Class 1 from this series was used in GCT Episode 355.<\/p>\n
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\n1st Corinthians is from chapter
\n1 and verses 10 to verse 31. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd could brother Jesse
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\nthat for us?
\nFirst Corinthians 1, verses 10 <\/p>\n
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\nto 31, starting at verse 10.
\nNow I beseech you, brethren, by <\/p>\n
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\nthe name of our Lord Jesus
\nChrist, that ye all speak the <\/p>\n
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\nsame thing, and that there be no
\ndivisions among you, but that ye<\/p>\n
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\nbe perfectly joined together in
\nthe same mind and in the same <\/p>\n
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\njudgement.
\nFor it had been declared unto me<\/p>\n
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\nof you, my brethren, by them
\nwhich are of the House of Chloe,<\/p>\n
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\nthat there are contentions among
\nyou. <\/p>\n
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\nNow this I say that everyone of
\nyou sith I am of Paul, and I <\/p>\n
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\nhave Apollos, and I have Cephas,
\nand I have Christ. <\/p>\n
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\nIs Christ divided?
\nWas Paul crucified for you, or <\/p>\n
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\nwere we baptized in the name of
\nPaul? <\/p>\n
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\nI thank God that I baptize none
\nof you but Crispus and Gaius, <\/p>\n
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\nlest any should say that I had
\nbaptized in mine own name, and I<\/p>\n
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\nbaptized also the household of
\nStefanus. <\/p>\n
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\nBesides, I know not whither I
\nbaptize any other. <\/p>\n
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\nFor Christ sent me not to
\nbaptize, but to preach the <\/p>\n
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\ngospel not with wisdom of words,
\nlest the cross of Christ should <\/p>\n
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\nbe made of none effect.
\nFor the preaching of the cross <\/p>\n
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\nis to them that perish
\nfoolishness, but unto us which <\/p>\n
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\nare saved.
\nIt is the power of God. <\/p>\n
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\nFor it is written, I will
\ndestroy the wisdom of the wise, <\/p>\n
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\nand will bring to nothing the
\nunderstanding of the prudent. <\/p>\n
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\nWhere is the wise?
\nWhere is the scribe? <\/p>\n
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\nWhere is the disputer of this
\nworld? <\/p>\n
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\nHath not God made foolish the
\nwisdom of this world? <\/p>\n
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\nFor after that in the wisdom of
\nGod the world by wisdom knew not<\/p>\n
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\nGod that pleased God by the
\nfoolishness of preaching to save<\/p>\n
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\nthem that believe.
\nFor the Jews require a sign, and<\/p>\n
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\nthe Greeks seek after wisdom.
\nBut we preach Christ crucified, <\/p>\n
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\ncrucified unto the Jews a
\nstumbling block, and unto the <\/p>\n
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\nGreeks foolishness.
\nBut unto them which are called <\/p>\n
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\nboth Jews and Greeks, Christ,
\nthe power of God and the wisdom <\/p>\n
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\nof God.
\nBecause the foolishness of God <\/p>\n
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\nis wiser than men, and the
\nweakness of God is stronger than<\/p>\n
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\nmen.
\nFor you see your calling, <\/p>\n
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\nbrethren, how that not many wise
\nmen after the flesh, not many <\/p>\n
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\nmighty, not many noble are
\ncalled. <\/p>\n
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\nBut God hath chosen the foolish
\nthings of this world to confound<\/p>\n
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\nthe wise.
\nAnd God hath chosen the weak <\/p>\n
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\nthings of the world to confound
\nthe things which are mighty and <\/p>\n
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\nbase things of the world, and
\nthings which are despised, hath <\/p>\n
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\nGod chosen.
\nYeah, and things which are not <\/p>\n
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\nto bring to naughty things that
\nare that no flesh should glory <\/p>\n
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\nin His presence, but of Him are
\nye in Christ Jesus, who of God <\/p>\n
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\nis made unto us wisdom and
\nrighteousness and sanctification<\/p>\n
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\nand redemption, that according
\nas it is written, he that <\/p>\n
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\nglorieth, let him glory in the
\nLord. <\/p>\n
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\nThanks, brother Jesse.
\nOh, Brother Ben, we’re very much<\/p>\n
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\nlooking forward to your help and
\nour understanding of Paul’s <\/p>\n
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\nfirst letter to 1st Corinthians.
\nIt’s under the general theme of <\/p>\n
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\nDo All to the Glory of God, and
\nthe subtitle for the first <\/p>\n
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\nsession is Let Him Glory in the
\nLord Other Men. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, thanks, Brother Rob.
\nSo good morning, my dear <\/p>\n
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\nbrothers and sisters in our Lord
\nJesus Christ. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd, my dear young people, the
\nview is breathtaking across the <\/p>\n
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\nprecipice of the Acropolis or
\nthe rocky outcrop and down to <\/p>\n
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\nthe new bustling city of
\nCorinth. <\/p>\n
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\nThe buildings are fresh
\nwhitewashed and the terracotta <\/p>\n
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\nroofs provide a pleasing
\ncontrast to the neat lines of <\/p>\n
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\nthe temple columns.
\nThe eye follows the wealth of <\/p>\n
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\nthat place and the busy roads
\nthat lead to the edge of the <\/p>\n
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\ncity.
\nWe’re a long set of walls, some <\/p>\n
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\n2 miles in length, protects the
\naccess to the principal port of <\/p>\n
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\nLykium.
\nHumming with ships, our view <\/p>\n
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\ndrifts across the Azure blue
\nwaters of the Corinthian Gulf to<\/p>\n
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\nthe hills and vales of the
\nPeloponnesus Peninsula and out <\/p>\n
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\nagain across the Mediterranean.
\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. <\/p>\n
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\nHopefully you can see the mouse
\ndown here. <\/p>\n
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\nThis Peloponnesus Peninsula with
\nthe eastern Mediterranean and <\/p>\n
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\nthrough to Italy, Sicily and the
\nrest of Greece. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd through that city pours the
\nwealth and the aristocracy of <\/p>\n
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\nthe region.
\nThe city is perfectly positioned<\/p>\n
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\nin this little area in here on a
\nstrategically important isthmus,<\/p>\n
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\nallowing ships to avoid the
\ndangerous passage around the <\/p>\n
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\nPeloponnesus Peninsula around
\nhere, and particularly what they<\/p>\n
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\ncalled the fingers that were
\nrenowned for their very violent <\/p>\n
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\nstorms.
\nYou can see here that there are <\/p>\n
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\nactually 2 ports that are
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\nThere’s the main port of Lykium
\nhere, which goes through into <\/p>\n
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\nthe Gulf of Corinth.
\nAnd on the other side there’s <\/p>\n
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\nthe second port of Saint Crea.
\nAnd so strategic was this small <\/p>\n
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\nlittle isthmus connecting the
\nCorinthian Gulf with the Saronic<\/p>\n
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\nGulf.
\nThat’s centuries before Paul’s <\/p>\n
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\ntime.
\nA stone overland ramp had been <\/p>\n
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\nbuilt across those kilometres,
\nknown as the dial costs, and <\/p>\n
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\nthat had been built so that
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\nof land.
\nIf we expand the picture a <\/p>\n
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\nlittle, we can see the broadest
\nstrategic value of of Corinth <\/p>\n
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\nfrom here as it flows out across
\nto to Italy and on to Rome and <\/p>\n
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\nthrough to the island of
\nPsalicie and to the rest of <\/p>\n
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\nGreece.
\nBecause of its positioning, the <\/p>\n
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\ncity had a history of influence
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\nBut in 146 BC Corinth was
\nbesieged and captured by the <\/p>\n
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\nRoman general Lucius Mummies,
\nwho received afterwards the <\/p>\n
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\ntitle A Caicus.
\nThe title A Caicus as the <\/p>\n
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\nConqueror of a kya, which is
\nactually this region of the <\/p>\n
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\nPalpenesus Penturin, and up into
\nup into Greece. <\/p>\n
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\nThrough here, Lucius put the men
\nto the sword, he sent the woman <\/p>\n
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\nand children into slavery before
\nburning the city to the ground. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd Corinth remained largely
\ndeserted until Julius Caesar <\/p>\n
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\nrefounded the city in 44 BC,
\ncalling it, as you can imagine <\/p>\n
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\nfrom someone like Julius Caesar,
\nthe colony of Corinth in honour <\/p>\n
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\nof Julius.
\nBut unfortunately he was <\/p>\n
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\nassassinated lock not long after
\nand it didn’t do much honour. <\/p>\n
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\nFollowing this time, Corinth was
\nrebuilt as a major city in the <\/p>\n
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\nregion of Akaya following its
\ndevastation and it became the <\/p>\n
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\ncapital city of Greece with a
\nlarge population of Romans, of <\/p>\n
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\nGreeks and of Jews.
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\nSo all this tells us that in
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\nlater, Corinth was a new, a
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\ncity.
\nIt’s not surprising to find that<\/p>\n
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\nin a city of such prosperity and
\nposition, the excesses of the <\/p>\n
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\nRoman Empire were well ensconced
\nin the culture. <\/p>\n
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\nThis here is a picture of the
\nTemple of Apollos. <\/p>\n
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\nIt was a magnificent structure,
\n25 meters by 50 meters, columned<\/p>\n
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\ntemple to Apollos, who was the
\nGod of just about anything. <\/p>\n
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\nHe was the God of music, of
\npoetry, of art, oracles, <\/p>\n
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\narchery, plague, medicine,
\nsunlight and knowledge. <\/p>\n
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\nPerhaps we could say in our
\nterms today he was the God of <\/p>\n
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\nrecreation.
\nBut if this was not enough, you <\/p>\n
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\ncan see on the Acropolis behind
\nthe city there. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd if we go in a bit, a bit
\ncloser, you can see it even more<\/p>\n
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\nso here on the rocky outcrop
\nknown as the Acracorrent, that <\/p>\n
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\nis the upper Corinth, was the
\nhigh temple of Epaphroditus, the<\/p>\n
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\ngoddess of love.
\nHer vile priestesses were <\/p>\n
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\nfrequent visitors to the city.
