Love Never Fails: Selfish or Selfless? I Corinthians 8:1-13 “Nobody should seek his own good, but the good of others.” I Cor. 10:24 When we practice self-sacrificing love for a weaker believer we build them up. 8:1-3 Our knowledge about God is incomplete. God knows well those who love Him well. Warning: Pursuing [...]
Love Never Fails: Honor God with Your Body Part 3 I Corinthians 7:17-40 You are not our own you; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body. I Corinthians 6:19b-20 Three reminders from last week: You honor God with your body in your marriage by enjoying physical intimacy with your [...]
Love Never Fails: Honor God with your Body Part 2 I Corinthians 7:1-16 When you regularly engage in a mutually satisfying sexual relationship with your spouse you protect yourself from sexual immorality. 7:1-6 Your obligation is to enjoy your spouse sexually. Your obligation is to recognize that your body belongs to your spouse. Your [...]
Love Never Fails: Honor God with your Body I Corinthians 6:12-20 Main Idea: You glorify God when you honor Him with your body. You are able to honor God with your body… by not allowing your body to be . vs. 12 by knowing that God has for your body. Vv.13-17 [...]
Love Never Fails: Is Not Self-Seeking I Corinthians 6:1-11 Christ followers in spiritual healthy churches … resolve their conflicts in the body of Christ as a testimony to the world that the gospel is powerfully at work in their relationships. Vv. 1-8 resist continuing in sins of the past because they know [...]
Love Never Fails: We Humbly Confront I Corinthians 5:1-13 Context: Paul was committed to making the church at Corinth spiritually healthy by challenging them to humbly confront and discipline anyone in the fellowship who continued in unconfessed sin. Main Idea: To be a spiritually healthy church we must humbly confront and discipline those [...]
Love Never Fails: A Humble Response I Corinthians 4:1-21 We are able to liberate our lives from the worldly definition of success when we… Faithfully serve God knowing He will evaluate our service. 4:1-5 Recognize that our blessings come from God. 4:6-7 Live as faithful, suffering servants of Christ. 4:8-13 Choose [...]
Love Never Fails: God’s Plan for You I Corinthians 3:5-23 The Problem: “You are still worldly.” I Cor. 3:3a The Challenge: “Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful.” I Cor. 4:2 Main Idea: The promise of eternal reward is the godly motivation for faithfully following the [...]
Love Never Fails: The Holy Spirit Reveals I Corinthians 2:6-3:4 Main Idea: All that God the Father has planned for us through Christ is revealed to us by the illumination of the Holy Spirit so that we might be unified as Christ followers. The Holy Spirit reveals to us the wisdom of God. I [...]
Love Never Fails: At the Cross I Corinthians 1:18-2:5 To promote unity in the church… Paul reminded the Corinthians that their salvation was accomplished by the gospel of Christ crucified not by the world’s wisdom. 1:18-25 Your salvation is accomplished by believing in the Gospel of Christ crucified not the wisdom of [...]