{"id":1345,"date":"2025-07-06T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/355-ben-ogrady-let-him-glory-in-the-lord-1-cor-110-31\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T08:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T08:50:10","slug":"355-ben-ogrady-let-him-glory-in-the-lord-1-cor-110-31","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/355-ben-ogrady-let-him-glory-in-the-lord-1-cor-110-31\/","title":{"rendered":"355: Ben O\u2019Grady – Let Him Glory in the Lord (1 Cor. 1:10-31)"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week’s talk is a class by Brother Ben O\u2019Grady that he gave at the New Zealand Summer Bible Camp in 2014 as part of a series on 1 Corinthians titled \u201cDo All For the Glory of God\u201d. This is the first class entitled, \u201cLet Him Glory in the Lord\u201d and the reading was 1 Corinthians 1:10-31.<\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to good Christophian
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\nthis week’s talk.
\nHi everyone, it’s Jason Hensley.<\/p>\n

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\nThis week we are listening to a
\nclass by brother Ben O’Grady <\/p>\n

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\ngiven in 2014 at the New Zealand
\nSummer School. <\/p>\n

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\nThis class is the first in his
\nseries on 1st Corinthians. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd what I really loved about it
\nwas the whole class, it felt <\/p>\n

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\nlike, had this big emphasis on
\nnot just unity and what unity <\/p>\n

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\nmeans, but how do you create
\nsomething like this. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I felt like Brother Ben’s
\nexplanation and his focus on <\/p>\n

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\nthis was so helpful.
\nUltimately, and I guess this is <\/p>\n

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\nsort of a spoiler, but
\nultimately what he concludes is <\/p>\n

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\nthat being unified really comes
\nfrom a humility and a <\/p>\n

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\nwillingness to recognize that
\nGod is right and we have to put <\/p>\n

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\nourselves aside.
\nAnd in fact, what Brother Ben <\/p>\n

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\nsuggests is that God has created
\nhis gospel and his ecclesia in <\/p>\n

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\nthis way so that it only really
\nworks, and we only really can <\/p>\n

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\nwork together if we are willing
\nto put ourselves aside. <\/p>\n

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\nSo this is class #1 in this
\nseries on 1st Corinthians, this <\/p>\n

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\nclass is entitled Let him Glory
\nin the Lord. <\/p>\n

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\nThe view is breathtaking across
\nthe precipice of the Acropolis <\/p>\n

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\nor the rocky outcrop and down to
\nthe new bustling city of <\/p>\n

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\nCorinth.
\nThe buildings are fresh <\/p>\n

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\nwhitewashed and the terracotta
\nroofs provide a pleasing <\/p>\n

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\ncontrast to the neat lines of
\nthe temple columns. <\/p>\n

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\nThe eye follows the wealth of
\nthat place and the busy like <\/p>\n

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\nroads that lead to the edge of
\nthe city. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’re a long set of walls, some
\n2 miles in length, protects the <\/p>\n

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\naccess to the principal port of
\nlithium. <\/p>\n

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\nHumming with ships, our view
\ndrifts across the US, Europe, <\/p>\n

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\nblue waters of the Corinthian
\nGulf to the hills and valves of <\/p>\n

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\nthe Peloponnesus Peninsula, and
\nout again across the <\/p>\n

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\nMediterranean.
\nCorinth is a beautiful city. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s strategically positioned at
\na meeting place of sea and land <\/p>\n

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\nlinking the Peloponnesus
\nPeninsula that you can see here,<\/p>\n

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\nhere, down in the bottom, down
\nhere, hopefully you can see the <\/p>\n

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\nmouse down here, this
\nPeloponnesus Peninsula with the <\/p>\n

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\neastern Mediterranean and
\nthrough to Italy, Sicily and the<\/p>\n

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\nrest of Greece.
\nAnd through that city pours the <\/p>\n

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\nwealth and the aristocracy of
\nthe region. <\/p>\n

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\nThe city is perfectly positioned
\nin this little area in here on a<\/p>\n

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\nstrategically important isthmus,
\nallowing ships to avoid the <\/p>\n

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\ndangerous passage around the
\nPeloponnesus Peninsula around <\/p>\n

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\nhere, and particularly what they
\ncalled the fingers that were <\/p>\n

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\nrenowned for their very violent
\nstorms. <\/p>\n

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\nYou can see here that there are
\nactually 2 ports that are <\/p>\n

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\nassociated with the city.
\nThere’s the main port of Lykium <\/p>\n

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\nhere, which goes through into
\nthe Gulf of Corinth. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd on the other side, there’s
\nthe second port of Sincrea. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so strategic was this small
\nlittle isthmus could connecting <\/p>\n

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\nthe Corinthian Gulf with the
\nSaronic Gulf. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s centuries before Paul’s
\ntime. <\/p>\n

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\nA stone overland ramp had been
\nbuilt across those kilometres <\/p>\n

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\nknown as the dial costs.
\nAnd that had been built so that <\/p>\n

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\nboats could be ported from one
\nside to the other. <\/p>\n

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\nIt was a highly strategic piece
\nof land. <\/p>\n

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\nIf we expand the picture a
\nlittle, we can see the broadest <\/p>\n

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\nstrategic value of of Corinth
\nfrom here, as it flows out <\/p>\n

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\nacross to to Italy and on to
\nRome and through to the island <\/p>\n

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\nof Sulissi and to the rest of
\nGreece. <\/p>\n

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\nBecause of its positioning, the
\ncity had a history of influence <\/p>\n

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\nin the region.
\nBut in 146 BC Corinth was <\/p>\n

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\nbesieged and captured by the
\nRoman general Lucius Mummies, <\/p>\n

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\nwho received afterwards the
\ntitle A Caicus. <\/p>\n

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\nThe title A Caicus as the
\nConqueror of Akaya, which is <\/p>\n

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\nactually this region of the
\npalpinesis furniture and up into<\/p>\n

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\nup into Greece through here
\nLucius put the men to the sword.<\/p>\n

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\nHe sent the woman and children
\ninto slavery before burning the <\/p>\n

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\ncity to the ground.
\nAnd Corinth remained largely <\/p>\n

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\ndeserted until Julius Caesar
\nrefounded the city in 44 BC, <\/p>\n

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\ncalling it, as you can imagine
\nfrom someone like Julius Caesar,<\/p>\n

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\nthe colony of Corinth in honour
\nof Julius. <\/p>\n

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\nBut unfortunately he was
\nassassinated lock not long after<\/p>\n

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\nand it didn’t do much honour.
\nFollowing this time, Corinth was<\/p>\n

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\nrebuilt as a major city in the
\nregion of Akaya following its <\/p>\n

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\ndevastation, and it became the
\ncapital city of Greece with a <\/p>\n

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\nlarge population of Romans, of
\nGreeks and of Jews. <\/p>\n

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\nSo what?
\nSo all this tells us that in <\/p>\n

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\nPaul’s time, less than 100 years
\nlater, Corinth was a new, a <\/p>\n

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\nthriving and an influential
\ncity. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s not surprising to find that
\nin a city of such prosperity and<\/p>\n

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\nposition, the excesses of the
\nRoman Empire were well ensconced<\/p>\n

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\nin the culture.
\nThis here is a picture of the <\/p>\n

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\nTemple of Apollos.
\nIt was a magnificent structure, <\/p>\n

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\n25 meters by 50 meters, columned
\ntemple to Apollos, who was the <\/p>\n

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\nGod of just about anything.
\nHe was the God of music, of <\/p>\n

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\npoetry, of art, oracles,
\narchery, plague, medicine, <\/p>\n

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\nsunlight and knowledge.
\nPerhaps we could say in our <\/p>\n

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\nterms today he was the God of
\nrecreation. <\/p>\n

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\nBut if this was not enough, you
\ncan see on the Acropolis behind <\/p>\n

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\nthe city there.
\nAnd if we go in a bit, a bit <\/p>\n

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\ncloser, you can see it even more
\nso here on the rocky outcrop <\/p>\n

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\nknown as the Acro Current, that
\nis the upper current, was the <\/p>\n

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\nhigh temple of Epaphroditus, the
\ngoddess of love. <\/p>\n

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\nHer vile priestesses were
\nfrequent visitors to the city. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd from every angle of that
\ncity, her temple laid down upon <\/p>\n

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\nits people, we find that the
\ncity was surrounded, was <\/p>\n

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\novershadowed, was encompassed by
\nidolatry, by wealth and <\/p>\n

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\nextravagance.
\nAnd if we are honest with <\/p>\n

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\nourselves, living then in the
\nmiddle of that thriving city of <\/p>\n

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\nCorinth was not too dissimilar
\nto the environment we live in <\/p>\n

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\ntoday.
\nWherever we look, whichever way <\/p>\n

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\nwe turn into the very sanctuary
\nof our homes. <\/p>\n

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\nThe idols of this world are
\nemblazoned in flashing lights, <\/p>\n

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\nenticing music and wealth beyond
\ncompared to other generations <\/p>\n

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\nand the pet.
\nThe point is perhaps more keenly<\/p>\n

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\nfelt when we realise with shock,
\nas we’ll go through in the book <\/p>\n

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\ntogether, that the worldly
\nenvironment of Corinth had made <\/p>\n

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\nan impact, in fact a significant
\nimpact, on the ecclesia of God <\/p>\n

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\nin that place.
\nIt is a sad fact of history, <\/p>\n

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\nisn’t it, that the environment
\nwe live in so often will impact <\/p>\n

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\non our life in the truth.
\nAnd I believe deeply, brothers <\/p>\n

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\nand sisters and young people,
\nthat the book of Corinthians has<\/p>\n

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\na startling relevance for us in
\nsurely the last generation <\/p>\n

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\nbefore Christ’s return.
\nThat the issues that that <\/p>\n

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\necclesia faced, and more
\nparticularly the beautiful way <\/p>\n

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\nin which the impossible
\ntransforms their thinking beyond<\/p>\n

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\nthe reach of this world, of this
\nworld, beyond the particular <\/p>\n

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\nissue to the fundamental insight
\ninto into how we can hold on to <\/p>\n

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\nthe truth until the Lord shall
\ncome. <\/p>\n

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\nThat that is of particular
\nrelevance to us in these <\/p>\n

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\ngenerations.
\nPaul is dealing with some <\/p>\n

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\nsignificant issues in the
\nCorinthian ecclesia, and yet in <\/p>\n

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\nin typical Paul fashion, he
\ndeals with them by first <\/p>\n

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\nfocusing them, their attention
\nback to the fundamental <\/p>\n

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\nprinciples, the fundamental
\nprinciple of the truth that <\/p>\n

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\nmatters.
\nThat’s that’s being wrecked in <\/p>\n

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\nthe 1st place.
\nAnd Paul is so brilliant at <\/p>\n

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\nputting his finger right to the
\nheart of the issue and at <\/p>\n

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\nreverting to the core foundation
\npoint in which the principle has<\/p>\n

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\nbeen lost.
\nAnd we find that whenever we <\/p>\n

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\nindividually have failed in the
\ntruth as individuals, well, <\/p>\n

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\nwhenever we have failed as
\neccleses, it’s because we have <\/p>\n

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\ncrept away and lost these godly
\nfoundation principles. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is Paul’s signature in
\nevery book, whether in Romans or<\/p>\n

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\nHebrews, Thessalonians or
\nCorinthians, is his incredible <\/p>\n

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\nability to bypass the symptoms
\nand to focus attention on the <\/p>\n

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\nfoundation principle that will
\nrestore our relationship with <\/p>\n

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\nGod.
\nSo often ecclesial matters blow <\/p>\n

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\nup or personal, personal failure
\noccurs because we argue about <\/p>\n

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\nthe symptoms and miss the core
\nfoundation principle at stake. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd in typical pool fashion, in
\nthis book he transforms the mind<\/p>\n

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\nof the ecclesia to take them
\nback to the fundamental <\/p>\n

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\nprinciples of their relationship
\nin God. <\/p>\n

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\nIt is interesting to note, as I
\nsaid in the opening night, that <\/p>\n

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\nthis that this book is quite
\ndifferent than some of the other<\/p>\n

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\nstart and progresses throughout <\/p>\n

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\nand it’s valuable for us because
\nit focuses us on the <\/p>\n

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\nfundamentals of the truth in
\norder to overcome the issues <\/p>\n

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\nThis is Paul’s traditional
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\nJesus Christ through the will of
\nGod and Sosthenes our brother <\/p>\n

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\nunto the ecclesia of God, which
\nis at Corinth, to them that are <\/p>\n

