PPT-Scripture reading: 1 Corinthians 15:22-26

Which would you rather be Stanford research Most competitive Men 4554 A victory that really matters 1 Corinthians 152226 NLT Just as everyone dies because we all belong to Adam everyone who belongs to Christ will be given new life But there is an order to this resurrection Christ was raised first then all who belong to Christ will be raised when he comes back After that the end will come when he will turn the Kingdom over to God the Father having destroyed every ruler and authority and power For Christ must reign until he humbles all his enemies beneath his feet And the last enemy to be destroyed is death. Paul spent one and a half years with these people s o he knows them personally and knows them very well And the sentiment of Paul for these people is captured in the title of this sermon Dear Cruddy Corinthians These people are dear people to Paul Verbal Plenary Theory. Every . word in the Bible is exactly the word that the Divine Author intended. (the . Holy Spirit) and exactly the word that the human author intended. .. Compatibilist View. What really matters. Corinthians timeline. AD 51-52 Paul, Silas and Timothy plant church in Corinth. Paul writes Letter No.1 (Lost Letter). Corinthians reply, and ask some questions. AD 55 Paul writes Letter No.2 (. Rev. Christopher J. Respass. Fall 2012—OT1. General Information. . A. The Bible is divided into two . halves—Old Testament . and New Testament.. . B. The . Old Testament. is comprised of . 39 books. Examine & Test Yourself. 2 Corinthians 13:5. “Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?--unless indeed you are disqualified.”. “Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware that all our fathers were under the cloud, all passed through the sea, all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, all ate the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ. But with most of them God was not well pleased, for their bodies were scattered in the wilderness…”. The Church, Then and Now. . Welcome . Session . 19. Resurrection. Chapter . 15: 1-58.  . I . Corinthians . 15:1-58 . The Church, Then and . Now. Resurrection. v1-11 . . Jesus . Resurrected. v12-34 . The City of Corinth. In Paul’s day, Corinth was a relatively new city of about 400,000 inhabitants.. The city had been destroyed by the Romans in 146 B.C. A century later, it was rebuilt by Julius Caesar and given the status of a colony. . Outline of 1 Corinthians. SECTION ONE: . Dealing with reported problems (1:1—6:20). A. Unity based on God’s wisdom (1:10—4:21). Greeting, thanksgiving, and exhortation to unity (1:1-17). God’s wisdom & power vs. human pride (1:18-31). Thursday, January 3, 2013. © 1/3/2013, Jeffrey Bame – Content of this presentation may not be used without explicit permission. . “The Word of God: Interpreting Scripture and Tradition”. Cornerstone document: . 1 Corinthians 14.1-6. 1 . Pursue . love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy. . 2.  . For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit. . Three Criteria for Interpreting Scripture. Look closely at the content and unity of the whole Scripture. How does the rest of Scripture help me understand what I’m reading?. Helps to avoid “cherry picking”. Wayne . Grudem’s. Systematic . Theology: Chapter 4, . and other sources. I do not think half as much of this beech tree as yonder squirrel does. . I see him leap from bough to bough, and I feel sure that he dearly values the old beech tree, because he has his home somewhere inside it in a hollow place, these branches are his shelter, and those beech-nuts are his food. He lives upon the tree. It is his world, his playground, his granary, his home; indeed, it is everything to him, and it is not so to me, for I find my rest and food elsewhere. . 1 Corinthians 3:1-4. 1.  And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual . people. but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ. . 2.  I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able .