Class 5 from this series was used in GCT Episode 339.<\/p>\n
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\nSchool 2022.
\nOur third speaker for the week <\/p>\n
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\nis Brother Greg Robinson on God
\nhas Made Foolish The Wisdom of <\/p>\n
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\nThis World.
\nThis is his first class entitled<\/p>\n
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\nThe Wisdom of Man and our
\nreading was First Corinthians 1 <\/p>\n
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\nverses 1 to 11.
\nBrother Greg. <\/p>\n
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\nThanks, brother Josh, good
\nevening, my dear brothers and <\/p>\n
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\nsisters.
\nIt’s a pleasure to be with you <\/p>\n
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\ntonight.
\nJust a little bit of a <\/p>\n
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\nclarification from remarks last
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\nSo you remember I was talking
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\nAnd then you probably also
\nremember that I was talking <\/p>\n
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\nabout having all sorts of
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\nproblems and all sorts of
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\nOK, Two totally different
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\nAll right, so just remember
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\nI don’t want to get in trouble
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\nHensley.
\nIt would be a really bad thing. <\/p>\n
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\nAll right, so tonight we’re
\ngoing to be looking at the <\/p>\n
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\nwisdom of man.
\nAnd tonight our job is to <\/p>\n
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\nunderstand the problems that the
\nbrothers and sisters in Corinth <\/p>\n
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\nwere experiencing.
\nThat’s what we’re going to try <\/p>\n
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\nto accomplish tonight as we look
\nat First Corinthians chapter 1. <\/p>\n
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\nOur title tonight is The Wisdom
\nof Man. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd you can see the other
\nclasses that we’re going to be <\/p>\n
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\nlooking at this week.
\nAnd The Wisdom of Man I think is<\/p>\n
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\na very appropriate title tonight
\nbecause the world of Corinth was<\/p>\n
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\none that did not have the
\ninfluence of God in its city. <\/p>\n
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\nIn the city of Corinth.
\nThere were some Jews there. <\/p>\n
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\nThere were some, some Christians
\nthat had just formed there in <\/p>\n
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\nthe ecclesia, but the society
\nwas based completely on human <\/p>\n
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\nthinking and human morals.
\nThat’s important for us to <\/p>\n
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\nunderstand as we begin this and
\nas we begin to try to understand<\/p>\n
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\nwhat Paul and the brothers and
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\nthe the problems that that they
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\nWe want to understand this also
\nbecause it’s it’s a lot like the<\/p>\n
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\nworld that we live in today.
\nNow, many of us have experienced<\/p>\n
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\na world in, in years past where
\nthere was some influence of God.<\/p>\n
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\nBut if you look around, you’ll
\nnotice that the influence that <\/p>\n
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\nGod has had in the world is, is
\ndisappearing. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd we’re, we’re soon going to
\nbe in a place where what is <\/p>\n
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\nhappening in Corinth is very
\nsimilar to what is happening in <\/p>\n
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\nthe world that we live in today.
\nSo probably some things that <\/p>\n
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\nwere worse there and some things
\nthat are worse here. <\/p>\n
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\nBut that’s why we entitled this
\nclass the wisdom of man, because<\/p>\n
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\nthat’s the environment that the
\nbrothers and sisters were living<\/p>\n
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\nin, and that’s the environment
\nthat we’re living in as well. <\/p>\n
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\nOur structure.
\nWhat are we going to do tonight?<\/p>\n
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\nHow are we going to go through
\nthis understanding to get to <\/p>\n
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\ngoing to do is we’re going to
\nlook at the background of the <\/p>\n
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\ncity of Corinth.
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\nthings about the city of Corinth
\nthat maybe help us to understand<\/p>\n
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\nwhy the problems that were
\nhappening there were happening. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’re then going to look at the
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\none at a time.
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\nsee that those same problems
\nwere were surfacing in the <\/p>\n
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\necclesia itself.
\nAnd then we’re going to take a <\/p>\n
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\nlook at the situation in the
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\nus in his letter.
\nAnd at the end of our class <\/p>\n
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\ntonight, we’ll we’ll hopefully
\nhave a good feeling or a good <\/p>\n
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\nunderstanding of what Paul felt
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\nproblems in the Ecclesia of
\nCorinth. <\/p>\n
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\nSo that’s what our objective is.
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\nCorinth.
\nSo there’s the city of Corinth <\/p>\n
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\nas it looks today.
\nPaul was actually the brother <\/p>\n
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\nthat started the the ecclesia in
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\nDoes anybody know what journey
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\nstarted there? <\/p>\n
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\nDoes anybody know, like you got
\na few guesses, right? <\/p>\n
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\nSo, so second one is the right
\nanswer. <\/p>\n
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\nYes.
\nSo he’s on his second journey <\/p>\n
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\nThat was a big part of his
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\na debate as to exactly where
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\nCorinthians, he knows the world <\/p>\n
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\necclesia at Corinth from Chloe’s
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\nAll right.
\nSo that’s an amazing picture to <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s a, a, a really big city.
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\nsuccessful city.
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\nlargest city in the Roman
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\nAlexandria and then the city of
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\nAnd the city of Corinth had a
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\nIt was a city that had not just <\/p>\n
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\nports or Two Harbors.
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\nin this map here what that
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\nSo if you’ll see there, the
\nIsthmus of of Corinth, the city <\/p>\n
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\nof Corinth was located on that
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\nsay, right?
\nLocated on that chain of land <\/p>\n
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\nthere that crosses over.
\nSo the city was located there <\/p>\n
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\nand there was actually a port in
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\nSo there were two ports that
\nwere about 7 miles from each <\/p>\n
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\nother and the city of Corinth
\nlay right between those two. <\/p>\n
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\nIf you go there today, you will
\nactually find that they’ve <\/p>\n
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\nAlso, interestingly, just a
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\nRomans were taken here to help
\ndig this channel because they <\/p>\n
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\nconnect these two gulfs.
\nThey didn’t succeed until I <\/p>\n
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\nthink that the 18 or the 1900s,
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\nthat they they had set out for
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\ncaptives there.
\nSo these two ports, they were <\/p>\n
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\nreally, really important because
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\nleft there you could come and <\/p>\n
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\nyou could unload your ship in
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\nyour, your products could then
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\nIt was like a mixing warehouse
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\nship on the other side on the
\nSaronic Gulf. <\/p>\n
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\nSo in those days they didn’t
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\nThey had ships with rowers. <\/p>\n
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\nThey had ships that that went by
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\nSo if you had a shortcut like
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\nSo a lot of cargo went through <\/p>\n
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\nthis port in the Port of
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\nWhat would it be like today?
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\nwould be like having Vancouver,
\nwhich is a port on the Pacific <\/p>\n
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\nDoes that give you a bit of a
\nperspective as to what, what it <\/p>\n
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\nAnd, and probably if you had <\/p>\n
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\nsuch a thing in these days,
\nthere would be Amazon <\/p>\n
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\nwarehouses, right, all along
\nthat whole gulf there on both <\/p>\n
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\nsides as they were mixing
\nproducts to be, to be shipped <\/p>\n
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\nfrom one side to the other.
\nSo it was just a very, very <\/p>\n
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\nprosperous city #3 in the
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\nadvantage over the other cities.
\nIt was a place where people went<\/p>\n
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\nto make money.
\nIt was a place where people went<\/p>\n
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\nto get ahead.
\nSo this is a, a first Class, A <\/p>\n
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\nworld class city of the time.
\nAnd that’s something that I <\/p>\n
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\nreally didn’t understand about
\nCorinth when I first started to <\/p>\n
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\nlook into this.
\nAt the same time, if you went to<\/p>\n
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\nthe city of Corinth or if you
\nlived in the city of Corinth, it<\/p>\n
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\nwas like the whole world was
\npassing through your city every <\/p>\n
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\nday because there were so many
\npeople that were travelling <\/p>\n
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\nthrough on ships.
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\nwould be sailors.
\nThese people were coming and <\/p>\n
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\ngoing all the time.
\nAnd so the cultures of the <\/p>\n
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\nworld, the the ways of the world
\nwere, were known in this city <\/p>\n
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\nbecause they came there every
\nday on the ships that travelled <\/p>\n
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\nthrough.
\nAs a result, there was another <\/p>\n
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\nproblem that came up for the
\nbrothers and sisters in in the <\/p>\n
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\narea and that was that many
\ndifferent gods were worshipped <\/p>\n
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\nin this city.
\nAnd one temple stood out in the <\/p>\n
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\ncity of Corinth.
\nAnd we have an idea what that <\/p>\n
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\ntemple was.
\nAnybody know what that was? <\/p>\n
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\nTemple of Aphrodite.
\nAnybody know what the Goddess <\/p>\n
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\nAphrodite is all about?
\nWhat’s that? <\/p>\n
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\nYeah.
\nOK, so, so the goddess of love, <\/p>\n
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\nif we were to say it right,
\nthat’s the that’s the goddess of<\/p>\n
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\nlove.
\nAnd do you see where the the the<\/p>\n
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\ntemple was positioned, was, was
\nplaced? <\/p>\n
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\nIt was on a on a rock 2000 feet
\nup above the city. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd it said that in this, in
\nthis temple, there were 1000 <\/p>\n
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\nfemale temple slaves which were
\ndedicated to love. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd we’re a part, a part of the
\ncult that they they had up there<\/p>\n
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\nthat they practiced in the name
\nof religion. <\/p>\n
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\nThe city then was big on human
\npleasure. <\/p>\n
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\nWe had all these people coming
\nand going. <\/p>\n
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\nYou had all of this money, you
\nhad all this prosperity. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the people capitalized on
\nthat. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd especially this, this temple
\nto the goddess Aphrodite was in <\/p>\n
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\nthis place.