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\nsanctified in Christ Jesus
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\nthat in every place call upon
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\nLord, both theirs and ours.
\nGrace be unto you in peace from <\/p>\n

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\nGod our Father and from the Lord
\nJesus Christ. <\/p>\n

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\nI thank my God always on your
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\nwhich is given you by Jesus
\nChrist. <\/p>\n

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\nCan you see the focus that Paul
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\nfrom the beginning?
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\nintroduces himself and and gives
\ngreetings to them in this book. <\/p>\n

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\nYou’ve probably noticed that his
\nfocus is immediately on the Lord<\/p>\n

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\nparticularly the work of the
\nLord Jesus Christ. 10 times in <\/p>\n

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\nthese opening verses he refers
\nto Jesus Christ even as he gives<\/p>\n

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\nhis traditional greeting, even
\nbefore he talks about the issues<\/p>\n

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\nof that ecclesia.
\nAnd here, more than in any other<\/p>\n

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\nepistle, he focuses their
\nattention on the work of the <\/p>\n

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\nLord Jesus Christ.
\nAnd right from the start, he’s <\/p>\n

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\ntelling them that is the answer
\nto their issues to come back to,<\/p>\n

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\nto understand the focus on the
\nLord Jesus Christ right from the<\/p>\n

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\nbeginning.
\nThe ultimate answer for that <\/p>\n

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\necclesia, as it is for us today,
\nis to focus back on the work of <\/p>\n

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\nGod with our Lord Jesus Christ.
\nVerse one, I’m called to be an <\/p>\n

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\napostle of Jesus Christ.
\nVerse 2, you are sanctified in <\/p>\n

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\nJesus Christ.
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\nCorinth that everything they
\nhave, their salvation is because<\/p>\n

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\nHe’s called to be an apostle of <\/p>\n

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\nsanctified in Jesus Christ.
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\nsays.
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\nworld there are those who call
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\ntheirs and ours.
\nHe is our Lord. <\/p>\n

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\nBut he says he’s also the Lord
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\nin every ecclesia, and he is the
\nLord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so we pick it up in verse 4I
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\nbehalf for the grace of God
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\nChrist, that in everything you
\nare enriched by him in all <\/p>\n

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\nutterance and in all knowledge.
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\nwas confirmed in you, so that
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\nwaiting for the coming of our
\nLord Jesus Christ, who shall <\/p>\n

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\nalso confirm you unto the end,
\nthat you may be blameless in the<\/p>\n

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\nday of our Lord Jesus Christ.
\nCan you just see the way that <\/p>\n

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\nthat that focus on the work and
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\nJesus Christ Just pause out.
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\nthat he has accomplished.
\nIt’s the calling that he he has <\/p>\n

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\nin Christ.
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\nChrist, the sanctification
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\nThere are others brought into
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\npeace through Jesus Christ.
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\nChrist.
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\ncoming of Jesus Christ.
\nIt’s the day of our Lord Jesus <\/p>\n

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\nChrist.
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\nutterly dependent on the work of
\nJesus Christ. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then he pulls it together so
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\nGod is faithful by whom you were
\ncalled unto the fellowship of <\/p>\n

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\nhis Son, Jesus Christ.
\nOur Lord. <\/p>\n

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\nOur whole being, our whole
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\nis that we become part of the
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\ntogether of so many diverse
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\nThat is the theme of this
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\nsanctification, It is the
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\ncoming that binds us together as
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\nfellowship, bound together in
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\nNote in passing just also that
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\nverse one Paul who is called to
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\nBut in verse 2 unto the ecclesia
\nof God at Corinth, to them that <\/p>\n

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\nare sanctified in Christ Jesus
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\nSo in the same way that the
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\napostle, in the same way we are
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\nIt’s God’s work who has called
\nus together. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd in verse 9, God is faithful
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\nany other, as I say, on this
\nconcept of unity on the <\/p>\n

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\nfellowship that binds us
\ntogether in the work of the Lord<\/p>\n

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\ntogether in one in Christ. <\/p>\n

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\nWell, we don’t need to get far
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\nI beseech you, brethren, by the <\/p>\n

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\nthing, that there be no
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\nbe perfectly joined together in
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\njudgement.
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\nof you, my brethren, by them
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\nthat there are contentions among
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\nraises the issue which is at the
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\nschisms that there were amongst
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\nHe’s pleading, isn’t he?
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\nsorry, I beseech you in the name
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\nyou speak the same thing.
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\neveryone of you says I’m of
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\nI have Apollos and and I have
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\nI’m of Christ, which may have
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\nthis circumstance is being used
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\nAnd Paul’s answer to all of
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\ndivision is to say you forget
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\nYou come back to the
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\nthe soul of every component of
\nour life, that we have no <\/p>\n

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\ncalling, no sanctification, no
\ngift of grace from God. <\/p>\n

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\nWe have not the hope of His
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\ncan do that in our ecclesias
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\nsorry? <\/p>\n

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\nis asking the Ecclesia to do
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\nI beseech you, brethren, by the
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\nthat you speak the same thing,
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\nyou, but that you be perfectly
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\nat the power of what the apostle
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\nI beseech you, He says he’s
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\necclesia to do there.
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\nthere’d be no divisions among
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\njoined together in the same mind
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\nCan you see the emphasis that
\nhe’s giving here? <\/p>\n

323
\n00:20:22,560 –> 00:20:24,880
\nHe’s not just saying think the
\nsame way. <\/p>\n

324
\n00:20:25,040 –> 00:20:27,520
\nHe’s saying I want you to speak
\nthe same thing. <\/p>\n

325
\n00:20:27,600 –> 00:20:31,040
\nI want you to be perfectly
\njoined together in the same mind<\/p>\n

326
\n00:20:31,360 –> 00:20:33,960
\nand in the same judgement.
\nThat’s powerful, isn’t it? <\/p>\n

327
\n00:20:34,720 –> 00:20:37,200
\nAnd what he’s asking that
\nEcclesia to do is to actually <\/p>\n

328
\n00:20:37,200 –> 00:20:41,240
\nsee that they need to think the
\nsame as all their brothers and <\/p>\n

329
\n00:20:41,240 –> 00:20:45,200
\nsisters to be perfectly joined
\ntogether in the same mind. <\/p>\n

330
\n00:20:46,600 –> 00:20:50,800
\nThat idea of the same, the same
\nmind is used extensively through<\/p>\n

331
\n00:20:50,800 –> 00:20:54,520
\nthe New Testament, and it’s used
\nto denote a self, an individual.<\/p>\n

332
\n00:20:55,440 –> 00:20:58,520
\nIn other words, he’s asking that
\nEcclesia to think as if they <\/p>\n

333
\n00:20:58,520 –> 00:21:03,080
\nwere one person.
\nHe’s asking them to think like <\/p>\n

334
\n00:21:03,080 –> 00:21:06,440
\nthey were one individual.
\nI’ve got on the screen here 3 <\/p>\n

335
\n00:21:06,440 –> 00:21:09,360
\nquotes out of Philippians which
\npick up exactly the same idea <\/p>\n

336
\n00:21:09,360 –> 00:21:12,680
\nand the same emphasis that that
\nPaul gives fulfilling my joy <\/p>\n

337
\n00:21:12,840 –> 00:21:16,360
\nthat you’d be like minded having
\nthe same love being of 1 accord <\/p>\n

338
\n00:21:16,360 –> 00:21:17,760
\nof one mind.
\nAnd you can see again the <\/p>\n

339
\n00:21:17,760 –> 00:21:21,200
\nemphasis Philippians 3.
\nNevertheless we’re two. <\/p>\n

340
\n00:21:21,200 –> 00:21:24,120
\nWe have already attained.
\nLet us walk by the same rule. <\/p>\n

341
\n00:21:24,520 –> 00:21:29,240
\nLet us mind the same thing or
\nPhilippians 4 dealing with a <\/p>\n

342
\n00:21:29,240 –> 00:21:32,080
\nparticular issue.
\nI beseech Yodius and Sinteki <\/p>\n

343
\n00:21:32,080 –> 00:21:36,480
\nthat they be of the same mind in
\nthe Lord, and so his message to <\/p>\n

344
\n00:21:36,480 –> 00:21:37,960
\nthe Philippians is exactly the
\nsame. <\/p>\n

345
\n00:21:38,240 –> 00:21:42,800
\nIt’s that concept, isn’t it,
\nthat an ecclesia has this real <\/p>\n

346
\n00:21:42,800 –> 00:21:48,800
\nsense of unity in how they think
\nwhat the Apostle is asking our <\/p>\n

347
\n00:21:48,800 –> 00:21:57,560
\necclesia to do.
\nWhat the apostle is asking our <\/p>\n

348
\n00:21:57,560 –> 00:22:00,800
\necclesia to do is to sit down
\ntogether and talk through these <\/p>\n

349
\n00:22:00,800 –> 00:22:05,840
\nissues and humility together.
\nHe’s asking us to understand and<\/p>\n

350
\n00:22:05,840 –> 00:22:07,320
\nagree on things together.
\nIsn’t he? <\/p>\n

351
\n00:22:08,080 –> 00:22:11,960
\nThat when one of us speaks, it’s
\nas if all the mind of us all is <\/p>\n

352
\n00:22:11,960 –> 00:22:13,800
\nbeing opened up and all of us
\ntalking. <\/p>\n

353
\n00:22:14,800 –> 00:22:18,560
\nHe’s not saying here to hold on
\nto our differences, but to live <\/p>\n

354
\n00:22:18,560 –> 00:22:20,680
\nlife pretending they’re not
\nthere. <\/p>\n

355
\n00:22:21,480 –> 00:22:25,840
\nHe’s saying to us, and this is a
\npowerful message, if we want <\/p>\n

356
\n00:22:26,240 –> 00:22:31,160
\nfellowship in Christ.
\nIt is about creating the mind of<\/p>\n

357
\n00:22:31,160 –> 00:22:37,040
\nChrist together in each one of
\nus in a United Way. <\/p>\n

358
\n00:22:37,960 –> 00:22:40,400
\nIt’s not to paper up our
\ndifferences and to leave the <\/p>\n

359
\n00:22:40,400 –> 00:22:44,000
\nchasms lying under it.
\nIt’s not just saying to accept <\/p>\n

360
\n00:22:44,000 –> 00:22:45,960
\nthat we have a difference of you
\nand to paper them up. <\/p>\n

361
\n00:22:45,960 –> 00:22:49,480
\nHe’s saying if you understand
\nthe power of fellowship in Jesus<\/p>\n

362
\n00:22:49,480 –> 00:22:51,280
\nChrist, then speak the same
\nthing. <\/p>\n

363
\n00:22:51,280 –> 00:22:56,120
\nTo be of the same mind is the
\npicture that He’s giving us when<\/p>\n

364
\n00:22:56,120 –> 00:22:58,360
\nyou talk.
\nWhat comes out of the math needs<\/p>\n

365
\n00:22:58,360 –> 00:23:01,640
\nto be the same consistently
\nwithin our ecclesia. <\/p>\n

366
\n00:23:03,600 –> 00:23:06,480
\nCan you just pause for a moment,
\nbrothers and sisters and young <\/p>\n

367
\n00:23:06,480 –> 00:23:11,080
\npeople, and understand the power
\nof that concept? <\/p>\n

368
\n00:23:12,600 –> 00:23:16,640
\nBecause that concept is the key
\nto ecclesial harmony. <\/p>\n

369
\n00:23:20,840 –> 00:23:26,360
\nBut how can we attain this?
\nWhat about our diversity? <\/p>\n

370
\n00:23:27,520 –> 00:23:30,480
\nHow can we ever be perfectly
\njoined together in the same <\/p>\n

371
\n00:23:30,480 –> 00:23:35,040
\nmind, thinking the same way?
\nWell, Paul does deal with <\/p>\n

372
\n00:23:35,040 –> 00:23:37,680
\ndiversity beautifully later on
\nin the book. <\/p>\n

373
\n00:23:37,680 –> 00:23:42,080
\nWe have diversity, absolutely.
\nBut let’s not miss the point <\/p>\n

374
\n00:23:42,080 –> 00:23:45,360
\nhere that he’s giving us, which
\nis there is only one answer. <\/p>\n

375
\n00:23:46,680 –> 00:23:50,920
\nAnd that answer becomes the core
\ntheme to this book, that our own<\/p>\n

376
\n00:23:50,920 –> 00:23:57,040
\nmind, our own will, is
\ncrucified, and we live as the <\/p>\n

377
\n00:23:57,040 –> 00:24:00,560
\nmind of Christ.
\nThat we are not our own, but <\/p>\n

