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What forms our conduct? 16 Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? 17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple. I am God’s temple. We, the church, are God’s temple. Unity as God’s temple. 1 This is…

Intro : How do you response to gifts this Christmas? Thankfulness Care How does the giver feel when you don’t take care of the hard earned, well thought out gifts that have been given? Context: Paul is continuing to address sin in the Corinthian church and he is trying to pastor the hearts of the people…

Secular - A man was stopped by the police around 2 am. The officer asked him where he was going at that time of night. The man replied, "I'm on my way to a lecture about alcohol abuse and the effects it has on the human body, as well as smoking and staying out late." The officer then asked, "Really?…

WWJD (What Would Jesus Do)?

1 When one of you has a grievance against another, does he dare go to law before the unrighteous instead of the saints? 2 Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases? 3 Do you not know that we are to judge…

1 Paul , an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: 2 Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Ephesians 1:3–4 (KJV 1900) 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ , who…

Please open your bibles to 1 Corinthians 6 . We are picking up our study in 1 Corinthians, and we are finding Paul transitioning to yet another issue in the church. He has been chastising them for wrong thoughts and behaviors, primarily stemming from their pride. They tried to boast about which Christian…

Intro - 21 Days of Prayer - Refocus, Refresh, We are not really fasting, but we know we need to get some toxins out of our lives. Detox - Removal of toxic substances from a living organism We need to removes some toxins from our lives… spirit, soul and body. In January we do this in the fast. I am pretty…

Introduction So far in the book of Numbers: Gossip Complaining Rebellion Sorcery Compromising Cursing Althought Balaam was not successful in cursing Israel, there seems to be an open door to the “seduction” by Baal - To bring Harlotry And Moses said to them: “Have you kept all the women alive? Look,…

Introduction 9 I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people— 10 not at all meaning the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world. 11 But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone…

Background on Genesis Genesis is the book of origins Author: Moses Date: 1446 to 1406 BC 1 Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have gotten a man with the help of the Lord .” 2 And again, she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a worker of…

Introduction The prevailing message in our culture is that your thoughts, feelings, and desires are more important than anything else. If you want something, you should have it. If there is something that offends or frustrates you, it should not exist. The message we are receiving over and over and over…

The seventh commandment is about more than marriage faithfulness; it is about honoring our bodies as temples of the holy Spirit.

11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. We left off last week with YOU ARE WASHED. YOU ARE SANCTIFIED. YOU ARE JUSTIFIED. IN THE NAME OF JESUS BY THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT Paul was aware of…

This September I will turn 60 years old. As I reflect upon the changes that have occured in all areas of life I am appalled. Progressives, as their self-given name implies, like to imagine themselves as those who are advancing human society and improving upon the human condition, but when judged by the…

God gives, and his people receive. This is the most basic relation between God and his people. From the beginning of time until today, God gives many gifts along with his greatest gift. More often than not, however, the people of God act like spoiled children. They complain about God’s gifts at best…

What is the content of divine wisdom? How can wisdom be known? What problem did the Corinthians have regarding division?

42 So when the Jews went out of the synagogue, the Gentiles begged that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath. 43 Now when the congregation had broken up, many of the Jews and devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace…

Introduction: When the Lord speaks of a sanctuary in the Old Testament he says the Sanctuary the Most Holy Place. So this is the district you shall measure: twenty-five thousand cubits long and ten thousand wide; in it shall be the sanctuary, the Most Holy Place . It shall be a holy section of the land,…

Lawsuits No hiding the fact that in our society lawsuits seem to be a way of life. In the Corinthian church it was a problem and Paul deals with the problem and offers some problem solving 101 solutions to that and issues with the Corinthian mindset about the body. Simple facts (2018) statistics in the…

Some difficulties in this passage Subject is sexual immorality ( porneia ) Prostitution? General? Something more specific? General principle applied to a specific situation. 12 “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated…

Last week we talked about Pentecost and needing the power of the Holy Spirit in our lives. Wednesday we told you that we need the Holy Spirit to overcome racial, gender, ethnic and any type of prejudice in our society all over the world. Three weeks ago, I began a series called YOUR NEXT STAGE UPGRADE.…

Palm Sunday Foretold by the Prophets 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 22 The stone which the builders rejected…

Where do we start? 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. What do we tend to fear? The unknown…

3 For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. 4 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we…