\nNow Aphrodite is also known as <\/p>\n
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\nthe goddess Venus, the Roman
\ngoddess Venus and the city of <\/p>\n
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\nCorinth actually it’s name
\nbecame famous as a <\/p>\n
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\nrepresentation of immorality to
\nCorinthian eyes was to practice <\/p>\n
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\nsexual immorality.
\nThe Corinthian core was a word <\/p>\n
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\nthat meant a Corinthian girl,
\nwhich meant that a girl that was<\/p>\n
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\none of the priestesses in that
\ntemple. <\/p>\n
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\nSo Corinth was one of the
\nleading cities of the world at <\/p>\n
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\nits time, and it was known for a
\nvery, very sensual way of life. <\/p>\n
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\nNow, there’s a brother in in
\nSouthern California that always <\/p>\n
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\nwhen he talks about the city of
\nCorinth, he always says in his <\/p>\n
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\nnext sentence, it was a city
\njust like Los Angeles. <\/p>\n
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\nOK, I think you get the idea.
\nIt was a city that was catering <\/p>\n
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\nto the world’s desire for these
\ntype of things. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s what was happening in the
\ncity of Corinth. <\/p>\n
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\nNow how did that impact the
\necclesia? <\/p>\n
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\nenvironment?
\nWell, let’s take a look. <\/p>\n
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\nGo over to 1st Corinthians
\nchapter 5. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is one of those sections <\/p>\n
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\nwhere Paul was getting
\ncommunication from what was <\/p>\n
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\nhappening in the city. 4 year
\nold ecclesia he’d set up, he’d <\/p>\n
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\nleft.
\nHe says in First Corinthians 5 <\/p>\n
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\nverse one, it’s reported
\ncommonly that there’s <\/p>\n
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\nfornication among you, and such
\nfornication as is not so much as<\/p>\n
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\nnamed among the Gentiles, that
\none should have his father’s <\/p>\n
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\nwife.
\nSo there was fornication there <\/p>\n
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\neven even beyond the normal
\nfornication. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd that was happening in the
\necclesia. <\/p>\n
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\nSo the immorality of Corinth was
\nhaving a big impact on the <\/p>\n
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\necclesia and many people in the
\necclesia were struggling with <\/p>\n
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\nthis.
\nIt’s mentioned a number of <\/p>\n
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\nFornication is in Paul’s letter <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s a very, it was a very real <\/p>\n
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\nproblem for them back then.
\nAnd I think it’s safe to say <\/p>\n
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\nthat it’s a very real problem
\nfor our world today and for <\/p>\n
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\nbrothers and sisters as well.
\nToday, you see, in Corinth, <\/p>\n
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\nfornication was accepted as just
\na normal practice. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s just what people did.
\nIt wasn’t something that was <\/p>\n
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\nthat was wrong.
\nIt wasn’t something that was <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s just a part of what people <\/p>\n
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\ndid.
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\nman.
\nIt’s what man’s life or man’s <\/p>\n
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\nto. <\/p>\n
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\nNow, you might remember the
\nJerusalem conference. <\/p>\n
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\nconference there was a <\/p>\n
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\ndiscussion as to whether or not
\nthe Gentiles needed to be <\/p>\n
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\ncircumcised.
\nAnd the conclusion was no, they <\/p>\n
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\ndon’t need to be circumcised.
\nBut then there were some other <\/p>\n
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\nthings that they were told that
\nthey should abstain from. <\/p>\n
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\nDo you remember what those were?
\nAnd really, I’m only looking for<\/p>\n
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\none, but you could give me the
\nother ones here too, right? <\/p>\n
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\nWhat was that?
\nYep. <\/p>\n
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\nOK, so we had meat, Alfred, the
\nIdols was the one. <\/p>\n
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\nWe had blood, right?
\nWe had food that were things <\/p>\n
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\nthat were strangled.
\nAnd then of course, fornication <\/p>\n
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\nwas the 4th thing.
\nSo this was something that was <\/p>\n
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\nwell known as as being a problem
\nor a way of life, I guess, <\/p>\n
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\ndepending on your perspective.
\nFor the Gentiles, this was <\/p>\n
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\nsomething that that was a
\nproblem in the ecclesia in the <\/p>\n
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\n1st century and it in Corinth,
\nprobably worse than other places<\/p>\n
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\nbecause of the environment that
\nthey were, they were in. <\/p>\n
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\nThere was no reason for a, for a
\nGentile to abstain from <\/p>\n
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\nfornication.
\nMan’s wisdom said, that’s fine, <\/p>\n
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\nDo what do what pleases <\/p>\n
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\nBut they did they, they just <\/p>\n
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\ndidn’t understand really the,
\nthe, the negative impact of that<\/p>\n
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\non their lives.
\nAnd it’s probably like the world<\/p>\n
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\ntoday.
\nSo I think it’d be fair then to <\/p>\n
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\ncompare our world to the world
\nof Corinth in this way anyway, <\/p>\n
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\nas the world moves further and
\nfurther away from God. <\/p>\n
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\nNow come over with me to 1st
\nCorinthians chapter 6 and verse <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s one of those verses in <\/p>\n
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\nthe 1st letter to the <\/p>\n
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\nCorinthians that you read and
\nyou go, I’m really don’t have <\/p>\n
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\nany idea what this is talking
\nabout, right? <\/p>\n
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\nYou read it, you do it in the
\nreadings and you think, so this <\/p>\n
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\nis talking about fornication, of
\ncourse, but it says in First <\/p>\n
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\nCorinthians 6, verse 13, meats
\nfor the belly and the belly for <\/p>\n
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\nmeats.
\nSo what Paul’s doing here, what <\/p>\n
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\nhe’s doing here is he’s actually
\nanswering an argument that had <\/p>\n
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\nbeen brought to the ecclesia by
\nsome of its members, and he <\/p>\n
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\nquotes their argument.
\nHe says the reason you give for <\/p>\n
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\nfornication being OK is meats
\nfor the belly and the belly for <\/p>\n
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\nmeats.
\nAnd really, really all that he’s<\/p>\n
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\nsaying here is that that
\nfornication is a natural <\/p>\n
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\nprocess.
\nIt’s like eating food. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s something we shouldn’t even
\nworry about. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd it should be OK in the
\necclesia because there were some<\/p>\n
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\nthat were actually promoting
\nthat or trying to make that OK <\/p>\n
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\nfor the ecclesia to to
\nparticipate in that. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so Paul has to write to them
\nabout that. <\/p>\n
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\nThey were saying that
\nfornication was OK. <\/p>\n
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\nSo how did that happen?
\nHow did it get to where the <\/p>\n
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\necclesia actually thought that
\nfornication was OK? <\/p>\n
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\nWhat was happening is, is that
\nthe the, the ways of the world, <\/p>\n
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\nthe ways of Corinth were pushing
\ninto the ecclesia and the <\/p>\n
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\nreasoning of the people of
\nCorinth was actually rubbing off<\/p>\n
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\non the people.
\nSo what does Paul say in at the <\/p>\n
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\nend of the verse there?
\nHe says, but God shall destroy <\/p>\n
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\nboth it and them.
\nNow the body is not for <\/p>\n
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\nfornication, but for the Lord
\nand the Lord for the body. <\/p>\n
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\nSo Paul says satisfying our
\nsexual desires is not like <\/p>\n
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\nsatisfying our hunger for food.
\nHe says, let’s get that straight<\/p>\n
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\nright from the start.
\nOur bodies were made for the <\/p>\n
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\nLord, but of course the Gentiles
\nof the time didn’t think <\/p>\n
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\nanything of that.
\nBut that was part of the human <\/p>\n
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\nwisdom that they had to live
\namongst and part of the human <\/p>\n
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\nwisdom that we have to live
\namongst as well. <\/p>\n
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\nBut the Gentiles and the Gentile
\nworld was one that really didn’t<\/p>\n
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\nhave any respect for God.
\nIn Romans chapter 1, and we <\/p>\n
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\nwon’t look this up, it says they
\ndid not like to retain God in <\/p>\n
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\ntheir knowledge.
\nThey didn’t look to God for <\/p>\n
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\ndirection in their lives.
\nThey didn’t look to to God to <\/p>\n
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\nhelp him to decide what’s right
\nor what’s wrong. <\/p>\n
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\nInstead, they relied completely
\non human thinking. <\/p>\n
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\nThey even made-up all sorts of
\nof of gods to legitimize their <\/p>\n
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\npractices.
\nWhat do I mean by that? <\/p>\n
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\nHow did the gods and the, and
\nthe cults that they belong to, <\/p>\n
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\nhow did they legitimize their
\nimmorality? <\/p>\n
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\nBut we just saw it, didn’t we,
\nin the temple of Aphrodite? <\/p>\n
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\nThey, they made it so that it
\nwas actually a part of the <\/p>\n
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\nworship of their God.
\nAnd they, they serve their own <\/p>\n
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\npleasures rather than than doing
\nthe right thing and following <\/p>\n
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\n00:19:58,680 –> 00:20:02,120
\nthe morality of God.
\nSo the city of Corinth was full <\/p>\n
339
\n00:20:02,120 –> 00:20:06,320
\nof these gods.
\nThere’s a writer, historian at <\/p>\n
340
\n00:20:06,320 –> 00:20:10,800
\nthe time that says that there
\nwere at least 26 sacred places <\/p>\n
341
\n00:20:11,560 –> 00:20:15,760
\nof devoted worship.
