Download Audio The assurance of our resurrection rules our lives 1st Corinthians, Chapter 15, verses 29-34 Now if there is no resurrection, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them? And as for us, why do we endanger ourselves […]
Download Audio The proper use of spiritual gifts in public worship The gift of prophecy versus the gift of tongues 1st Corinthians, Chapter 14, verses 1-5 Follow the way of love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy. For anyone who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to […]
Download Audio Christian love Love imparts supreme value 1st Corinthians, Chapter 12, verse 31, and Chapter 13, verses 1-3 And now I will show you the most excellent way. If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If […]
Download Audio Spiritual gifts The diversity of spiritual gifts 1st Corinthians, Chapter 12, verses 1-3 Now about spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be ignorant. You know that when you were pagans, somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols. Therefore I tell you that no one who […]
Download Audio Propriety in worship Proper decorum for women in worship 1st Corinthians, Chapter 11, verse 2 I praise you for remembering me in everything and for holding to the teachings, just as I passed them on to you. Commentary The author of 1st Corinthians has had few words of praise for this congregation. This […]
Download Audio Paul’s self-sacrifice for the gospel Paul establishes his apostleship 1st Corinthians, Chapter 9, verses 1-2 Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not the result of my work in the Lord? Even though I may not be an apostle to others, surely […]
Download Audio The problem of offense: meat offered to idols Knowledge is not enough 1st Corinthians, Chapter 8, verses 1-3 Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all possess knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. The man who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to […]
Download Audio Marriage matters To marry or not to marry 1st Corinthians, Chapter 7, verses 1-7 Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good for a man not to marry. But since there is so much immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband. The husband should […]
Download Audio PART THREE Various Moral and Spiritual Problems in the Congregation Discipline problems in the congregation A sin that called for discipline 1st Corinthians, Chapter 5, verses 1-2 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that does not occur even among pagans: A man has his […]
Download Audio The character of the apostles of Christ Christian pastors are to be God’s faithful servants 1st Corinthians, Chapter 4, verses 1-5 So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the secret things of God. Now it is required that those who have been given a […]