PPT-Scripture Reading : 2 Corinthians 5:1-10

1 For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed we have a building from God an eternal house in heaven not built by human hands 2 Meanwhile we groan longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling 3 because when we are clothed we will not be found naked 4 For while we are in this tent we groan and are burdened because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life 5 Now the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God who has given us the Spirit as a deposit guaranteeing what is to come. 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 “Solving Church Problems”. Lesson . 19, . Section . Eighteen. (Part 1). Problem . Sixteen:. “Misunderstanding Spiritual Gifts”. First Corinthians . 14:1-19. Page . 93. Spiritual Gifts Were Important in the 1. 1. First Corinthians. Problems In Corinth. 1 Corinthians Introduction. 2. Theme. 1 Corinthians 1:10. “Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.”. 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 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. . Longing to go Home. How can we be confident that we have a home in . heaven? . We have been prepared by God! . (2 Corinthians 5:5; 1 Thessalonians 5:9-10; Ephesians 1:6-7). We walk by faith! . In the beginning was the Word. Jesus Christ . Teacher & Lover . Reading Scripture in Light of the Cross . Sole and Universal Key . Our Textbook is the Crucified One. Painted in red the great Page separating the two Testaments! At once all doors open, all conflicts vanish, . The term “canon” has its origin in a family of Semitic words that referred to a reed or a rod. . In ancient times a straight rod might be marked for the purpose of measuring. . The word came to refer to a series of marks used for measurement. . 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. . 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 . Which would you rather be?. Stanford research:. Most competitive? Men 45-54. A victory that really matters!. 1 Corinthians 15:22-26 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.”.