\nAnd from every angle of that <\/p>\n
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\ncity, her temple laid down upon
\nits people, we find that the <\/p>\n
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\ncity was surrounded, was
\novershadowed, was encompassed by<\/p>\n
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\nidolatry, by wealth and
\nextravagance. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd if we are honest with
\nourselves, living then in the <\/p>\n
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\nmiddle of that thriving city of
\nCorinth was not too dissimilar <\/p>\n
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\nto the environment we live in
\ntoday. <\/p>\n
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\nWherever we look, whichever way
\nwe turn into the very sanctuary <\/p>\n
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\nof our homes, the idols of this
\nworld are emblazoned in flashing<\/p>\n
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\nlights, enticing music and
\nwealth beyond. <\/p>\n
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\nCompared to other generations
\nand the pet, the point is <\/p>\n
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\nperhaps more keenly felt when we
\nrealise with shock, as we’ll go <\/p>\n
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\nthrough in the book together,
\nthat the worldly environment of <\/p>\n
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\nCorinth had made an impact, in
\nfact a significant impact, on <\/p>\n
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\nthe ecclesia of God in that
\nplace. <\/p>\n
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\nIt is a sad fact of history,
\nisn’t it, that the environment <\/p>\n
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\nwe live in so often will impact
\non our life in the truth. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I believe deeply, brothers
\nand sisters and young people, <\/p>\n
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\nthat the book of Corinthians has
\na startling relevance for us in <\/p>\n
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\nsurely the last generation
\nbefore Christ’s return. <\/p>\n
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\nThat the issues that that
\necclesia faced, and more <\/p>\n
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\nparticularly the beautiful way
\nin which the impossible <\/p>\n
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\ntransforms their thinking beyond
\nthe reach of this world, of this<\/p>\n
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\nworld, beyond the particular
\nissue to the fundamental insight<\/p>\n
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\ninto into how we can hold on to
\nthe truth until the Lord shall <\/p>\n
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\ncome.
\nThat that is of particular <\/p>\n
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\nrelevance to us in these
\ngenerations. <\/p>\n
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\nPaul is dealing with some
\nsignificant issues in the <\/p>\n
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\nCorinthian ecclesia, and yet in
\nin typical Paul fashion, he <\/p>\n
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\ndeals with them by first
\nfocusing them, their attention <\/p>\n
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\nback to the fundamental
\nprinciples, the fundamental <\/p>\n
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\nprinciple of the truth that
\nmatters. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s that’s being wrecked in
\nthe 1st place. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd Paul is so brilliant at
\nputting his finger right to the <\/p>\n
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\nheart of the issue and at
\nreverting to the core foundation<\/p>\n
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\npoint in which the principle has
\nbeen lost. <\/p>\n
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\nfoundation principle at stake.
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\nof them and links to the Old
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\nis to focus back on the work of
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\nVerse one, I’m called to be an
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\nVerse 2, you are sanctified in
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\nwas confirmed in you, so that
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\nalso confirm you unto the end
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\nutterly dependent on the work of
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\nAnd then he pulls it together so
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\ntogether in one in Christ.
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\ndivisions among you, but that ye
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\nyou.
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\nHere’s this ecclesia that’s
\nbound together in Christ. <\/p>\n
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\nBut there were some who said,
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\nAnd there are others who said,
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\nup in order here. <\/p>\n
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\n00:21:31,400 –> 00:21:34,680
\nWhat is it that the apostle is
\nis asking the ecclesia to do <\/p>\n
339
\n00:21:36,760 –> 00:21:39,880
\nhere in in verse 10?
\nI beseech you, brethren, by the <\/p>\n
340
\n00:21:39,880 –> 00:21:42,960
\nname of our Lord Jesus Christ,
\nthat you speak the same thing, <\/p>\n
341
\n00:21:43,240 –> 00:21:46,080
\nthat there be no divisions among
\nyou, but that ye be perfectly <\/p>\n
342
\n00:21:46,080 –> 00:21:50,400
\njoined together in the same mind
\nand in the same judgement. <\/p>\n
343
\n00:21:51,160 –> 00:21:55,120
\nJust stop for a moment and look
\nat the power of what the apostle<\/p>\n
344
\n00:21:55,360 –> 00:21:59,040
\nis asking this ecclesia to do.
\nI beseech you. <\/p>\n
345
\n00:21:59,040 –> 00:22:03,000
\nHe says he’s pleading to that
\necclesia by the name of our Lord<\/p>\n
346
\n00:22:03,000 –> 00:22:06,880
\nJesus Christ that you speak the
\nsame thing. <\/p>\n
347
\n00:22:07,960 –> 00:22:10,440
\nJust just pause for a moment and
\nconsider what he’s asking the <\/p>\n
348
\n00:22:10,440 –> 00:22:12,160
\necclesia to do there.
\nThat’s that. <\/p>\n
349
\n00:22:12,160 –> 00:22:16,120
\nWhen one member of an ecclesia
\nspeaks and then someone else in <\/p>\n
350
\n00:22:16,120 –> 00:22:18,920
\nthat ecclesia speaks, that they
\nare actually saying the same <\/p>\n
351
\n00:22:18,920 –> 00:22:21,520
\nthing.
\nMore than that, he says that <\/p>\n
352
\n00:22:21,520 –> 00:22:24,800
\nthere’d be no divisions among
\nyou, but you’d be perfectly <\/p>\n
353
\n00:22:24,960 –> 00:22:28,240
\njoined together in the same mind
\nand in the same judgement. <\/p>\n
354
\n00:22:28,240 –> 00:22:29,920
\nCan you see the emphasis that
\nhe’s giving here? <\/p>\n
355
\n00:22:29,920 –> 00:22:33,520
\nHe’s not just saying think the
\nsame way, he’s saying I want you<\/p>\n
356
\n00:22:33,520 –> 00:22:36,480
\nto speak the same thing.
\nI want you to be perfectly <\/p>\n
357
\n00:22:36,480 –> 00:22:40,280
\njoined together in the same mind
\nand in the same judgement. <\/p>\n
358
\n00:22:40,280 –> 00:22:43,240
\nThat’s powerful, isn’t it?
\nAnd what he’s asking that <\/p>\n
359
\n00:22:43,240 –> 00:22:47,080
\nEcclesia to do is to actually
\nsee that they need to think the <\/p>\n
360
\n00:22:47,080 –> 00:22:50,960
\nsame as all their brothers and
\nsisters to be perfectly joined <\/p>\n
361
\n00:22:51,200 –> 00:22:56,000
\ntogether in the same mind.
\nThat idea of the same, the the <\/p>\n
362
\n00:22:56,000 –> 00:22:59,080
\nsame mind is used extensively
\nthrough the New Testament, and <\/p>\n
363
\n00:22:59,080 –> 00:23:01,880
\nit’s used to denote a self, an
\nindividual. <\/p>\n
364
\n00:23:02,800 –> 00:23:05,880
\nIn other words, he’s asking that
\nEcclesia to think as if they <\/p>\n
365
\n00:23:05,880 –> 00:23:10,440
\nwere one person.
\nHe’s asking them to think like <\/p>\n
366
\n00:23:10,440 –> 00:23:13,840
\nthey were one individual.
\nI’ve got on the screen here 3 <\/p>\n
367
\n00:23:13,840 –> 00:23:16,760
\nquotes out of Philippians which
\npick up exactly the same idea <\/p>\n
368
\n00:23:16,760 –> 00:23:18,880
\nand the same emphasis that that
\nPaul gives. <\/p>\n
369
\n00:23:19,080 –> 00:23:22,800
\nFulfilling my joy that you’d be
\nlike minded having the same love<\/p>\n
370
\n00:23:22,800 –> 00:23:25,160
\nbeing of 1 accord of one mind.
\nAnd you can see again the <\/p>\n
371
\n00:23:25,160 –> 00:23:28,880
\nemphasis Philippians 3
\nnevertheless whereto we have <\/p>\n
372
\n00:23:28,880 –> 00:23:31,480
\nalready attained.
\nLet us walk by the same rule. <\/p>\n
373
\n00:23:31,880 –> 00:23:36,600
\nLet us mind the same thing or
\nPhilippians 4 dealing with a <\/p>\n
374
\n00:23:36,600 –> 00:23:39,440
\nparticular issue.
\nI beseech Yodius and Sintiki <\/p>\n
375
\n00:23:39,440 –> 00:23:42,280
\nthat they be of the same mind in
\nthe Lord. <\/p>\n
376
\n00:23:42,720 –> 00:23:45,320
\nAnd so his message to the
\nPhilippines is exactly the same.<\/p>\n
377
\n00:23:45,600 –> 00:23:50,120
\nIt’s that concept, isn’t it,
\nthat an ecclesia has this real <\/p>\n
378
\n00:23:50,120 –> 00:23:55,680
\nsense of unity in how they think
\nwhat the Apostle is asking <\/p>\n
379
\n00:23:55,920 –> 00:24:04,880
\nAraclesia to do?
\nWhat the apostle is asking our <\/p>\n
380
\n00:24:04,880 –> 00:24:08,120
\necclesia to do is to sit down
\ntogether and talk through these <\/p>\n
381
\n00:24:08,120 –> 00:24:13,200
\nissues and humility together.
\nHe’s asking us to understand and<\/p>\n
382
\n00:24:13,200 –> 00:24:14,680
\nagree on things together.
\nIsn’t he? <\/p>\n
383
\n00:24:15,400 –> 00:24:19,120
\nThat when one of us speaks, it’s
\nas if all the mind of us all is <\/p>\n
384
\n00:24:19,120 –> 00:24:21,120
\nis being opened up and all of us
\ntalking. <\/p>\n
385
\n00:24:22,160 –> 00:24:25,920
\nHe’s not saying here to hold on
\nto our differences, but to live <\/p>\n
386
\n00:24:25,920 –> 00:24:28,000
\nlife pretending they’re not
\nthere. <\/p>\n
387
\n00:24:28,840 –> 00:24:33,160
\nHe’s saying to us, and this is a
\npowerful message, if we want <\/p>\n
388
\n00:24:33,600 –> 00:24:38,520
\nfellowship in Christ.
\nIt is about creating the mind of<\/p>\n
389
\n00:24:38,520 –> 00:24:44,360
\nChrist together in each one of
\nus in a United Way. <\/p>\n
390
\n00:24:45,320 –> 00:24:47,760
\nIt’s not to paper up our
\ndifferences and to leave the <\/p>\n
391
\n00:24:47,760 –> 00:24:50,960
\nchasms lying under it.
\nIt’s not just saying saying to <\/p>\n
392
\n00:24:50,960 –> 00:24:53,320
\naccept that we have a difference
\nof view and to paper them up. <\/p>\n
393
\n00:24:53,320 –> 00:24:56,840
\nHe’s saying if you understand
\nthe power of fellowship in Jesus<\/p>\n
394
\n00:24:56,840 –> 00:24:58,640
\nChrist, then speak the same
\nthing. <\/p>\n
395
\n00:24:58,640 –> 00:25:03,480
\nTo be of the same mind is the
\npicture that he’s giving us when<\/p>\n
396
\n00:25:03,480 –> 00:25:05,480
\nyou talk.
