Inglorious Church Splits Praise God had planted a church in Corinth Problem How to detox Corinth out of the church Food A great social indicator amp separator 1 Cor 1118 ID: 617489
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Talk 3:
Inglorious Church SplitsSlide2
Praise:
God had planted a church
in Corinth.
Problem:
How
to
detox Corinth out of the church? Slide3
Food:
A great social indicator
& separatorSlide4
1
Cor
11:18
“When you meet, you meet
as the
schimatised
/divided
people of God” Slide5
“It is necessary to have divisions to show God’s approval”:
1. A Pastoral Sigh?
2. A Divine Necessity?Slide6
“It is necessary to have divisions
so that your approved
might be noticed”:
Not a divine but human necessity to show off our VIPs! Slide7
The Corinthian Communion:
A potluck dinner or school canteen lunchbox?Slide8
f
The Corinthian Communion
The rich were eating apart from & eating better than the poor
= Eating unjustly & unequally Slide9
3 “misses”
Misrepresents God
Misrepresents God’s church
Mistreats (shame) the poor Slide10
A profound difference:
Hungry & angry
Hungry & humiliatedSlide11
The Lord’s Supper declares our unity & oneness in Christ.
The Corinthians’ Lord’s Supper declared their
disunity & separateness Slide12
Paul uses The Last Supper to correct the Lord’s SupperSlide13
2 Types of “Taking”
Corinthians
Jesus
Took for Self Took for Others
Took to elevate self Took to serve others
Took to distance Took to identify
Took to shame others Took it for shame
Took to find false Took to give true
s
ecurity in status security in salvationSlide14
Christians:
Equal in Sin
Equal in Salvation
Equal in Salvation BlessingsSlide15
The Church is blind to race, class & every human
barrier of sinSlide16
The Cross is the great leveller of human differences Slide17
Jesus is the
Great Celestial Bouncer
of all human pride!Slide18
The Corinthian Communion:
No use repeating a ritual of self-sacrifice with an attitude of
self-importance! Slide19
Jesus as Celestial Bouncer:
What would he have YOU leave at the door of fellowship?Slide20
Pride & Prejudice:
Race
Class
Age
Music
= Any & all forms of superioritySlide21
Christ & Church
Race
Class/Culture
Age
Music
= Any & all forms of Humility