\nIn the city of Corinthus, 26 of <\/p>\n
342
\n00:20:15,760 –> 00:20:20,600
\nthose and most people would
\nworship the God that that fit <\/p>\n
343
\n00:20:20,600 –> 00:20:25,640
\nwith what their life outlook was
\nor what their desires, what they<\/p>\n
344
\n00:20:25,640 –> 00:20:28,280
\nwere desiring to do.
\nThey look for a God that would <\/p>\n
345
\n00:20:28,280 –> 00:20:31,560
\ngive them protection, but that
\nwould also allow them to to live<\/p>\n
346
\n00:20:31,560 –> 00:20:33,000
\nthe life that they wanted to
\nlive. <\/p>\n
347
\n00:20:37,560 –> 00:20:39,400
\nSo here’s another one of the
\ntemples. <\/p>\n
348
\n00:20:39,400 –> 00:20:42,560
\nThis is the temple of Apollo,
\none of the chief gods of the <\/p>\n
349
\n00:20:42,560 –> 00:20:46,120
\ncity.
\nThe commerce of the city, as we <\/p>\n
350
\n00:20:46,120 –> 00:20:48,440
\nsaid, brought many different
\nreligions to the city. <\/p>\n
351
\n00:20:48,960 –> 00:20:51,760
\nAnd when the Greek and the Roman
\ngods didn’t meet the needs of <\/p>\n
352
\n00:20:51,760 –> 00:20:54,560
\nthe people, what they would do
\nis they would adopt another God.<\/p>\n
353
\n00:20:55,120 –> 00:20:58,960
\nSo there was the cult of Isis,
\nwhich was also adopted in the <\/p>\n
354
\n00:20:58,960 –> 00:21:02,920
\n1st century, an Egyptian
\ngoddess. <\/p>\n
355
\n00:21:03,280 –> 00:21:06,880
\nAnd the Egyptian goddess was
\nthought to be able to convince, <\/p>\n
356
\n00:21:06,880 –> 00:21:11,520
\nconvince Osiris to send a
\nperson’s soul to a place of <\/p>\n
357
\n00:21:11,520 –> 00:21:13,880
\nreward.
\nThat was one of the the <\/p>\n
358
\n00:21:13,880 –> 00:21:17,640
\ngoddesses that they worship.
\nThe cult of Mithras was a <\/p>\n
359
\n00:21:17,640 –> 00:21:21,640
\nPersian God, a sun God, and that
\nwas the one that was popular <\/p>\n
360
\n00:21:21,640 –> 00:21:25,000
\nwith the soldiers because the
\npush of this God was to be <\/p>\n
361
\n00:21:25,280 –> 00:21:28,800
\ncourageous.
\nAnd courage was worshipped in <\/p>\n
362
\n00:21:28,800 –> 00:21:31,600
\nthe soldiers.
\nAnd some of these cults actually<\/p>\n
363
\n00:21:31,600 –> 00:21:33,320
\nworked their way into the
\necclesia. <\/p>\n
364
\n00:21:33,320 –> 00:21:36,440
\nAnd some of the ideas of these
\ncults work their way into the <\/p>\n
365
\n00:21:36,440 –> 00:21:39,440
\necclesias.
\nThere was a cult for the Greek <\/p>\n
366
\n00:21:39,440 –> 00:21:43,600
\nGod Dionysius and it was
\nassociated with drunkenness. <\/p>\n
367
\n00:21:45,200 –> 00:21:49,560
\nHere’s what it says about that.
\nIt says the Dionysian mysteries <\/p>\n
368
\n00:21:49,560 –> 00:21:54,120
\nwere a ritual of ancient Greece
\nand Rome which sometimes used <\/p>\n
369
\n00:21:54,120 –> 00:21:59,120
\nintoxicants and other trans
\ninducing techniques to remove <\/p>\n
370
\n00:21:59,120 –> 00:22:02,840
\ninhibitions and social
\nconstraints, liberating the <\/p>\n
371
\n00:22:02,840 –> 00:22:05,440
\nindividual to return to a
\nnatural state. <\/p>\n
372
\n00:22:06,480 –> 00:22:09,000
\nI love that.
\nReturn them to a natural state, <\/p>\n
373
\n00:22:09,120 –> 00:22:12,120
\nRight?
\nSo what was that practice? <\/p>\n
374
\n00:22:12,440 –> 00:22:15,560
\nWhat was the practice here that
\nwas bleeding into the ecclesia? <\/p>\n
375
\n00:22:16,080 –> 00:22:20,160
\nWhat’s the connection that that
\nwe’re probably aware of, right? <\/p>\n
376
\n00:22:20,160 –> 00:22:22,000
\nCome over to 1st Corinthians
\nChapter 11. <\/p>\n
377
\n00:22:22,480 –> 00:22:25,960
\nSo this drinking and this
\nfeasting that was a part of that<\/p>\n
378
\n00:22:25,960 –> 00:22:30,200
\ncult also found its way into the
\nbrothers and sisters experience <\/p>\n
379
\n00:22:30,200 –> 00:22:35,560
\nat their breaking of bread. 1st
\nCorinthians 11 verse 21 Paul <\/p>\n
380
\n00:22:35,560 –> 00:22:39,480
\nsays for an eating everyone
\ntaketh before other his own <\/p>\n
381
\n00:22:39,480 –> 00:22:42,760
\nsupper.
\nOne is hungry, another is <\/p>\n
382
\n00:22:43,120 –> 00:22:46,960
\ndrunken.
\nWhat have you not houses to eat <\/p>\n
383
\n00:22:46,960 –> 00:22:51,200
\nand to drinking or despise ye
\nthe ecclesia of God and shame <\/p>\n
384
\n00:22:51,200 –> 00:22:53,920
\nthem that have not.
\nWhat shall I say to you? <\/p>\n
385
\n00:22:53,920 –> 00:22:59,440
\nShall I praise you in this?
\nI praise you not so we see how <\/p>\n
386
\n00:22:59,440 –> 00:23:00,960
\nthat was it was a part of it as
\nwell. <\/p>\n
387
\n00:23:01,800 –> 00:23:04,600
\nThere was also First Corinthians
\n7 verse one where where they <\/p>\n
388
\n00:23:04,600 –> 00:23:08,240
\nwere asking questions to Paul
\nabout celibacy and there were <\/p>\n
389
\n00:23:08,240 –> 00:23:10,840
\ndifferent cults that that were
\nthat were teaching that celibacy<\/p>\n
390
\n00:23:10,840 –> 00:23:14,760
\nwas required for a person.
\nAnd so that worked its way into <\/p>\n
391
\n00:23:14,760 –> 00:23:19,440
\nthe ecclesia.
\nNow these cults, these cults <\/p>\n
392
\n00:23:19,720 –> 00:23:23,560
\nwere, were more than just
\nworshipping another God. <\/p>\n
393
\n00:23:24,440 –> 00:23:27,720
\nThey gave the people a sense of
\nstructure in their daily lives. <\/p>\n
394
\n00:23:28,320 –> 00:23:30,240
\nThey gave them a sense of
\nbelonging. <\/p>\n
395
\n00:23:31,200 –> 00:23:33,800
\nThey would share meals together,
\nthey would share ceremonies <\/p>\n
396
\n00:23:33,800 –> 00:23:35,640
\ntogether, They would have
\nrituals together. <\/p>\n
397
\n00:23:36,280 –> 00:23:38,080
\nIt became of their their
\nreligious life. <\/p>\n
398
\n00:23:38,080 –> 00:23:39,720
\nIt became part of their
\npolitical life. <\/p>\n
399
\n00:23:40,440 –> 00:23:42,640
\nIt became a part of a person’s
\nidentity. <\/p>\n
400
\n00:23:42,640 –> 00:23:45,480
\nWhich culture, sorry, which cult
\nyou belong to? <\/p>\n
401
\n00:23:46,240 –> 00:23:49,720
\nAnd most of social life was, was
\nactually centered around the <\/p>\n
402
\n00:23:49,800 –> 00:23:52,840
\nidols temples in the city of
\nCorinth. <\/p>\n
403
\n00:23:53,800 –> 00:23:55,760
\nThese temples had eating
\nfacilities. <\/p>\n
404
\n00:23:56,440 –> 00:23:58,200
\nThey had theaters for
\nentertainment. <\/p>\n
405
\n00:23:58,800 –> 00:24:02,480
\nThey had idol displays.
\nThere was feasting, there was <\/p>\n
406
\n00:24:02,480 –> 00:24:04,880
\ndrinking.
\nAnd often there were places for <\/p>\n
407
\n00:24:04,880 –> 00:24:08,480
\nimmorality inside of these
\ntemples, and it was very <\/p>\n
408
\n00:24:08,480 –> 00:24:12,040
\ndifficult for the believers to
\nseparate themselves completely <\/p>\n
409
\n00:24:12,520 –> 00:24:14,960
\nfrom everything that was linked
\nto idolatry. <\/p>\n
410
\n00:24:16,240 –> 00:24:18,880
\nBusiness would be conducted in
\nthese in these temples. <\/p>\n
411
\n00:24:19,760 –> 00:24:22,960
\nCoworkers would get together
\nafter work in these temples. <\/p>\n
412
\n00:24:23,480 –> 00:24:26,600
\nSocial events would take place,
\nfamily events would take place <\/p>\n
413
\n00:24:26,600 –> 00:24:30,360
\nin these same temples.
