Sermon Tone Analysis
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*The Corinthians were not applying proper standards of judgment
*Paul therefore gives a principle: whoever the worker is he must be assessed by God’s standards not man’s—3:18-23
Developing that principle
• The warning about self-deception
o The skillful creation of a belief contrary to fact
• The evidence of self-deception
o You lose the distinction between what is real and what is not in fantasy
o They lost the line of distinction between (v.
18a) . . .
The church
The world
• The remedy—v.
18b
o The only way to see the contrast/distinction is to stop fantasizing
The problem of human wisdom—vv.
19-20
• There are human opinions that contradict the Word of God—you have either . . .
o The truth of the Word of God
o Human opinion
• God’s response to human wisdom
o They carry out their own plan—v.
19
o God interferes—v.
20
The application of the truth—vv.
21-23
• Do not boast in man
• We are totally adequate by our position in Christ
The basic issue in Christian service—faithfulness not results—4:1-4
• The place of the worker—4:1
• The requirement of the worker—4:2
• The evaluation of the worker—4:3-4
o By other believers
o By unbelievers
o By one’s own self
Evaluation—4:5
• There is a proper time
• There is a proper judge
• There is a proper knowledge
• There is a proper application
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