\nWhat comes out of the mouth <\/p>\n
397
\n00:25:05,480 –> 00:25:08,520
\nneeds to be the same
\nconsistently within our <\/p>\n
398
\n00:25:08,520 –> 00:25:12,560
\necclesia.
\nCan you just pause for a moment,<\/p>\n
399
\n00:25:12,560 –> 00:25:16,800
\nbrothers and sisters and young
\npeople, and understand the power<\/p>\n
400
\n00:25:17,520 –> 00:25:23,040
\nof that concept?
\nBecause that concept is the key <\/p>\n
401
\n00:25:23,040 –> 00:25:30,720
\nto ecclesial harmony.
\nBut how can we attain this? <\/p>\n
402
\n00:25:31,720 –> 00:25:36,520
\nWhat about our diversity?
\nHow can we ever be perfectly <\/p>\n
403
\n00:25:36,520 –> 00:25:39,480
\njoined together in the same
\nmind, thinking the same way? <\/p>\n
404
\n00:25:41,080 –> 00:25:44,520
\nWell, Paul does deal with
\ndiversity beautifully later on <\/p>\n
405
\n00:25:44,520 –> 00:25:46,800
\nin the book.
\nWe have diversity, absolutely. <\/p>\n
406
\n00:25:48,160 –> 00:25:50,720
\nBut let’s not miss the point
\nhere that he’s giving us, which <\/p>\n
407
\n00:25:50,720 –> 00:25:55,320
\nis there is only one answer.
\nAnd that answer becomes the core<\/p>\n
408
\n00:25:55,320 –> 00:26:00,720
\ntheme to this book, that our own
\nmind, our own will, is <\/p>\n
409
\n00:26:00,720 –> 00:26:05,240
\ncrucified, and we live as the
\nmind of Christ. <\/p>\n
410
\n00:26:06,400 –> 00:26:09,240
\nThat we are not our own, but
\npurchased with the precious <\/p>\n
411
\n00:26:09,240 –> 00:26:15,520
\nblood of Christ, and being his
\ntogether we become of one <\/p>\n
412
\n00:26:15,520 –> 00:26:25,470
\nunited, harmonious mind.
\nSo what was the particular issue<\/p>\n
413
\n00:26:25,830 –> 00:26:29,630
\nin the Corinthian Ecclesia?
\nLove phrased it? <\/p>\n
414
\n00:26:29,630 –> 00:26:32,430
\nThe particular burden that that
\necclesia bore was the eye <\/p>\n
415
\n00:26:32,510 –> 00:26:40,840
\nbrigade.
\nVerse 12 Now this I say that <\/p>\n
416
\n00:26:40,840 –> 00:26:46,880
\neveryone of you saith I am of
\nPaul, and I of Apollos, and I of<\/p>\n
417
\n00:26:46,880 –> 00:26:53,040
\nCephas, and I of Christ.
\nThey were pretending to stand <\/p>\n
418
\n00:26:53,040 –> 00:26:57,520
\nbehind the banner of Paul, or of
\nPeter, or of Christ. <\/p>\n
419
\n00:26:58,680 –> 00:27:02,040
\nBut in reality, Paul says it was
\ntheir own egos at play. <\/p>\n
420
\n00:27:02,760 –> 00:27:07,120
\nI am of was the particular issue
\nand burden of that ecclesia. <\/p>\n
421
\n00:27:08,080 –> 00:27:10,880
\nIt wasn’t actually the Paul
\nbrigade or the Apollos brigade, <\/p>\n
422
\n00:27:11,080 –> 00:27:15,240
\nbut it was about me, about I and
\nthe I brigade that they belong <\/p>\n
423
\n00:27:15,240 –> 00:27:17,160
\nto.
\nTheir focus was upon themselves.<\/p>\n
424
\n00:27:17,160 –> 00:27:18,560
\nAnd Paul gets right to that
\nissue. <\/p>\n
425
\n00:27:18,600 –> 00:27:21,240
\nYou’re not standing behind Paul.
\nYou’re actually talking about <\/p>\n
426
\n00:27:21,240 –> 00:27:25,920
\nyourself and your own ego.
\nAnd Paul’s message again is to <\/p>\n
427
\n00:27:25,920 –> 00:27:27,960
\ncome back to the fellowship in
\nChrist. <\/p>\n
428
\n00:27:28,360 –> 00:27:31,160
\nIt’s not about you, it’s about
\nthe mind of Christ. <\/p>\n
429
\n00:27:31,160 –> 00:27:33,560
\nAnd he gives this brilliant
\nresponse here in verse 13. <\/p>\n
430
\n00:27:34,800 –> 00:27:37,240
\nSo here’s some saying I’m of
\nPaul, I’m of Cephas, I’m of <\/p>\n
431
\n00:27:37,240 –> 00:27:40,400
\nApollos, I’m of Christ.
\nOh, he says, really? <\/p>\n
432
\n00:27:40,400 –> 00:27:43,960
\nIs Christ divided?
\nWas Paul crucified for you or <\/p>\n
433
\n00:27:43,960 –> 00:27:46,360
\nwere ye baptized in the name of
\nPaul? <\/p>\n
434
\n00:27:47,320 –> 00:27:50,160
\nIt’s a brilliant response here.
\nThere’s some saying I’m of Paul,<\/p>\n
435
\n00:27:50,160 –> 00:27:53,080
\nand Paul himself says really,
\nyou’re of me. <\/p>\n
436
\n00:27:53,800 –> 00:27:57,800
\nOh, so I was the one crucified
\nfor you, was I am I the one <\/p>\n
437
\n00:27:57,800 –> 00:27:59,680
\nwho’s provided the way of
\nsalvation for you? <\/p>\n
438
\n00:27:59,680 –> 00:28:03,720
\nWas I or were you actually
\nbaptised into my name? <\/p>\n
439
\n00:28:03,720 –> 00:28:06,560
\nWere you?
\nIs that the basis of salvation? <\/p>\n
440
\n00:28:06,560 –> 00:28:10,720
\nHe says he answers their
\ndivision so brilliant by by <\/p>\n
441
\n00:28:10,720 –> 00:28:13,400
\nsaying that’s that’s a nothing.
\nIt cannot be true. <\/p>\n
442
\n00:28:13,400 –> 00:28:16,240
\nIt’s complete rubbish.
\nIt’s not about the individuals. <\/p>\n
443
\n00:28:16,240 –> 00:28:19,480
\nIt’s about 1:00 work.
\nIt’s about the way of salvation <\/p>\n
444
\n00:28:20,120 –> 00:28:22,160
\nthat has been opened unto us in
\nChrist. <\/p>\n
445
\n00:28:23,320 –> 00:28:26,920
\nAnd then he carries on to give
\nby his own example his fact that<\/p>\n
446
\n00:28:26,920 –> 00:28:30,160
\nit’s not about him.
\nVerse 14 I thank God that I <\/p>\n
447
\n00:28:30,160 –> 00:28:33,680
\nbaptized none of you but Crispus
\nand Gaius this any of you should<\/p>\n
448
\n00:28:33,680 –> 00:28:36,760
\nsay that I have baptized in my
\nown name. <\/p>\n
449
\n00:28:36,760 –> 00:28:39,280
\nHe says it’s not about me.
\nI don’t want groups of people <\/p>\n
450
\n00:28:39,280 –> 00:28:41,680
\nbehind my banner.
\nHe’s saying this is about <\/p>\n
451
\n00:28:41,680 –> 00:28:44,440
\nChrist.
\nIt’s about a fellowship with a <\/p>\n
452
\n00:28:44,440 –> 00:28:47,160
\nsingle minded devotion to the
\nthings of Christ together. <\/p>\n
453
\n00:28:48,400 –> 00:28:50,400
\nBecause we are not followers of
\nmen. <\/p>\n
454
\n00:28:54,320 –> 00:29:00,000
\nIt is easy to look at the
\nCorinthian ecclesia and to see <\/p>\n
455
\n00:29:00,000 –> 00:29:01,480
\nthe madness of what they were
\ndoing. <\/p>\n
456
\n00:29:02,400 –> 00:29:07,160
\nThat they should be followers of
\nPaul and lose Christ. <\/p>\n
457
\n00:29:08,880 –> 00:29:12,560
\nThat they should love the
\nrhetoric of Apollos and ignore <\/p>\n
458
\n00:29:12,560 –> 00:29:14,800
\nthe power of salvation in
\nChrist. <\/p>\n
459
\n00:29:16,680 –> 00:29:19,960
\nBut the reality is, brothers and
\nsisters and young people, that <\/p>\n
460
\n00:29:20,040 –> 00:29:25,240
\nevery difficulty that occurs in
\necclesial life and also for <\/p>\n
461
\n00:29:25,240 –> 00:29:29,360
\nourselves as individuals is
\nbecause we forget this <\/p>\n
462
\n00:29:29,360 –> 00:29:31,120
\nfundamental principle of the
\ntruth. <\/p>\n
463
\n00:29:31,960 –> 00:29:34,520
\nWe forget this foundation
\nprinciple from God. <\/p>\n
464
\n00:29:34,680 –> 00:29:38,440
\nThat it is not about us.
\nIt is about the work of <\/p>\n
465
\n00:29:38,440 –> 00:29:41,560
\nsalvation that God has
\naccomplished through His Son, <\/p>\n
466
\n00:29:42,000 –> 00:29:45,600
\nJesus Christ.
\nIf we could only understand this<\/p>\n
467
\n00:29:45,600 –> 00:29:48,720
\nas individuals and ecclesias
\ntogether, we would move so much <\/p>\n
468
\n00:29:48,720 –> 00:29:52,000
\nbeyond the difficulties and the
\nstruggles of life to the real <\/p>\n
469
\n00:29:52,000 –> 00:29:56,280
\npower and the fabulous riches of
\nfellowship that can be available<\/p>\n
470
\n00:29:56,440 –> 00:29:58,480
\nin ecclesial life together in
\nChrist. <\/p>\n
471
\n00:29:58,480 –> 00:30:00,640
\nIt’s not about you.
\nIt’s not about me as <\/p>\n
472
\n00:30:00,640 –> 00:30:03,120
\nindividuals.
\nIt’s about the work of salvation<\/p>\n
473
\n00:30:03,760 –> 00:30:06,040
\nthat Christ has accomplished
\nwith his Father. <\/p>\n
474
\n00:30:07,000 –> 00:30:11,480
\nVerse 17 For Christ sent me not
\nto baptize, but to preach the <\/p>\n
475
\n00:30:11,480 –> 00:30:15,360
\ngospel, not with wisdom of
\nwords, lest the cross of Christ <\/p>\n
476
\n00:30:15,360 –> 00:30:19,000
\nshould be made of none effect.