378
\n00:24:00,560 –> 00:24:04,840
\npurchased with the precious
\nblood of Christ, and being his <\/p>\n

379
\n00:24:05,760 –> 00:24:09,920
\ntogether we become of one
\nunited, harmonious mind. <\/p>\n

380
\n00:24:16,160 –> 00:24:19,680
\nSo what was the particular issue
\nin the Corinthian ecclesia? <\/p>\n

381
\n00:24:21,520 –> 00:24:24,320
\nLove phrased it the particular
\nburden that that ecclesia ball <\/p>\n

382
\n00:24:24,320 –> 00:24:29,720
\nwas the I brigade.
\nVerse 12. <\/p>\n

383
\n00:24:31,320 –> 00:24:37,720
\nNow this I say that everyone of
\nyou saith I am of Paul, and I of<\/p>\n

384
\n00:24:37,720 –> 00:24:42,160
\nApollos, and I of Cephas and I
\nof Christ. <\/p>\n

385
\n00:24:44,040 –> 00:24:48,160
\nThey were pretending to stand
\nbehind the banner of Paul or of <\/p>\n

386
\n00:24:48,160 –> 00:24:53,320
\nPeter or of Christ, but in
\nreality, Paul says it was their <\/p>\n

387
\n00:24:53,320 –> 00:24:58,320
\nown egos at play.
\nI am of was the particular issue<\/p>\n

388
\n00:24:58,320 –> 00:25:01,920
\nand burden of that ecclesia.
\nIt wasn’t actually the Paul <\/p>\n

389
\n00:25:01,920 –> 00:25:05,920
\nbrigade or the Apollo’s brigade,
\nbut it was about me, about I and<\/p>\n

390
\n00:25:05,920 –> 00:25:08,040
\nthe I brigade that they belong
\nto. <\/p>\n

391
\n00:25:08,040 –> 00:25:10,880
\nTheir focus was upon themselves.
\nAnd Paul gets right to that <\/p>\n

392
\n00:25:10,880 –> 00:25:12,480
\nissue.
\nYou’re not standing behind Paul.<\/p>\n

393
\n00:25:12,680 –> 00:25:15,440
\nYou’re actually talking about
\nyourself and your own egoing. <\/p>\n

394
\n00:25:16,560 –> 00:25:20,000
\nAnd Paul’s message again is to
\ncome back to the fellowship in <\/p>\n

395
\n00:25:20,000 –> 00:25:23,000
\nChrist.
\nIt’s not about you, it’s about <\/p>\n

396
\n00:25:23,000 –> 00:25:24,800
\nthe mind of Christ.
\nAnd he gives this brilliant <\/p>\n

397
\n00:25:24,800 –> 00:25:28,640
\nresponse here in verse 13.
\nSo here’s some saying, I’m of <\/p>\n

398
\n00:25:28,640 –> 00:25:31,400
\nPaul, I’m of Cephas, I’m of
\nApollos, I’m of Christ. <\/p>\n

399
\n00:25:32,000 –> 00:25:34,200
\nOh, he says, really?
\nIs Christ divided? <\/p>\n

400
\n00:25:34,680 –> 00:25:38,360
\nWas Paul crucified for you?
\nOr were ye baptized in the name <\/p>\n

401
\n00:25:38,360 –> 00:25:41,360
\nof Paul?
\nIt’s a brilliant response here. <\/p>\n

402
\n00:25:41,520 –> 00:25:44,720
\nThere’s some saying I’m of Paul.
\nAnd Paul himself says, really, <\/p>\n

403
\n00:25:44,920 –> 00:25:48,320
\nyou’re of me.
\nOh, so I was the one crucified <\/p>\n

404
\n00:25:48,320 –> 00:25:51,960
\nfor you was I am I the one who’s
\nprovided the way of salvation <\/p>\n

405
\n00:25:51,960 –> 00:25:54,840
\nfor you?
\nWas I or were you actually <\/p>\n

406
\n00:25:54,840 –> 00:25:56,840
\nbaptized into my name?
\nWere you? <\/p>\n

407
\n00:25:57,480 –> 00:26:02,360
\nIs that the basis of salvation?
\nHe says he answers the division <\/p>\n

408
\n00:26:02,360 –> 00:26:05,120
\nso brilliant by by saying that’s
\nthat’s a nothing. <\/p>\n

409
\n00:26:05,120 –> 00:26:07,120
\nIt cannot be true.
\nIt’s complete rubbish. <\/p>\n

410
\n00:26:07,400 –> 00:26:10,080
\nIt’s not about the individuals.
\nIt’s about 1:00 work. <\/p>\n

411
\n00:26:10,560 –> 00:26:14,240
\nIt’s about the way of salvation
\nthat has been opened unto us in <\/p>\n

412
\n00:26:14,240 –> 00:26:17,640
\nChrist.
\nAnd then he carries on to give <\/p>\n

413
\n00:26:17,640 –> 00:26:20,840
\nby his own example this fact
\nthat it’s not about him. <\/p>\n

414
\n00:26:20,840 –> 00:26:24,520
\nVerse 14 I thank God that I
\nbaptized none of you but Crispus<\/p>\n

415
\n00:26:24,520 –> 00:26:28,680
\nand Gast this any of you should
\nsay that I have baptized in my <\/p>\n

416
\n00:26:28,680 –> 00:26:30,480
\nown name.
\nHe says it’s not about me. <\/p>\n

417
\n00:26:30,640 –> 00:26:32,920
\nI don’t want groups of people
\nbehind my banner. <\/p>\n

418
\n00:26:33,400 –> 00:26:34,960
\nHe’s saying this is about
\nChrist. <\/p>\n

419
\n00:26:35,760 –> 00:26:38,600
\nIt’s about a fellowship with a
\nsingle minded devotion to the <\/p>\n

420
\n00:26:38,600 –> 00:26:42,720
\nthings of Christ together.
\nBecause we are not followers of <\/p>\n

421
\n00:26:42,720 –> 00:26:50,000
\nmen.
\nIt is easy to look at the <\/p>\n

422
\n00:26:50,000 –> 00:26:53,760
\nCorinthian ecclesia and to see
\nthe madness of what they were <\/p>\n

423
\n00:26:53,760 –> 00:26:56,680
\ndoing.
\nThat they should be followers of<\/p>\n

424
\n00:26:57,000 –> 00:27:03,000
\npull and lose Christ, That they
\nshould love the rhetoric of <\/p>\n

425
\n00:27:03,000 –> 00:27:07,440
\nApollos and ignore the power of
\nsalvation in Christ. <\/p>\n

426
\n00:27:09,280 –> 00:27:12,600
\nBut the reality is, brothers and
\nsisters and young people, that <\/p>\n

427
\n00:27:12,640 –> 00:27:17,840
\nevery difficulty that occurs in
\necclesial life and also for <\/p>\n

428
\n00:27:17,840 –> 00:27:21,960
\nourselves as individuals is
\nbecause we forget this <\/p>\n

429
\n00:27:21,960 –> 00:27:23,720
\nfundamental principle of the
\ntruth. <\/p>\n

430
\n00:27:24,560 –> 00:27:27,760
\nWe forget this foundation
\nprinciple from God, that it is <\/p>\n

431
\n00:27:27,760 –> 00:27:31,040
\nnot about us.
\nIt is about the work of <\/p>\n

432
\n00:27:31,040 –> 00:27:34,160
\nsalvation that God has
\naccomplished through His Son, <\/p>\n

433
\n00:27:34,600 –> 00:27:38,240
\nJesus Christ.
\nIf we could only understand this<\/p>\n

434
\n00:27:38,240 –> 00:27:41,360
\nas individuals and eccleses
\ntogether, we would move so much <\/p>\n

435
\n00:27:41,360 –> 00:27:44,640
\nbeyond the difficulties and the
\nstruggles of life to the real <\/p>\n

436
\n00:27:44,640 –> 00:27:48,880
\npower and the fabulous riches of
\nfellowship that can be available<\/p>\n

437
\n00:27:49,080 –> 00:27:51,080
\nin ecclesial life together in
\nChrist. <\/p>\n

438
\n00:27:51,080 –> 00:27:53,280
\nIt’s not about you.
\nIt’s not about me as <\/p>\n

439
\n00:27:53,280 –> 00:27:55,800
\nindividuals.
\nIt’s about the work of salvation<\/p>\n

440
\n00:27:56,360 –> 00:27:58,720
\nthat Christ has accomplished
\nwith his Father. <\/p>\n

441
\n00:27:59,600 –> 00:28:04,080
\nVerse 17 For Christ sent me not
\nto baptize, but to preach the <\/p>\n

442
\n00:28:04,080 –> 00:28:07,960
\ngospel, not with wisdom of
\nwords, lest the cross of Christ <\/p>\n

443
\n00:28:07,960 –> 00:28:11,600
\nshould be made of none effect.
\nHis point is clear. <\/p>\n

444
\n00:28:11,600 –> 00:28:13,200
\nIt’s not about me choosing to do
\nthis. <\/p>\n

445
\n00:28:13,200 –> 00:28:16,360
\nHe says Christ has sent me.
\nI am called by him to do this <\/p>\n

446
\n00:28:16,360 –> 00:28:19,120
\nwork, but interestingly, not
\nwhat his work is. <\/p>\n

447
\n00:28:19,120 –> 00:28:22,360
\nHe says it’s not to baptize, but
\nto preach the gospel. <\/p>\n

448
\n00:28:23,320 –> 00:28:26,000
\nAnd it’s an interesting focus
\neven in our preaching, isn’t it?<\/p>\n

449
\n00:28:26,000 –> 00:28:28,960
\nTo just contemplate for a moment
\nor even with our children <\/p>\n

450
\n00:28:28,960 –> 00:28:32,520
\nperhaps that are in focus is so
\noften on baptism, on getting <\/p>\n

451
\n00:28:32,520 –> 00:28:35,520
\nthem as being a member of the
\nChristadelphian community, as if<\/p>\n

452
\n00:28:35,680 –> 00:28:40,160
\nbaptism is the the fundamental
\nthing to be become part of the <\/p>\n

453
\n00:28:40,160 –> 00:28:43,360
\necclesial environment.
\nPaul’s point, and I say this <\/p>\n

454
\n00:28:43,360 –> 00:28:48,080
\ncarefully, Paul’s point here in
\nthis verse is the baptism itself<\/p>\n

455
\n00:28:48,080 –> 00:28:51,040
\nwas irrelevant.
\nNow I say that carefully because<\/p>\n

456
\n00:28:51,040 –> 00:28:54,520
\nI understand and I agree that
\nclearly baptism is a fundamental<\/p>\n

457
\n00:28:54,520 –> 00:28:56,200
\npart of the process of
\nsalvation. <\/p>\n

458
\n00:28:56,920 –> 00:28:59,960
\nBut Paul’s focus, he is saying,
\nis not on how many people he can<\/p>\n

459
\n00:28:59,960 –> 00:29:01,680
\ntick off as having been
\nbaptized. <\/p>\n

460
\n00:29:02,280 –> 00:29:04,920
\nHe says I haven’t been given a
\nquota by the Lord Jesus Christ <\/p>\n

461
\n00:29:04,920 –> 00:29:07,000
\nto have baptized 78 people this
\nyear. <\/p>\n

462
\n00:29:07,880 –> 00:29:11,360
\nIt’s not my work.
\nIt’s the work that Christ has <\/p>\n

463
\n00:29:11,360 –> 00:29:13,240
\ngiven me.
\nAnd he’s given me the gospel, <\/p>\n

464
\n00:29:13,720 –> 00:29:17,040
\nand I will preach the gospel as
\nhis servant. <\/p>\n

465
\n00:29:17,840 –> 00:29:20,760
\nAnd then it becomes the work of
\nChrist to accomplish salvation. <\/p>\n

466
\n00:29:20,760 –> 00:29:24,760
\nFor those who respond, we begin
\nthe work, as we shall find in a <\/p>\n

467
\n00:29:24,760 –> 00:29:27,880
\nlater chapter.
\nBut God accomplishes the work. <\/p>\n

468
\n00:29:29,520 –> 00:29:32,040
\nIt’s not just baptism that Paul
\nis focused on. <\/p>\n

469
\n00:29:33,360 –> 00:29:36,440
\nHe’s focused on the growth of a
\ngroup of people who are in <\/p>\n

470
\n00:29:36,440 –> 00:29:40,520
\nfellowship with Christ.
\nIt’s not the point of baptism, <\/p>\n