\nAnd yet it was the very same <\/p>\n
414
\n00:24:30,360 –> 00:24:33,680
\nplace.
\nThese everyday practices were <\/p>\n
415
\n00:24:33,680 –> 00:24:36,600
\nhappening and there was all this
\nimmorality that was taking <\/p>\n
416
\n00:24:36,600 –> 00:24:39,720
\nplace.
\nAt the same time, there was <\/p>\n
417
\n00:24:39,720 –> 00:24:43,280
\nanother peculiarity about the
\ncults of the people of the time,<\/p>\n
418
\n00:24:43,960 –> 00:24:48,600
\nand that was they were very
\nflexible about their beliefs and<\/p>\n
419
\n00:24:48,600 –> 00:24:51,080
\nmany people belong to multiple
\ncults. <\/p>\n
420
\n00:24:51,880 –> 00:24:56,280
\nHere’s a quote from Wikipedia.
\nIt says many priests of ISIS <\/p>\n
421
\n00:24:56,280 –> 00:24:59,440
\nofficiated in other cults as
\nwell. <\/p>\n
422
\n00:24:59,440 –> 00:25:01,160
\nSo you could belong to multiple
\ncults. <\/p>\n
423
\n00:25:01,560 –> 00:25:05,920
\nYou could have a flexible belief
\nand have different beliefs in <\/p>\n
424
\n00:25:05,920 –> 00:25:07,400
\ndifferent cults that you belong
\nto. <\/p>\n
425
\n00:25:07,400 –> 00:25:11,120
\nI’m going to skip down there to
\nthe bowl that says mystery <\/p>\n
426
\n00:25:11,120 –> 00:25:15,360
\ninitiations thus did not require
\ndevotees to abandon whatever <\/p>\n
427
\n00:25:15,360 –> 00:25:18,400
\nreligious identity they
\noriginally had. <\/p>\n
428
\n00:25:18,400 –> 00:25:21,400
\nSo you could cross the line and
\nyou could belong to different <\/p>\n
429
\n00:25:21,400 –> 00:25:27,760
\nreligions.
\nLet’s sum up what it was like <\/p>\n
430
\n00:25:27,760 –> 00:25:30,840
\nthen for these, our brothers and
\nsisters at this time. <\/p>\n
431
\n00:25:34,920 –> 00:25:38,080
\nFirst of all, we talked about
\nthe fornication, didn’t we? <\/p>\n
432
\n00:25:38,320 –> 00:25:43,600
\nThe pursuit of pleasure.
\nFornication was accepted and the<\/p>\n
433
\n00:25:43,600 –> 00:25:47,080
\npractice.
\nIt was an accepted practice and <\/p>\n
434
\n00:25:47,080 –> 00:25:48,960
\nwas a source of income for the
\ncity. <\/p>\n
435
\n00:25:50,800 –> 00:25:53,920
\nThere was a social structure
\nthat was built around the cults,<\/p>\n
436
\n00:25:54,760 –> 00:25:58,120
\nand if you belong to a cult, it
\ndidn’t matter if you were just <\/p>\n
437
\n00:25:58,360 –> 00:26:02,000
\nbelonging to 1, you could belong
\nto multiple cults and it was <\/p>\n
438
\n00:26:02,000 –> 00:26:03,920
\nactually common to belong to
\nseveral of them. <\/p>\n
439
\n00:26:05,120 –> 00:26:07,960
\nThe third thing that we didn’t
\ntalk about was the Judaism and <\/p>\n
440
\n00:26:07,960 –> 00:26:12,280
\nChristianity were looked down on
\nbecause they rejected the gods <\/p>\n
441
\n00:26:12,280 –> 00:26:16,200
\nof the other cults and only
\nworshipped Yahweh. <\/p>\n
442
\n00:26:17,160 –> 00:26:20,320
\nIs there anything common in that
\nstatement that we find in in <\/p>\n
443
\n00:26:20,320 –> 00:26:22,960
\nreligion today?
\nIs there anything that we see <\/p>\n
444
\n00:26:22,960 –> 00:26:25,440
\nthat’s common?
\nIsn’t that exactly the way that <\/p>\n
445
\n00:26:25,440 –> 00:26:27,720
\nit is with religion today?
\nReally? <\/p>\n
446
\n00:26:27,720 –> 00:26:31,840
\nMost religions, it doesn’t
\nmatter really what you believe, <\/p>\n
447
\n00:26:31,840 –> 00:26:35,920
\nbut if you actually believe in
\none specific God, if you have <\/p>\n
448
\n00:26:35,920 –> 00:26:40,640
\none truth, is that frowned on?
\nIs that admired by others? <\/p>\n
449
\n00:26:41,600 –> 00:26:43,680
\nNo, that’s looked up on it as
\nsomething that’s that’s a <\/p>\n
450
\n00:26:43,680 –> 00:26:46,080
\nproblem because you are too
\nexclusive. <\/p>\n
451
\n00:26:46,320 –> 00:26:48,360
\nYou’re not.
\nYou’re not inclusive enough of <\/p>\n
452
\n00:26:48,360 –> 00:26:50,760
\nother people’s beliefs and other
\npeople’s thoughts. <\/p>\n
453
\n00:26:51,720 –> 00:26:54,680
\nSo the Judaism, the, the Jews of
\nthe time and the Christians of <\/p>\n
454
\n00:26:54,680 –> 00:26:56,600
\nthe time would have had to deal
\nwith that. <\/p>\n
455
\n00:26:58,160 –> 00:27:00,720
\nAll right, so we have a real
\nmess, don’t we, of what it was <\/p>\n
456
\n00:27:00,720 –> 00:27:03,160
\nlike in the ecclesia at the
\ntime. <\/p>\n
457
\n00:27:04,320 –> 00:27:07,560
\nAll right, So put yourself now
\nin the shoes of Paul. <\/p>\n
458
\n00:27:08,840 –> 00:27:11,560
\nWhat are you going to say in
\nthis letter that you’re going to<\/p>\n
459
\n00:27:11,560 –> 00:27:14,800
\nwrite to the brothers and
\nsisters in Corinth? <\/p>\n
460
\n00:27:15,520 –> 00:27:21,040
\nWhat are you going to tell them
\nthat the solution is what’s the,<\/p>\n
461
\n00:27:21,160 –> 00:27:25,600
\nthe, the, the sanctuary that
\nthey have away from this world <\/p>\n
462
\n00:27:26,040 –> 00:27:28,680
\nof the city of Corinth?
\nWhat would you say to them? <\/p>\n
463
\n00:27:29,480 –> 00:27:33,480
\nWell, let’s go to chapter 1 and
\nlet’s see what Paul says. <\/p>\n
464
\n00:27:34,720 –> 00:27:37,320
\nYou know, often times when we
\nread the first few verses of <\/p>\n
465
\n00:27:37,320 –> 00:27:40,480
\nPaul’s letters, we think, OK,
\nthat’s the greeting that Paul <\/p>\n
466
\n00:27:40,480 –> 00:27:44,200
\nhas.
\nHe’s just saying hello to them. <\/p>\n
467
\n00:27:44,280 –> 00:27:46,920
\nAnd let’s get down to the meat
\nof what he actually has to say. <\/p>\n
468
\n00:27:47,720 –> 00:27:52,200
\nBut what Paul says here is so
\nimportant to the problem that <\/p>\n
469
\n00:27:52,200 –> 00:27:54,920
\nthey face.
\nIt is so different from the <\/p>\n
470
\n00:27:54,920 –> 00:27:57,960
\nworld that they live in and so
\ndifferent from the religions <\/p>\n
471
\n00:27:58,280 –> 00:28:01,080
\nthat they had been used to
\nbefore that. <\/p>\n
472
\n00:28:01,080 –> 00:28:03,200
\nIt’s worth spending a few
\nminutes just taking a look at <\/p>\n
473
\n00:28:03,200 –> 00:28:05,200
\nthis.
\nBefore we get down to the real <\/p>\n
474
\n00:28:05,200 –> 00:28:08,880
\nproblem that they faced.
\nLet’s take a look at what the <\/p>\n
475
\n00:28:08,880 –> 00:28:10,960
\necclesia should have looked
\nlike. <\/p>\n
476
\n00:28:11,400 –> 00:28:16,080
\nSo first Corinthians chapter one
\nverse one, it says Paul called <\/p>\n
477
\n00:28:16,080 –> 00:28:21,640
\nto be, excuse me, called to be
\nan apostle of Jesus Christ <\/p>\n
478
\n00:28:22,560 –> 00:28:28,160
\nthrough the will of God and
\nSosthenes our brother unto the <\/p>\n
479
\n00:28:28,160 –> 00:28:29,920
\necclesia of God, which is at
\nCorinth. <\/p>\n
480
\n00:28:30,760 –> 00:28:33,440
\nNow that’s a great contrast
\nright from the start because <\/p>\n
481
\n00:28:33,440 –> 00:28:40,280
\nPaul says I was called, excuse
\nme, I was called to be an <\/p>\n
482
\n00:28:40,280 –> 00:28:45,080
\napostle of Jesus Christ through
\nthe will of God. <\/p>\n
483
\n00:28:46,040 –> 00:28:49,120
\nSo all of the other cultures,
\nall of the other cults, it was <\/p>\n
484
\n00:28:49,120 –> 00:28:51,800
\njust just nothing.