\nHis point is clear. <\/p>\n
477
\n00:30:19,000 –> 00:30:20,560
\nIt’s not about me choosing to do
\nthis. <\/p>\n
478
\n00:30:20,560 –> 00:30:23,760
\nHe says Christ has sent me.
\nI am called by him to do this <\/p>\n
479
\n00:30:23,760 –> 00:30:26,520
\nwork, but interestingly, not
\nwhat his work is. <\/p>\n
480
\n00:30:26,520 –> 00:30:29,720
\nHe says it’s not to baptize, but
\nto preach the gospel. <\/p>\n
481
\n00:30:30,680 –> 00:30:33,360
\nAnd it’s an interesting focus
\neven in our preaching, isn’t it?<\/p>\n
482
\n00:30:33,360 –> 00:30:36,320
\nTo just contemplate for a moment
\nor even with our children <\/p>\n
483
\n00:30:36,320 –> 00:30:39,920
\nperhaps that are in focus is so
\noften on baptism, on getting <\/p>\n
484
\n00:30:39,920 –> 00:30:42,880
\nthem as being a member of the
\nChristadelphian community, as if<\/p>\n
485
\n00:30:43,040 –> 00:30:47,520
\nbaptism is the the fundamental
\nthing to be become part of the <\/p>\n
486
\n00:30:47,520 –> 00:30:50,760
\necclesial environment.
\nPaul’s point, and I say this <\/p>\n
487
\n00:30:50,760 –> 00:30:55,440
\ncarefully, Paul’s point here in
\nthis verse is the baptism itself<\/p>\n
488
\n00:30:55,440 –> 00:30:58,400
\nwas irrelevant.
\nNow I say that carefully because<\/p>\n
489
\n00:30:58,400 –> 00:31:01,200
\nI understand and and I agree
\nthat clearly baptism is a <\/p>\n
490
\n00:31:01,200 –> 00:31:03,600
\nfundamental part of the process
\nof salvation. <\/p>\n
491
\n00:31:04,200 –> 00:31:07,320
\nBut Paul’s focus, he is saying,
\nis not on how many people he can<\/p>\n
492
\n00:31:07,320 –> 00:31:09,040
\ntick off as having been
\nbaptized. <\/p>\n
493
\n00:31:09,640 –> 00:31:12,280
\nHe says, I haven’t been given a
\nquota by the Lord Jesus Christ <\/p>\n
494
\n00:31:12,280 –> 00:31:14,320
\nto have baptized 78 people this
\nyear. <\/p>\n
495
\n00:31:15,240 –> 00:31:18,720
\nIt’s not my work.
\nIt’s the work that Christ has <\/p>\n
496
\n00:31:18,720 –> 00:31:21,280
\ngiven me.
\nAnd he’s given me the gospel and<\/p>\n
497
\n00:31:21,280 –> 00:31:24,400
\nI will preach the gospel as his
\nservant. <\/p>\n
498
\n00:31:25,240 –> 00:31:28,120
\nAnd then it becomes the work of
\nChrist to accomplish salvation. <\/p>\n
499
\n00:31:28,120 –> 00:31:32,120
\nFor those who respond, we begin
\nthe work, as we shall find in a <\/p>\n
500
\n00:31:32,120 –> 00:31:35,240
\nlater chapter.
\nBut God accomplishes the work. <\/p>\n
501
\n00:31:36,920 –> 00:31:39,440
\nIt’s not just baptism that Paul
\nis focused on. <\/p>\n
502
\n00:31:40,760 –> 00:31:43,840
\nHe’s focused on the growth of a
\ngroup of people who are in <\/p>\n
503
\n00:31:43,840 –> 00:31:47,920
\nfellowship with Christ.
\nIt’s not the point of baptism, <\/p>\n
504
\n00:31:48,800 –> 00:31:51,920
\nbut the focus on creating a
\ngroup of people who are united <\/p>\n
505
\n00:31:51,920 –> 00:31:55,480
\ntogether.
\nThat is his work, and therefore <\/p>\n
506
\n00:31:55,480 –> 00:31:59,520
\nPaul says that the focus on his
\nwork is nothing about himself. <\/p>\n
507
\n00:32:00,560 –> 00:32:04,080
\nHe says it’s not with wisdom of
\nman’s words. <\/p>\n
508
\n00:32:04,080 –> 00:32:07,720
\nHe says he’s not out there with
\nany of his own oratory skills <\/p>\n
509
\n00:32:07,720 –> 00:32:11,840
\nshowing how intelligent he is.
\nThe point is, it’s not about me.<\/p>\n
510
\n00:32:12,280 –> 00:32:14,840
\nIt’s about the work of cross, of
\nthe cross of Christ. <\/p>\n
511
\n00:32:15,800 –> 00:32:18,760
\nIn fact, he says, if I’m
\nstanding up there spouting in my<\/p>\n
512
\n00:32:18,760 –> 00:32:23,240
\nown wisdom, I’m actually making
\nthe cross of Christ of non <\/p>\n
513
\n00:32:23,240 –> 00:32:25,360
\neffect.
\nIf I’m there is a man standing <\/p>\n
514
\n00:32:25,360 –> 00:32:28,320
\nout there because I think I can
\ngive my own wisdom to you, I’ve <\/p>\n
515
\n00:32:28,320 –> 00:32:31,240
\ndestroyed the power of the cross
\nof Christ. <\/p>\n
516
\n00:32:32,520 –> 00:32:36,000
\nI wasn’t sent to baptize, but to
\npreach the gospel, to open the <\/p>\n
517
\n00:32:36,000 –> 00:32:40,360
\npower of God’s word so that
\nChrist could live in the <\/p>\n
518
\n00:32:40,360 –> 00:32:43,800
\nindividuals who heard it.
\nI’m not doing it in my own <\/p>\n
519
\n00:32:43,800 –> 00:32:46,880
\nstrength, he says, or my own
\npower, but it’s shedding forth <\/p>\n
520
\n00:32:46,880 –> 00:32:49,600
\nthe gospel of Christ so that the
\ncross of Christ can work its own<\/p>\n
521
\n00:32:49,600 –> 00:32:55,360
\npower.
\nThe salvation and sacrifice of <\/p>\n
522
\n00:32:55,360 –> 00:32:59,400
\nChrist can accomplish salvation
\nif we allow the word to be <\/p>\n
523
\n00:32:59,400 –> 00:33:02,440
\nopened up.
\nBut if we put ourselves in the <\/p>\n
524
\n00:33:02,440 –> 00:33:07,520
\nway, if we make this an issue
\nabout ourselves, then we make <\/p>\n
525
\n00:33:07,560 –> 00:33:10,200
\nthe cross of Christ of none
\neffect. <\/p>\n
526
\n00:33:11,440 –> 00:33:15,440
\nIt’s about losing ourselves.
\nIt’s about forsaking ourselves <\/p>\n
527
\n00:33:16,440 –> 00:33:20,040
\nbecause it becomes God’s work
\nand Christ’s work are not our <\/p>\n
528
\n00:33:20,040 –> 00:33:24,360
\nown.
\nSo then in verse 18 to verse <\/p>\n
529
\n00:33:24,360 –> 00:33:27,560
\nright through to verse 29, Paul
\nmoves into this brilliant <\/p>\n
530
\n00:33:27,680 –> 00:33:30,880
\nsection, this quite astonishing
\nsection really on how God has <\/p>\n
531
\n00:33:30,880 –> 00:33:35,280
\npositioned his work and and what
\na remarkable work that it is. <\/p>\n
532
\n00:33:35,800 –> 00:33:38,240
\nSo here in verse 18.
\nFor the preaching of the cross <\/p>\n
533
\n00:33:38,240 –> 00:33:43,800
\nis to them that perish
\nfoolishness, but unto them US <\/p>\n
534
\n00:33:43,800 –> 00:33:46,880
\nwhich are saved, it is the power
\nof God. <\/p>\n
535
\n00:33:48,440 –> 00:33:51,000
\nIt’s a simple picture that Paul
\ngives and one that we are very <\/p>\n
536
\n00:33:51,000 –> 00:33:53,520
\nfamiliar with, but it is
\nincredibly powerful. <\/p>\n
537
\n00:33:53,520 –> 00:33:55,480
\nHopefully you can you can see
\nthat up there, right? <\/p>\n
538
\n00:33:57,720 –> 00:34:01,680
\nGod, he says verse, verse 18,
\nthe preaching of the cross is to<\/p>\n
539
\n00:34:01,680 –> 00:34:05,440
\nthem that perish foolishness,
\nbut unto us which are saved, it <\/p>\n
540
\n00:34:05,440 –> 00:34:10,159
\nis the power of God.
\nThe point is that God has used <\/p>\n
541
\n00:34:10,360 –> 00:34:13,719
\npreaching and, as He says, the
\nfoolishness of preaching later <\/p>\n
542
\n00:34:14,040 –> 00:34:17,520
\nas the mechanism by which He
\nwill teach others of His ways. <\/p>\n
543
\n00:34:18,440 –> 00:34:20,960
\nBut the reality is that as
\nindividuals we then have a <\/p>\n
544
\n00:34:20,960 –> 00:34:24,960
\nchoice to make.
\nBoth of us have the ability to <\/p>\n
545
\n00:34:24,960 –> 00:34:30,000
\nlisten and to hear that.
\nBut for some of us and for the <\/p>\n
546
\n00:34:30,000 –> 00:34:34,480
\nworld in general, he says we can
\nchoose to see it as foolishness.<\/p>\n
547
\n00:34:35,440 –> 00:34:38,520
\nIt’s the wise, the scribe, the
\nthe disputer of this world. <\/p>\n
548
\n00:34:38,520 –> 00:34:41,080
\nHe says later, who, who?
\nLook at that in verse verse 20. <\/p>\n
549
\n00:34:41,159 –> 00:34:42,679
\nWhere is the wise?
\nWhere is the scribe? <\/p>\n
550
\n00:34:42,679 –> 00:34:44,080
\nWhere is the disputer of this
\nworld? <\/p>\n
551
\n00:34:44,159 –> 00:34:46,679
\nHath not God made foolish the
\nwisdom of this world? <\/p>\n
552
\n00:34:47,360 –> 00:34:51,400
\nAnd so it’s possible for us to
\ncome in our wisdom and to see <\/p>\n
553
\n00:34:52,239 –> 00:34:55,480
\nwhat God has presented to us
\nthrough the gospel and to say <\/p>\n
554
\n00:34:55,520 –> 00:34:57,240
\nit’s foolishness.
\nIt doesn’t make sense. <\/p>\n
555
\n00:34:57,240 –> 00:35:00,320
\nIt it can’t work properly.