471
\n00:29:41,440 –> 00:29:44,520
\nbut the focus on creating a
\ngroup of people who are united <\/p>\n

472
\n00:29:44,520 –> 00:29:48,080
\ntogether.
\nThat is his work, and therefore <\/p>\n

473
\n00:29:48,080 –> 00:29:52,120
\nPaul says that the focus on his
\nwork is nothing about himself. <\/p>\n

474
\n00:29:53,200 –> 00:29:56,680
\nHe says it’s not with wisdom of
\nman’s words. <\/p>\n

475
\n00:29:56,680 –> 00:30:00,360
\nHe says he’s not out there with
\nany of his own oratory skills <\/p>\n

476
\n00:30:00,360 –> 00:30:04,440
\nshowing how intelligent he is.
\nThe point is, it’s not about me.<\/p>\n

477
\n00:30:04,920 –> 00:30:07,480
\nIt’s about the work of cross, of
\nthe cross of Christ. <\/p>\n

478
\n00:30:08,440 –> 00:30:11,400
\nIn fact, he says, if I’m
\nstanding up there spouting in my<\/p>\n

479
\n00:30:11,400 –> 00:30:15,880
\nown wisdom, I’m actually making
\nthe cross of Christ of non <\/p>\n

480
\n00:30:15,880 –> 00:30:18,000
\neffect.
\nIf I’m there is a man standing <\/p>\n

481
\n00:30:18,000 –> 00:30:20,960
\nup there because I think I can
\ngive my own wisdom to you, I’ve <\/p>\n

482
\n00:30:20,960 –> 00:30:23,880
\ndestroyed the power of the cross
\nof Christ. <\/p>\n

483
\n00:30:25,120 –> 00:30:28,600
\nI wasn’t sent to baptize, but to
\npreach the gospel, to open the <\/p>\n

484
\n00:30:28,600 –> 00:30:33,000
\npower of God’s word so that
\nChrist could live and the <\/p>\n

485
\n00:30:33,000 –> 00:30:36,440
\nindividuals who heard it.
\nI’m not doing it in my own <\/p>\n

486
\n00:30:36,440 –> 00:30:38,720
\nstrength.
\nHe says, well, my own power, but<\/p>\n

487
\n00:30:38,720 –> 00:30:41,160
\nit’s shedding forth the gospel
\nof Christ so that the cross of <\/p>\n

488
\n00:30:41,160 –> 00:30:48,000
\nChrist can work its own power.
\nThe salvation and sacrifice of <\/p>\n

489
\n00:30:48,000 –> 00:30:52,000
\nChrist can accomplish salvation
\nif we allow the word to be <\/p>\n

490
\n00:30:52,000 –> 00:30:55,040
\nopened up.
\nBut if we put ourselves in the <\/p>\n

491
\n00:30:55,040 –> 00:31:00,160
\nway, if we make this an issue
\nabout ourselves, then we make <\/p>\n

492
\n00:31:00,160 –> 00:31:02,840
\nthe cross of Christ of none
\neffect. <\/p>\n

493
\n00:31:04,040 –> 00:31:08,040
\nIt’s about losing ourselves.
\nIt’s about forsaking ourselves <\/p>\n

494
\n00:31:09,040 –> 00:31:12,680
\nbecause it becomes God’s work
\nand Christ’s work are not our <\/p>\n

495
\n00:31:12,680 –> 00:31:16,880
\nown.
\nSo then in verse 18 to verse <\/p>\n

496
\n00:31:16,960 –> 00:31:20,200
\nright through to verse 29, Paul
\nmoves into this brilliant <\/p>\n

497
\n00:31:20,280 –> 00:31:23,520
\nsection, this quite astonishing
\nsection really on how God has <\/p>\n

498
\n00:31:23,520 –> 00:31:27,880
\npositioned his work and and what
\na remarkable work that it is. <\/p>\n

499
\n00:31:28,440 –> 00:31:31,160
\nSo here in verse 18 for the
\npreaching of the cross is to <\/p>\n

500
\n00:31:31,160 –> 00:31:36,920
\nthem that perish foolishness,
\nbut unto them us which are <\/p>\n

501
\n00:31:36,920 –> 00:31:42,440
\nsaved, it is the power of God.
\nIt’s a simple picture that Paul <\/p>\n

502
\n00:31:42,440 –> 00:31:45,000
\ngives and one that we are very
\nfamiliar with, but it is <\/p>\n

503
\n00:31:45,000 –> 00:31:47,360
\nincredibly powerful.
\nHopefully you can you can see <\/p>\n

504
\n00:31:47,360 –> 00:31:52,640
\nthat up there, right?
\nGod, he says verse verse 18. <\/p>\n

505
\n00:31:52,640 –> 00:31:56,080
\nThe preaching of the cross is to
\nthem that perish foolishness, <\/p>\n

506
\n00:31:56,680 –> 00:31:59,680
\nbut unto us which are saved it
\nis the power of God. <\/p>\n

507
\n00:32:00,440 –> 00:32:04,920
\nThe point is that God has used
\npreaching, and as He says, the <\/p>\n

508
\n00:32:04,920 –> 00:32:08,280
\nfoolishness of preaching later
\nas the mechanism by which He <\/p>\n

509
\n00:32:08,280 –> 00:32:12,400
\nwill teach others of His ways.
\nBut the reality is that as <\/p>\n

510
\n00:32:12,400 –> 00:32:14,440
\nindividuals we then have a
\nchoice to make. <\/p>\n

511
\n00:32:16,040 –> 00:32:19,080
\nBoth of us have the ability to
\nlisten and to hear that. <\/p>\n

512
\n00:32:20,400 –> 00:32:25,400
\nBut for some of us and for the
\nworld in general, he says we can<\/p>\n

513
\n00:32:25,400 –> 00:32:29,920
\nchoose to see it as foolishness.
\nIt’s the wise, the scribe, the <\/p>\n

514
\n00:32:30,040 –> 00:32:32,080
\nthe disputer of this world.
\nHe says later, who, who? <\/p>\n

515
\n00:32:32,080 –> 00:32:34,520
\nLook at that in verse, verse 20.
\nWhere is the wise? <\/p>\n

516
\n00:32:34,520 –> 00:32:36,480
\nWhere is the scribe?
\nWhere is the disputer of this <\/p>\n

517
\n00:32:36,480 –> 00:32:38,360
\nworld?
\nHath not God made foolish the <\/p>\n

518
\n00:32:38,360 –> 00:32:41,480
\nwisdom of this world?
\nAnd so it’s possible for us to <\/p>\n

519
\n00:32:41,480 –> 00:32:46,480
\ncome in our wisdom and to see
\nwhat God has presented to us <\/p>\n

520
\n00:32:46,480 –> 00:32:48,920
\nthrough the gospel and to say
\nit’s foolishness. <\/p>\n

521
\n00:32:48,920 –> 00:32:51,120
\nIt doesn’t make sense.
\nIt can’t work properly. <\/p>\n

522
\n00:32:51,120 –> 00:32:54,280
\nThis is, this is foolish from
\nhuman reasoning, from human <\/p>\n

523
\n00:32:54,280 –> 00:32:58,560
\nperspective, it is foolishness.
\nAnd the end result of that, he <\/p>\n

524
\n00:32:58,560 –> 00:33:04,280
\nsays, is that you will perish.
\nIf we come to God’s gospel, if <\/p>\n

525
\n00:33:04,280 –> 00:33:11,120
\nwe come to the truth, seeing it
\nfrom man’s wisdom, then it will <\/p>\n

526
\n00:33:11,120 –> 00:33:13,920
\nbe foolishness and we will
\nperish. <\/p>\n

527
\n00:33:15,520 –> 00:33:19,120
\nBut if, on the other hand, he
\nsays not many wise, not many <\/p>\n

528
\n00:33:19,120 –> 00:33:22,840
\nmighty, not many noble are
\ncalled, if we come to see the <\/p>\n

529
\n00:33:22,840 –> 00:33:26,040
\nreal power of God that is
\nhidden, hidden there, then it <\/p>\n

530
\n00:33:26,040 –> 00:33:27,880
\nbecomes salvation for us,
\ndoesn’t it? <\/p>\n

531
\n00:33:28,240 –> 00:33:30,640
\nYou might just notice that one’s
\nslightly wider and one’s <\/p>\n

532
\n00:33:30,640 –> 00:33:32,880
\nslightly narrower.
\nThat’s a reference back, of <\/p>\n

533
\n00:33:32,880 –> 00:33:36,520
\ncourse, to the borders, the way
\nwhich leads to destruction and <\/p>\n

534
\n00:33:36,520 –> 00:33:37,840
\nand narrow being the way as
\nwell. <\/p>\n

535
\n00:33:38,080 –> 00:33:40,520
\nIt’s, that’s a real echo of, of
\nthe sense, isn’t it? <\/p>\n

536
\n00:33:41,080 –> 00:33:45,120
\nIf we come to the truth from
\nman’s wisdom, from man’s <\/p>\n

537
\n00:33:45,120 –> 00:33:49,680
\nperspective, then we are going
\nto lose an, an awareness of the <\/p>\n

538
\n00:33:49,680 –> 00:33:52,600
\nsalvation that’s available.
\nWe’ll see it as foolishness and <\/p>\n

539
\n00:33:52,600 –> 00:33:54,280
\nthe end result of that is is
\nperishing. <\/p>\n

540
\n00:33:54,840 –> 00:33:57,080
\nBut if we come to an
\nunderstanding that this is the <\/p>\n

541
\n00:33:57,080 –> 00:34:00,320
\npower of God, then it gives us
\nsalvation. <\/p>\n

542
\n00:34:03,920 –> 00:34:08,719
\nThis so God has laid out through
\npreaching the gospel of His <\/p>\n

543
\n00:34:08,719 –> 00:34:10,920
\nsalvation.
\nFor those who are going to <\/p>\n

544
\n00:34:10,920 –> 00:34:13,120
\nperish, they see it as
\nfoolishness, but for those who <\/p>\n

545
\n00:34:13,120 –> 00:34:15,520
\nare saved, it becomes the power
\nof God. <\/p>\n

546
\n00:34:16,960 –> 00:34:20,199
\nAnd verse 19 he quotes out of
\nIsaiah. <\/p>\n

547
\n00:34:20,199 –> 00:34:23,199
\nIt is written, I will destroy
\nthe wisdom of the wise and bring<\/p>\n

548
\n00:34:23,199 –> 00:34:25,400
\nto nothing the understanding of
\nthe prudent. <\/p>\n

549
\n00:34:25,600 –> 00:34:28,320
\nLet’s just hold your hand there
\nand come back to Isaiah 29 <\/p>\n

550
\n00:34:28,320 –> 00:34:31,199
\nbecause it is a perfect context
\nas you can imagine with the <\/p>\n

551
\n00:34:31,199 –> 00:34:33,760
\napostle Paul.
\nHe’s, he quotes this in a <\/p>\n

552
\n00:34:33,760 –> 00:34:46,320
\nperfect context out of Isaiah
\n29, Isaiah 29, and verse 13. <\/p>\n

553
\n00:34:51,080 –> 00:34:55,440
\nWherefore the Lord said, For as
\nmuch as this people draw near me<\/p>\n

554
\n00:34:55,440 –> 00:34:58,240
\nwith their mouth and with their
\nlips to honor me, but have <\/p>\n

555
\n00:34:58,240 –> 00:35:02,240
\nremoved their heart far from me,
\nand their fear toward me is <\/p>\n

556
\n00:35:02,240 –> 00:35:05,160
\ntaught by the precept of men.
\nAnd therefore, behold, I will <\/p>\n

557
\n00:35:05,160 –> 00:35:08,040
\nproceed to do a marvellous work
\namong this people, even a <\/p>\n

558
\n00:35:08,040 –> 00:35:11,960
\nmarvellous work, and a wonder.
\nFor the wisdom of their wise men<\/p>\n

559
\n00:35:11,960 –> 00:35:14,960
\nshall perish, and the
\nunderstanding of the prudent men<\/p>\n

560
\n00:35:14,960 –> 00:35:17,560
\nshall be hid.
\nSo Paul picks up and quotes out <\/p>\n

561
\n00:35:17,560 –> 00:35:20,800
\nof Isaiah here, doesn’t he?
\nThat last section, the wisdom of<\/p>\n

562
\n00:35:20,800 –> 00:35:23,120
\ntheir wise men shall perish in
\nthe understanding of their <\/p>\n

563
\n00:35:23,120 –> 00:35:26,280
\nprudent head.
\nBut what is the context telling <\/p>\n