\nThey were fake gods. <\/p>\n
485
\n00:28:52,480 –> 00:28:56,320
\nAnd Peter, Paul says here I was
\ncalled by God to this position <\/p>\n
486
\n00:28:56,880 –> 00:29:02,320
\nand he also says to them that
\nare sanctified in Christ Jesus, <\/p>\n
487
\n00:29:03,440 –> 00:29:07,360
\nwhat does it mean to be
\nsanctified, separated? <\/p>\n
488
\n00:29:08,200 –> 00:29:13,440
\nIt means to be separated.
\nAnd he says to them that they <\/p>\n
489
\n00:29:13,440 –> 00:29:17,080
\nwere actually made holy in
\nChrist Jesus. <\/p>\n
490
\n00:29:17,080 –> 00:29:21,120
\nThey were separated for a
\ncertain purpose that God had for<\/p>\n
491
\n00:29:21,120 –> 00:29:25,320
\nthem, He says, called to be
\nSaints. <\/p>\n
492
\n00:29:26,280 –> 00:29:31,040
\nWhat’s a St.
\nI say to somebody that again, <\/p>\n
493
\n00:29:31,040 –> 00:29:35,040
\nthat’s set apart for a certain
\npurpose for doing the work of <\/p>\n
494
\n00:29:35,040 –> 00:29:37,320
\nGod.
\nAnd so these people, the <\/p>\n
495
\n00:29:37,320 –> 00:29:39,240
\nbrothers and sisters, were
\ncalled to be Saints. <\/p>\n
496
\n00:29:39,840 –> 00:29:42,560
\nThey were set apart for God’s
\nwork. <\/p>\n
497
\n00:29:43,320 –> 00:29:46,520
\nThere was a specific reason that
\nGod had chosen them. <\/p>\n
498
\n00:29:47,760 –> 00:29:52,160
\nHe says with all that in every
\nplace, call upon the name of <\/p>\n
499
\n00:29:52,240 –> 00:29:57,920
\nJesus Christ our Lord.
\nWhat does it mean to call on the<\/p>\n
500
\n00:29:57,920 –> 00:30:02,080
\nname of Jesus Christ?
\nWhat does that mean? <\/p>\n
501
\n00:30:02,720 –> 00:30:05,440
\nI remember reading that back in
\nthe Old Testament with the <\/p>\n
502
\n00:30:05,440 –> 00:30:09,760
\nfamily of Shem, they began to
\ncall themselves by the name of <\/p>\n
503
\n00:30:09,760 –> 00:30:12,440
\nYahweh.
\nI remember reading it about <\/p>\n
504
\n00:30:12,440 –> 00:30:14,840
\nAbraham.
\nHe began to call upon the name <\/p>\n
505
\n00:30:15,400 –> 00:30:20,320
\nof Yahweh, and now here we have
\nit with all that every place <\/p>\n
506
\n00:30:20,320 –> 00:30:24,520
\ncall upon the name of Jesus
\nChrist our Lord. <\/p>\n
507
\n00:30:25,600 –> 00:30:28,400
\nWell, if you look that word up
\nand you do enough digging, what <\/p>\n
508
\n00:30:28,400 –> 00:30:33,800
\nyou find is that the word there
\nis the word surnamed. <\/p>\n
509
\n00:30:35,640 –> 00:30:40,400
\nThese people have been surnamed
\nwith the name of Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n
510
\n00:30:40,400 –> 00:30:43,680
\nNow what does that mean to be
\nsurnamed with the name of Jesus <\/p>\n
511
\n00:30:43,680 –> 00:30:45,440
\nChrist?
\nBecause that’s a really <\/p>\n
512
\n00:30:45,440 –> 00:30:47,280
\nimportant thing we think about
\nAbraham. <\/p>\n
513
\n00:30:47,280 –> 00:30:51,600
\nHe was surnamed with God’s name.
\nWe think about Shem recognize <\/p>\n
514
\n00:30:51,600 –> 00:30:54,960
\nthe fact that they were surnamed
\nwith God’s name. <\/p>\n
515
\n00:30:56,320 –> 00:30:58,800
\nWhat that’s telling us is that
\nthey were a part of God’s <\/p>\n
516
\n00:30:58,800 –> 00:31:01,800
\nfamily.
\nAnd what this is telling us is <\/p>\n
517
\n00:31:01,800 –> 00:31:06,200
\nthat these brothers and sisters
\nwere a part of the family of <\/p>\n
518
\n00:31:06,240 –> 00:31:09,960
\nJesus Christ.
\nThey had taken on the name of <\/p>\n
519
\n00:31:10,000 –> 00:31:13,960
\nJesus Christ.
\nNow, what is that talking about?<\/p>\n
520
\n00:31:14,320 –> 00:31:17,680
\nThe idea of taking on the name,
\nwell, if we go back all the way <\/p>\n
521
\n00:31:17,680 –> 00:31:22,440
\nto to the beginning and we look
\nat what God’s purpose was, God’s<\/p>\n
522
\n00:31:22,440 –> 00:31:26,760
\npurpose from the very start was
\nto have a family. <\/p>\n
523
\n00:31:28,240 –> 00:31:32,800
\nHis purpose when he created
\nAdam, when he created man, He <\/p>\n
524
\n00:31:32,800 –> 00:31:37,000
\ncreated down him in His likeness
\nand in His form. <\/p>\n
525
\n00:31:38,080 –> 00:31:43,160
\nHe created man with the ability
\nto develop a character that was <\/p>\n
526
\n00:31:43,160 –> 00:31:46,240
\nlike his own.
\nThat’s what God did. <\/p>\n
527
\n00:31:46,840 –> 00:31:50,080
\nAnd the reason that God did that
\nis because God intended to have <\/p>\n
528
\n00:31:50,080 –> 00:31:53,440
\nthis family of his own.
\nSo God did this. <\/p>\n
529
\n00:31:53,440 –> 00:31:56,760
\nHe created man in this way of
\nthe image and in his image and <\/p>\n
530
\n00:31:56,760 –> 00:31:59,680
\nin his likeness.
\nAnd he said for those people <\/p>\n
531
\n00:31:59,680 –> 00:32:03,440
\nthat are willing, that are
\nwilling to use this image and <\/p>\n
532
\n00:32:03,440 –> 00:32:08,880
\nthis likeness to develop a
\ncharacter like mine, he said, I <\/p>\n
533
\n00:32:08,880 –> 00:32:13,880
\nwill give them eternal life and
\nthey will be fully a part of my <\/p>\n
534
\n00:32:13,880 –> 00:32:16,720
\nfamily because they will have
\nimmortality. <\/p>\n
535
\n00:32:17,720 –> 00:32:21,360
\nSo in the Bible says there’s no
\nother name under heaven that we <\/p>\n
536
\n00:32:21,360 –> 00:32:24,200
\ncould be saved at the coming of
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n
537
\n00:32:24,200 –> 00:32:27,520
\nWhat is that saying?
\nIt’s like there’s no other <\/p>\n
538
\n00:32:27,520 –> 00:32:32,560
\nfamily that we can have access
\nto God’s family than taking on <\/p>\n
539
\n00:32:32,560 –> 00:32:34,360
\nthe name of the Lord Jesus
\nChrist. <\/p>\n
540
\n00:32:35,160 –> 00:32:37,440
\nI think that’s really, really
\npowerful what he’s saying here <\/p>\n
541
\n00:32:37,440 –> 00:32:41,360
\nto the brothers and sisters.
\nHe’s saying words to them that <\/p>\n
542
\n00:32:41,360 –> 00:32:52,600
\nare absolutely solid.
\nHe says, our Lord, sorry, our <\/p>\n
543
\n00:32:52,600 –> 00:32:55,600
\nLord, both theirs and ours in
\nevery place. <\/p>\n
544
\n00:32:55,760 –> 00:32:59,400
\nSorry, I skipped that part.
\nHe says in every place our Lord,<\/p>\n
545
\n00:32:59,400 –> 00:33:03,040
\nboth theirs and ours.
\nSo this brotherhood is is around<\/p>\n
546
\n00:33:03,040 –> 00:33:09,040
\nthe world and we have our Lord,
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ, our <\/p>\n
547
\n00:33:09,040 –> 00:33:11,440
\nbrother Simon talked about this
\na little bit last night, <\/p>\n
548
\n00:33:11,520 –> 00:33:13,400
\nprobably talked about this a
\nlittle bit this morning. <\/p>\n
549
\n00:33:14,160 –> 00:33:20,640
\nWhat does the word Lord mean?
\nWhat would you say the word Lord<\/p>\n
550
\n00:33:20,800 –> 00:33:25,920
\nmeans here in the New Testament?
\nMaster, if you look up that <\/p>\n
551
\n00:33:25,920 –> 00:33:29,960
\nword, you find that it means
\nmaster or supreme authority. <\/p>\n
552
\n00:33:30,720 –> 00:33:35,680
\nSo all of us, all of them were
\nunder their Lord. <\/p>\n
553
\n00:33:36,400 –> 00:33:42,240
\nThey had joined his family and
\nthey had become servants of the <\/p>\n
554
\n00:33:42,240 –> 00:33:45,720
\nLord Jesus Christ.
\nIt continues in verse five. <\/p>\n
555
\n00:33:46,400 –> 00:33:53,040
\nHe says that in everything ER
\nenriched, you’re made rich by <\/p>\n
556
\n00:33:53,040 –> 00:33:57,960
\nChrist in all utterance and in
\nall knowledge. <\/p>\n
557
\n00:33:59,160 –> 00:34:02,320
\nHow are we made rich by the
\nwords of Christ? <\/p>\n
558
\n00:34:02,320 –> 00:34:06,400
\nWhat would you say?
\nHow does that make us rich? <\/p>\n
559
\n00:34:09,480 –> 00:34:13,840
\nWe’re all here tonight.
