Class 5 from this series was used in GCT Episode 339.<\/p>\n
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\na reading from first of
\nCorinthians chapter 13. <\/p>\n
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\nSo First Corinthians chapter 13.
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\nof men and of angels, and have
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\nsounding brass and or a tinkling
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\nAnd though I have the gift of
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\nhave not love, I am nothing. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd though I bestow all my goods
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\ngive my body to be burned, and
\nhave not love, it profiteth me <\/p>\n
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\nnothing.
\nLove suffereth long and is kind.<\/p>\n
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\nLove envieth not.
\nLove vaunteth not itself, is not<\/p>\n
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\npuffed up, does not behave
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\nown, is not easily provoked,
\nthinketh no evil, rejoiceth not <\/p>\n
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\nin iniquity, but rejoiceth in
\nthe truth, beareth all things, <\/p>\n
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\nbelieveth all things, hopeth all
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\nLove never faileth.
\nBut whether there be prophecies,<\/p>\n
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\nthey shall fail, whether there
\nbe tongues, they shall cease. <\/p>\n
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\nWhether there be knowledge, it
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\nFor we know in part, and we
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\nBut when that which is perfect
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\nthought as a child, but when I
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\nthings.
\nFor now we see through a glass <\/p>\n
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\ndarkly, but then face to face.
\nNow I know in part, but then <\/p>\n
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\nshall I know even as also I am
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\nAnd now abideth faith, hope,
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\nBut the greatest of these is
\nlove. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is Watch and Lake Bible
\nSchool 2022. <\/p>\n
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\nBrother Greg Robinson is
\nspeaking on the theme God hath <\/p>\n
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\nmade foolish the wisdom of this
\nworld in First Corinthians. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is his sixth and last class
\nentitled The Power of the Cross <\/p>\n
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\nfor the Greg, please.
\nThanks, brother Josh. <\/p>\n
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\nGood morning, my dear brothers
\nand sisters. <\/p>\n
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\nOK, it’s pretty good, I guess.
\nAll right, so today is to do <\/p>\n
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\nday.
\nSo what I’d like everybody to do<\/p>\n
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\nAnd what we’re going to try to
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\nto have some takeaways, some to
\ndo’s that we’re going to work on<\/p>\n
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\nafter we go home from Bible
\nschool. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, actually you could start
\nbefore then, but the idea is to <\/p>\n
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\ngreat.
\nNice clean sheet of paper, right<\/p>\n
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\nto do from watching Lake Bible
\nSchool at the top. <\/p>\n
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\nI would tell you to put the year
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\nwhich are quite instructive as
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\nthrough some of the sections in
\nFirst Corinthians that I think <\/p>\n
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\ngive us some really good advice
\non how we can put to use what <\/p>\n
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\nwe’ve learned this week in our
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\nSo we’ve been looking then at
\nthe Corinthian ecclesia, and <\/p>\n
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\nfrom the start we saw that the
\nCorinthian ecclesia was one that<\/p>\n
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\nWe’re coming into the ecclesia
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\nopposition from the ecclesia.
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\nat how they were instructed to
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\nabout the same as what the <\/p>\n
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\nbrothers and sisters in Corinth
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\nIt’s a, it’s a struggle that all
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\nsolving these divisions and we
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\nour our young people and our <\/p>\n
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\nthey had and solving that by <\/p>\n
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\nbringing into the ecclesia a
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\nGod and a greater effort in
\nunderstanding the wisdom of God.<\/p>\n
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\nSo the wisdom of God then is
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\nPaul’s showed us that that’s
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\nto solve these problems if we’re
\ngoing to strengthen our <\/p>\n
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\necclesias.
\nNow, my sister wife, Michelle <\/p>\n
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\nhas problems that we face.
\nShe always tells me that what we<\/p>\n
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\nneed to do is we need to teach
\nthose problems out of our <\/p>\n
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\necclesias and teach those
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\nteach those problems out of our
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\nAnd I think that’s exactly
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\nShe always tells me that, and
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\nWe’ve got to educate ourselves
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\ngoing to deal with these
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\nIf we work to follow the example
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\ncross, if we combine our efforts
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\neccleses and we work together,
\nwe can make a difference, just <\/p>\n
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\nas Paul expected the brothers
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\ndifference in their ecclesia,
\neven though their ecclesia was <\/p>\n
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\nfacing such difficult times.
\nNow I often think about the <\/p>\n
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\ntimes of Jezebel and Ahab.
\nIt was a terribly wicked world <\/p>\n
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\nIt was full of of the immorality<\/p>\n
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\nthat that we face today.
\nIt was full of idolatry. <\/p>\n
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\nBut when the prophets got
\ntogether and worked together, <\/p>\n
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\nschools of the prophets.
\nAnd the people were converted, <\/p>\n
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\nweren’t they, by the still small
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\novercome the environment that
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\nThat’s what we’ve got to do
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\nThere’s things on there that <\/p>\n
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\nbring ourselves to do. <\/p>\n
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\nSo how does the How does knowing<\/p>\n
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\nAll right, so for you, is that
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\nSo how does knowing the purpose <\/p>\n
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\nthe glory of God, and that the <\/p>\n
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\nHe says seeketh not her own, so <\/p>\n
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\n00:21:52,120 –> 00:21:54,040
\nit doesn’t insist on its own
\nway. <\/p>\n
336
\n00:21:55,120 –> 00:21:57,920
\nHow does being a part of the
\npurpose of God help us not to <\/p>\n
337
\n00:21:57,920 –> 00:22:03,520
\nalways demand our own way?
\nWell, we work well with others <\/p>\n
338
\n00:22:04,080 –> 00:22:06,080
\nand we acknowledge their
\nperspectives. <\/p>\n
339
\n00:22:07,000 –> 00:22:12,320
\nWe’re willing to plant the seed
\ncloser to the hose, right? <\/p>\n
340
\n00:22:13,200 –> 00:22:16,000
\nAnd actually, then you end up
\nwith something that’s produced <\/p>\n
341
\n00:22:16,240 –> 00:22:18,480
\nby it.
\nWe’re willing to go along with <\/p>\n
342
\n00:22:18,480 –> 00:22:21,480
\nwhat others say.
\nGod does this all the time, <\/p>\n
343
\n00:22:21,480 –> 00:22:25,080
\ndoesn’t he?
\nWith us, He uses our ideas to <\/p>\n
344
\n00:22:25,080 –> 00:22:29,520
\nhelp further His purpose.
\nSo we need to make sure that we <\/p>\n
345
\n00:22:29,520 –> 00:22:34,880
\ndon’t seek our own.
\nHe says it’s not easily <\/p>\n
346
\n00:22:34,880 –> 00:22:38,440
\nprovoked.
\nThat means doesn’t get offended <\/p>\n
347
\n00:22:38,440 –> 00:22:41,440
\neasily.
\nSo how does being a part of the <\/p>\n
348
\n00:22:41,440 –> 00:22:44,040
\npurpose of God help us not to be
\neasily offended? <\/p>\n
349
\n00:22:45,360 –> 00:22:50,320
\nBut the purpose of God is so
\nimportant that we don’t sweat <\/p>\n
350
\n00:22:50,440 –> 00:22:54,640
\nthings that don’t matter.
\nWe don’t sweat things that are <\/p>\n
351
\n00:22:54,640 –> 00:22:57,800
\njust a bother to us.