564
\n00:35:26,280 –> 00:35:28,160
\nus as to why their wisdom will
\nperish? <\/p>\n

565
\n00:35:28,680 –> 00:35:32,280
\nThe context is telling us that
\nit’s because they draw nigh to <\/p>\n

566
\n00:35:32,280 –> 00:35:37,400
\nGod on the outer as if they are
\nworshipping God, but inside <\/p>\n

567
\n00:35:37,760 –> 00:35:42,120
\ntheir heart is far removed and
\ntheir fear towards God is taught<\/p>\n

568
\n00:35:42,120 –> 00:35:46,160
\nby the precept of men.
\nThe apostles point in picking up<\/p>\n

569
\n00:35:46,160 –> 00:35:50,640
\nthis quote out of Isaiah is
\nIsaiah’s telling us that if we <\/p>\n

570
\n00:35:50,640 –> 00:35:56,760
\nget the precept of man, the
\nwisdom of men in the way, then <\/p>\n

571
\n00:35:56,880 –> 00:35:59,760
\nwe will not understand the
\nwisdom of God. <\/p>\n

572
\n00:36:00,160 –> 00:36:04,040
\nWe come to it on our lips on the
\nouter honouring God. <\/p>\n

573
\n00:36:04,560 –> 00:36:07,240
\nBut if we come to it with our
\nown wisdom with our heart far <\/p>\n

574
\n00:36:07,240 –> 00:36:10,160
\nremoved from God and and
\nteaching and said the precepts <\/p>\n

575
\n00:36:10,160 –> 00:36:13,920
\nof men will never understand it.
\nAnd then in fact, in verse 14, <\/p>\n

576
\n00:36:14,240 –> 00:36:17,720
\nGod’s response to that.
\nIf we do that, if we come with <\/p>\n

577
\n00:36:17,720 –> 00:36:20,120
\nan attitude that says I’m
\nactually going to bring my own <\/p>\n

578
\n00:36:20,120 –> 00:36:22,680
\nwisdom to this and teach the
\npresets of men, he says in verse<\/p>\n

579
\n00:36:22,680 –> 00:36:26,000
\n14, I will proceed to do a
\nmarvelous work among this <\/p>\n

580
\n00:36:26,000 –> 00:36:30,040
\npeople, even a marvellous work
\nand a wonder because the wisdom <\/p>\n

581
\n00:36:30,040 –> 00:36:32,440
\nof the wise will perish and the
\nunderstanding of the prudence <\/p>\n

582
\n00:36:32,440 –> 00:36:34,600
\nshall be lost.
\nAnd I think what he’s telling us<\/p>\n

583
\n00:36:34,600 –> 00:36:38,360
\nhere in Isaiah is if you come
\nbelieving that your own wisdom <\/p>\n

584
\n00:36:38,360 –> 00:36:41,680
\nis the basis on which you can
\nunderstand God, then God has <\/p>\n

585
\n00:36:41,680 –> 00:36:44,760
\ndeliberately put a mechanism in
\nthe way that will mean you trip <\/p>\n

586
\n00:36:44,760 –> 00:36:47,480
\nup.
\nIf you come saying, here’s my <\/p>\n

587
\n00:36:47,480 –> 00:36:50,680
\nwisdom and I’m coming in my own
\nwisdom, then God is going to do <\/p>\n

588
\n00:36:50,680 –> 00:36:53,880
\na marvellous work.
\nBut that marvellous work will <\/p>\n

589
\n00:36:53,880 –> 00:36:57,920
\ncause the wise men to perish.
\nSo what is that marvellous work?<\/p>\n

590
\n00:36:57,920 –> 00:37:00,520
\nWe’ll come back to first of
\nCorinthians again. <\/p>\n

591
\n00:37:01,400 –> 00:37:11,160
\nWhat is that marvellous work?
\nVerse 18 For the preaching of <\/p>\n

592
\n00:37:11,160 –> 00:37:16,840
\nthe cross is to them that perish
\nfoolishness, but unto us which <\/p>\n

593
\n00:37:16,840 –> 00:37:19,240
\nare saved, it is the power of
\nGod. <\/p>\n

594
\n00:37:20,200 –> 00:37:22,920
\nAnd that God deliberately
\nallowed his Son to go through <\/p>\n

595
\n00:37:22,920 –> 00:37:28,320
\nthe process of crucifixion on
\nthe cross to create a mechanism <\/p>\n

596
\n00:37:28,320 –> 00:37:31,880
\nwhereby the wonder and the power
\nof his salvation could be shown <\/p>\n

597
\n00:37:31,880 –> 00:37:35,320
\nto others, the glory of his of
\nhis work of salvation. <\/p>\n

598
\n00:37:36,240 –> 00:37:39,240
\nBut that in doing so there was a
\nmechanism, mechanism which said <\/p>\n

599
\n00:37:39,240 –> 00:37:42,440
\nif men come to it in their own
\nstrength and look at the cross, <\/p>\n

600
\n00:37:42,440 –> 00:37:44,040
\nthey’ll say it doesn’t make
\nsense. <\/p>\n

601
\n00:37:44,040 –> 00:37:48,440
\nWhy would God do that?
\nAnd that process of the cross <\/p>\n

602
\n00:37:49,080 –> 00:37:54,720
\nwill trip them up in itself.
\nGod created the marvellous work <\/p>\n

603
\n00:37:54,720 –> 00:37:59,440
\nof crucifixion so that the wise
\nman’s wisdom would perish. <\/p>\n

604
\n00:38:04,000 –> 00:38:08,480
\nSo in verse 19 through to verse
\n21, God shows us that this work,<\/p>\n

605
\n00:38:08,960 –> 00:38:11,960
\nthat God’s work becomes actually
\na work of differentiating <\/p>\n

606
\n00:38:11,960 –> 00:38:16,960
\nbetween the wisdom of this world
\nand the wisdom of of God, or <\/p>\n

607
\n00:38:16,960 –> 00:38:19,000
\nreally between wisdom and
\nfoolishness. <\/p>\n

608
\n00:38:22,120 –> 00:38:26,360
\nIt’s interesting to note that
\nthe world has positioned itself <\/p>\n

609
\n00:38:26,360 –> 00:38:30,920
\nas wise, but that God is
\ndeliberately using foolishness <\/p>\n

610
\n00:38:30,920 –> 00:38:35,280
\nin the world’s view to create
\nthe wisdom of God. <\/p>\n

611
\n00:38:38,640 –> 00:38:42,200
\nSo we come to verse 21.
\nFor after that in the wisdom of <\/p>\n

612
\n00:38:42,200 –> 00:38:44,360
\nGod, the world by wisdom knew
\nnot God. <\/p>\n

613
\n00:38:45,160 –> 00:38:47,840
\nIt pleased God by the
\nfoolishness of preaching to save<\/p>\n

614
\n00:38:47,840 –> 00:38:50,040
\nthem that believe.
\nNow this is quite a difficult <\/p>\n

615
\n00:38:50,040 –> 00:38:52,680
\nverse, isn’t it?
\nWhat is it saying after that in <\/p>\n

616
\n00:38:52,680 –> 00:38:56,520
\nthe wisdom of God, the world by
\nwisdom knew not God please God <\/p>\n

617
\n00:38:56,520 –> 00:38:59,280
\nby the foolishness of preaching
\nto save them that belief. <\/p>\n

618
\n00:38:59,400 –> 00:39:01,880
\nWell, I think he’s picking up
\nexactly that concept out of <\/p>\n

619
\n00:39:01,880 –> 00:39:05,080
\nIsaiah.
\nThat God has has created his way<\/p>\n

620
\n00:39:05,080 –> 00:39:08,600
\nof salvation in a way that says
\nif we are coming to it in our <\/p>\n

621
\n00:39:08,600 –> 00:39:13,640
\nown wisdom, the world by wisdom
\nknowing not God, then in God’s <\/p>\n

622
\n00:39:13,640 –> 00:39:15,960
\nwisdom he has created a
\nmechanism which will trip that <\/p>\n

623
\n00:39:15,960 –> 00:39:19,480
\nup.
\nBut instead, rather than just <\/p>\n

624
\n00:39:19,480 –> 00:39:20,960
\ndoing that and saying right,
\nyou’re tripped up. <\/p>\n

625
\n00:39:20,960 –> 00:39:24,600
\nHe has then created a mechanism
\nwhich is the foolishness of <\/p>\n

626
\n00:39:24,600 –> 00:39:28,480
\npreaching.
\nHe has created the mechanism of <\/p>\n

627
\n00:39:28,480 –> 00:39:34,360
\nsalvation that essentially is 1
\nof foolishness in the world’s <\/p>\n

628
\n00:39:34,360 –> 00:39:38,680
\nview.
\nGod has specifically designed <\/p>\n

629
\n00:39:38,680 –> 00:39:43,160
\nhis creation in just such a way.
\nHe could have created or chosen <\/p>\n

630
\n00:39:43,160 –> 00:39:46,880
\na mechanism of salvation that
\nticked the boxes of the wisdom <\/p>\n

631
\n00:39:46,880 –> 00:39:49,600
\nof the wise.
\nIf we had wanted to. <\/p>\n

632
\n00:39:49,600 –> 00:39:52,760
\nHe could have created a Greek
\nphilosophical way of approach to<\/p>\n

633
\n00:39:52,760 –> 00:39:56,680
\nsalvation that would have
\nabsolutely transfixed the Greeks<\/p>\n

634
\n00:39:56,800 –> 00:40:00,040
\nin their brilliance and far
\nsurpassed the mental and <\/p>\n

635
\n00:40:00,040 –> 00:40:02,520
\nacademic stimulation they were
\nafter. <\/p>\n

636
\n00:40:02,680 –> 00:40:07,560
\nGod could have done that easily.
\nBut Paul’s point. <\/p>\n

637
\n00:40:08,200 –> 00:40:11,040
\nIs that instead God has
\ndeliberately and specifically <\/p>\n

638
\n00:40:11,040 –> 00:40:14,160
\ncreated the mechanism of
\nsalvation in Christ. <\/p>\n

639
\n00:40:15,480 –> 00:40:18,920
\nThat salvation is done in such a
\nway that if we bring our own ego<\/p>\n

640
\n00:40:18,920 –> 00:40:21,680
\nand our wisdom to it, then it
\ncomes to nothing. <\/p>\n

641
\n00:40:22,680 –> 00:40:28,120
\nThat God’s wisdom cannot be
\nobtained when we approach this <\/p>\n

642
\n00:40:28,120 –> 00:40:37,200
\nsalvation with the pride of man.
\nVerse 21 This concept of <\/p>\n

643
\n00:40:37,200 –> 00:40:40,760
\npreaching, it pleased God by the
\nfoolishness of preaching to save<\/p>\n

644
\n00:40:40,760 –> 00:40:49,400
\nthem that belief, as I notes in
\nIsaiah 61, that the work of <\/p>\n

645
\n00:40:49,400 –> 00:40:53,520
\nMessiah would be to preach good
\ntidings, to preach good tidings <\/p>\n

646
\n00:40:53,840 –> 00:40:58,440
\nunto the meek.
\nIt’s exactly the same concept <\/p>\n

647
\n00:40:58,800 –> 00:41:03,080
\nthat the use or the mechanism of
\npreaching was a basis by which <\/p>\n

648
\n00:41:03,080 –> 00:41:06,880
\nGod would preach to the meek
\nabout which the wise of this <\/p>\n

649
\n00:41:06,880 –> 00:41:12,880
\nworld would not understand.
\nIt’s a brilliant plan from God. <\/p>\n

650
\n00:41:13,600 –> 00:41:16,760
\nIt’s not responding to the
\ngreatness or the wisdom of man, <\/p>\n

651
\n00:41:16,760 –> 00:41:19,560
\nbut to the true wonder of
\nsalvation in Christ. <\/p>\n

652
\n00:41:19,760 –> 00:41:23,520
\nIt’s saying there that he would
\nsay, see the end of verse 21. <\/p>\n

653
\n00:41:23,520 –> 00:41:27,160
\nIt please God by the foolishness
\nof preaching to save them, that <\/p>\n

654
\n00:41:27,160 –> 00:41:32,360
\nbelief that God established A
\nmechanism by which salvation <\/p>\n

655
\n00:41:32,520 –> 00:41:37,360
\nwould come to those who were in
\nsimple belief able to accept the<\/p>\n

656
\n00:41:37,360 –> 00:41:41,520
\ngospel of God.
\nBut just think about the cross <\/p>\n

657
\n00:41:41,520 –> 00:41:44,720
\nfor the moment.
\nYou think of salvation through a<\/p>\n