\nThis is, this is foolish from <\/p>\n
556
\n00:35:00,320 –> 00:35:04,080
\nhuman reasoning, from human
\nperspective, it is foolishness. <\/p>\n
557
\n00:35:04,840 –> 00:35:07,760
\nAnd the end result of that, he
\nsays, is that you will perish. <\/p>\n
558
\n00:35:08,720 –> 00:35:14,720
\nIf we come to God’s gospel, if
\nwe come to the truth, seeing it <\/p>\n
559
\n00:35:15,280 –> 00:35:20,720
\nfrom man’s wisdom, then it will
\nbe foolishness and we will <\/p>\n
560
\n00:35:20,720 –> 00:35:24,040
\nperish.
\nBut if, on the other hand, he <\/p>\n
561
\n00:35:24,040 –> 00:35:27,800
\nsays not many wise, not many
\nmighty, not many noble are <\/p>\n
562
\n00:35:27,800 –> 00:35:31,720
\ncalled, if we come to see the
\nreal power of God that is <\/p>\n
563
\n00:35:31,720 –> 00:35:34,840
\nhidden, hidden there, then it
\nbecomes salvation for us, <\/p>\n
564
\n00:35:34,840 –> 00:35:36,840
\ndoesn’t it?
\nYou might just notice that one’s<\/p>\n
565
\n00:35:36,840 –> 00:35:38,640
\nslightly wider and one’s
\nslightly narrower. <\/p>\n
566
\n00:35:38,960 –> 00:35:41,960
\nThat’s a reference back, of
\ncourse, to the borders, the way <\/p>\n
567
\n00:35:42,520 –> 00:35:44,920
\nwhich leads to destruction and
\nand narrow being the way as <\/p>\n
568
\n00:35:44,920 –> 00:35:47,040
\nwell.
\nIt’s, that’s a real echo of, of <\/p>\n
569
\n00:35:47,040 –> 00:35:50,720
\nthe sense, isn’t it?
\nIf we come to the truth from <\/p>\n
570
\n00:35:50,720 –> 00:35:54,720
\nman’s wisdom, from man’s
\nperspective, then we are going <\/p>\n
571
\n00:35:54,720 –> 00:35:58,160
\nto lose an, an awareness of the
\nsalvation that’s available. <\/p>\n
572
\n00:35:58,160 –> 00:36:01,120
\nWe’ll see it as foolishness and
\nthe end result of that is is <\/p>\n
573
\n00:36:01,120 –> 00:36:03,000
\nperishing.
\nBut if we come to an <\/p>\n
574
\n00:36:03,000 –> 00:36:06,880
\nunderstanding that this is the
\npower of God, then it gives us <\/p>\n
575
\n00:36:06,880 –> 00:36:14,600
\nsalvation.
\nThis so God has laid out through<\/p>\n
576
\n00:36:14,600 –> 00:36:16,720
\npreaching the gospel of His
\nsalvation. <\/p>\n
577
\n00:36:17,480 –> 00:36:19,320
\nFor those who are going to
\nperish, they see it as <\/p>\n
578
\n00:36:19,320 –> 00:36:22,400
\nfoolishness, but for those who
\nare saved, it becomes the power <\/p>\n
579
\n00:36:22,400 –> 00:36:27,200
\nof God.
\nAnd verse 19 he quotes out of <\/p>\n
580
\n00:36:27,200 –> 00:36:29,000
\nIsaiah.
\nIt is written, I will destroy <\/p>\n
581
\n00:36:29,000 –> 00:36:32,240
\nthe wisdom of the wise and bring
\nto nothing the understanding of <\/p>\n
582
\n00:36:32,240 –> 00:36:34,080
\nthe prudent.
\nLet’s just hold your hand there <\/p>\n
583
\n00:36:34,080 –> 00:36:37,640
\nand come back to Isaiah 29
\nbecause it is a perfect context,<\/p>\n
584
\n00:36:37,640 –> 00:36:39,200
\nas you can imagine with the
\napostle Paul. <\/p>\n
585
\n00:36:39,400 –> 00:36:43,120
\nHe, he’s, he quotes this in a
\nperfect context out of Isaiah <\/p>\n
586
\n00:36:43,120 –> 00:37:01,120
\n29, Isaiah 29, and and verse 13.
\nWherefore the Lord said, For as <\/p>\n
587
\n00:37:01,120 –> 00:37:04,000
\nmuch as this people draw near me
\nwith their mouth and with their <\/p>\n
588
\n00:37:04,000 –> 00:37:08,040
\nlips to honour me, but have
\nremoved their heart far from me,<\/p>\n
589
\n00:37:08,400 –> 00:37:11,080
\nand their fear toward me is
\ntaught by the precept of men. <\/p>\n
590
\n00:37:11,280 –> 00:37:14,080
\nTherefore, behold, I will
\nproceed to do a marvellous work <\/p>\n
591
\n00:37:14,080 –> 00:37:16,800
\namong this people, even a
\nmarvellous work, and a wonder. <\/p>\n
592
\n00:37:17,000 –> 00:37:20,840
\nFor the wisdom of their wise men
\nshall perish, and the <\/p>\n
593
\n00:37:20,840 –> 00:37:23,040
\nunderstanding of their prudent
\nmen shall be hid. <\/p>\n
594
\n00:37:23,480 –> 00:37:25,840
\nSo Paul picks up and quotes out
\nof Isaiah here, doesn’t he? <\/p>\n
595
\n00:37:25,840 –> 00:37:29,480
\nThat last section, the wisdom of
\ntheir wise men shall perish in <\/p>\n
596
\n00:37:29,480 –> 00:37:31,040
\nthe understanding of their
\nprudent head. <\/p>\n
597
\n00:37:31,360 –> 00:37:35,040
\nBut what is the context telling
\nus as to why their wisdom will <\/p>\n
598
\n00:37:35,040 –> 00:37:38,240
\nperish?
\nThe context is telling us that <\/p>\n
599
\n00:37:38,240 –> 00:37:41,840
\nit’s because they draw nigh to
\nGod on the outer, as if they are<\/p>\n
600
\n00:37:41,840 –> 00:37:47,960
\nworshipping God, but inside
\ntheir heart is far removed and <\/p>\n
601
\n00:37:47,960 –> 00:37:50,760
\ntheir fear towards God is taught
\nby the precept of men. <\/p>\n
602
\n00:37:51,720 –> 00:37:55,520
\nThe apostles point in picking up
\nthis quote out of Isaiah is <\/p>\n
603
\n00:37:55,840 –> 00:37:59,600
\nIsaiah’s telling us that if we
\nget the precept of man, the <\/p>\n
604
\n00:37:59,600 –> 00:38:06,280
\nwisdom of men in the way, then
\nwe will not understand the <\/p>\n
605
\n00:38:06,280 –> 00:38:10,080
\nwisdom of God.
\nWe come to it on on our lips, on<\/p>\n
606
\n00:38:10,080 –> 00:38:13,320
\nthe outer honouring God, but if
\nwe come to it with our own <\/p>\n
607
\n00:38:13,320 –> 00:38:16,160
\nwisdom with our heart far
\nremoved from God and and <\/p>\n
608
\n00:38:16,160 –> 00:38:19,120
\nteaching instead, the precepts
\nof men will never understand. <\/p>\n
609
\n00:38:19,120 –> 00:38:22,760
\nAnd in fact, in verse 14, God’s
\nresponse to that. <\/p>\n
610
\n00:38:22,760 –> 00:38:26,560
\nIf we do that, if we come with
\nan attitude that says I’m <\/p>\n
611
\n00:38:26,560 –> 00:38:28,640
\nactually going to bring my own
\nwisdom to this and teach the <\/p>\n
612
\n00:38:28,640 –> 00:38:32,080
\nprecepts of men, he says in
\nverse 14, I will proceed to do a<\/p>\n
613
\n00:38:32,080 –> 00:38:35,560
\nmarvellous work among this
\npeople, even a marvellous work <\/p>\n
614
\n00:38:35,560 –> 00:38:38,720
\nand a wonder because the wisdom
\nof the wise will perish and the <\/p>\n
615
\n00:38:38,720 –> 00:38:40,440
\nunderstanding of the prudence
\nshall be lost. <\/p>\n
616
\n00:38:40,720 –> 00:38:43,560
\nAnd I think what he’s telling us
\nhere in Isaiah is if you come <\/p>\n
617
\n00:38:43,960 –> 00:38:46,920
\nbelieving that your own wisdom
\nis the basis on which you can <\/p>\n
618
\n00:38:46,920 –> 00:38:50,960
\nunderstand God, then God has
\ndeliberately put a mechanism in <\/p>\n
619
\n00:38:50,960 –> 00:38:52,360
\nthe way that will mean you trip
\nup. <\/p>\n
620
\n00:38:53,160 –> 00:38:56,120
\nIf you come saying, here’s my
\nwisdom and I’m coming in my own <\/p>\n
621
\n00:38:56,120 –> 00:38:59,240
\nwisdom, then God is going to do
\na marvellous work. <\/p>\n
622
\n00:38:59,920 –> 00:39:03,480
\nBut that marvellous work will
\ncause the wise men to perish. <\/p>\n
623
\n00:39:03,680 –> 00:39:07,000
\nSo what is that marvellous work?
\nWe’ll come back to first of <\/p>\n
624
\n00:39:07,000 –> 00:39:10,000
\nCorinthians again.
\nWhat is that marvellous work? <\/p>\n
625
\n00:39:15,040 –> 00:39:21,560
\nVerse 18 For the preaching of
\nthe cross is to them that perish<\/p>\n
626
\n00:39:21,600 –> 00:39:26,240
\nfoolishness, but unto us which
\nare saved, it is the power of <\/p>\n
627
\n00:39:26,240 –> 00:39:28,920
\nGod.
\nAnd that God deliberately <\/p>\n
628
\n00:39:28,920 –> 00:39:32,400
\nallowed his Son to go through
\nthe process of crucifixion on <\/p>\n
629
\n00:39:32,400 –> 00:39:37,440
\nthe cross to create a mechanism
\nwhereby the wonder and the power<\/p>\n
630
\n00:39:37,440 –> 00:39:41,360
\nof his salvation could be shown
\nto others, the glory of his of <\/p>\n
631
\n00:39:41,640 –> 00:39:45,040
\nhis work of salvation.
\nBut that in doing so there was a<\/p>\n
632
\n00:39:45,040 –> 00:39:48,240
\nmechanism, mechanism which said
\nif men come to it in their own <\/p>\n
633
\n00:39:48,240 –> 00:39:51,000
\nstrength and look at the cross,
\nthey’ll say it doesn’t make <\/p>\n
634
\n00:39:51,000 –> 00:39:52,440
\nsense.