\nWe’re willing to look the other <\/p>\n
352
\n00:22:57,800 –> 00:23:01,680
\nway.
\nMaybe we realize that we we do <\/p>\n
353
\n00:23:01,680 –> 00:23:04,160
\nexactly the same things and we
\ndo things that actually bother <\/p>\n
354
\n00:23:04,160 –> 00:23:08,120
\nothers or might provoke others.
\nBut when we look at our our role<\/p>\n
355
\n00:23:08,120 –> 00:23:11,960
\nin in doing the work of God, we
\ncan easily see how those can get<\/p>\n
356
\n00:23:11,960 –> 00:23:14,280
\nin the way.
\nAnd we work to make sure that <\/p>\n
357
\n00:23:14,280 –> 00:23:19,400
\nthey don’t get in the way.
\nThinketh no evil, he says, <\/p>\n
358
\n00:23:20,320 –> 00:23:22,880
\ndoesn’t keep track of another’s
\nwrongs, is what he’s talking <\/p>\n
359
\n00:23:22,880 –> 00:23:24,960
\nabout here.
\nSo how does being a part of the <\/p>\n
360
\n00:23:24,960 –> 00:23:27,000
\npurpose of God help us not to do
\nthat? <\/p>\n
361
\n00:23:28,160 –> 00:23:31,800
\nWell, keeping track of other
\npeople’s wrongs is absolutely <\/p>\n
362
\n00:23:31,800 –> 00:23:35,800
\nnot productive.
\nWe’ve committed a lot of wrongs <\/p>\n
363
\n00:23:35,880 –> 00:23:40,160
\nourselves, but the goal is the
\nfocus. <\/p>\n
364
\n00:23:40,880 –> 00:23:43,400
\nWe learn we can’t tell another
\nperson’s motives. <\/p>\n
365
\n00:23:44,080 –> 00:23:46,160
\nWe learn to think the best of
\nthem. <\/p>\n
366
\n00:23:47,080 –> 00:23:51,760
\nAnd then God’s purpose is is is
\nmuch more successful in our <\/p>\n
367
\n00:23:51,760 –> 00:23:54,240
\nlives and in our relationships
\nwith our brothers and sisters. <\/p>\n
368
\n00:23:55,800 –> 00:24:01,080
\nDo we need to add that one to
\nour list number six or verse <\/p>\n
369
\n00:24:01,080 –> 00:24:02,960
\nsix?
\nHe says rejoiceth not in <\/p>\n
370
\n00:24:02,960 –> 00:24:06,280
\niniquity, but rejoiceth in
\ntruth. <\/p>\n
371
\n00:24:07,360 –> 00:24:14,080
\nDo we find pleasure in sin?
\nHow does being a part of the <\/p>\n
372
\n00:24:14,080 –> 00:24:16,960
\npurpose of God help us not to
\nfind pleasure in sin? <\/p>\n
373
\n00:24:18,040 –> 00:24:20,320
\nWell, if if we’re working to the
\npurpose of God or for the <\/p>\n
374
\n00:24:20,320 –> 00:24:24,680
\npurpose of God, we realize that
\nsin gets in the way of God’s <\/p>\n
375
\n00:24:24,680 –> 00:24:28,520
\npurpose and we don’t want to
\nmess things up for God’s <\/p>\n
376
\n00:24:28,520 –> 00:24:30,240
\npurpose.
\nWe don’t want to mess things up <\/p>\n
377
\n00:24:30,240 –> 00:24:32,840
\nfor our family or for our
\ncollision. <\/p>\n
378
\n00:24:33,840 –> 00:24:37,280
\nAnd we realized that real
\nsatisfaction comes from the <\/p>\n
379
\n00:24:37,280 –> 00:24:40,360
\ntruth.
\nDo we need to add that one to <\/p>\n
380
\n00:24:40,360 –> 00:24:45,040
\nour list?
\nHe says Beareth all things puts <\/p>\n
381
\n00:24:45,040 –> 00:24:48,560
\nup with things that are that are
\nnot counter to the plan of God. <\/p>\n
382
\n00:24:49,480 –> 00:24:52,800
\nSo again, we use the the example
\nof David, David and Saul. <\/p>\n
383
\n00:24:52,800 –> 00:24:55,200
\nSo Saul was always attacking
\nDavid. <\/p>\n
384
\n00:24:56,640 –> 00:24:58,320
\nWhat did David want to do for
\nSaul? <\/p>\n
385
\n00:24:59,800 –> 00:25:03,400
\nHe wanted to.
\nDavid wanted to save Saul, even <\/p>\n
386
\n00:25:03,400 –> 00:25:04,960
\nthough Saul was always attacking
\nhim. <\/p>\n
387
\n00:25:05,960 –> 00:25:08,600
\nThe mission was the focus in
\nDavid’s mind. <\/p>\n
388
\n00:25:09,160 –> 00:25:11,800
\nThe mission was not the focus in
\nSaul’s mind. <\/p>\n
389
\n00:25:13,000 –> 00:25:15,520
\nImagine if we could be like
\nDavid and say I want to save my <\/p>\n
390
\n00:25:15,520 –> 00:25:23,280
\nbrother, believeth all things.
\nHe trusts others, this person, <\/p>\n
391
\n00:25:23,280 –> 00:25:26,720
\nwith this, this kind of love.
\nSo how does being a part of the <\/p>\n
392
\n00:25:26,720 –> 00:25:28,840
\nplan and purpose of God help us
\nto trust each other? <\/p>\n
393
\n00:25:29,800 –> 00:25:31,960
\nBut we trust that they’re
\nfocused on the mission, too. <\/p>\n
394
\n00:25:32,920 –> 00:25:36,800
\nWe give them the benefit of the
\ndoubt when they correct us. <\/p>\n
395
\n00:25:37,720 –> 00:25:42,440
\nWe accept it even though it’s
\nhard and we try to learn from <\/p>\n
396
\n00:25:42,440 –> 00:25:45,320
\nit.
\nBut we put our trust in each <\/p>\n
397
\n00:25:45,320 –> 00:25:48,560
\nother to do our best and to do
\nthe plan and purpose of God <\/p>\n
398
\n00:25:51,240 –> 00:25:55,560
\nhopeth all things.
\nSo has an expectation is what <\/p>\n
399
\n00:25:55,560 –> 00:25:59,960
\nthat word hope means, Isn’t it
\nan expectation in what God has <\/p>\n
400
\n00:25:59,960 –> 00:26:03,400
\npromised?
\nSo how does being part of the <\/p>\n
401
\n00:26:03,400 –> 00:26:06,680
\nplan and purpose of God help us
\nto have that expectation? <\/p>\n
402
\n00:26:08,880 –> 00:26:10,640
\nWell, we expect the Kingdom,
\ndon’t we? <\/p>\n
403
\n00:26:11,360 –> 00:26:15,920
\nThis one is impossible to have
\nwithout knowing the purpose of <\/p>\n
404
\n00:26:15,920 –> 00:26:17,920
\nGod.
\nIt’s the same thing. <\/p>\n
405
\n00:26:18,680 –> 00:26:24,520
\nWe have a vision like Christ
\ndid, endures all things. <\/p>\n
406
\n00:26:25,560 –> 00:26:29,280
\nSo they persevere.
