1 Corinthians 12 - 1 Cor.2:12 “Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things freely given from God.”
Acts 8:9-11 - Simon the magician was showing the people of Samaria a power, that the people thought was from God.
Acts 16:16-18 - Paul cast out a spirit of divination from a woman.
vs.1-6 - The Corinthians were confused by the gifts of the Holy Spirit. As pagans, they had used satan’s counterfeit gifts of the spirit, and didn’t understand the difference. There are different gifts and operations of the those gifts.
The Gifts of the Holy Spirit:
1 Corinthians 12:1-31:
1) Word of Wisdom.
2) Word of Knowledge.
3) Faith.
4) Gifts of Healing.
5) Working of Miracles.
6) Prophesy.
7) Discerning of spirits.
8) Tongues.
9) Interpretation of Tongues.
Ephesians 4:11-16:
1) Apostles.
2) Prophets.
3) Evangelists.
4) Pastors.
5) Teachers.
Romans 12:6-8:
1) Prophesy.
2) Ministry - to serve the body (deacon).
3) Teaching - to instruct (not in 5 fold ministry).
4) Exhortation - to encourage, comfort.
5) Giving.
6) Ruling - administration.
7) Mercy - show mercy.
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1 Corinthians Ch.11 – Authority and Biblical Submission.
1 Corinthians 11 – God set up the world in divine order. Everything has a place in God’s plan. The head of the woman is man. The head of the man is Christ. The head of Christ is God. This is showing where the authority is and how we are submitted to the authority of God.
The Lord’s Supper – This is a serious thing that the Lord commands us to do. When partaking of the Lord’s Supper, we identify ourselves with the death and resurrection of Jesus. Anyone who takes this holy thing lightly or unworthily is condemning himself. For he blasphemes God and says that the sacrifice of Jesus is nothing. Paul says that many Christians are weak, sickly and dead because of that attitude. Judge yourselves and you will not be judge.
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1 Corinthians Ch.8-10 -Christian Liberty.
1 Corinthians 8 – In Corinth, when animals were sacrificed to
idols, the excess meat would be sold in the market place. We know that idols are nothing. If a weaker brother saw us eat meat offered to idols and caused him to stumble, we have sinned against him and God. Let not your liberty be an occasion for stumbling for your brother or sister. Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies all.
1 Corinthians 9 - The Word speaks about supporting a Minster of the gospel. A minister of the Word make his living by the gospel. Paul rebukes and exhorts the Corinthians for not giving for his support.
1 Corinthians 10 - vs.1 “I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren.” The children of Israel were brought out of Egypt, baptized in the Red Sea and the Cloud by day and Fire by night (Holy Spirit) and drank from the spiritual rock, Jesus. Does this sound familiar? It says God was not well pleased with them. Many were overthrown in the wilderness. They did not endure to the end in the trials and tribulations.
1) Idolaters - putting pleasure before God.
2) Immorality - 23,000 died in one day.
3) Tempting God - destroyed by serpents.
4) Murmured - destroyed by the Destroyer.
vs.12 “If any man thinks he stands let him take heed lest he falls.”
vs.13 - While in the wilderness, they were not tempted beyond what they were able to bear, and with it God made a way of escape. Flee idolatry, because we are partakers of the body and blood of Christ.
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1 Corinthians Ch.7 – Marriage.
This is the dividing point of the letter to the Corinthians. Now the remaining chapters are answers to questions by the Corinthians.
1 Corinthians 7 - vs.1 - “concerning the things you wrote unto me.” It is good that a man and woman stay single. For the single person attends to the Lord without distractions. Married people have to attend to their spouse and children, as well as the Lord. Vs.2 “Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. 3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.”
If a believer has an unsaved mate, let them live together, for the unsaved mate is sanctified and the children are made holy before the Lord. Vs.13 “And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.
14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.”
Marriage is sacred to God. It was the first institution He established with Adam and Eve.