\nDo you feel the power of being <\/p>\n
560
\n00:34:13,840 –> 00:34:17,840
\nhere tonight, of being here at
\nBible school of of hearing the <\/p>\n
561
\n00:34:17,840 –> 00:34:20,440
\nword of God?
\nAnd do you feel what that does <\/p>\n
562
\n00:34:20,960 –> 00:34:23,440
\nfor you in your life?
\nCan you feel what that’s like? <\/p>\n
563
\n00:34:24,840 –> 00:34:26,040
\nThat’s what he’s talking about
\nhere. <\/p>\n
564
\n00:34:26,080 –> 00:34:30,280
\nHe’s talking about how our lives
\nare completely changed and were <\/p>\n
565
\n00:34:30,280 –> 00:34:36,840
\nmade a part of his family in
\nverse six he says even as the <\/p>\n
566
\n00:34:36,840 –> 00:34:41,920
\ntestimony of Christ was
\nconfirmed in you so they could <\/p>\n
567
\n00:34:41,920 –> 00:34:45,920
\nsee that the words of Christ
\nactually had an impact on their <\/p>\n
568
\n00:34:45,920 –> 00:34:50,440
\nlives that it had an impact on
\nthe brothers and sisters in the <\/p>\n
569
\n00:34:50,440 –> 00:34:55,840
\necclesia.
\nVerse seven he says so that she <\/p>\n
570
\n00:34:55,840 –> 00:35:00,520
\ncome behind in no gift waiting
\nfor the coming of our Lord Jesus<\/p>\n
571
\n00:35:00,520 –> 00:35:04,240
\nChrist.
\nThe word gift there suggest that<\/p>\n
572
\n00:35:04,240 –> 00:35:06,640
\nhe’s talking here about the Holy
\nSpirit gifts. <\/p>\n
573
\n00:35:07,800 –> 00:35:10,480
\nThe word there, charisma, it’s a
\npresent. <\/p>\n
574
\n00:35:10,480 –> 00:35:12,520
\nIt’s, it’s, it’s a power that
\nthey were given. <\/p>\n
575
\n00:35:13,000 –> 00:35:15,880
\nHe’s telling them.
\nSo why were they given the Holy <\/p>\n
576
\n00:35:15,880 –> 00:35:19,400
\nSpirit gifts?
\nWhy would a young ecclesia like <\/p>\n
577
\n00:35:19,400 –> 00:35:22,600
\nthis need to have the Holy
\nSpirit gifts in this time <\/p>\n
578
\n00:35:22,600 –> 00:35:28,200
\nperiod?
\nWhy would why would Paul need to<\/p>\n
579
\n00:35:28,200 –> 00:35:31,320
\nbe able to give them those gifts
\nor to show them those gifts? <\/p>\n
580
\n00:35:33,880 –> 00:35:37,480
\nWhat was that, Mike?
\nYeah, it was a testimony. <\/p>\n
581
\n00:35:37,480 –> 00:35:40,480
\nIt was proof that he was
\nspeaking on God’s behalf. <\/p>\n
582
\n00:35:41,560 –> 00:35:46,400
\nVerse 8, it says, who shall also
\nconfirm you to the end that you <\/p>\n
583
\n00:35:46,400 –> 00:35:49,160
\nmay be blameless in the day of
\nour Lord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n
584
\n00:35:49,840 –> 00:35:51,200
\nSo what’s he saying to them
\nthere? <\/p>\n
585
\n00:35:51,640 –> 00:35:55,080
\nHe’s saying all of this, all of
\nthis organization, all that’s <\/p>\n
586
\n00:35:55,080 –> 00:35:58,280
\nbeen done for you up to this
\npoint is to bring you to what? <\/p>\n
587
\n00:35:59,680 –> 00:36:04,160
\nTo being blameless, to bring you
\nto the forgiveness of your sins.<\/p>\n
588
\n00:36:04,920 –> 00:36:08,720
\nIt’s to save you and to take you
\nback to which was God’s purpose <\/p>\n
589
\n00:36:08,720 –> 00:36:13,040
\nin the very beginning, which was
\nto make you a part of his family<\/p>\n
590
\n00:36:13,840 –> 00:36:17,040
\nand to build you into that.
\nI think that’s amazing. <\/p>\n
591
\n00:36:17,680 –> 00:36:20,480
\nThat’s how he starts that.
\nThat’s how he addresses them. <\/p>\n
592
\n00:36:22,320 –> 00:36:24,880
\nOne more verse that that shows
\nthe power of what he’s saying <\/p>\n
593
\n00:36:24,880 –> 00:36:28,640
\nhere.
\nVerse 9 he says, it says God is <\/p>\n
594
\n00:36:28,640 –> 00:36:35,560
\nfaithful by whom you were called
\nunto the fellowship of his Son <\/p>\n
595
\n00:36:35,600 –> 00:36:40,640
\nJesus Christ our Lord.
\nDoes anybody know what that word<\/p>\n
596
\n00:36:40,640 –> 00:36:49,520
\nfellowship there means?
\nIt means partnership isn’t that <\/p>\n
597
\n00:36:49,520 –> 00:36:51,200
\npowerful.
\nYou’ve been called to the <\/p>\n
598
\n00:36:51,200 –> 00:36:56,240
\npartnership of the work that
\nChrist is doing, the work that <\/p>\n
599
\n00:36:56,240 –> 00:36:59,760
\nGod had set out for him to do,
\nand we are a part of that <\/p>\n
600
\n00:36:59,960 –> 00:37:06,440
\npartnership, and we have a Lord
\nin that partnership, and that’s <\/p>\n
601
\n00:37:06,440 –> 00:37:16,230
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ.
\nLet’s put it all together. <\/p>\n
602
\n00:37:17,110 –> 00:37:20,110
\nIt’s going to visually look at
\nwhat we have so far. <\/p>\n
603
\n00:37:21,630 –> 00:37:27,070
\nSo we have the ecclesia and the
\nstrength of the ecclesia, this <\/p>\n
604
\n00:37:27,070 –> 00:37:32,070
\ngroup of people is the fact that
\nthey were set apart for God’s <\/p>\n
605
\n00:37:32,070 –> 00:37:36,400
\nwork.
\nThey were set apart to do and to<\/p>\n
606
\n00:37:36,400 –> 00:37:40,600
\ncomplete God’s plan.
\nPaul says you’re also part of <\/p>\n
607
\n00:37:40,600 –> 00:37:44,000
\nChrist’s family.
\nYou’ve taken on his name, you’ve<\/p>\n
608
\n00:37:44,000 –> 00:37:46,360
\nbeen surname a part of that
\nfamily. <\/p>\n
609
\n00:37:47,720 –> 00:37:55,040
\nHe says you’ve been made rich by
\nChrist’s word to the end that <\/p>\n
610
\n00:37:55,040 –> 00:37:58,200
\nyou’ll be blameless at Christ’s
\nreturn. <\/p>\n
611
\n00:38:00,200 –> 00:38:04,160
\nAnd then he says in you’re a
\npart of a partnership with <\/p>\n
612
\n00:38:04,640 –> 00:38:09,680
\nChrist.
\nAnd then he says, and you’ve got<\/p>\n
613
\n00:38:09,680 –> 00:38:16,080
\nJesus Christ as your Lord.
\nSo that’s the strength of the <\/p>\n
614
\n00:38:16,080 –> 00:38:18,760
\necclesia.
\nThat’s the purpose of the <\/p>\n
615
\n00:38:18,760 –> 00:38:20,320
\necclesia.
\nThat’s where that’s where we’re <\/p>\n
616
\n00:38:20,320 –> 00:38:25,320
\ntrying to get to.
\nNow imagine that sanctuary <\/p>\n
617
\n00:38:25,520 –> 00:38:27,000
\nthat’s up on the screen there
\nright now. <\/p>\n
618
\n00:38:27,480 –> 00:38:31,440
\nImagine that sanctuary, because
\nthat sanctuary is strong enough <\/p>\n
619
\n00:38:31,440 –> 00:38:34,840
\nto defend itself against the
\npressures of the world around <\/p>\n
620
\n00:38:34,840 –> 00:38:37,040
\nus.
\nThat’s what it was designed by <\/p>\n
621
\n00:38:37,040 –> 00:38:40,280
\nGod to do.
\nAnd that is the ecclesia that we<\/p>\n
622
\n00:38:40,280 –> 00:38:43,160
\nall belong to.
\nWe all belong to different <\/p>\n
623
\n00:38:43,160 –> 00:38:51,840
\neccleses.
\nAnd then if we move that to the <\/p>\n
624
\n00:38:51,840 –> 00:38:56,640
\ntop, I think we finally have the
\ncomplete picture with Jesus <\/p>\n
625
\n00:38:56,640 –> 00:39:02,080
\nChrist as its Lord.
\nWe have a strong defense then <\/p>\n
626
\n00:39:02,120 –> 00:39:06,360
\nagainst the world and against
\nthe wisdom of man, this <\/p>\n
627
\n00:39:06,400 –> 00:39:09,480
\nfortress.
\nSo that’s what Corinth was <\/p>\n
628
\n00:39:09,480 –> 00:39:12,200
\nsupposed to look like.
\nSo that’s why Paul starts this <\/p>\n
629
\n00:39:12,200 –> 00:39:14,680
\nway.
\nAnd he says this is what has <\/p>\n
630
\n00:39:14,680 –> 00:39:18,040
\nbeen done for you already.