\nThey persevere because they <\/p>\n
407
\n00:26:29,280 –> 00:26:32,000
\nexpect the plan and purpose of
\nGod to come to pass. <\/p>\n
408
\n00:26:34,040 –> 00:26:36,880
\nIt’s quite a list, isn’t it?
\nMaybe there were a couple there <\/p>\n
409
\n00:26:36,880 –> 00:26:41,320
\nthat you you thought maybe I
\nneed to work more diligently on <\/p>\n
410
\n00:26:41,320 –> 00:26:43,440
\nsome of these items.
\nMaybe these are things that that<\/p>\n
411
\n00:26:43,440 –> 00:26:46,040
\nwould help us.
\nBut you see, as we go through <\/p>\n
412
\n00:26:46,040 –> 00:26:49,120
\nthe list, we also see what
\nhappens to the ecclesia as these<\/p>\n
413
\n00:26:49,120 –> 00:26:52,200
\nthings are practiced by the
\nbrothers and sisters in a group <\/p>\n
414
\n00:26:52,200 –> 00:26:55,280
\nor in an ecclesia.
\nAnd we can all get better on <\/p>\n
415
\n00:26:55,280 –> 00:26:56,920
\nthese.
\nAnd if we do, then many of the, <\/p>\n
416
\n00:26:57,120 –> 00:27:00,360
\nthe divisions and the
\ncontentions and the factions in <\/p>\n
417
\n00:27:00,360 –> 00:27:03,600
\nthe ecclesia will disappear and
\nwill begin to be much more <\/p>\n
418
\n00:27:03,600 –> 00:27:07,120
\neffective in fighting the the
\nproblems that we face. <\/p>\n
419
\n00:27:08,000 –> 00:27:11,240
\nAnd so Paul has just given us
\nthis wonderful list that we can <\/p>\n
420
\n00:27:11,240 –> 00:27:16,360
\nactually use to measure how the
\nWord of God, how the thinking of<\/p>\n
421
\n00:27:16,360 –> 00:27:18,360
\nthe Spirit is actually working
\nin our lives. <\/p>\n
422
\n00:27:21,560 –> 00:27:23,480
\nLet’s go over to 1st Corinthians
\nchapter 6. <\/p>\n
423
\n00:27:25,160 –> 00:27:28,920
\nAnd here Paul deals with another
\nproblem in the ecclesia, and he <\/p>\n
424
\n00:27:28,920 –> 00:27:31,800
\nhas an absolutely wonderful
\nanswer for this problem. <\/p>\n
425
\n00:27:34,720 –> 00:27:38,400
\nIn Corinth, when a brother or
\nsister had a dispute with <\/p>\n
426
\n00:27:38,400 –> 00:27:42,120
\nanother brother or sister and
\nthey weren’t able to solve the <\/p>\n
427
\n00:27:42,120 –> 00:27:46,640
\nproblem, they’d sue each other
\nand then the judges of the city <\/p>\n
428
\n00:27:46,640 –> 00:27:48,480
\nof Corinth would make the
\ndecision. <\/p>\n
429
\n00:27:49,680 –> 00:27:54,640
\nSo Paul says in verse one, dare
\nany of you having a matter <\/p>\n
430
\n00:27:54,640 –> 00:28:00,840
\nagainst another go to law before
\nthe unjust and not before the <\/p>\n
431
\n00:28:00,840 –> 00:28:03,760
\nSaints.
\nSo Paul says that it’s crazy <\/p>\n
432
\n00:28:03,960 –> 00:28:06,480
\nwhat you’re doing.
\nHe says, why can’t you just <\/p>\n
433
\n00:28:06,480 –> 00:28:08,600
\nsolve the problems amongst
\nyourself? <\/p>\n
434
\n00:28:08,720 –> 00:28:12,200
\nYou’re actually going to court
\nagainst your brother or your <\/p>\n
435
\n00:28:12,200 –> 00:28:15,400
\nsister.
\nVerse three, he says, know you <\/p>\n
436
\n00:28:15,400 –> 00:28:19,320
\nnot that we shall judge angels
\nthat might throw us off there. <\/p>\n
437
\n00:28:19,320 –> 00:28:22,080
\nThat word angels, it just means
\nmessengers. <\/p>\n
438
\n00:28:22,960 –> 00:28:26,680
\nHe talks about these messengers.
\nHe’s talking about in the <\/p>\n
439
\n00:28:26,680 –> 00:28:31,480
\nKingdom, the fact that we will
\njudge the mortal rulers of the <\/p>\n
440
\n00:28:31,520 –> 00:28:34,440
\nearth.
\nHe says, how much more than if <\/p>\n
441
\n00:28:34,440 –> 00:28:36,680
\nyou’re, if in the Kingdom we’re
\ngoing to be able to judge these <\/p>\n
442
\n00:28:36,680 –> 00:28:40,120
\nrulers, how much more ought we
\nbe able to do and, and to judge <\/p>\n
443
\n00:28:40,120 –> 00:28:42,320
\nthe things that pertain to this
\nlife? <\/p>\n
444
\n00:28:43,040 –> 00:28:45,320
\nAnd he’s simply saying we should
\nbe able to solve our own <\/p>\n
445
\n00:28:45,320 –> 00:28:48,040
\nproblems if we’re actually
\nworking towards this other <\/p>\n
446
\n00:28:48,600 –> 00:28:51,920
\nobjective.
\nAnd then he says in verse 4, if <\/p>\n
447
\n00:28:51,920 –> 00:28:54,760
\nthen you have judgments of
\nthings pertaining to this life, <\/p>\n
448
\n00:28:55,640 –> 00:28:59,760
\nset them to judge who are least
\nesteemed in the ecclesia. <\/p>\n
449
\n00:29:00,480 –> 00:29:02,640
\nNow, that’s a bit difficult for
\nus to understand the way that <\/p>\n
450
\n00:29:02,640 –> 00:29:06,200
\nthe King James puts that, it
\nsounds like it’s saying that, <\/p>\n
451
\n00:29:06,200 –> 00:29:08,880
\nlook, if you if you have
\nproblems that pertain to this <\/p>\n
452
\n00:29:08,880 –> 00:29:11,960
\nlife, we’ll take the least
\ncapable in your ecclesia to <\/p>\n
453
\n00:29:11,960 –> 00:29:14,360
\nsolve the problem, doesn’t it?
\nIsn’t that what it sounds like <\/p>\n
454
\n00:29:14,360 –> 00:29:16,080
\nit’s saying?
\nBut that’s not what he’s saying <\/p>\n
455
\n00:29:16,080 –> 00:29:17,920
\nhere.
\nAnd here’s a, a more helpful <\/p>\n
456
\n00:29:17,920 –> 00:29:21,040
\ntranslation in the, in the New
\nInternational version, it says, <\/p>\n
457
\n00:29:21,280 –> 00:29:25,320
\ntherefore, if you have disputes
\nabout such matters, do you ask <\/p>\n
458
\n00:29:25,320 –> 00:29:29,720
\nfor a ruling from those whose
\nway of life is scorned by the <\/p>\n
459
\n00:29:29,720 –> 00:29:32,440
\necclesia?