658
\n00:41:44,720 –> 00:41:49,440
\nmechanism of a man who dies in
\nagonizing death, of the hero who<\/p>\n

659
\n00:41:49,440 –> 00:41:52,640
\ndies in agonizing death on the
\ncross in meekness. <\/p>\n

660
\n00:41:53,760 –> 00:41:57,320
\nAnd you can see it’s foolishness
\nfrom man’s perspective or the <\/p>\n

661
\n00:41:57,320 –> 00:42:01,280
\nconcept of preaching and of us
\npreaching as a way of showing <\/p>\n

662
\n00:42:01,280 –> 00:42:04,080
\nGod’s glory is of is of itself
\nfoolishness, isn’t it? <\/p>\n

663
\n00:42:04,080 –> 00:42:05,960
\nYou just think of it from a
\nman’s perspective. <\/p>\n

664
\n00:42:06,240 –> 00:42:09,360
\nHe’s God in his wisdom, who’s
\nthe the creator of everything, <\/p>\n

665
\n00:42:09,400 –> 00:42:11,280
\nall powerful with complete
\nwisdom. <\/p>\n

666
\n00:42:12,000 –> 00:42:16,960
\nAnd he’s created a mechanism by
\nwhich the world in its wisdom <\/p>\n

667
\n00:42:16,960 –> 00:42:21,680
\ncannot understand God, but
\ninstead whereby he takes us in <\/p>\n

668
\n00:42:21,680 –> 00:42:27,040
\nour weakness and our
\nfoolishness, and he uses us to <\/p>\n

669
\n00:42:27,040 –> 00:42:29,040
\nreveal the glory and the power
\nof God. <\/p>\n

670
\n00:42:29,040 –> 00:42:31,240
\nThat’s the foolishness of
\npreaching, isn’t it? <\/p>\n

671
\n00:42:31,520 –> 00:42:34,400
\nWhat a, what a from a, from a
\nworldly perspective, what a mad <\/p>\n

672
\n00:42:34,400 –> 00:42:36,560
\nway of God showing forth his
\nglory. <\/p>\n

673
\n00:42:37,240 –> 00:42:40,920
\nBut we shall find in our studies
\ntogether that this is absolutely<\/p>\n

674
\n00:42:40,920 –> 00:42:43,480
\nthe glory of God, that he is
\nable to take us in our weakness <\/p>\n

675
\n00:42:43,480 –> 00:42:46,680
\nand to turn us instead into the
\nvessels of his glory. <\/p>\n

676
\n00:42:47,800 –> 00:42:51,040
\nFrom the world’s perspective,
\nit’s foolishness, but it’s <\/p>\n

677
\n00:42:51,040 –> 00:42:54,160
\nbrilliant wisdom.
\nWhen we come to understand the <\/p>\n

678
\n00:42:54,160 –> 00:43:03,160
\nmind of God from the wisdom of
\nthe world, it is madness. <\/p>\n

679
\n00:43:04,840 –> 00:43:08,760
\nWhy would such an incredibly
\npowerful Creator take the <\/p>\n

680
\n00:43:08,760 –> 00:43:11,600
\nfullness of His glory and reveal
\nit to individuals who are weak <\/p>\n

681
\n00:43:11,680 –> 00:43:18,840
\nand fail?
\nVerse 27 God hath chosen the <\/p>\n

682
\n00:43:18,840 –> 00:43:22,280
\nfoolish things of the world to
\nconfound the wise, and God hath <\/p>\n

683
\n00:43:22,400 –> 00:43:24,960
\nchosen the weak things of the
\nworld to confound the things <\/p>\n

684
\n00:43:24,960 –> 00:43:27,520
\nwhich are mighty and base things
\nof the world and things which <\/p>\n

685
\n00:43:27,520 –> 00:43:29,320
\nare despised.
\nHath God chosen? <\/p>\n

686
\n00:43:29,520 –> 00:43:32,640
\nYeah, and things which are not
\nto bring to naughty things that <\/p>\n

687
\n00:43:32,640 –> 00:43:36,320
\nare.
\nGod has specifically chosen <\/p>\n

688
\n00:43:36,320 –> 00:43:39,400
\nthings which are foolishness to
\nthis world as the basis upon <\/p>\n

689
\n00:43:39,400 –> 00:43:40,880
\nwhich he achieves His grand
\nwork. <\/p>\n

690
\n00:43:41,560 –> 00:43:44,880
\nHe’s specifically chosen His way
\nof salvation to confound those <\/p>\n

691
\n00:43:44,880 –> 00:43:47,360
\nwho come in their own wisdom
\nwith their own ego. <\/p>\n

692
\n00:43:48,720 –> 00:43:51,120
\nHe’s chosen the weak things to
\nconfound what is mighty and <\/p>\n

693
\n00:43:51,120 –> 00:43:54,560
\nstrong in the sense of this
\nworld face things which are <\/p>\n

694
\n00:43:54,560 –> 00:43:56,080
\ndespised.
\nGod has chosen. <\/p>\n

695
\n00:43:56,880 –> 00:43:59,800
\nAnd what is the point?
\nWell, he pulls it together so <\/p>\n

696
\n00:43:59,800 –> 00:44:04,880
\nbeautifully here in verse 29
\nthat no flesh should glory in <\/p>\n

697
\n00:44:04,880 –> 00:44:09,000
\nHis presence.
\nThis is the fundamental <\/p>\n

698
\n00:44:09,000 –> 00:44:12,000
\nprinciple that Paul has been
\nbuilding up to in this chapter. <\/p>\n

699
\n00:44:12,800 –> 00:44:16,000
\nNo flesh can glory in God’s
\npresence. <\/p>\n

700
\n00:44:16,160 –> 00:44:21,920
\nWhy is God doing this this way?
\nIt’s the foundation principle of<\/p>\n

701
\n00:44:21,920 –> 00:44:26,800
\ncoming to understand God and His
\nwork in our lives that God will <\/p>\n

702
\n00:44:26,800 –> 00:44:31,040
\nnot have in His presence any
\ncomponent of the flesh that <\/p>\n

703
\n00:44:31,040 –> 00:44:35,640
\nglories in itself.
\nGod’s work is a work that is <\/p>\n

704
\n00:44:35,640 –> 00:44:38,640
\ndone without the power and the
\nwisdom of this world. <\/p>\n

705
\n00:44:38,640 –> 00:44:40,720
\nJust come across to Isaiah
\nchapter 14. <\/p>\n

706
\n00:44:47,200 –> 00:44:56,840
\nIsaiah 40 and verse 5 And the
\nglory of Yahweh shall be <\/p>\n

707
\n00:44:56,840 –> 00:44:59,040
\nrevealed, and all flesh shall
\nsee it together. <\/p>\n

708
\n00:44:59,040 –> 00:45:01,120
\nFor the mouth of Yahweh hath
\nspoken it. <\/p>\n

709
\n00:45:01,520 –> 00:45:04,560
\nSo here is Yahweh that’s going
\nto be revealed, and all flesh, <\/p>\n

710
\n00:45:04,560 –> 00:45:08,000
\nwe’re told, is going to see it.
\nAnd the voice said, cry. <\/p>\n

711
\n00:45:08,800 –> 00:45:15,600
\nAnd he said, What shall I cry?
\nAll flesh is grass, and all the <\/p>\n

712
\n00:45:15,600 –> 00:45:18,760
\ngoodliness thereof is as the
\nflower of the field. <\/p>\n

713
\n00:45:20,320 –> 00:45:24,400
\nThe grass withereth, the flower
\nfadeth because the spirit of <\/p>\n

714
\n00:45:24,400 –> 00:45:27,960
\nYahweh bloweth upon it.
\nSurely the people is grass. <\/p>\n

715
\n00:45:28,240 –> 00:45:32,200
\nThe grass withereth, the flower
\nfadeth. <\/p>\n

716
\n00:45:33,840 –> 00:45:36,840
\nGod’s glory is going to be
\nrevealed and its brilliance is <\/p>\n

717
\n00:45:36,840 –> 00:45:38,440
\nrevealed.
\nAnd we’re we’re there like a <\/p>\n

718
\n00:45:38,440 –> 00:45:40,640
\nfield of of withered grass
\nbefore it. <\/p>\n

719
\n00:45:41,480 –> 00:45:44,440
\nWe cannot handle the glory of
\nYahweh that blows down upon our <\/p>\n

720
\n00:45:44,440 –> 00:45:46,840
\nflesh and we wither and we
\nperish. <\/p>\n

721
\n00:45:46,840 –> 00:45:50,040
\nAnd the flesh is completely done
\nin the presence of Yahweh’s <\/p>\n

722
\n00:45:50,040 –> 00:45:53,440
\nglory, in the face of God’s
\npresence, we wither and perish. <\/p>\n

723
\n00:45:53,720 –> 00:45:56,720
\nNo flesh or glory in his
\npresence. <\/p>\n

724
\n00:45:57,880 –> 00:46:02,080
\nWe’re just like a little piece
\nof grass in a paddock that can’t<\/p>\n

725
\n00:46:02,080 –> 00:46:06,480
\nstand the Canterbury nor Norwest
\nwind as it comes up and it fades<\/p>\n

726
\n00:46:06,480 –> 00:46:14,120
\naway and Withers and dies.
\nBut God does not leave us there <\/p>\n

727
\n00:46:14,960 –> 00:46:17,760
\nbecause the rest of verse 8 then
\ngives us the hope, doesn’t it? <\/p>\n

728
\n00:46:17,760 –> 00:46:21,640
\nBut the Word of our God shall
\nstand forever. <\/p>\n

729
\n00:46:22,560 –> 00:46:24,920
\nAnd here is Yahweh’s glory
\nrevealed. <\/p>\n

730
\n00:46:25,040 –> 00:46:29,160
\nIt Withers our flesh, but the
\nWord of God stands forever. <\/p>\n

731
\n00:46:30,200 –> 00:46:33,840
\nIt’s telling us if there is in
\nour hearts any little component <\/p>\n

732
\n00:46:33,840 –> 00:46:37,720
\nof the Word of God that is
\nliving and abiding, then as the <\/p>\n

733
\n00:46:37,720 –> 00:46:41,560
\nflesh is stripped away, the Word
\nof God is left to stand upright <\/p>\n

734
\n00:46:41,840 –> 00:46:46,520
\nand that will stand forever.
\nWe’re told that is God’s work <\/p>\n

735
\n00:46:46,520 –> 00:46:49,480
\nthat He is accomplishing, that
\nno flesh will glory in His <\/p>\n

736
\n00:46:49,480 –> 00:46:51,800
\npresence.
\nThe Spirit of Yahweh blows upon <\/p>\n

737
\n00:46:51,800 –> 00:46:55,160
\nus and we wither away, become
\nnothing, except that His Word <\/p>\n

738
\n00:46:55,280 –> 00:46:57,760
\nlifts us up, abiding in our
\nhearts. <\/p>\n

739
\n00:46:58,000 –> 00:47:01,080
\nAnd that’s exactly the concept
\nthat we have back here in One <\/p>\n

740
\n00:47:01,080 –> 00:47:05,120
\nCorinthians chapter 1.
\nWhat is God’s focus in One <\/p>\n

741
\n00:47:05,120 –> 00:47:08,120
\nCorinthians?
\nThat no flesh would glory in his<\/p>\n

742
\n00:47:08,120 –> 00:47:11,000
\npresence.
\nWhat does it mean by the <\/p>\n

743
\n00:47:11,000 –> 00:47:14,200
\npresence of God?
\nHow do we mean the presence of <\/p>\n

744
\n00:47:14,200 –> 00:47:16,800
\nGod?
\nYou probably know that the Greek<\/p>\n

745
\n00:47:16,800 –> 00:47:19,560
\nword there means his face.
\nThat is, we stand in the <\/p>\n

746
\n00:47:19,560 –> 00:47:22,080
\npresence or before the face of
\nGod. <\/p>\n

747
\n00:47:23,320 –> 00:47:26,280
\nIt’s a concept of presence that
\nwe often associate with worship <\/p>\n

748
\n00:47:26,520 –> 00:47:29,120
\nbecause it’s a phrase that’s
\nused in the Old Testament to <\/p>\n

749
\n00:47:29,320 –> 00:47:32,480
\nrefer to the priest who’s
\nstanding in the presence of God <\/p>\n

750
\n00:47:32,600 –> 00:47:36,560
\nis an intercessor between God
\nand man, to see the face of God <\/p>\n