1 Corinthians Ch.6 – Lawsuits.
1 Corinthians 6 – vs.1 “How dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?”
Why would you take your brother before an unrighteous judge? We will judge the world and the angels. Is there not a wise or competent man among you? Where you take your brother before the law, you defraud him and have done more damage than he did. God tells us who will inherit the kingdom of God vs.9,10: “ Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.”
If a brother is in that category, he will suffer the loss. Let God take vengeance. He will do the work much better than we could ever. All things are lawful for us, but they are not all profitable. You belong to the Lord, you have been bought with a price, so glorify God in your body. Paul talks about immorality again. We belong to God and not to defile ourselves.
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1 Corinthians Ch.4-5 – Servants of Christ & Immorality.
1 Corinthians 4 – We are the servants of Christ and a servant is to be found trustworthy. The Lord is the only one that can judge that. Let not any man become arrogant against another. For all have received everything from God. Paul said to them “shall I come to you with a rod as to children or with love?”
1 Corinthians 5 – vs.1 “It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles,” There was immorality in the Church at Corinth. A man laid with his father’s wife. The Word says don’t allow him in your presence, put him out of the church. With prayerful consideration and the leading of the Holy Spirit, turn one like that over to satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his soul (spirit) might be saved. God tells us not to eat or associate with brothers or sisters, who are immoral, covetous, idolaters, revilers, drunkards or swindlers. Immorality has been a recurring subject, even in the bible. God is very specific. He doesn’t tolerate it. It isn’t ok for couples to live together before marriage. It is sin to God and you will lose everything from God. Yet in today’s society, it is called normal. That is how far the world is from God.
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1 Corinthians Ch.3-Divisions in Church.
1 Corinthians 3 – vs1: “And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.” You are babies in Christ and fleshly. All they can handle is the milk of the Word of God. In Corinth, their jealousy and strife proved they were babies and fleshly. In harvesting of souls, one man plants, another waters, but God gives the increase. Each man will receive a reward from God for his part, but God does the work. Jesus is the foundation and another builds upon it, whether you build with gold, silver, wood, hay or stubble. Each man’s work will be revealed by fire on the Lord’s day. You are the temple of God. If any man destroys the temple, God will destroy him. You can never repent of suicide. Look to no man, you belong to Christ and Christ belongs to God.
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1 Corinthians Ch.2-Divisions in Church.
1 Corinthians 2 – Paul told them that he came to them humbly and in love, demonstrating the power of God and the working of the Holy Spirit. So that they would be established upon the Word of God and not man. Paul wanted to establish their faith by the Word of God. 1 Cor.2:9 “But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.”(KJV). God gives us all knowledge and wisdom by the Spirit of God, for man’s wisdom is passing away. The natural man can’t receive the things of God but the spiritual man can. 1 Cor.2:14 “But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.”(KJV).
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1 Corinthians Ch.1-Divisions in Church.
1 Corinthians 1 – vs.1 – Paul wrote 1 Corinthians with Sosthenes – Acts 18:17 – ruler of the synagogue who received Jesus. They were in Ephesus. Paul hears about divisions in the Church. Paul hadn’t been gone for more than 6 months. Paul tells the Corinthians they are sanctified, made holy by Jesus. He told them who they were in Christ and what the Lord had given them. Then, Paul ask them what they were doing arguing and causing dissension in the body of Christ. He tells them their wisdom is of the world and is foolishness. They didn’t come to Jesus with the world’s wisdom but with God’s. 1 Cor.1:21 “For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. 22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: 23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;”(KJV).
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Romans Ch.16.Final Instructions.
Romans 16 – Paul greets all the brethren at Rome. Paul wrote Romans from Corinth. A young woman from there is going to Rome. In the first century, you couldn’t change churches unless the pastor wrote a letter of recommendation. Then he salutes or tell people hello. Priscilla and Aquila moved back to Rome. Then he begins to list people to greet. Then Paul list who not to trust. Vs.17 “Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.” Be wise in what is good and innocent in what is evil. Then the saints in Corinth say hello. This is a letter written to the saints in Rome. Then Paul begins to pray for the church in Rome.
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