\nSo he’s saying, do you go to <\/p>\n
460
\n00:29:32,440 –> 00:29:35,720
\npeople that are not in the
\necclesia whose way of life is <\/p>\n
461
\n00:29:35,720 –> 00:29:38,720
\nscorned, which we’ve been
\ntalking about all week long, <\/p>\n
462
\n00:29:38,720 –> 00:29:40,600
\nhaven’t we, about the ways of
\nman? <\/p>\n
463
\n00:29:40,760 –> 00:29:43,640
\nDo you go to somebody who’s
\nwhose judgment is going to be <\/p>\n
464
\n00:29:43,640 –> 00:29:47,800
\nbased on the wisdom of man?
\nAnd do you accept their judgment<\/p>\n
465
\n00:29:48,160 –> 00:29:53,920
\non ecclesial disputes?
\nSkip down to verse 7. <\/p>\n
466
\n00:29:54,720 –> 00:29:59,520
\nHere’s what he says.
\nHe says now, therefore there is <\/p>\n
467
\n00:29:59,640 –> 00:30:02,840
\nutterly a fault among you.
\nHow would you like somebody to <\/p>\n
468
\n00:30:02,840 –> 00:30:04,680
\nsay that about you, right?
\nThey have Paul say that about <\/p>\n
469
\n00:30:04,680 –> 00:30:06,120
\nyou.
\nThere is utterly a fault. <\/p>\n
470
\n00:30:06,360 –> 00:30:09,960
\nThis is this is craziness.
\nWhat’s happening here because <\/p>\n
471
\n00:30:09,960 –> 00:30:14,760
\nyou go to law with one another.
\nPaul says, actually, you’ve got <\/p>\n
472
\n00:30:14,760 –> 00:30:19,480
\nit backwards.
\nNot only is it wrong to ask <\/p>\n
473
\n00:30:19,480 –> 00:30:21,960
\nsomeone who doesn’t know the
\nwisdom of God to make the <\/p>\n
474
\n00:30:21,960 –> 00:30:26,640
\ndecision, but really you should
\njust take the wrong. <\/p>\n
475
\n00:30:27,880 –> 00:30:31,120
\nYou should just take the wrong.
\nWhy don’t you rather take the <\/p>\n
476
\n00:30:31,120 –> 00:30:31,800
\nwrong?
\nHe says. <\/p>\n
477
\n00:30:32,160 –> 00:30:36,320
\nWhy don’t you rather suffer
\nyourselves to be defrauded? <\/p>\n
478
\n00:30:37,520 –> 00:30:40,680
\nNow, if the plan and purpose of
\nGod is foremost in our minds, <\/p>\n
479
\n00:30:41,600 –> 00:30:43,200
\nthat’s a lot easier for us to do
\nright. <\/p>\n
480
\n00:30:43,200 –> 00:30:46,760
\nThis this life is not important.
\nHow much money we have now is <\/p>\n
481
\n00:30:46,760 –> 00:30:50,040
\nnot important.
\nWe should be able to to move <\/p>\n
482
\n00:30:50,040 –> 00:30:52,760
\npast that.
\nDon’t worry if your brother <\/p>\n
483
\n00:30:52,760 –> 00:30:55,920
\nwrongs you suffer yourself to be
\ndefrauded. <\/p>\n
484
\n00:30:57,000 –> 00:31:00,200
\nIf your brother borrows money
\nfrom you and he won’t pay it <\/p>\n
485
\n00:31:00,200 –> 00:31:04,280
\nback, what should you do?
\nSuffer yourself to be defrauded,<\/p>\n
486
\n00:31:05,320 –> 00:31:06,800
\nright?
\nA brother told me once that you <\/p>\n
487
\n00:31:06,800 –> 00:31:09,840
\nshould never lend money to your
\nbrothers or sisters that have <\/p>\n
488
\n00:31:09,840 –> 00:31:12,800
\nhave a need.
\nJust give them the money and <\/p>\n
489
\n00:31:12,800 –> 00:31:14,400
\ntell them I don’t expect this
\nmoney back. <\/p>\n
490
\n00:31:14,400 –> 00:31:17,040
\nSo if, if you don’t give it back
\nto me, that’s fine too. <\/p>\n
491
\n00:31:18,400 –> 00:31:19,880
\nIt’s great advice.
\nI think it helps. <\/p>\n
492
\n00:31:19,960 –> 00:31:23,440
\nIt helps that that situation
\nwhen that come up, comes up and <\/p>\n
493
\n00:31:23,560 –> 00:31:25,360
\nand someone might not pay back
\ntheir brother. <\/p>\n
494
\n00:31:26,440 –> 00:31:30,600
\nIt’s helpful then if we see the
\nbig picture, because seeing the <\/p>\n
495
\n00:31:30,600 –> 00:31:33,960
\nbig picture helps this to become
\nobvious to us. <\/p>\n
496
\n00:31:34,440 –> 00:31:36,160
\nWe should suffer ourselves to be
\ndefrauded. <\/p>\n
497
\n00:31:36,160 –> 00:31:38,360
\nThat’s what it’s all about.
\nIt’s the cross of Christ. <\/p>\n
498
\n00:31:38,560 –> 00:31:43,360
\nAnd how could we not go through
\nand follow the example of the <\/p>\n
499
\n00:31:43,360 –> 00:31:47,120
\nLord Jesus Christ?
\nOK, do you need to add that one <\/p>\n
500
\n00:31:47,120 –> 00:31:50,040
\nto your list?
\nMaybe we all need to add that <\/p>\n
501
\n00:31:50,040 –> 00:31:51,200
\none to our list a little bit,
\nright? <\/p>\n
502
\n00:31:51,320 –> 00:31:52,760
\nSuffer ourselves to be
\ndefrauded. <\/p>\n
503
\n00:31:53,960 –> 00:31:59,000
\nYou see now how the ecclesia of
\nCorinth is, is now making <\/p>\n
504
\n00:31:59,080 –> 00:32:02,240
\ndisappear the problems that they
\nhave of these factions, these <\/p>\n
505
\n00:32:02,240 –> 00:32:05,400
\ncontentions, if they’re actually
\nputting God’s plan and purpose <\/p>\n
506
\n00:32:05,680 –> 00:32:10,120
\ninto their minds, understanding
\nit, and then following what it <\/p>\n
507
\n00:32:10,120 –> 00:32:14,040
\ncan do to our thinking as Paul
\ndirects us in these verses. <\/p>\n
508
\n00:32:15,160 –> 00:32:21,280
\nLet’s go to 1st Corinthians 5 S
\n1st Corinthians 5 is about <\/p>\n
509
\n00:32:21,280 –> 00:32:23,760
\nremoving sin from the ecclesia.
\nWe’ve talked about it a couple <\/p>\n
510
\n00:32:23,760 –> 00:32:28,000
\nof different times already, and
\na growing tendency in the <\/p>\n
511
\n00:32:28,000 –> 00:32:32,600
\necclesial world today is to
\nallow sinful behavior to <\/p>\n
512
\n00:32:32,600 –> 00:32:35,960
\ncontinue in the ecclesia rather
\nthan removing it. <\/p>\n
513
\n00:32:36,520 –> 00:32:39,520
\nI think we’ve probably all seen
\nthat that is is a tendency that <\/p>\n
514
\n00:32:39,840 –> 00:32:41,920
\nthat’s something we have to work
\nagainst. <\/p>\n
515
\n00:32:42,720 –> 00:32:46,600
\nBut Paul’s very clear.