\nWhy would God do that? <\/p>\n
635
\n00:39:53,360 –> 00:39:58,040
\nAnd that process of the cross
\nwill will trip them up in <\/p>\n
636
\n00:39:58,040 –> 00:40:02,080
\nitself.
\nGod created the marvelous work <\/p>\n
637
\n00:40:02,080 –> 00:40:06,800
\nof crucifixion so that the wise
\nman’s wisdom would perish. <\/p>\n
638
\n00:40:11,360 –> 00:40:15,440
\nSo in verse 19 through to verse
\n21, God shows us that that this <\/p>\n
639
\n00:40:15,440 –> 00:40:18,480
\nwork, that God’s work becomes
\nactually a work of <\/p>\n
640
\n00:40:18,480 –> 00:40:22,320
\ndifferentiating between the
\nwisdom of this world and the <\/p>\n
641
\n00:40:22,320 –> 00:40:25,600
\nwisdom of of God.
\nOr really, between wisdom and <\/p>\n
642
\n00:40:25,600 –> 00:40:31,920
\nfoolishness.
\nIt’s interesting to note that <\/p>\n
643
\n00:40:31,920 –> 00:40:36,520
\nthe world has positioned itself
\nas wise, but that God is <\/p>\n
644
\n00:40:36,520 –> 00:40:40,680
\ndeliberately using foolishness
\nin the world’s view to create <\/p>\n
645
\n00:40:41,320 –> 00:40:47,400
\nthe wisdom of God.
\nSo we come to verse 21. <\/p>\n
646
\n00:40:47,440 –> 00:40:51,040
\nFor after that in the wisdom of
\nGod, the world by wisdom knew <\/p>\n
647
\n00:40:51,040 –> 00:40:55,200
\nnot God, it pleased God by the
\nfoolishness of preaching to save<\/p>\n
648
\n00:40:55,200 –> 00:40:57,400
\nthem that believe.
\nNow this is quite a difficult <\/p>\n
649
\n00:40:57,400 –> 00:41:00,040
\nverse, isn’t it?
\nWhat is it saying after that in <\/p>\n
650
\n00:41:00,040 –> 00:41:02,640
\nthe wisdom of God, the world by
\nwisdom knew not God. <\/p>\n
651
\n00:41:02,640 –> 00:41:05,800
\nIt pleased God by the
\nfoolishness of preaching to save<\/p>\n
652
\n00:41:05,800 –> 00:41:07,920
\nthem that belief.
\nWell, I think he’s picking up <\/p>\n
653
\n00:41:07,920 –> 00:41:12,080
\nexactly that concept out of
\nIsaiah, that God has has created<\/p>\n
654
\n00:41:12,080 –> 00:41:15,040
\nhis way of salvation in a way
\nthat says if we are coming to it<\/p>\n
655
\n00:41:15,040 –> 00:41:20,640
\nin our own wisdom, the world by
\nwisdom, knowing not God, then in<\/p>\n
656
\n00:41:20,640 –> 00:41:23,320
\nGod’s wisdom he has created a
\nmechanism which will trip that <\/p>\n
657
\n00:41:23,320 –> 00:41:26,840
\nup.
\nBut instead, rather than just <\/p>\n
658
\n00:41:26,840 –> 00:41:28,320
\ndoing that and saying right,
\nyou’re tripped up. <\/p>\n
659
\n00:41:28,320 –> 00:41:31,960
\nHe has then created a mechanism
\nwhich is the foolishness of <\/p>\n
660
\n00:41:31,960 –> 00:41:35,840
\npreaching.
\nHe has created the mechanism of <\/p>\n
661
\n00:41:35,840 –> 00:41:41,720
\nsalvation that essentially is is
\n1 of foolishness in the world’s <\/p>\n
662
\n00:41:41,720 –> 00:41:46,040
\nview.
\nGod has specifically designed <\/p>\n
663
\n00:41:46,040 –> 00:41:50,520
\nhis creation in just such a way.
\nHe could have created or chosen <\/p>\n
664
\n00:41:50,520 –> 00:41:54,240
\na mechanism of salvation that
\nticked the boxes of the wisdom <\/p>\n
665
\n00:41:54,240 –> 00:41:57,360
\nof the wise.
\nIf we had wanted to, He could <\/p>\n
666
\n00:41:57,360 –> 00:42:00,120
\nhave created a Greek
\nphilosophical way of approach to<\/p>\n
667
\n00:42:00,120 –> 00:42:03,520
\nsalvation that would have
\nabsolutely transfixed the the <\/p>\n
668
\n00:42:03,520 –> 00:42:07,360
\nGreeks in their brilliance and
\nfar surpassed the mental and <\/p>\n
669
\n00:42:07,360 –> 00:42:09,880
\nacademic stimulation they were
\nafter. <\/p>\n
670
\n00:42:10,040 –> 00:42:15,800
\nGod could have done that easily.
\nBut Paul’s point is that <\/p>\n
671
\n00:42:15,800 –> 00:42:19,560
\ninstead, God has deliberately
\nand specifically created the <\/p>\n
672
\n00:42:19,560 –> 00:42:21,560
\nmechanism of salvation in
\nChrist. <\/p>\n
673
\n00:42:22,880 –> 00:42:26,320
\nThat salvation is done in such a
\nway that if we bring our own ego<\/p>\n
674
\n00:42:26,320 –> 00:42:29,080
\nand our wisdom to it, then it
\ncomes to nothing. <\/p>\n
675
\n00:42:30,080 –> 00:42:35,520
\nThat God’s wisdom cannot be
\nobtained when we approach this <\/p>\n
676
\n00:42:35,520 –> 00:42:44,520
\nsalvation with the pride of man.
\nVerse 21 This concept of <\/p>\n
677
\n00:42:44,520 –> 00:42:48,080
\npreaching, it pleased God by the
\nfoolishness of preaching to save<\/p>\n
678
\n00:42:48,080 –> 00:42:56,760
\nthem that belief, as I notes in
\nIsaiah 61, that the work of <\/p>\n
679
\n00:42:56,760 –> 00:43:00,880
\nMessiah would be to preach good
\ntidings, to preach good tidings <\/p>\n
680
\n00:43:01,200 –> 00:43:05,760
\nunto the meek.
\nIt’s exactly the same concept <\/p>\n
681
\n00:43:06,160 –> 00:43:10,440
\nthat the use or the mechanism of
\npreaching was a basis by which <\/p>\n
682
\n00:43:10,440 –> 00:43:14,440
\nGod would preach to the meek,
\nbut which the wise of this world<\/p>\n
683
\n00:43:14,440 –> 00:43:20,240
\nwould not understand.
\nIt’s a brilliant plan from God. <\/p>\n
684
\n00:43:20,960 –> 00:43:24,120
\nIt’s not responding to the
\ngreatness or the wisdom of man, <\/p>\n
685
\n00:43:24,120 –> 00:43:26,920
\nbut to the true wonder of
\nsalvation in Christ. <\/p>\n
686
\n00:43:27,120 –> 00:43:30,880
\nIt’s saying there that he would
\nsay, see the end of verse 21. <\/p>\n
687
\n00:43:30,880 –> 00:43:34,520
\nIt please God by the foolishness
\nof preaching to save them, that <\/p>\n
688
\n00:43:34,520 –> 00:43:39,720
\nbelief that God established A
\nmechanism by which salvation <\/p>\n
689
\n00:43:39,920 –> 00:43:44,720
\nwould come to those who were in
\nsimple belief able to accept the<\/p>\n
690
\n00:43:44,720 –> 00:43:48,920
\ngospel of God.
\nBut just think about the cross <\/p>\n
691
\n00:43:48,920 –> 00:43:52,120
\nfor the moment.
\nYou think of salvation through a<\/p>\n
692
\n00:43:52,120 –> 00:43:56,800
\nmechanism of a man who dies in
\nagonising death, of the hero who<\/p>\n
693
\n00:43:56,800 –> 00:44:00,000
\ndies in agonising death on the
\ncross in meekness. <\/p>\n
694
\n00:44:01,160 –> 00:44:04,720
\nAnd you can see it’s foolishness
\nfrom man’s perspective or the <\/p>\n
695
\n00:44:04,720 –> 00:44:08,640
\nconcept of preaching and of us
\npreaching as a way of showing <\/p>\n
696
\n00:44:08,640 –> 00:44:11,440
\nGod’s glory is of is of itself
\nfoolishness, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
697
\n00:44:11,440 –> 00:44:13,320
\nYou just think of it from a
\nman’s perspective. <\/p>\n
698
\n00:44:13,560 –> 00:44:16,680
\nHe’s God in his wisdom, who’s
\nthe the creator of everything, <\/p>\n
699
\n00:44:16,760 –> 00:44:18,600
\nall powerful with complete
\nwisdom. <\/p>\n
700
\n00:44:19,360 –> 00:44:24,320
\nAnd he’s created a mechanism by
\nwhich the world in its wisdom <\/p>\n
701
\n00:44:24,320 –> 00:44:29,040
\ncannot understand God, but
\ninstead whereby he takes us in <\/p>\n
702
\n00:44:29,040 –> 00:44:34,360
\nour weakness and our
\nfoolishness, and he uses us to <\/p>\n
703
\n00:44:34,360 –> 00:44:36,400
\nreveal the glory and the power
\nof God. <\/p>\n
704
\n00:44:36,400 –> 00:44:38,440
\nThat’s the foolishness of
\npreaching, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
705
\n00:44:38,440 –> 00:44:41,760
\nWhat a, what a from a, from a
\nworldly perspective, what a mad <\/p>\n
706
\n00:44:41,760 –> 00:44:43,880
\nway of God showing forth his
\nglory. <\/p>\n
707
\n00:44:44,600 –> 00:44:48,280
\nBut we shall find in our studies
\ntogether that this is absolutely<\/p>\n
708
\n00:44:48,280 –> 00:44:50,840
\nthe glory of God, that he is
\nable to take us in our weakness <\/p>\n
709
\n00:44:50,840 –> 00:44:54,040
\nand to turn us instead into the
\nvessels of his glory. <\/p>\n
710
\n00:44:55,160 –> 00:44:58,400
\nFrom the world’s perspective,
\nit’s foolishness, but it’s <\/p>\n
711
\n00:44:58,400 –> 00:45:01,520
\nbrilliant wisdom.
\nWhen we come to understand the <\/p>\n
712
\n00:45:01,520 –> 00:45:10,520
\nmind of God from the wisdom of
\nthe world, it is madness. <\/p>\n
713
\n00:45:12,200 –> 00:45:16,120
\nWhy would such an incredibly
\npowerful Creator take the <\/p>\n
714
\n00:45:16,120 –> 00:45:19,000
\nfullness of His glory and reveal
\nit to individuals who are weak <\/p>\n
715
\n00:45:19,040 –> 00:45:26,200
\nand fail?