751
\n00:47:36,560 –> 00:47:40,000
\nand to stand between US.
\nAnd therefore, we often <\/p>\n

752
\n00:47:40,240 –> 00:47:43,400
\nattribute this concept of the
\npresence of God to worship. <\/p>\n

753
\n00:47:43,640 –> 00:47:46,480
\nNo flesh can glory in the
\npresence of God as we come to <\/p>\n

754
\n00:47:46,480 –> 00:47:52,400
\nworship Him.
\nAnd that is exactly the case as <\/p>\n

755
\n00:47:52,400 –> 00:47:54,320
\nwe are gathered here at the
\nschool together. <\/p>\n

756
\n00:47:54,320 –> 00:47:59,640
\nWe are in the presence of God.
\nGod is part of us and with us. <\/p>\n

757
\n00:47:59,640 –> 00:48:03,880
\nWe are in front of the face of
\nGod as we are here this morning.<\/p>\n

758
\n00:48:05,680 –> 00:48:09,040
\nIt’s interesting also to note in
\npassing that that that word is <\/p>\n

759
\n00:48:09,040 –> 00:48:11,840
\nalso comes up in Romans 3 and
\nverse 20. <\/p>\n

760
\n00:48:12,000 –> 00:48:15,320
\nBy the deeds of the law in our
\nown strength, no flesh will be <\/p>\n

761
\n00:48:15,320 –> 00:48:18,520
\njustified in the sight of God,
\nin the presence of God. <\/p>\n

762
\n00:48:19,440 –> 00:48:22,520
\nSo that God is, is watching over
\nus and and seeing our actions, <\/p>\n

763
\n00:48:22,520 –> 00:48:24,400
\nisn’t it?
\nAnd we’re starting to get the <\/p>\n

764
\n00:48:24,400 –> 00:48:27,880
\nsense that that presence perhaps
\ndelves delves more deeply than <\/p>\n

765
\n00:48:27,880 –> 00:48:31,960
\njust the concept of our of our
\nworship before God. <\/p>\n

766
\n00:48:36,040 –> 00:48:39,800
\nThere’s no boasting, there’s no
\nglory that we can bring as we <\/p>\n

767
\n00:48:39,800 –> 00:48:43,960
\napproach the presence of God.
\nWe can’t be justified by our own<\/p>\n

768
\n00:48:43,960 –> 00:48:47,320
\ndeeds.
\nBut we haven’t yet quite <\/p>\n

769
\n00:48:47,320 –> 00:48:50,200
\nanswered the question, have we?
\nWhat does it mean that no flesh <\/p>\n

770
\n00:48:50,200 –> 00:48:54,520
\nwill glory in His presence?
\nThe concept of presence also <\/p>\n

771
\n00:48:54,520 –> 00:48:57,160
\ncomes up frequently in the New
\nTestament, interestingly, <\/p>\n

772
\n00:48:57,160 –> 00:48:59,280
\nparticularly in Luke and in the
\nActs. <\/p>\n

773
\n00:49:00,680 –> 00:49:04,760
\nAnd the concept there is the is
\nthe idea of standing in the face<\/p>\n

774
\n00:49:04,760 –> 00:49:07,200
\nor the presence of an individual
\ntime and time again. <\/p>\n

775
\n00:49:09,120 –> 00:49:14,600
\nBut Psalm 139, which I’ll just
\nread to you, Psalm 139, starts <\/p>\n

776
\n00:49:14,600 –> 00:49:17,480
\nto open this concept of the
\npresence of God a little more <\/p>\n

777
\n00:49:17,480 –> 00:49:22,560
\nfor us.
\nPsalm 139 And in verse 7, <\/p>\n

778
\n00:49:24,960 –> 00:49:29,920
\nWhither shall I go from Thy
\nspirit, or whither shall I flee <\/p>\n

779
\n00:49:29,920 –> 00:49:33,760
\nfrom Thy presence?
\nIf I ascend up into heaven, Thou<\/p>\n

780
\n00:49:33,800 –> 00:49:35,680
\nout there.
\nIf I make my bed in the grave, <\/p>\n

781
\n00:49:35,680 –> 00:49:37,480
\nbehold Thou out there.
\nIf I take the wings of the <\/p>\n

782
\n00:49:37,480 –> 00:49:40,040
\nmorning and dwell in the
\nuttermost parts of the sea, even<\/p>\n

783
\n00:49:40,040 –> 00:49:43,240
\nthere shall Thy hand lead me,
\nand Thy right hand shall hold me<\/p>\n

784
\n00:49:43,240 –> 00:49:48,640
\nup.
\nWe’re told that we cannot hide <\/p>\n

785
\n00:49:49,120 –> 00:49:51,840
\nfrom the presence of God
\nwherever we go, to the deepest, <\/p>\n

786
\n00:49:52,080 –> 00:49:53,840
\ndarkest night, or the depths of
\nthe sea. <\/p>\n

787
\n00:49:53,840 –> 00:49:57,720
\nWherever I am, God’s presence is
\nthere, and He’s able to see and <\/p>\n

788
\n00:49:57,720 –> 00:50:02,680
\nto know us.
\nAnd verse one of that sun, O <\/p>\n

789
\n00:50:02,680 –> 00:50:06,360
\nYahweh, thou hast searched me
\nand known me. <\/p>\n

790
\n00:50:07,320 –> 00:50:10,000
\nThou knowest my down sitting and
\nmine uprising. <\/p>\n

791
\n00:50:10,640 –> 00:50:12,800
\nThou understandest my thought
\nafar off. <\/p>\n

792
\n00:50:13,200 –> 00:50:16,200
\nThou compassest my path and my
\nlying down an art acquainted <\/p>\n

793
\n00:50:16,200 –> 00:50:20,080
\nwith all my ways.
\nFor there is not a word in my <\/p>\n

794
\n00:50:20,080 –> 00:50:25,200
\ntongue, but lo, O Yahweh, thou
\nknowest it altogether. <\/p>\n

795
\n00:50:27,640 –> 00:50:30,800
\nThe presence of Yahweh is
\neverywhere. <\/p>\n

796
\n00:50:32,240 –> 00:50:35,600
\nOur life is not just in the
\npresence of God on a Sunday <\/p>\n

797
\n00:50:35,600 –> 00:50:38,960
\nmorning.
\nIn every moment of our life, <\/p>\n

798
\n00:50:39,880 –> 00:50:44,440
\nevery thought we take, every
\nbreath we take is done in the <\/p>\n

799
\n00:50:44,440 –> 00:50:48,960
\npresence of Yahweh Himself.
\nAnd therefore, when Paul says in<\/p>\n

800
\n00:50:48,960 –> 00:50:51,560
\nCorinthians that no flesh will
\nglory in his presence, he is <\/p>\n

801
\n00:50:51,560 –> 00:50:54,240
\ntalking about far more than just
\nour attitude as we approach the <\/p>\n

802
\n00:50:54,240 –> 00:50:56,800
\nSunday meeting.
\nHe’s talking about every moment <\/p>\n

803
\n00:50:56,800 –> 00:51:00,400
\nand every component of our life
\nthat the Father’s looking at our<\/p>\n

804
\n00:51:00,400 –> 00:51:03,880
\nattitude to sit and he wants to
\nsee us developing, to see. <\/p>\n

805
\n00:51:03,880 –> 00:51:07,040
\nIt’s not about me.
\nI’m prepared to put myself to <\/p>\n

806
\n00:51:07,040 –> 00:51:10,120
\none side.
\nI understand that my salvation <\/p>\n

807
\n00:51:10,120 –> 00:51:13,760
\nis having been sanctified in
\nChrist, called in Christ, that <\/p>\n

808
\n00:51:13,760 –> 00:51:16,760
\nwe’ve received grace through
\nChrist, and our hope of <\/p>\n

809
\n00:51:16,760 –> 00:51:18,960
\nsalvation is on His coming
\nalone. <\/p>\n

810
\n00:51:20,240 –> 00:51:23,920
\nAnd therefore we’re prepared to
\nput our ego aside, to not think <\/p>\n

811
\n00:51:23,920 –> 00:51:27,320
\nabout what we want to
\naccomplish, but to understand <\/p>\n

812
\n00:51:27,320 –> 00:51:30,120
\nthat every moment of our life is
\nlived in the presence of God <\/p>\n

813
\n00:51:30,120 –> 00:51:34,600
\nHimself.
\nGod wants to know that there is <\/p>\n

814
\n00:51:34,600 –> 00:51:38,960
\nno component of our flesh that
\nglories in itself while He is <\/p>\n

815
\n00:51:38,960 –> 00:51:41,680
\nwith us on a constant, daily
\nbasis. <\/p>\n

816
\n00:51:42,280 –> 00:51:45,640
\nThat’s perfection, isn’t it?
\nWe’ll struggle, brothers and <\/p>\n

817
\n00:51:45,640 –> 00:51:48,040
\nsisters and young people, to
\never get anywhere near that. <\/p>\n

818
\n00:51:48,560 –> 00:51:51,320
\nBut that’s the reality of what
\nPaul is telling us when he says <\/p>\n

819
\n00:51:51,320 –> 00:51:54,040
\nno flesh or glory in his
\npresence. <\/p>\n

820
\n00:51:54,920 –> 00:51:59,800
\nThat God is working in our lives
\nto bring us to a point where we <\/p>\n

821
\n00:51:59,800 –> 00:52:01,800
\nunderstand that we are nothing
\nbefore him. <\/p>\n

822
\n00:52:04,320 –> 00:52:06,440
\nBut see, Paul does not just
\nleave us there, does he? <\/p>\n

823
\n00:52:06,440 –> 00:52:09,920
\nBroken and smashed down like
\nthat, having understood that no <\/p>\n

824
\n00:52:09,920 –> 00:52:13,080
\nflesh well glory in his
\npresence, he then lifts us up <\/p>\n

825
\n00:52:13,080 –> 00:52:17,680
\nagain.
\nIn one Corinthians 1, Paul takes<\/p>\n

826
\n00:52:17,680 –> 00:52:21,880
\nus in his final concluding
\ncomments into such a beautiful <\/p>\n

827
\n00:52:21,880 –> 00:52:24,600
\nspace.
\nAnd verse 30 Of him are ye in <\/p>\n

828
\n00:52:24,600 –> 00:52:27,280
\nChrist Jesus, who of God has
\nmade unto us wisdom and <\/p>\n

829
\n00:52:27,280 –> 00:52:29,760
\nrighteousness and sanctification
\nand redemption? <\/p>\n

830
\n00:52:29,920 –> 00:52:34,600
\nOf Him are ye in Christ Jesus,
\nwho of God has made unto us <\/p>\n

831
\n00:52:34,600 –> 00:52:37,320
\nwisdom and righteousness and
\nsanctification and redemption. <\/p>\n

832
\n00:52:37,480 –> 00:52:41,600
\nIf we are prepared to lose
\nourself, to put aside the wisdom<\/p>\n

833
\n00:52:41,600 –> 00:52:45,960
\nof this world, then God is able
\nto elevate us incredibly in <\/p>\n

834
\n00:52:45,960 –> 00:52:50,120
\nChrist and give us wisdom.
\nAnd not just wisdom, not just <\/p>\n

835
\n00:52:50,120 –> 00:52:54,200
\nwisdom, but righteousness and
\nsanctification and redemption. <\/p>\n

836
\n00:52:55,880 –> 00:52:58,920
\nGod will accept no flesh
\nglorying in His presence, but <\/p>\n

837
\n00:52:58,920 –> 00:53:03,000
\nonce we have understood that he,
\nhe lifts us up with this <\/p>\n

838
\n00:53:03,000 –> 00:53:05,760
\nincredible revelation.
\nHe gives us in verse 31 that <\/p>\n

839
\n00:53:05,760 –> 00:53:08,920
\naccording as it is written, he
\nthat glorieth let him glory in <\/p>\n

840
\n00:53:08,960 –> 00:53:16,720
\nthe Lord.
\nPaul’s telling us that we we can<\/p>\n

841
\n00:53:16,720 –> 00:53:20,200
\nbecome part of the glory of God
\nourselves. <\/p>\n

842
\n00:53:23,160 –> 00:53:25,680
\nThere is the world focused in
\ntheir own wisdom and saying <\/p>\n

843
\n00:53:25,680 –> 00:53:30,400
\nGod’s foolishness and in reality
\nGod’s looking at them saying <\/p>\n

844
\n00:53:30,400 –> 00:53:34,720
\nthey’ve got it all wrong because
\nI’ll show you that the flesh is <\/p>\n