\nPaul says we should in verse 5, <\/p>\n
516
\n00:32:47,040 –> 00:32:49,480
\ndeliver such an one suit to
\nSatan. <\/p>\n
517
\n00:32:49,480 –> 00:32:54,240
\nSo they’ve got to be removed.
\nHe says, for the destruction of <\/p>\n
518
\n00:32:54,240 –> 00:32:59,120
\nthe flesh to help them to stop
\nwalking after the flesh. <\/p>\n
519
\n00:32:59,160 –> 00:33:02,960
\nThat’s the purpose of all of
\nthis, that the Spirit may be <\/p>\n
520
\n00:33:02,960 –> 00:33:06,600
\nsaved in the day of the Lord
\nJesus so that they’ll be saved <\/p>\n
521
\n00:33:06,600 –> 00:33:08,920
\nwhen Christ returns.
\nBig picture, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
522
\n00:33:10,000 –> 00:33:12,400
\nThat’s what we’re trying to do.
\nThat’s the the goal that we have<\/p>\n
523
\n00:33:12,640 –> 00:33:18,040
\nis to try to help them.
\nAnd removing sin is part of that<\/p>\n
524
\n00:33:18,040 –> 00:33:21,320
\nexact process.
\nSo verse six, he says your glory<\/p>\n
525
\n00:33:21,320 –> 00:33:23,560
\nIngs are not good.
\nBut we’ve already seen that, <\/p>\n
526
\n00:33:23,720 –> 00:33:25,960
\nhaven’t we?
\nThe glory Ings and the fact that<\/p>\n
527
\n00:33:25,960 –> 00:33:28,120
\nthey all wanted to be leaders
\nand they wanted to have their <\/p>\n
528
\n00:33:28,120 –> 00:33:31,600
\nown their own factions in the
\necclesia made it so that some <\/p>\n
529
\n00:33:31,600 –> 00:33:33,840
\nwould accept practices that they
\nshouldn’t have. <\/p>\n
530
\n00:33:34,560 –> 00:33:38,080
\nAnd they couldn’t come to a
\nconsensus or to an agreement on <\/p>\n
531
\n00:33:38,080 –> 00:33:41,520
\nthat because they really were
\nmore concerned about their their<\/p>\n
532
\n00:33:41,600 –> 00:33:46,600
\nfactions prominence than about
\nthe work of God. <\/p>\n
533
\n00:33:47,440 –> 00:33:48,640
\nSo what does he say in verse
\nseven? <\/p>\n
534
\n00:33:49,040 –> 00:33:54,400
\nHe says purge out there for the
\nold leaven that you may be a new<\/p>\n
535
\n00:33:54,400 –> 00:34:01,480
\nlump as ye are unleavened.
\nSo he’s telling them simply, sin<\/p>\n
536
\n00:34:01,560 –> 00:34:05,880
\nhas to be removed.
\nSin has to be removed from the <\/p>\n
537
\n00:34:05,880 –> 00:34:09,480
\necclesia.
\nSin has to be removed from our <\/p>\n
538
\n00:34:09,480 –> 00:34:13,080
\nlives.
\nWe need to be fighting the <\/p>\n
539
\n00:34:13,080 –> 00:34:17,679
\nbattle against sin.
\nAnd he talks here about Christ, <\/p>\n
540
\n00:34:17,719 –> 00:34:20,520
\nour Passover.
\nHe says for even Christ, our <\/p>\n
541
\n00:34:20,520 –> 00:34:27,440
\nPassover is sacrificed for us.
\nSo if Christ was sacrificed to <\/p>\n
542
\n00:34:27,440 –> 00:34:33,600
\ndefeat sin, why would we keep
\nsin in our lives is what he’s <\/p>\n
543
\n00:34:33,600 –> 00:34:35,239
\ntrying to tell us.
\nSo the whole purpose of Christ <\/p>\n
544
\n00:34:35,239 –> 00:34:39,040
\nwas, was to eliminate sin.
\nSo why would we then keep it in <\/p>\n
545
\n00:34:39,040 –> 00:34:41,560
\nour lives?
\nAnd he compares it to the <\/p>\n
546
\n00:34:41,560 –> 00:34:44,920
\nPassover.
\nWe’ve all in the Passover. <\/p>\n
547
\n00:34:44,920 –> 00:34:48,239
\nWe have the example of those
\nthat were committing to <\/p>\n
548
\n00:34:48,520 –> 00:34:50,960
\nparticipate in the battle
\nagainst sin. <\/p>\n
549
\n00:34:51,600 –> 00:34:54,760
\nThey, they painted the blood on
\ntheir doorpost to say that I am <\/p>\n
550
\n00:34:54,760 –> 00:34:58,120
\na part of this group.
\nI have joined this battle <\/p>\n
551
\n00:34:58,120 –> 00:35:01,040
\nagainst sin.
\nSo how could those people that <\/p>\n
552
\n00:35:01,040 –> 00:35:03,800
\nhave then put this blood on
\ntheir doorpost, how could they <\/p>\n
553
\n00:35:03,800 –> 00:35:10,200
\nthen leave sin in their lives?
\nAre we allowing sin then to <\/p>\n
554
\n00:35:10,200 –> 00:35:14,520
\nremain in our lives is the
\nquestion that Paul asks us? <\/p>\n
555
\n00:35:15,840 –> 00:35:19,800
\nAre we allowing that to continue
\nor we fighting against it? <\/p>\n
556
\n00:35:23,760 –> 00:35:25,480
\nCome over to 1st Corinthians
\nchapter 10. <\/p>\n
557
\n00:35:29,560 –> 00:35:32,800
\nSo in First Corinthians, Paul
\nspends a lot of time dealing <\/p>\n
558
\n00:35:32,800 –> 00:35:39,400
\nwith idolatry.
\nIt was a tough problem for the <\/p>\n
559
\n00:35:39,400 –> 00:35:44,680
\nbrothers and sisters because
\ntheir whole previous life was <\/p>\n
560
\n00:35:44,680 –> 00:35:49,640
\nbased around idolatry.
\nTheir whole social life was <\/p>\n
561
\n00:35:49,640 –> 00:35:51,720
\ncentered around the idols
\ntemples. <\/p>\n
562
\n00:35:53,080 –> 00:35:55,720
\nThe temples had eating
\nfacilities in them. <\/p>\n
563
\n00:35:56,560 –> 00:35:58,120
\nThey had theaters for
\nentertainment. <\/p>\n
564
\n00:35:58,840 –> 00:36:02,440
\nThey had idols on display inside
\nof these temples. <\/p>\n
565
\n00:36:03,160 –> 00:36:06,200
\nThere was feasting, there was
\ndrinking and and there was <\/p>\n
566
\n00:36:06,200 –> 00:36:09,640
\nimmorality.
\nAnd so it was really difficult <\/p>\n
567
\n00:36:10,120 –> 00:36:14,600
\nfor a new believer to separate
\nthemselves from everything <\/p>\n
568
\n00:36:14,600 –> 00:36:20,040
\nlinked to idolatry.
\nIf you conducted business that <\/p>\n
569
\n00:36:20,040 –> 00:36:25,000
\nwas often conducted at the
\ntemples, you’d have meals with <\/p>\n
570
\n00:36:25,000 –> 00:36:29,880
\nwith business people that you
\nwere doing business with at the <\/p>\n
571
\n00:36:29,880 –> 00:36:33,040
\ntemples.