\nVerse 27 God hath chosen the <\/p>\n
716
\n00:45:26,200 –> 00:45:29,640
\nfoolish things of the world to
\nconfound the wise, and God hath <\/p>\n
717
\n00:45:29,800 –> 00:45:32,320
\nchosen the weak things of the
\nworld to confound the things <\/p>\n
718
\n00:45:32,320 –> 00:45:34,880
\nwhich are mighty and base things
\nof the world and things which <\/p>\n
719
\n00:45:34,880 –> 00:45:36,680
\nare despised.
\nHath God chosen? <\/p>\n
720
\n00:45:36,880 –> 00:45:40,000
\nYeah, and things which are not
\nto bring to naughty things that <\/p>\n
721
\n00:45:40,000 –> 00:45:43,680
\nare.
\nGod has specifically chosen <\/p>\n
722
\n00:45:43,680 –> 00:45:46,760
\nthings which are foolishness to
\nthis world as the basis upon <\/p>\n
723
\n00:45:46,760 –> 00:45:48,240
\nwhich he achieves His grand
\nwork. <\/p>\n
724
\n00:45:48,920 –> 00:45:52,240
\nHe’s specifically chosen His way
\nof salvation to confound those <\/p>\n
725
\n00:45:52,240 –> 00:45:54,680
\nwho come in their own wisdom
\nwith their own ego. <\/p>\n
726
\n00:45:56,000 –> 00:45:58,520
\nHe’s chosen the weak things to
\nconfound what is mighty and <\/p>\n
727
\n00:45:58,520 –> 00:46:01,960
\nstrong in the sense of this
\nworld base things which are <\/p>\n
728
\n00:46:01,960 –> 00:46:03,480
\ndespised.
\nGod has chosen. <\/p>\n
729
\n00:46:04,320 –> 00:46:07,200
\nAnd what is the point?
\nWell, he pulls it together so <\/p>\n
730
\n00:46:07,200 –> 00:46:12,280
\nbeautifully here in verse 29
\nthat no flesh should glory in <\/p>\n
731
\n00:46:12,280 –> 00:46:16,400
\nHis presence.
\nThis is the fundamental <\/p>\n
732
\n00:46:16,400 –> 00:46:19,400
\nprinciple that Paul has been
\nbuilding up to in this chapter. <\/p>\n
733
\n00:46:20,200 –> 00:46:23,400
\nNo flesh can glory in God’s
\npresence. <\/p>\n
734
\n00:46:23,560 –> 00:46:29,320
\nWhy is God doing this this way?
\nIt’s the foundation principle of<\/p>\n
735
\n00:46:29,320 –> 00:46:34,160
\ncoming to understand God and His
\nwork in our lives that God will <\/p>\n
736
\n00:46:34,160 –> 00:46:38,400
\nnot have in His presence any
\ncomponent of the flesh that <\/p>\n
737
\n00:46:38,400 –> 00:46:43,000
\nglories in itself.
\nGod’s work is a work that is <\/p>\n
738
\n00:46:43,000 –> 00:46:46,040
\ndone without the power and the
\nwisdom of this world. <\/p>\n
739
\n00:46:46,040 –> 00:46:48,080
\nJust come across to Isaiah
\nchapter 40. <\/p>\n
740
\n00:46:54,520 –> 00:47:04,230
\nAs I have 40 in verse 5.
\nAnd the glory of Yahweh shall be<\/p>\n
741
\n00:47:04,230 –> 00:47:06,430
\nrevealed, and all flesh shall
\nsee it together. <\/p>\n
742
\n00:47:06,430 –> 00:47:10,030
\nFor the mouth of Yahweh hath
\nspoken it, So here is Yahweh <\/p>\n
743
\n00:47:10,030 –> 00:47:12,710
\nthat’s going to be revealed, and
\nall flesh we’re told is going to<\/p>\n
744
\n00:47:12,710 –> 00:47:15,350
\nsee it.
\nAnd the voice said, cry. <\/p>\n
745
\n00:47:16,190 –> 00:47:22,960
\nAnd he said, What shall I cry?
\nAll flesh is grass, and all the <\/p>\n
746
\n00:47:22,960 –> 00:47:26,120
\ngoodliness thereof is as the
\nflower of the field. <\/p>\n
747
\n00:47:27,680 –> 00:47:31,760
\nThe grass withereth, the flower
\nfadeth because the spirit of <\/p>\n
748
\n00:47:31,760 –> 00:47:35,320
\nYahweh bloweth upon it.
\nSurely the people is grass. <\/p>\n
749
\n00:47:35,640 –> 00:47:39,560
\nThe grass withereth, the flower
\nfadeth. <\/p>\n
750
\n00:47:41,200 –> 00:47:44,240
\nGod’s glory is going to be
\nrevealed and it’s brilliance is <\/p>\n
751
\n00:47:44,240 –> 00:47:47,080
\nrevealed and we’re we’re there
\nlike a field of of withered <\/p>\n
752
\n00:47:47,080 –> 00:47:50,360
\ngrass before it.
\nWe cannot handle the glory of <\/p>\n
753
\n00:47:50,360 –> 00:47:53,840
\nYahweh that blows down upon our
\nflesh and we wither and we <\/p>\n
754
\n00:47:53,840 –> 00:47:56,040
\nperish.
\nAnd the flesh is completely done<\/p>\n
755
\n00:47:56,040 –> 00:47:59,280
\nin the presence of Yahweh’s
\nglory, in the face of God’s <\/p>\n
756
\n00:47:59,280 –> 00:48:03,520
\npresence, we wither and perish.
\nNo flesh or glory in his <\/p>\n
757
\n00:48:03,520 –> 00:48:06,440
\npresence.
\nWe’re just like a little piece <\/p>\n
758
\n00:48:06,440 –> 00:48:11,400
\nof grass in a paddock that can’t
\nstand the Canterbury nor Norwest<\/p>\n
759
\n00:48:11,400 –> 00:48:17,080
\nwind as it comes up and it fades
\naway and Withers and dies. <\/p>\n
760
\n00:48:19,760 –> 00:48:23,920
\nBut God does not leave us there
\nbecause the rest of verse 8 then<\/p>\n
761
\n00:48:23,920 –> 00:48:27,760
\ngives us the hope, doesn’t it?
\nBut the Word of our God shall <\/p>\n
762
\n00:48:27,760 –> 00:48:31,840
\nstand forever.
\nAnd here is Yahweh’s glory <\/p>\n
763
\n00:48:31,840 –> 00:48:34,440
\nrevealed.
\nIt Withers our flesh, but the <\/p>\n
764
\n00:48:34,440 –> 00:48:39,040
\nWord of God stands forever.
\nIt’s telling us if there is in <\/p>\n
765
\n00:48:39,040 –> 00:48:42,400
\nour hearts any little component
\nof the Word of God that is <\/p>\n
766
\n00:48:42,400 –> 00:48:46,720
\nliving and abiding, then as the
\nflesh is stripped away, the Word<\/p>\n
767
\n00:48:46,720 –> 00:48:51,480
\nof God is left to stand upright
\nand that will stand forever. <\/p>\n
768
\n00:48:51,480 –> 00:48:55,320
\nWe’re told that is God’s work
\nthat He is accomplishing, that <\/p>\n
769
\n00:48:55,320 –> 00:48:57,400
\nno flesh will glory in His
\npresence. <\/p>\n
770
\n00:48:57,640 –> 00:49:00,880
\nThe Spirit of Yahweh blows upon
\nus and we wither away, become <\/p>\n
771
\n00:49:00,880 –> 00:49:04,600
\nnothing except that His Word
\nlifts us up, abiding in our <\/p>\n
772
\n00:49:04,600 –> 00:49:06,840
\nhearts.
\nAnd that’s exactly the concept <\/p>\n
773
\n00:49:06,840 –> 00:49:09,520
\nthat we have back here in One
\nCorinthians chapter 1. <\/p>\n
774
\n00:49:10,480 –> 00:49:13,080
\nWhat is God’s focus in One
\nCorinthians? <\/p>\n
775
\n00:49:13,400 –> 00:49:16,040
\nThat no flesh would glory in his
\npresence. <\/p>\n
776
\n00:49:17,320 –> 00:49:19,440
\nWhat does it mean by the
\npresence of God? <\/p>\n
777
\n00:49:19,440 –> 00:49:21,560
\nHow?
\nHow do we mean the presence of <\/p>\n
778
\n00:49:21,560 –> 00:49:24,160
\nGod?
\nYou probably know that the Greek<\/p>\n
779
\n00:49:24,160 –> 00:49:26,920
\nword there means his face.
\nThat is, we stand in the <\/p>\n
780
\n00:49:26,920 –> 00:49:29,480
\npresence or before the face of
\nGod. <\/p>\n
781
\n00:49:30,600 –> 00:49:33,640
\nIt’s a concept of presence that
\nwe often associate with worship <\/p>\n
782
\n00:49:33,880 –> 00:49:36,480
\nbecause it’s a phrase that’s
\nused in the Old Testament to <\/p>\n
783
\n00:49:36,720 –> 00:49:39,840
\nrefer to the priest who’s
\nstanding in the presence of God <\/p>\n
784
\n00:49:40,000 –> 00:49:43,960
\nis an intercessor between God
\nand man, to see the face of God <\/p>\n
785
\n00:49:43,960 –> 00:49:47,400
\nand to stand between US.
\nAnd therefore, we often <\/p>\n
786
\n00:49:47,640 –> 00:49:50,760
\nattribute this concept of the
\npresence of God to worship. <\/p>\n
787
\n00:49:51,000 –> 00:49:53,880
\nNo flesh can glory in the
\npresence of God as we come to <\/p>\n
788
\n00:49:53,880 –> 00:49:59,760
\nworship him.
\nAnd that is exactly the case as <\/p>\n
789
\n00:49:59,760 –> 00:50:01,280
\nwe are gathered here at the
\nschool. <\/p>\n
790
\n00:50:01,280 –> 00:50:03,640
\nTogether we are in the presence
\nof God. <\/p>\n
791
\n00:50:04,600 –> 00:50:08,720
\nGod is part of us and with us.
\nWe are in front of the face of <\/p>\n
792
\n00:50:08,720 –> 00:50:14,360
\nGod as we are here this morning.
\nIt’s interesting also to note in<\/p>\n
793
\n00:50:14,360 –> 00:50:18,520
\npassing that that that word is
\nalso comes up in Romans 3 and <\/p>\n
794
\n00:50:18,520 –> 00:50:20,720
\nverse 20.