845
\n00:53:34,720 –> 00:53:38,040
\nnothing.
\nBut if we can accept that we are<\/p>\n

846
\n00:53:38,040 –> 00:53:43,440
\nnothing in foolishness, that we
\nneed salvation in Christ, then <\/p>\n

847
\n00:53:43,440 –> 00:53:48,920
\nGod will lift us up to give us
\ntrue wisdom and righteousness <\/p>\n

848
\n00:53:48,920 –> 00:53:57,120
\nand wisdom and sanctification
\nand redemption in Him. <\/p>\n

849
\n00:53:58,720 –> 00:54:01,160
\nWe have the ability to gain true
\nwisdom. <\/p>\n

850
\n00:54:02,160 –> 00:54:05,600
\nWe have the ability to be made
\nrighteous, to be sanctified, <\/p>\n

851
\n00:54:05,600 –> 00:54:09,080
\nmade holy, and given the basis
\nof redemption. <\/p>\n

852
\n00:54:11,440 –> 00:54:17,520
\nAnd he shows us that while we
\nhave no glory of ourselves, we <\/p>\n

853
\n00:54:17,520 –> 00:54:20,560
\ncan never glory in the presence
\nof God because of our weakness, <\/p>\n

854
\n00:54:21,280 –> 00:54:25,680
\nthat in him, our way of Christ,
\nwe are made righteousness and <\/p>\n

855
\n00:54:25,680 –> 00:54:29,480
\nsanctification and redemption,
\nand therefore let him glory in <\/p>\n

856
\n00:54:29,480 –> 00:54:32,360
\nthe Lord.
\nSo we are being told that we can<\/p>\n

857
\n00:54:32,360 –> 00:54:36,480
\nglory, that whilst no flesh will
\nglory in His presence, we do <\/p>\n

858
\n00:54:36,480 –> 00:54:39,400
\nhave the ability, brothers and
\nsisters and young people, to <\/p>\n

859
\n00:54:39,400 –> 00:54:43,200
\nglory in God.
\nThat we can glory in something <\/p>\n

860
\n00:54:43,400 –> 00:54:47,040
\nin the presence of God.
\nThat we are able to stand in the<\/p>\n

861
\n00:54:47,040 –> 00:54:50,200
\npresence of God both in daily
\nlife and in our worship, knowing<\/p>\n

862
\n00:54:50,200 –> 00:54:53,680
\nthat we have glory with Him.
\nTo rejoice in the glory that <\/p>\n

863
\n00:54:53,680 –> 00:54:56,520
\nwe’re sharing, but to do so
\nknowing that it’s nothing of <\/p>\n

864
\n00:54:56,520 –> 00:54:58,920
\nourselves because it’s God’s
\nglory alone. <\/p>\n

865
\n00:55:00,560 –> 00:55:05,240
\nJust briefly, all quotes here
\nout of Jeremiah Chapter 9. <\/p>\n

866
\n00:55:05,560 –> 00:55:07,880
\nWe won’t go back and and have a
\nlook at that whole section <\/p>\n

867
\n00:55:07,880 –> 00:55:11,160
\nthere, but what we find is that
\nthis whole section that he’s <\/p>\n

868
\n00:55:11,160 –> 00:55:13,720
\nbeen working through is actually
\nan expansion of the ideas of <\/p>\n

869
\n00:55:13,720 –> 00:55:17,400
\nJeremiah 9.
\nThus saith Yahweh, let not the <\/p>\n

870
\n00:55:17,400 –> 00:55:20,320
\nwise man glory in his wisdom,
\nneither let the mighty man glory<\/p>\n

871
\n00:55:20,320 –> 00:55:22,400
\nin his might.
\nLet not the rich man glory in <\/p>\n

872
\n00:55:22,400 –> 00:55:25,680
\nhis riches, He says, but let him
\nthat glorieth glory in this that<\/p>\n

873
\n00:55:25,680 –> 00:55:29,520
\nhe understandeth and knoweth me
\nthat I’m Yahweh, which exercise <\/p>\n

874
\n00:55:29,520 –> 00:55:33,000
\nloving kindness, judgment and
\nrighteousness in the earth from <\/p>\n

875
\n00:55:33,000 –> 00:55:36,960
\nthose things I delight saith
\nYahweh and Paul just picks up <\/p>\n

876
\n00:55:36,960 –> 00:55:39,280
\nwith that little phrase.
\nHe that glorieth led him glory <\/p>\n

877
\n00:55:39,280 –> 00:55:43,720
\nin the in the in the Lord to
\nshow us that this whole concept <\/p>\n

878
\n00:55:43,720 –> 00:55:46,280
\nhas been taken out of Jeremiah
\nand Chapter 9. <\/p>\n

879
\n00:55:46,680 –> 00:55:49,600
\nYou can see here the the echoes
\nthrough verse 26 as he just <\/p>\n

880
\n00:55:49,680 –> 00:55:52,880
\nstarts to introduce the concepts
\nof the wise and the mighty and <\/p>\n

881
\n00:55:52,880 –> 00:55:57,080
\nthe noble who who won’t stand in
\nthe presence of God, and then <\/p>\n

882
\n00:55:57,080 –> 00:56:01,160
\npulls it together in 27 and 28
\nand through to verse 31. <\/p>\n

883
\n00:56:03,360 –> 00:56:09,320
\nBut we find that the context of
\nJeremiah is a horrific picture <\/p>\n

884
\n00:56:10,280 –> 00:56:14,480
\nof a nation who had sank to the
\nlower steps, who were told that <\/p>\n

885
\n00:56:14,480 –> 00:56:18,600
\ntheir carcasses would be left
\nlike dung upon the open field of<\/p>\n

886
\n00:56:18,600 –> 00:56:21,600
\na nation that had come to
\ncomplete devastation. <\/p>\n

887
\n00:56:25,000 –> 00:56:29,200
\nJeremiah’s pointers.
\nThere is no wise man who can say<\/p>\n

888
\n00:56:29,200 –> 00:56:32,920
\nthey’ve done anything special.
\nThere is no powerfully strong <\/p>\n

889
\n00:56:32,920 –> 00:56:36,200
\nman who can ever say that
\nthey’ve got strength to stand in<\/p>\n

890
\n00:56:36,200 –> 00:56:42,520
\nthe presence of God.
\nThere is no wealthy man who can <\/p>\n

891
\n00:56:42,520 –> 00:56:46,040
\nsay that they have the ability
\nto look after themselves. <\/p>\n

892
\n00:56:49,280 –> 00:56:51,680
\nThere is a glory that we can
\nhave, Jeremiah says. <\/p>\n

893
\n00:56:52,800 –> 00:56:55,160
\nAnd we are to look at this
\nsubject of the glory through <\/p>\n

894
\n00:56:55,160 –> 00:56:57,680
\nCorinthians in more detail in
\none of our latest sections. <\/p>\n

895
\n00:56:59,160 –> 00:57:02,680
\nBut just see the point that Paul
\nis picking up here. <\/p>\n

896
\n00:57:03,600 –> 00:57:07,080
\nWhat is the glory that we have?
\nIt’s not just to rejoice in the <\/p>\n

897
\n00:57:07,080 –> 00:57:09,400
\nfact that God himself is
\nglorious. <\/p>\n

898
\n00:57:10,440 –> 00:57:15,400
\nIt’s to glory in the Lord, he
\nsays, but let him that glorieth <\/p>\n

899
\n00:57:15,400 –> 00:57:19,320
\nglory in this that he understand
\nand knoweth me, and who is the <\/p>\n

900
\n00:57:19,320 –> 00:57:23,920
\nme that I am Yahweh, which
\nexercise loving kindness, <\/p>\n

901
\n00:57:23,920 –> 00:57:25,680
\njudgement and righteousness in
\nthe earth. <\/p>\n

902
\n00:57:26,400 –> 00:57:32,280
\nWhat’s the point?
\nWhat is Yahweh but an <\/p>\n

903
\n00:57:32,280 –> 00:57:38,160
\nexplanation of God’s purpose to
\nreveal Himself in a multitude of<\/p>\n

904
\n00:57:38,160 –> 00:57:40,920
\npeople who are like Him in every
\nway? <\/p>\n

905
\n00:57:42,920 –> 00:57:47,200
\nThe point is, there is no glory
\nthat we can have of ourselves. <\/p>\n

906
\n00:57:48,480 –> 00:57:52,600
\nBut when we understand the work
\nof God, when we come to see the <\/p>\n

907
\n00:57:52,600 –> 00:57:56,040
\nglory of God’s work, we realise
\nthat He is able to lift us up <\/p>\n

908
\n00:57:56,520 –> 00:58:01,920
\nand to transform us beyond our
\nweakness into the glory of God <\/p>\n

909
\n00:58:01,920 –> 00:58:04,960
\nhimself.
\nYou can see there, can’t you? <\/p>\n

910
\n00:58:04,960 –> 00:58:06,920
\nI am Yahweh.
\nI’ve got this purpose of <\/p>\n

911
\n00:58:06,920 –> 00:58:10,560
\nbringing in a group of people
\nlike me, and to that end I <\/p>\n

912
\n00:58:10,560 –> 00:58:13,800
\nexercise loving kindness and
\njudgment and righteousness in <\/p>\n

913
\n00:58:13,800 –> 00:58:18,040
\nthe earth that God’s whole work
\nis to take us and to transform <\/p>\n

914
\n00:58:18,040 –> 00:58:23,480
\nus into His glory.
\nWe’re being told that we can <\/p>\n

915
\n00:58:23,480 –> 00:58:26,920
\nglory in Yahweh when we come to
\nknow by experience the power of <\/p>\n

916
\n00:58:26,920 –> 00:58:29,680
\nHis loving kindness and the
\njudgement and the wonder of <\/p>\n

917
\n00:58:29,680 –> 00:58:31,120
\nGod’s righteousness in the
\nearth. <\/p>\n

918
\n00:58:31,720 –> 00:58:35,280
\nHe is Yahweh, whose glory will
\nbe revealed in a group of mighty<\/p>\n

919
\n00:58:35,280 –> 00:58:42,400
\nones who have His glory, who
\nhave His character, because they<\/p>\n

920
\n00:58:42,400 –> 00:58:45,480
\nhave come to understand the
\npower of Him working in their <\/p>\n

921
\n00:58:45,480 –> 00:58:48,720
\nlives, of His loving kindness,
\nof His judgment, and of His <\/p>\n

922
\n00:58:48,720 –> 00:58:51,200
\nrighteousness upon the earth.
\nThey know that Yahweh delights <\/p>\n

923
\n00:58:51,200 –> 00:58:55,480
\nin these things, and they share
\nthat delight together with Him. <\/p>\n

924
\n00:58:57,640 –> 00:59:01,920
\nI’ll just conclude in Second
\nCorinthians chapter 4, where <\/p>\n

925
\n00:59:01,920 –> 00:59:04,960
\nPaul in a later letter to this
\necclesia, picks up these ideas <\/p>\n

926
\n00:59:04,960 –> 00:59:06,760
\nand expands them so, so
\nbeautifully. <\/p>\n

927
\n00:59:06,760 –> 00:59:11,000
\nSecond Corinthians chapter 4 and
\nverse 6 for God, who commanded <\/p>\n

928
\n00:59:11,000 –> 00:59:14,080
\nthe light to shine out of
\ndarkness, have shined into our <\/p>\n

929
\n00:59:14,080 –> 00:59:18,400
\nhearts to give the light of the
\nknowledge of the glory of God in<\/p>\n

930
\n00:59:18,400 –> 00:59:22,680
\nthe face of Jesus Christ.
\nWe’ve come to see that light, to<\/p>\n

931
\n00:59:22,680 –> 00:59:26,640
\nsee the glory of God, of the
\npurpose and power of His <\/p>\n

932
\n00:59:26,640 –> 00:59:30,320
\ncharacter as revealed unto us in
\nthe face of Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n

933
\n00:59:31,200 –> 00:59:34,760
\nHe’s become the heart, the
\ncenter of all our focus. <\/p>\n

934
\n00:59:35,440 –> 00:59:39,640
\nAnd God shines with that light
\nout of our heart in verse 7. <\/p>\n

935
\n00:59:40,880 –> 00:59:46,400
\nBut we have this treasure in
\nurban vessels, that the <\/p>\n

936
\n00:59:46,400 –> 00:59:51,600
\nExcellency of the power may be
\nof God and not of us. <\/p>\n

937
\n01:00:07,860 –> 01:00:09,980
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355: Ben O\u2019Grady – Let Him Glory in the Lord (1 Cor. 1:10-31)<\/a><\/blockquote>