\nCoworkers after work would get <\/p>\n
572
\n00:36:33,040 –> 00:36:37,600
\ntogether at the temples.
\nSocial events were held at the <\/p>\n
573
\n00:36:37,600 –> 00:36:41,240
\ntemples, family events were held
\nat the temples. <\/p>\n
574
\n00:36:42,240 –> 00:36:47,800
\nAnd so some in the ecclesia
\nthought that it was OK to go to <\/p>\n
575
\n00:36:47,800 –> 00:36:51,880
\nthese temples still because they
\nthought these these gods are <\/p>\n
576
\n00:36:51,880 –> 00:36:54,320
\nnothing.
\nWhy does it even matter if we <\/p>\n
577
\n00:36:54,320 –> 00:36:56,360
\ngo?
\nWe know that these gods are <\/p>\n
578
\n00:36:56,360 –> 00:36:59,480
\nnothing.
\nBut others in the ecclesia <\/p>\n
579
\n00:36:59,480 –> 00:37:02,040
\nthought that it was really
\ndangerous, that this could be a <\/p>\n
580
\n00:37:02,040 –> 00:37:03,800
\nreal problem for the brothers
\nand sisters. <\/p>\n
581
\n00:37:05,160 –> 00:37:08,560
\nSo in chapter 10, what Paul does
\nis he uses the example of Israel<\/p>\n
582
\n00:37:09,320 –> 00:37:12,800
\nto help them to come to a
\nconclusion about this question, <\/p>\n
583
\n00:37:13,680 –> 00:37:18,680
\nto help them to see the danger
\nof getting too close to the ways<\/p>\n
584
\n00:37:18,680 –> 00:37:23,160
\nof the world or to sin.
\nSo in chapter 5, he’s shown us <\/p>\n
585
\n00:37:23,160 –> 00:37:27,840
\nthat we’ve got to to remove sin.
\nAnd now he says that don’t even <\/p>\n
586
\n00:37:28,200 –> 00:37:32,880
\nstop, don’t stop just with
\nremoving sin, but you’ve also <\/p>\n
587
\n00:37:32,880 –> 00:37:37,160
\ngot to to work very carefully to
\nnot even get close to sin. <\/p>\n
588
\n00:37:38,840 –> 00:37:41,040
\nFirst Corinthians chapter 10
\nverse 1. <\/p>\n
589
\n00:37:42,320 –> 00:37:48,080
\nHe says, moreover, brethren, I
\nwould not that you should be <\/p>\n
590
\n00:37:48,080 –> 00:37:53,200
\nignorant how that all our
\nfathers were under the cloud and<\/p>\n
591
\n00:37:53,200 –> 00:37:57,360
\nall passed through the sea and
\nall were baptized unto Moses in <\/p>\n
592
\n00:37:57,360 –> 00:38:02,960
\nthe cloud and in the sea.
\nThey were baptized the brothers <\/p>\n
593
\n00:38:02,960 –> 00:38:05,400
\nand sisters of Corinth.
\nHe’s saying, sorry, the <\/p>\n
594
\n00:38:05,400 –> 00:38:09,600
\nIsraelites were baptized into
\nMoses and Paul was saying to the<\/p>\n
595
\n00:38:09,600 –> 00:38:12,360
\nCorinthians, just like you have
\nbeen baptized into Christ. <\/p>\n
596
\n00:38:13,480 –> 00:38:16,080
\nThey were saved by the blood of
\nthe Passover lamb as you’ve been<\/p>\n
597
\n00:38:16,080 –> 00:38:21,680
\nsaved by the blood of Christ.
\nThey were an ecclesia in the <\/p>\n
598
\n00:38:21,680 –> 00:38:25,120
\nwilderness, just as you are in
\necclesia today. <\/p>\n
599
\n00:38:26,120 –> 00:38:30,160
\nThey began a new way of life and
\nthey left their old way of life,<\/p>\n
600
\n00:38:30,280 –> 00:38:35,640
\nthe way of sin, behind in Egypt.
\nThat should sound familiar, I <\/p>\n
601
\n00:38:35,640 –> 00:38:38,160
\nthink, to us too, right?
\nSo not only is he talking here <\/p>\n
602
\n00:38:38,160 –> 00:38:40,120
\nto the Corinthians, but he’s
\ntalking to us as well. <\/p>\n
603
\n00:38:40,960 –> 00:38:45,560
\nSo God says, Paul says God
\nprovided all of them with <\/p>\n
604
\n00:38:45,560 –> 00:38:49,200
\nspiritual food.
\nSo they had God’s wisdom <\/p>\n
605
\n00:38:49,680 –> 00:38:53,080
\npresented to them.
\nIt was provided for them just as<\/p>\n
606
\n00:38:53,080 –> 00:38:54,680
\nhe’s done for you.
\nHe says to them. <\/p>\n
607
\n00:38:55,920 –> 00:38:59,240
\nVerse three, He says, and they
\ndid all eat the same spiritual <\/p>\n
608
\n00:38:59,240 –> 00:39:04,240
\nmeat.
\nNote the all there, all of <\/p>\n
609
\n00:39:04,240 –> 00:39:06,920
\nIsrael were provided with that
\nmanna, with that typical <\/p>\n
610
\n00:39:06,920 –> 00:39:11,760
\nspiritual food.
\nThey were all in a position to <\/p>\n
611
\n00:39:11,760 –> 00:39:17,320
\naccept God’s teaching because
\nall of them had it every day, He<\/p>\n
612
\n00:39:17,320 –> 00:39:20,120
\nsays in verse four.
\nAnd they did all drink the same <\/p>\n
613
\n00:39:20,120 –> 00:39:24,880
\nspiritual drink, for they drank
\nof that spiritual rock that <\/p>\n
614
\n00:39:24,880 –> 00:39:29,320
\nfollowed them, and that rock was
\nChrist. <\/p>\n
615
\n00:39:30,520 –> 00:39:33,560
\nSo the rock that was struck was,
\nwas Christ. <\/p>\n
616
\n00:39:34,280 –> 00:39:38,560
\nAnd they could deduce from that
\nwhat the sacrifice of Christ did<\/p>\n
617
\n00:39:38,560 –> 00:39:42,200
\nfor them in providing this
\nliving fountain of water that <\/p>\n
618
\n00:39:42,200 –> 00:39:47,400
\nprovided for them life, eternal
\nlife. <\/p>\n
619
\n00:39:49,040 –> 00:39:50,400
\nBut many of them failed, didn’t
\nthey? <\/p>\n
620
\n00:39:51,560 –> 00:39:57,160
\nVerse 5 But with many of them,
\nnot with several, not a few, but<\/p>\n
621
\n00:39:57,160 –> 00:40:00,840
\nmany of them, God was not well
\npleased, for they were <\/p>\n
622
\n00:40:00,840 –> 00:40:04,640
\noverthrown in the wilderness,
\nand so they didn’t enter into <\/p>\n
623
\n00:40:04,640 –> 00:40:09,640
\nthe promised land in spite.
\nHis point is of belonging to the<\/p>\n
624
\n00:40:09,640 –> 00:40:13,800
\necclesia, and having all those
\nspiritual benefits that they <\/p>\n
625
\n00:40:13,800 –> 00:40:20,720
\nhad.
