2 Corinthians 2 -Instruction on Church discipline. vs.1-4 - Paul said I don’t want to come to you with the rod, because I want to rejoice with you in your steadfast faith, for you are a part of me. vs.5 - If a problem in the assembly persists, it will effect the whole assembly. (1 Cor.5:6; 15:33). vs.6-11 - After the Church has disciplined someone, and they repented; the Church is to forgive them and take them back into the fold. vs.12-13 - Paul sent Titus to the Corinthians with the letter, 1 Corinthians, and was looking for Titus’ return, with a report. When he didn’t find him at Troas, Paul went to Macedonia. He found him there. Paul wrote 2 Corinthians from Philippi, Macedonia. vs.14-17 - We are the representatives of God, the savor of death to those perishing, and savor of life to those saved. We preach the Word.
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2 Corinthians Ch.1 – Vindication.
Church at Corinth – Acts 18:1-17.
Judaizers –
1) Bring them to a point of understanding about the gospel.
2) Exhortation about their responsibility and faithfulness in giving.
3) Let the Corinthians know that he had the authority from God as an apostle.
Written from Macedonia.
3rd letter to the Corinthians.
Ch.1-7 – Personal vindication of Paul’s Ministry.
Ch.1 – The promises of God given to us.
2 Corinthians 1 – vs.3,4 – The things that God gives us are to be shared with everyone, like comfort, mercy and love. vs.6 – Our experience, comfort, is for the edifying and building up of the brethren. Paul said that the Corinthians shared in all that he did. vs.20 – The promises of God preached to the Corinthians are Yea and Amen. vs.21-24 – God has given us all things and the outward sign of this is the Holy Spirit. Paul said he did come to them with a rod, so that they would correct themselves by his exhortation, for by faith we stand.
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1 Corinthians Ch.14,15,16 – Gifts of Spirit, Resurrection, Contributions.
1 Corinthians 14 – After you have the love of God, Jesus, in you, desire the spiritual gifts. Prophesy being the greatest gift. When you speak in tongues, you are speaking unto God, and edify yourself. When you prophesy, you are speaking unto men, the church and are edifying them.
vs.12 – Be jealous for spiritual gifts.
vs.13-17 – Pray in the Spirit and with understanding.
vs.18 – I pray in the Spirit more than you all.
vs.21 – God said in Isaiah 28:11,12 – through men with other tongues will I speak to the people.
vs.22 – Tongues are a sign to the unbeliever. Prophesy is a sign to the believer.
1 Corinthians 15 – Resurrection.
vs.3 “….how Christ died for our sins.” Ps.22:15; Isaiah 53:5,6.
vs.4 “….he was buried….” Isaiah 53:9.
vs.4 “….he rose on the third day….” Ps.16:10; Isa. 53:10; Hos.6:2
vs.5-8 – Jesus has called us to be witnesses of the resurrection.
vs.9-19 -Some don’t believe in the resurrection. The resurrection is one of the primary parts of our faith. Without it, we have no salvation. On the other hand, some want the resurrected life, but not the crucified life. The crucifixion came before the resurrection. Gal.2:20.vs.20-23 – Christ the first born of many brethren. Ex.13:2,13; Romans 8:29;
Phil.2:8-11.
vs.24-28 – Through Jesus’ death and resurrection, all things, powers, principalities, authority, rulers, everything has been put under the subjection of Jesus. Then, Jesus gives it all to the Father, that the Father may be all in all. Paul said if Christ didn’t rise from the dead then everything we do is in vain.
1 Corinthians 16 – Contributions for the Church at Jerusalem.
vs.13,14 – Standing in Faith.
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1 Corinthians Ch.13 – The Gifts of the Holy Spirit.
1 Corinthians 13 - vs.1-3 - though I have the gifts of the Holy Spirit and everything that God gives, but if I do not have His love, I am nothing. 1 John 2:15; 3:14,17; 4:7,8; Matthew 7:21-24.
vs.4-7 - Describing the Love of God.
Long-suffering.
Kind.
Doesn’t envy.
Doesn’t boast - to vaunt itself.
Isn’t proud - puffed up.
Doesn’t behave improperly (unseemliness).
Seeks not her own way.
Not easily provoked.
Thinks no evil.
Doesn’t rejoice at injustice or unrighteousness.
Rejoices at truth.
Bears all things.
Believes all things.
Hopes all things.
Endures all things.
vs.8-13 - Love never fails - it will endure forever, for God is love, and God does not fail. When we come into the perfect or the perfection of heaven, we will not need tongues or prophesy. We will be walking in the perfect love of Jesus. The Love of God is the greatest thing that we can have from God.
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1 Corinthians 12 – Gifts of the Holy Spirit.
1 Corinthians 12 – The Gifts of the Holy Spirit.
1) Gifts of Revelation – expresses God’s mind.
Know:
A) Word of Wisdom – To know what to do or what to say in any given situation.
B) Word of Knowledge – to receive the knowledge of God supernaturally.
C) Discerning of Spirits – God revealing supernaturally, what spirits are near you, oppressing or possessing anyone. You nay see them in the spirit world.
Do:
2) Gifts of Power – expresses God’s power.
A) Faith – faith faces problems and meets the needs.
1) Divine protection.
2) Supplying our needs.
3) Divine healing and health.
B) Working of Miracles – supernatural intervention into the natural realm by sovereign acts of God.
C) Gifts of Healing – supernatural healing of infirmities (diseases) without any natural means.
Say:
3) Gifts of Utterance – expresses God’s feelings.
A) Prophesy – speaking supernaturally in a known language, to edify, exhort, comfort and convict.
B) Divers kinds of Tongues – speaking supernaturally in an unknown language, not understood by speaker and sometimes not by hearer.
C) Interpretation of Tongues.
vs.11-13 – Paul telling them that it is the Holy Spirit that gives these gifts, to each member in the body of Christ. The fear of receiving the wrong spirit is still here today and is propagated by the lack of knowledge.
vs.20-25 – Each member of the body, the local visible assembly and entire family of God, has their function in the body. This is given by the Holy Spirit and the body can’t function properly without each member.
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1 Corinthians Ch.12 -The Gifts of the Holy Spirit.
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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