too much of Corinth was in the church.”

19. Go against the flow of culture ① Because you belong to God ② Because you are rich in Christ

20. Go against the flow of culture ① Because you belong to God “Called” John 17:14–16 “...they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.”

21. Go against the flow of culture ① Because you belong to God “Called” “Saints” 1 Corinthians 6:11 Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

22. Go against the flow of culture ① Because you belong to God “Called” “Saints” 2 Corinthians 7:1 Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.

23. Go against the flow of culture ① Because you belong to God ② Because you are rich in Christ

24. application Do you look more like Christ or the culture surrounding you? Are you willing to move upstream alone?

25. @briangfisher Brian Fisher grace-bible.org/resources Grace Bible Church App Next Week: Called