Grace & Truth Bible Church: Sermon Audio

1. Present - Paul's perspective of his life (6)2. Past - Paul fought to be faithful to the end (7)3. Future - Paul anticipates receiving a crown of righteousness (8)

1. Mourn Immorality (v. 1-2a)2. Remove the Unrepentant (v. 2b-5)3. Keep Clean (v. 6-8)

1. Paul stresses his caring purpose in admonishing them (14)2. Paul emphasizes his relationship with them (15)3. Paul makes his admonition clear (16)4. Paul admonishes with assertiveness (18 - 21)

1 Corinthians 4: 6-13 1. Learn from our example (v. 6) 2. Recognize the imagined nature or your condition (v. 7) 3. Recognize the contrast between our lives (v. 8-10) 4. Recognize the real nature of our condition (v. 11-13)

1. Recognize our role and aim (1-2)2. Recognize the weakness and limitations of human judgement (3-4)3. Recognize that only God can faithfully judge our ministry (5)

1 Corinthians 3: 18-23 1. Warning against self-deception (18) 2. [...by] Exposing the folly of so-called wisdom (19-20) 3. Warning against boasting in men (21) 4. [...by] Establishing that all things are ours in Christ (22-23)

1 Corinthians 3:16-17 1. The Church Is God's Temple (16) 2. Don't Attack God's Temple (17)

1 Corinthians 3: 10-15 The Foundation of Our Work (v10-11) The Quality of Our Work (v12) The Judgment of Our Work (v13-15)

1 Corinthians 3:5-9 I. God's servants are merely tools II. God's servants all have the same purpose III. God's servants will be rewarded according to their labor

1 Corinthians 3: 1-3

1 Corinthians 2:14-16 1. The defect un believers' discernment: they reject spiritual truth (2:14) a) Spiritual truth is folly to them. b) Spiritual truth is impossible for them to understand. c) Spiritual truth can only be understood with the Spirit's help. 2. The superiority of believers' discernment - we have the mind of Christ (2:15-16) a) We are able to assess all things. b) Our choices are not able to be assessed. c) For we have the mind of Christ.

1. The NATURE of spritual wisdom (v 6-9) a. Spiritual wisdom is not worldly wisdom. b. Spiritual wisdom is "secret" c. Spiritual wisdom is "hidden" d. Some necessary cautions. e. Summary2 The MEANS of spiritual wisdom (v10-12) a. God reveals spiritual wisdom through His Spirit. b. Spiritual wisdom originates from the depths of God. c. Paul received the Spirit that he might understand. d. Summary3. The SOURCE of spiritual wisdom (v 13) a. Paul's choice of terms b. Paul's reliance upon Scripture4. God's expectation of us

I. Be strong in grace (2:1)II. Entrust the Bible's teachings to other faithful men (2:2)III. Suffer hardship (2:3-7) a) As a soldier b) As an athlete c) As a farmer

1 Corinthians 2:1-5 1. Paul's words (v. 1-2) 2. Paul's frame (v. 3) 3. Paul's power (v. 4) 4. Paul's aim (v. 5)

1 Corinthians 1:26-31 I. The folly of boasting in worldly success II. The fountain of benefits of being in Christ

1 Corinthians 1:18-25 I. The word of the cross - (18) II. The wisdom of this world - (19-21) III. Why the apostles preach the cross - (22-25)

1 Corinthians 1: 10-17 1. The Prescription - Be United (v 10) 2. The Symptoms - Divisions (v 11-12) 3. The Silly Home Remedy - Worldly Thinking (v 13-16) 4. The Active Ingredient of the Prescription - Understanding the Cross (v 17)

1 Corinthians 1: 4-9 1. Past grace given in Christ 2. Present satisfaction in Christ 3. Future hope in Christ