\nAnd he says, OK, all these <\/p>\n
626
\n00:40:20,720 –> 00:40:23,640
\nthings were written for examples
\nto us. <\/p>\n
627
\n00:40:24,920 –> 00:40:30,520
\nTo the intent that we should not
\nlust after evil things as they <\/p>\n
628
\n00:40:30,520 –> 00:40:35,200
\nalso lusted that our desire
\nshould not be for those things <\/p>\n
629
\n00:40:35,240 –> 00:40:38,520
\nof the world.
\nHe’s speaking here to the group <\/p>\n
630
\n00:40:38,520 –> 00:40:42,400
\nthat had gone with Moses, but
\nthat weren’t satisfied with the <\/p>\n
631
\n00:40:42,560 –> 00:40:45,800
\nspiritual food that was provided
\nInstead. <\/p>\n
632
\n00:40:45,800 –> 00:40:50,760
\nWhat did they want?
\nThey wanted the food of Egypt, <\/p>\n
633
\n00:40:51,480 –> 00:40:53,160
\nthey wanted what Egypt had to
\noffer. <\/p>\n
634
\n00:40:53,200 –> 00:40:56,160
\nThey wanted what the world had
\nto offer. <\/p>\n
635
\n00:40:57,000 –> 00:41:00,000
\nAnd it’s easy for us to fall
\ninto the same thing to, to, to <\/p>\n
636
\n00:41:00,000 –> 00:41:04,400
\nspend our time on what the world
\nhas to offer instead of on the <\/p>\n
637
\n00:41:04,400 –> 00:41:07,000
\nword of God, which is, is true
\nfood for us. <\/p>\n
638
\n00:41:08,000 –> 00:41:10,280
\nSo the food then represents the
\nthings that we put into our <\/p>\n
639
\n00:41:10,280 –> 00:41:13,400
\nminds.
\nAnd it was difficult for Israel <\/p>\n
640
\n00:41:13,400 –> 00:41:18,720
\nto leave behind that sensuous
\nway of life for us, that <\/p>\n
641
\n00:41:18,720 –> 00:41:23,520
\nsensuous entertainment of our
\npast lives or of the world <\/p>\n
642
\n00:41:23,520 –> 00:41:26,000
\nitself.
\nIt was difficult for the <\/p>\n
643
\n00:41:26,000 –> 00:41:28,360
\nCorinthian brothers and sisters
\nto leave it behind. <\/p>\n
644
\n00:41:31,200 –> 00:41:36,320
\nAnd many in Israel, he’s telling
\nus we’re not strong enough to <\/p>\n
645
\n00:41:36,640 –> 00:41:39,840
\nget close to that sensuous way
\nof life. <\/p>\n
646
\n00:41:40,760 –> 00:41:42,760
\nAnd Paul was telling the
\nCorinthians that many of them <\/p>\n
647
\n00:41:42,920 –> 00:41:45,600
\nwere not strong enough to get to
\nthat way of life. <\/p>\n
648
\n00:41:47,920 –> 00:41:50,800
\nThey were associating themselves
\nwith with those that were not <\/p>\n
649
\n00:41:50,800 –> 00:41:54,120
\ninterested in the world and in
\nthe ways of the world. <\/p>\n
650
\n00:41:55,320 –> 00:41:58,960
\nAnd soon what happened to them
\nwas that they weren’t interested<\/p>\n
651
\n00:41:59,400 –> 00:42:02,760
\nin the things of God either.
\nAnd verse seven, he says, <\/p>\n
652
\n00:42:02,760 –> 00:42:06,840
\nneither be ye idolaters, as were
\nsome of them. <\/p>\n
653
\n00:42:08,080 –> 00:42:12,480
\nAs it is written, the people sat
\ndown to eat and to drink and <\/p>\n
654
\n00:42:12,480 –> 00:42:18,080
\nthey rose up to play, right.
\nIt wasn’t about the idols here, <\/p>\n
655
\n00:42:19,480 –> 00:42:23,560
\nit was about the lifestyle that
\nthey were thinking back to and <\/p>\n
656
\n00:42:23,560 –> 00:42:27,360
\ngoing back to the lifestyle of
\nimmorality. <\/p>\n
657
\n00:42:29,080 –> 00:42:32,000
\nAnd many in Israel were not
\nstrong enough to withstand that <\/p>\n
658
\n00:42:32,000 –> 00:42:35,120
\nlife’s lifestyle.
\nMany in the ecclesia. <\/p>\n
659
\n00:42:36,640 –> 00:42:40,200
\nAnd so he says in verse 8,
\nneither let us commit <\/p>\n
660
\n00:42:40,200 –> 00:42:46,040
\nfornication, as some of them
\ncommitted and fell in one day. <\/p>\n
661
\n00:42:46,200 –> 00:42:51,000
\nThree and 20,000 And he
\nreferences the whoredom with the<\/p>\n
662
\n00:42:51,000 –> 00:42:53,600
\ndaughters of Moab at the
\nsuggestion of Balaam. <\/p>\n
663
\n00:42:55,120 –> 00:42:59,720
\nThey accepted another religion,
\nthey accepted another God so <\/p>\n
664
\n00:42:59,720 –> 00:43:04,400
\nthat they could satisfy their
\nlusts and their desires. <\/p>\n
665
\n00:43:06,400 –> 00:43:09,880
\nMany in the ecclesia, in the
\nwilderness, we’re not strong <\/p>\n
666
\n00:43:09,880 –> 00:43:14,680
\nenough to get that close.
\nVerse 90 says neither. <\/p>\n
667
\n00:43:14,680 –> 00:43:18,880
\nLet us tempt Christ, as some of
\nthem tempted and were destroyed <\/p>\n
668
\n00:43:18,920 –> 00:43:23,880
\nof serpents when the people of
\nIsrael spake against God and <\/p>\n
669
\n00:43:23,880 –> 00:43:27,880
\nagainst Moses, right?
\nWhy’d you bring us out of Egypt <\/p>\n
670
\n00:43:27,880 –> 00:43:32,400
\nto die in the wilderness?
\nAnd so God sent fiery serpents <\/p>\n
671
\n00:43:32,760 –> 00:43:37,000
\namong them because they had
\nloathed the manna. <\/p>\n
672
\n00:43:37,760 –> 00:43:39,880
\nThey’d gotten to the place
\nbecause they were so close to <\/p>\n
673
\n00:43:39,880 –> 00:43:44,480
\nthe world that they no longer
\nhad an appreciation for the Word<\/p>\n
674
\n00:43:44,480 –> 00:43:45,920
\nof God and for the things of
\nGod. <\/p>\n
675
\n00:43:46,760 –> 00:43:49,240
\nThey no longer had an
\nappreciation for the plan and <\/p>\n
676
\n00:43:49,240 –> 00:43:53,680
\npurpose of God.
\nMany in Israel just weren’t <\/p>\n
677
\n00:43:53,680 –> 00:43:59,640
\nstrong enough to associate with
\nthose who live this way of life <\/p>\n
678
\n00:44:01,600 –> 00:44:03,720
\nbecause they were looking for
\nsomething more pleasing and more<\/p>\n
679
\n00:44:03,720 –> 00:44:07,840
\nstimulating.
\nVerse 10, he says neither murmur<\/p>\n
680
\n00:44:07,840 –> 00:44:11,680
\nye as some of them also murmured
\nand were destroyed of the <\/p>\n
681
\n00:44:11,680 –> 00:44:14,520
\ndestroyer.
