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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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Slide1

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