\nThis is what’s been set up for <\/p>\n
631
\n00:39:18,040 –> 00:39:19,920
\nyou.
\nAnd this is what I would expect <\/p>\n
632
\n00:39:19,920 –> 00:39:26,520
\nto see when I come to Corinth.
\nLet’s come to verse 10. <\/p>\n
633
\n00:39:27,480 –> 00:39:30,600
\nBecause that’s not what he finds
\nin the city of Corinth. <\/p>\n
634
\n00:39:31,960 –> 00:39:37,040
\nVerse 10 says, now I beseech
\nyou, brethren, by the name of <\/p>\n
635
\n00:39:37,040 –> 00:39:41,000
\nour Lord Jesus Christ, that you
\nall speak the same thing. <\/p>\n
636
\n00:39:41,800 –> 00:39:46,000
\nHe says, I beseech you, I
\nbeseech you means literally to <\/p>\n
637
\n00:39:46,000 –> 00:39:51,040
\ncall near, to call you alongside
\nto exhort you. <\/p>\n
638
\n00:39:51,600 –> 00:39:54,760
\nHe says there’s a problem, and I
\nneed you to come over here <\/p>\n
639
\n00:39:54,760 –> 00:39:57,960
\nbecause I’m going to tell you
\nwhat the problem in the Ecclesia<\/p>\n
640
\n00:39:57,960 –> 00:40:02,280
\nis all about.
\nIt’s a letter, but Paul has this<\/p>\n
641
\n00:40:02,280 –> 00:40:06,520
\ncloseness with the brothers and
\nsisters, and he says by the name<\/p>\n
642
\n00:40:06,520 –> 00:40:11,440
\nof Jesus Christ that you all
\nspeak the same thing. <\/p>\n
643
\n00:40:12,760 –> 00:40:16,120
\nI want you all to agree with
\neach other. <\/p>\n
644
\n00:40:17,360 –> 00:40:21,520
\nYou know, at first those words
\ncome across as a soft words, but<\/p>\n
645
\n00:40:21,520 –> 00:40:24,160
\nthose words are urgent words
\nthat Paul’s speaking to them. <\/p>\n
646
\n00:40:25,200 –> 00:40:28,320
\nImagine the ecclesia.
\nImagine they’re sitting there <\/p>\n
647
\n00:40:28,320 –> 00:40:30,920
\nand they’re listening to the
\nwords of Paul, and they’ve seen <\/p>\n
648
\n00:40:30,920 –> 00:40:33,000
\nthis picture that Paul’s painted
\nof the ecclesia. <\/p>\n
649
\n00:40:33,680 –> 00:40:35,280
\nAnd then Paul says, but there’s
\na problem. <\/p>\n
650
\n00:40:36,080 –> 00:40:40,400
\nAnd the problem is, is that I
\nneed you all to speak the same <\/p>\n
651
\n00:40:40,400 –> 00:40:42,760
\nthing.
\nAnd the brothers and sisters <\/p>\n
652
\n00:40:42,760 –> 00:40:47,160
\nwould, would, would look at each
\nother, and they probably have a <\/p>\n
653
\n00:40:47,160 –> 00:40:48,920
\ngood idea about what he was
\ntalking about. <\/p>\n
654
\n00:40:50,320 –> 00:40:58,560
\nHe goes on, he says, and that
\nthere be no divisions among you.<\/p>\n
655
\n00:40:59,880 –> 00:41:03,000
\nAnd the word there for divisions
\nis the Greek word schisms. <\/p>\n
656
\n00:41:04,840 –> 00:41:07,440
\nIt’s a powerful word, right?
\nThe dictionary says that a <\/p>\n
657
\n00:41:07,440 –> 00:41:13,120
\nschism is a split or a division
\nbetween strongly opposed <\/p>\n
658
\n00:41:13,120 –> 00:41:19,560
\nsections or parties caused by
\ndifferences in opinion or <\/p>\n
659
\n00:41:19,560 –> 00:41:24,560
\nbelief.
\nThat’s what the ecclesia had. <\/p>\n
660
\n00:41:25,520 –> 00:41:29,200
\nIt had these divisions that were
\nforming in the ecclesia and <\/p>\n
661
\n00:41:29,200 –> 00:41:32,080
\nthese divisions needed to be
\ncorrected. <\/p>\n
662
\n00:41:32,080 –> 00:41:35,040
\nThey needed to become of the
\nsame mind. <\/p>\n
663
\n00:41:36,600 –> 00:41:42,680
\nAnd so Paul says, but that she
\nbe perfectly joined together in <\/p>\n
664
\n00:41:42,680 –> 00:41:46,200
\nthe same mind and in the same
\njudgment. <\/p>\n
665
\n00:41:48,880 –> 00:41:52,600
\nThere’s only one way of
\nthinking, he says, and that is <\/p>\n
666
\n00:41:52,600 –> 00:41:57,200
\nwith the mind of Christ.
\nHe says that she be of the same <\/p>\n
667
\n00:41:57,320 –> 00:42:01,240
\njudgment.
\nThere’s got to be proper <\/p>\n
668
\n00:42:01,240 –> 00:42:04,120
\ndecision making in the ecclesia,
\nhe says. <\/p>\n
669
\n00:42:04,160 –> 00:42:08,440
\nNow, how would the brothers and
\nsisters feel at this point when <\/p>\n
670
\n00:42:08,440 –> 00:42:11,280
\nthey hear this come out of
\nPaul’s letter, when they hear <\/p>\n
671
\n00:42:11,280 –> 00:42:14,880
\nthese words written, read to
\nthem? <\/p>\n
672
\n00:42:15,880 –> 00:42:19,480
\nBecause these divisions in the
\necclesia that Paul speaks about <\/p>\n
673
\n00:42:19,480 –> 00:42:23,760
\nhere, we’re causing huge
\nproblems, potentially <\/p>\n
674
\n00:42:23,760 –> 00:42:25,640
\ncatastrophic problems in the
\necclesia. <\/p>\n
675
\n00:42:27,840 –> 00:42:30,160
\nThey couldn’t agree on how to
\ndeal with the problems of the <\/p>\n
676
\n00:42:30,160 –> 00:42:32,960
\nworld around them.
\nThey couldn’t agree on what was <\/p>\n
677
\n00:42:32,960 –> 00:42:37,040
\nright and what was wrong.
\nThey all had different ideas. <\/p>\n
678
\n00:42:40,040 –> 00:42:45,440
\nVerse 11, it says for a death
\nhave been declared to me of you,<\/p>\n
679
\n00:42:45,440 –> 00:42:48,720
\nmy brethren by them, which are
\nof the House of Chloe, that <\/p>\n
680
\n00:42:48,720 –> 00:42:55,960
\nthere are contentions among you.
\nThe word contentions there means<\/p>\n
681
\n00:42:55,960 –> 00:42:58,200
\nstrife.
\nThere’s strife, there’s <\/p>\n
682
\n00:42:58,200 –> 00:43:03,440
\nquarreling and there’s rivalry.
\nThey’d argue about issues. <\/p>\n
683
\n00:43:03,880 –> 00:43:07,600
\nThere was animosity between the
\nbrothers and sisters, and as a <\/p>\n
684
\n00:43:07,600 –> 00:43:10,040
\nresult they couldn’t agree on
\nhow to solve problems. <\/p>\n
685
\n00:43:11,040 –> 00:43:16,720
\nThere was a lot like the God
\nSupper and the feasting and <\/p>\n
686
\n00:43:16,720 –> 00:43:19,880
\ndrinking.
\nThey used the spiritual gifts, <\/p>\n
687
\n00:43:19,880 –> 00:43:24,920
\nthe Holy Spirit gifts to glorify
\nthemselves and they questioned <\/p>\n
688
\n00:43:24,920 –> 00:43:27,520
\nthe resurrection.
\nThose are some of the problems <\/p>\n
689
\n00:43:27,520 –> 00:43:30,120
\nthat they faced.
\nAnd because they weren’t united <\/p>\n
690
\n00:43:30,120 –> 00:43:32,480
\ntogether, they couldn’t deal
\nwith them. <\/p>\n
691
\n00:43:32,920 –> 00:43:34,400
\nThey couldn’t handle those
\nproblems. <\/p>\n
692
\n00:43:35,560 –> 00:43:41,600
\nAnd so verse 12 says, now this,
\nI say that every one of you said<\/p>\n
693
\n00:43:41,720 –> 00:43:50,120
\nI am of Paul and I am of Apollos
\nand I of Cephas and I of Christ.<\/p>\n
694
\n00:43:51,400 –> 00:43:54,840
\nHe says you guys are actually
\ndividing yourself into these <\/p>\n
695
\n00:43:55,120 –> 00:43:59,320
\nfactions and these factions,
\nthese parties in the ecclesia <\/p>\n
696
\n00:43:59,560 –> 00:44:05,080
\nhave leaders and these these
\nleaders have followers. <\/p>\n
697
\n00:44:05,720 –> 00:44:09,200
\nAnd people would say I am of
\nthis brother and I am of that <\/p>\n
698
\n00:44:09,200 –> 00:44:11,880
\nbrother because I follow this
\nbrother or I follow that <\/p>\n
699
\n00:44:11,880 –> 00:44:14,480
\nbrother.