\nHe’s talking about the murmuring<\/p>\n
682
\n00:44:14,520 –> 00:44:17,720
\nof the spies.
\nHe says many in Israel were not <\/p>\n
683
\n00:44:17,720 –> 00:44:23,040
\nstrong enough when the spies
\nbrought back a faithless report <\/p>\n
684
\n00:44:24,880 –> 00:44:27,320
\nand also when Cora led the
\nrebellion. <\/p>\n
685
\n00:44:28,760 –> 00:44:31,840
\nAnd so Paul says in verse 11,
\nnow all these things happened <\/p>\n
686
\n00:44:32,960 –> 00:44:38,440
\nfor in samples, and they’re
\nwritten for our admonition upon <\/p>\n
687
\n00:44:38,440 –> 00:44:40,560
\nwhom the ends of the world are
\ncome. <\/p>\n
688
\n00:44:42,160 –> 00:44:46,560
\nPaul was telling the Corinthians
\nthat they needed to be careful <\/p>\n
689
\n00:44:47,440 –> 00:44:51,440
\nthat they didn’t find themselves
\nin the same place that Israel <\/p>\n
690
\n00:44:51,440 –> 00:44:54,960
\nfound themselves.
\nThey were part of an ecclesia. <\/p>\n
691
\n00:44:55,840 –> 00:45:00,400
\nThey had all the benefits of the
\nteachings of God, but they got <\/p>\n
692
\n00:45:00,400 –> 00:45:05,400
\nway too close to the ways of the
\nworld, and many of them found <\/p>\n
693
\n00:45:05,400 –> 00:45:07,320
\nthemselves giving into the ways
\nof the world. <\/p>\n
694
\n00:45:08,720 –> 00:45:11,800
\nThey thought they could handle
\nit, but they couldn’t handle it,<\/p>\n
695
\n00:45:13,800 –> 00:45:16,480
\nPaul then says.
\nTo those that thought that they <\/p>\n
696
\n00:45:16,480 –> 00:45:20,000
\nwere strong enough, that they
\nwere strong enough to takes the <\/p>\n
697
\n00:45:20,000 –> 00:45:24,960
\nworld’s ways into their lives
\nwithout being swallowed up, he <\/p>\n
698
\n00:45:24,960 –> 00:45:28,480
\nsays, do you really think that
\nyou’re strong enough to do that?<\/p>\n
699
\n00:45:30,440 –> 00:45:34,400
\nBe careful.
\nWherefore let him that thicketh <\/p>\n
700
\n00:45:34,400 –> 00:45:39,720
\nhe standeth.
\nTake heed lest he fall, because <\/p>\n
701
\n00:45:39,720 –> 00:45:42,360
\nwe’re just like them, he says.
\nAnd we have the same <\/p>\n
702
\n00:45:42,360 –> 00:45:46,080
\ntemptations, the same desires,
\nthe same lusts, the same <\/p>\n
703
\n00:45:46,080 –> 00:45:49,640
\nvulnerabilities.
\nAnd Paul was, get it, trying to <\/p>\n
704
\n00:45:49,640 –> 00:45:53,800
\nget them to see how dangerous it
\nwould be for them to get so <\/p>\n
705
\n00:45:53,800 –> 00:45:57,560
\nclose to the Pagan practices of
\nthe world around them. <\/p>\n
706
\n00:46:00,000 –> 00:46:04,280
\nWe need to see the same thing.
\nWe need to be afraid of the same<\/p>\n
707
\n00:46:04,280 –> 00:46:08,960
\nthing happening to us because
\nthe world’s practices now can <\/p>\n
708
\n00:46:08,960 –> 00:46:13,880
\ncome right into our homes.
\nWe need to be careful that we <\/p>\n
709
\n00:46:13,880 –> 00:46:18,320
\nstay away from that because it
\ncould easily, easily drag us in.<\/p>\n
710
\n00:46:21,040 –> 00:46:25,000
\nOK, that was a longer one.
\nDo you need to add that one to <\/p>\n
711
\n00:46:25,000 –> 00:46:30,400
\nyour list?
\nThat was the last one that we’re<\/p>\n
712
\n00:46:30,400 –> 00:46:32,440
\ngoing to look at.
\nSo we’ve all got maybe a few <\/p>\n
713
\n00:46:32,440 –> 00:46:34,960
\nthings written down on the paper
\nthere in front of us. <\/p>\n
714
\n00:46:34,960 –> 00:46:42,360
\nOur To Do List of things to help
\nus should be plenty to choose <\/p>\n
715
\n00:46:42,360 –> 00:46:46,760
\nfrom from that list.
\nI’ll say this week that we <\/p>\n
716
\n00:46:46,760 –> 00:46:50,920
\nreally enjoyed being able to
\nspend time together with you <\/p>\n
717
\n00:46:50,920 –> 00:46:52,520
\ngoing through a study of
\nCorinthians. <\/p>\n
718
\n00:46:52,520 –> 00:46:56,960
\nI really enjoyed looking more
\ndeeply into Corinthians. <\/p>\n
719
\n00:46:57,560 –> 00:47:00,280
\nHopefully for you, you have some
\nnotes in your your margin that <\/p>\n
720
\n00:47:00,280 –> 00:47:04,720
\nwill help you to understand the
\nthings that Paul is saying <\/p>\n
721
\n00:47:04,720 –> 00:47:08,240
\nthere.
\nI’ll say it’s been also really <\/p>\n
722
\n00:47:08,240 –> 00:47:11,920
\nencouraging for us to be here
\nwith you, our family, to be here<\/p>\n
723
\n00:47:11,920 –> 00:47:15,400
\nwith you this week.
\nIt’s been it’s been really good <\/p>\n
724
\n00:47:16,080 –> 00:47:19,280
\nspiritually for us.
\nWe’d like to end with just one <\/p>\n
725
\n00:47:19,280 –> 00:47:22,440
\nmore quotation.
\nAnd this was taken from First <\/p>\n
726
\n00:47:22,440 –> 00:47:27,200
\nCorinthians chapter 15.
\nAnd this is some advice that <\/p>\n
727
\n00:47:27,200 –> 00:47:31,960
\nPaul gives to his brothers and
\nsisters in Corinth after showing<\/p>\n
728
\n00:47:32,280 –> 00:47:37,280
\nthe Corinthians the sureness of
\nthe resurrection of Christ. <\/p>\n
729
\n00:47:38,200 –> 00:47:44,280
\nSo first Corinthians 1557, he
\nsays, Thanks be to God, which <\/p>\n
730
\n00:47:44,280 –> 00:47:47,600
\ngiveth us the victory through
\nour Lord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n
731
\n00:47:49,000 –> 00:47:52,440
\nTherefore, my brethren, sorry.
\nTherefore, my beloved brethren, <\/p>\n
732
\n00:47:52,440 –> 00:47:58,680
\nbe ye steadfast, unmovable,
\nalways abounding in the work of <\/p>\n
733
\n00:47:58,680 –> 00:48:03,000
\nthe Lord.
\nFor as much as ye know that your<\/p>\n
734
\n00:48:03,000 –> 00:48:06,600
\nlabor is not in vain in the
\nLord. <\/p>\n
735
\n00:48:17,760 –> 00:48:20,480
\nThank you, Brother Greg, for
\nyour class today and for the <\/p>\n
736
\n00:48:20,960 –> 00:48:22,200
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