\nWe have to be careful, I think, <\/p>\n
700
\n00:44:14,480 –> 00:44:19,280
\nwith the way that we read verse
\n12 here because when we read <\/p>\n
701
\n00:44:19,280 –> 00:44:22,960
\nthrough the rest of, of First
\nCorinthians, it’s quite clear <\/p>\n
702
\n00:44:22,960 –> 00:44:26,400
\nthat the leaders that these
\npeople were following were not <\/p>\n
703
\n00:44:26,600 –> 00:44:30,880
\nPaul, Apollos, Cephas, and
\nChrist. <\/p>\n
704
\n00:44:30,920 –> 00:44:33,040
\nThat’s not who he’s talking
\nabout here. <\/p>\n
705
\n00:44:33,560 –> 00:44:38,320
\nIn this case, he’s saying that
\nhe had actually used those names<\/p>\n
706
\n00:44:39,160 –> 00:44:42,280
\nto represent the, the, the
\nleaders that they were actually <\/p>\n
707
\n00:44:42,480 –> 00:44:46,120
\nleading the ecclesia into these
\nfactions that were taking place.<\/p>\n
708
\n00:44:46,840 –> 00:44:50,240
\nCome over with me to chapter 4.
\nWe’ll get to this, Lord willing,<\/p>\n
709
\n00:44:50,240 –> 00:44:52,800
\nby the end of the week, but I
\nthink it’s important to <\/p>\n
710
\n00:44:52,800 –> 00:44:57,200
\nrecognize this right now, that
\nthese factions were being led by<\/p>\n
711
\n00:44:57,280 –> 00:45:03,120
\nbrethren, and these brethren
\nwere not Paul, Apollos, Cephas <\/p>\n
712
\n00:45:03,560 –> 00:45:07,320
\nin Christ, but that they were
\nactually other brothers that <\/p>\n
713
\n00:45:07,320 –> 00:45:11,240
\nwere leading these groups.
\nAnd what Paul does is Paul <\/p>\n
714
\n00:45:11,240 –> 00:45:15,280
\nactually uses these names in
\norder to not have to name the <\/p>\n
715
\n00:45:15,320 –> 00:45:20,640
\nactual leaders by name.
\nAll right, So First Corinthians <\/p>\n
716
\n00:45:20,640 –> 00:45:28,400
\nchapter 4, verse 6 it says.
\nAnd these things, brethren, I <\/p>\n
717
\n00:45:28,400 –> 00:45:33,640
\nhave in a figure transferred to
\nmyself and Apollos for your <\/p>\n
718
\n00:45:33,640 –> 00:45:38,200
\nsakes, that you might learn in
\nus not to think of men above <\/p>\n
719
\n00:45:38,200 –> 00:45:42,840
\nthat which is written, that no
\none of you be puffed up for one <\/p>\n
720
\n00:45:43,200 –> 00:45:47,920
\nagainst another.
\nSo Paul was not talking then <\/p>\n
721
\n00:45:47,920 –> 00:45:51,880
\nabout the divisions in Corinth
\nbeing caused by himself, by <\/p>\n
722
\n00:45:51,880 –> 00:45:56,400
\nApollos, by Peter, or by Christ.
\nHe’s talking about that these <\/p>\n
723
\n00:45:56,400 –> 00:46:00,560
\nwere caused by other brethren.
\nHe actually talks in chapter 4 <\/p>\n
724
\n00:46:00,560 –> 00:46:05,720
\nabout these leaders reigning
\nover the people, and he uses the<\/p>\n
725
\n00:46:05,720 –> 00:46:07,920
\nfact that they were being made
\nrich by these people. <\/p>\n
726
\n00:46:08,600 –> 00:46:11,400
\nSo Paul didn’t want to put these
\nnames, the names of those <\/p>\n
727
\n00:46:11,400 –> 00:46:14,480
\nbrethren in his letter.
\nAnd so he uses the name as it <\/p>\n
728
\n00:46:14,480 –> 00:46:20,800
\nsays here in a figure, he uses
\nthe name Paul, Apollos, Cephas <\/p>\n
729
\n00:46:21,160 –> 00:46:25,240
\nin Christ.
\nAll right, so if we come back <\/p>\n
730
\n00:46:25,240 –> 00:46:30,760
\nthen to chapter 1, verse 12,
\nlet’s analyze the problem and <\/p>\n
731
\n00:46:30,760 –> 00:46:33,440
\nlet’s see if we can get our
\nhandle a handle on the problem. <\/p>\n
732
\n00:46:34,160 –> 00:46:38,160
\nAnd then tomorrow, Lord willing,
\nwe will see Paul’s steps towards<\/p>\n
733
\n00:46:38,160 –> 00:46:44,040
\nthe solution.
\nSo here we have what the <\/p>\n
734
\n00:46:44,040 –> 00:46:45,120
\necclesia should have looked
\nlike. <\/p>\n
735
\n00:46:46,040 –> 00:46:49,600
\nWe’ve got Christ at the top, and
\nwe’ve got this sanctuary that’s <\/p>\n
736
\n00:46:49,600 –> 00:46:52,760
\nset up by the purpose that the
\necclesia should have been <\/p>\n
737
\n00:46:52,760 –> 00:46:56,920
\nfollowing and doing the work of
\nour Heavenly Father organized <\/p>\n
738
\n00:46:57,200 –> 00:47:00,120
\nwith Christ as the Lord of this
\ngroup. <\/p>\n
739
\n00:47:01,280 –> 00:47:02,720
\nBut what did it actually look
\nlike? <\/p>\n
740
\n00:47:05,080 –> 00:47:09,760
\nThat it almost disappeared, that
\nit almost gone away, and that <\/p>\n
741
\n00:47:09,760 –> 00:47:14,440
\nhad been replaced instead.
\nBut what we’ll call leader one, <\/p>\n
742
\n00:47:15,320 –> 00:47:20,720
\nleader 2, leader 3, leader four,
\nand the dot dot dot, because who<\/p>\n
743
\n00:47:20,720 –> 00:47:23,520
\nknows how many leaders there
\nactually were in this case. <\/p>\n
744
\n00:47:24,320 –> 00:47:26,920
\nAnd each of those leaders had
\npeople that were following those<\/p>\n
745
\n00:47:26,920 –> 00:47:30,280
\nleaders, and they made-up these
\nfactions in the ecclesia. <\/p>\n
746
\n00:47:30,280 –> 00:47:34,720
\nAnd what Paul tells us is that
\nbecause of these leaders, these <\/p>\n
747
\n00:47:34,720 –> 00:47:39,080
\nfactions formed.
\nThere were divisions and there <\/p>\n
748
\n00:47:39,080 –> 00:47:41,320
\nwere contentions in the
\necclesia. <\/p>\n
749
\n00:47:43,960 –> 00:47:48,320
\nThen the world came.
\nThe wisdom of man came in to the<\/p>\n
750
\n00:47:48,320 –> 00:47:55,160
\necclesia and it set itself up.
\nWe have envying strife and <\/p>\n
751
\n00:47:55,160 –> 00:48:00,120
\ndivision.
\nWe pride and we have arrogance. <\/p>\n
752
\n00:48:02,000 –> 00:48:05,400
\nWe have permitted fornication to
\ncontinue. <\/p>\n
753
\n00:48:07,200 –> 00:48:09,840
\nWe have wronged and sued each
\nother. <\/p>\n
754
\n00:48:11,760 –> 00:48:16,520
\nWe have questioned the
\nresurrection, we’ve turned the <\/p>\n
755
\n00:48:16,520 –> 00:48:19,280
\nLord’s Supper into feasting and
\ndrinking. <\/p>\n
756
\n00:48:20,560 –> 00:48:23,440
\nWe’ve used spiritual gifts to
\nglorify themselves. <\/p>\n
757
\n00:48:24,960 –> 00:48:27,640
\nAnd finally, we have questioned
\nthe need for head coverings. <\/p>\n
758
\n00:48:27,640 –> 00:48:30,880
\nAnd that’s just a list that we
\nhave tonight. <\/p>\n
759
\n00:48:30,920 –> 00:48:32,840
\nBut there’s more things that
\nwere happening in the ecclesia. <\/p>\n
760
\n00:48:33,720 –> 00:48:35,360
\nAnd why were all of those things
\nhappening? <\/p>\n
761
\n00:48:36,720 –> 00:48:40,280
\nBecause they had these factions
\nthat had taken root in the <\/p>\n
762
\n00:48:40,280 –> 00:48:42,920
\necclesia.
\nSo that’s what the Corinthian <\/p>\n
763
\n00:48:42,920 –> 00:48:49,320
\necclesia looked like.
\nAnd now I imagine Paul at night <\/p>\n
764
\n00:48:50,640 –> 00:48:54,560
\nlaying awake, trying to figure
\nout how he was going to fix the <\/p>\n
765
\n00:48:54,560 –> 00:48:59,360
\nproblems in this young ecclesia
\nthat was allowing the world to <\/p>\n
766
\n00:48:59,360 –> 00:49:01,960
\njust walk right in the front
\ndoor. <\/p>\n
767
\n00:49:03,040 –> 00:49:05,760
\nIt was almost as if the ecclesia
\nhad taken because of what’s <\/p>\n
768
\n00:49:05,760 –> 00:49:08,800
\nhappening here at taking their
\nforce field down, and the world <\/p>\n
769
\n00:49:08,800 –> 00:49:13,400
\ncould walk right in.
\nWhat would you do? <\/p>\n
770
\n00:49:15,720 –> 00:49:18,920
\nWhat would you do if you were
\nPaul and you wanted to try to <\/p>\n
771
\n00:49:18,920 –> 00:49:22,280
\nfix this problem?
\nHow would you solve the problem?<\/p>\n
772
\n00:49:24,240 –> 00:49:26,000
\nWell, that’s what we’ll talk
\nabout tomorrow.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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