\nBy the deeds of the law in our <\/p>\n
795
\n00:50:20,720 –> 00:50:24,600
\nown strength, no flesh will be
\njustified in the sight of God, <\/p>\n
796
\n00:50:24,600 –> 00:50:28,520
\nin the presence of God.
\nSo that God is is watching over <\/p>\n
797
\n00:50:28,520 –> 00:50:30,240
\nus and and seeing our actions,
\nisn’t it? <\/p>\n
798
\n00:50:30,800 –> 00:50:33,600
\nAnd we’re starting to get the
\nsense that that presence perhaps<\/p>\n
799
\n00:50:33,600 –> 00:50:36,680
\ndelves, delves more deeply than
\njust the concept of our of our <\/p>\n
800
\n00:50:36,680 –> 00:50:45,800
\nworship before God.
\nThere’s no boasting, there’s no <\/p>\n
801
\n00:50:45,800 –> 00:50:48,680
\nglory that we can bring as we
\napproach the presence of God. <\/p>\n
802
\n00:50:49,640 –> 00:50:51,880
\nWe can’t be justified by our own
\ndeeds. <\/p>\n
803
\n00:50:53,640 –> 00:50:55,920
\nBut we haven’t yet quite
\nanswered the question, have we? <\/p>\n
804
\n00:50:56,200 –> 00:50:59,040
\nWhat does it mean that no flesh
\nwill glory in his presence? <\/p>\n
805
\n00:51:00,560 –> 00:51:03,160
\nThe concept of presence also
\ncomes up frequently in the New <\/p>\n
806
\n00:51:03,160 –> 00:51:06,160
\nTestament, interestingly,
\nparticularly in Luke and in the <\/p>\n
807
\n00:51:06,160 –> 00:51:10,720
\nActs.
\nAnd the concept there is the is <\/p>\n
808
\n00:51:10,720 –> 00:51:13,520
\nthe idea of standing in the face
\nor the presence of an individual<\/p>\n
809
\n00:51:13,520 –> 00:51:18,480
\ntime and time again.
\nBut Psalm 139, which I’ll just <\/p>\n
810
\n00:51:18,480 –> 00:51:23,200
\nread to you, Psalm 139, starts
\nto open this concept of the <\/p>\n
811
\n00:51:23,200 –> 00:51:25,400
\npresence of God a little more
\nfor us. <\/p>\n
812
\n00:51:27,520 –> 00:51:34,000
\nPsalm 139 And in verse 7.
\nWhither shall I go from Thy <\/p>\n
813
\n00:51:34,000 –> 00:51:38,640
\nspirit, or whither shall I flee
\nfrom Thy presence? <\/p>\n
814
\n00:51:39,520 –> 00:51:42,640
\nIf I send up into heaven Thou
\nout there, If I make my bed in <\/p>\n
815
\n00:51:42,640 –> 00:51:43,800
\nthe grave, behold Thou out
\nthere. <\/p>\n
816
\n00:51:43,800 –> 00:51:45,720
\nIf I take the wings of the
\nmorning and dwell in the <\/p>\n
817
\n00:51:45,720 –> 00:51:49,000
\nuttermost parts of the sea, even
\nthere shall Thy hand lead me, <\/p>\n
818
\n00:51:49,200 –> 00:51:50,840
\nand Thy right hand shall hold me
\nup. <\/p>\n
819
\n00:51:52,960 –> 00:51:57,640
\nWe’re told that we cannot hide
\nfrom the presence of God <\/p>\n
820
\n00:51:57,640 –> 00:52:00,960
\nwherever we go, to the deepest,
\ndarkest night or the depths of <\/p>\n
821
\n00:52:00,960 –> 00:52:03,760
\nthe sea.
\nWherever I am, God’s presence is<\/p>\n
822
\n00:52:03,760 –> 00:52:05,760
\nthere, and He is able to see and
\nto know us. <\/p>\n
823
\n00:52:06,960 –> 00:52:11,680
\nIn verse one of that sum, O
\nYahweh, thou hast searched me <\/p>\n
824
\n00:52:12,880 –> 00:52:16,480
\nand known me.
\nThou knowest my down sitting and<\/p>\n
825
\n00:52:16,480 –> 00:52:19,480
\nmine uprising.
\nThou understandest my thought <\/p>\n
826
\n00:52:19,480 –> 00:52:22,240
\nafar off.
\nThou compassest my path and my <\/p>\n
827
\n00:52:22,240 –> 00:52:24,360
\nlying down.
\nAn art acquainted with all my <\/p>\n
828
\n00:52:24,360 –> 00:52:27,440
\nways.
\nFor there is not a word in my <\/p>\n
829
\n00:52:27,440 –> 00:52:31,760
\ntongue.
\nBut lo, O Yahweh, thou knowest <\/p>\n
830
\n00:52:31,760 –> 00:52:37,640
\nit altogether.
\nThe presence of Yahweh is <\/p>\n
831
\n00:52:37,640 –> 00:52:41,440
\neverywhere.
\nOur life is not just in the <\/p>\n
832
\n00:52:41,440 –> 00:52:43,360
\npresence of God on a Sunday
\nmorning. <\/p>\n
833
\n00:52:44,640 –> 00:52:49,480
\nIn every moment of our life,
\nevery thought we take, every <\/p>\n
834
\n00:52:49,480 –> 00:52:53,600
\nbreath we take is done in the
\npresence of Yahweh Himself. <\/p>\n
835
\n00:52:54,680 –> 00:52:57,760
\nAnd therefore, when Paul says in
\nCorinthians that no flesh will <\/p>\n
836
\n00:52:57,760 –> 00:53:00,480
\nglory in his presence, he is
\ntalking about far more than just<\/p>\n
837
\n00:53:00,480 –> 00:53:02,280
\nour attitude as we approach the
\nSunday meeting. <\/p>\n
838
\n00:53:02,520 –> 00:53:06,240
\nHe’s talking about every moment
\nand every component of our life <\/p>\n
839
\n00:53:06,480 –> 00:53:09,840
\nthat the Father’s looking at our
\nattitude to sit and he wants to <\/p>\n
840
\n00:53:09,840 –> 00:53:12,400
\nsee us developing, to see.
\nIt’s not about me. <\/p>\n
841
\n00:53:13,040 –> 00:53:15,040
\nI’m prepared to put myself to
\none side. <\/p>\n
842
\n00:53:16,000 –> 00:53:19,000
\nI understand that my salvation
\nis having been sanctified in <\/p>\n
843
\n00:53:19,000 –> 00:53:22,160
\nChrist, called in Christ, that
\nwe’ve received grace through <\/p>\n
844
\n00:53:22,160 –> 00:53:25,760
\nChrist, and our hope of
\nsalvation is on His coming <\/p>\n
845
\n00:53:25,760 –> 00:53:28,680
\nalone.
\nAnd therefore we’re prepared to <\/p>\n
846
\n00:53:28,680 –> 00:53:32,320
\nput our ego aside, to not think
\nabout what we want to <\/p>\n
847
\n00:53:32,320 –> 00:53:36,120
\naccomplish, but to understand
\nthat every moment of our life is<\/p>\n
848
\n00:53:36,120 –> 00:53:38,000
\nlived in the presence of God
\nHimself. <\/p>\n
849
\n00:53:39,240 –> 00:53:43,520
\nGod wants to know that there is
\nno component of our flesh that <\/p>\n
850
\n00:53:43,520 –> 00:53:48,400
\nglories in itself while He is
\nwith us on a constant, daily <\/p>\n
851
\n00:53:48,400 –> 00:53:50,760
\nbasis.
\nThat’s perfection, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
852
\n00:53:51,760 –> 00:53:54,120
\nWe’ll struggle, brothers and
\nsisters and young people, to <\/p>\n
853
\n00:53:54,120 –> 00:53:57,400
\never get anywhere near that.
\nBut that’s the reality of what <\/p>\n
854
\n00:53:57,400 –> 00:54:00,840
\nPaul is telling us when he says
\nno flesh or glory in his <\/p>\n
855
\n00:54:00,840 –> 00:54:04,200
\npresence.
\nThat God is working in our lives<\/p>\n
856
\n00:54:05,000 –> 00:54:08,480
\nto bring us to a point where we
\nunderstand that we are nothing <\/p>\n
857
\n00:54:08,520 –> 00:54:12,920
\nbefore him.
\nBut see, Paul does not just <\/p>\n
858
\n00:54:12,920 –> 00:54:15,320
\nleave us there, does he?
\nBroken and smashed down like <\/p>\n
859
\n00:54:15,320 –> 00:54:19,080
\nthat, having understood that no
\nflesh will glory in his <\/p>\n
860
\n00:54:19,080 –> 00:54:20,800
\npresence, he then lifts us up
\nagain. <\/p>\n
861
\n00:54:20,800 –> 00:54:26,640
\nIn one Corinthians 1, Paul takes
\nus in his final concluding <\/p>\n
862
\n00:54:26,640 –> 00:54:29,920
\ncomments into such a beautiful
\nspace. <\/p>\n
863
\n00:54:29,960 –> 00:54:33,320
\nAnd verse 30 Of him are ye in
\nChrist Jesus, who of God has <\/p>\n
864
\n00:54:33,320 –> 00:54:36,480
\nmade unto us wisdom and
\nrighteousness and sanctification<\/p>\n
865
\n00:54:36,480 –> 00:54:40,040
\nand redemption?
\nOf him are ye in Christ Jesus, <\/p>\n
866
\n00:54:40,360 –> 00:54:43,360
\nwho of God has made unto us
\nwisdom and righteousness and <\/p>\n
867
\n00:54:43,360 –> 00:54:46,440
\nsanctification and redemption.
\nIf we are prepared to lose <\/p>\n
868
\n00:54:46,440 –> 00:54:51,040
\nourself, to put aside the wisdom
\nof this world, then God is able <\/p>\n
869
\n00:54:51,040 –> 00:54:55,760
\nto elevate us incredibly in
\nChrist and give us wisdom, and <\/p>\n
870
\n00:54:55,760 –> 00:54:59,680
\nnot just wisdom, not just
\nwisdom, but righteousness and <\/p>\n
871
\n00:54:59,680 –> 00:55:04,760
\nsanctification and redemption.
\nGod will accept no flesh glory <\/p>\n
872
\n00:55:04,760 –> 00:55:07,600
\nin his presence.
\nBut once we have understood that<\/p>\n
873
\n00:55:07,600 –> 00:55:11,400
\nhe, he lifts us up with this
\nincredible revelation. <\/p>\n
874
\n00:55:11,400 –> 00:55:14,320
\nHe gives us in verse 31 that
\naccording as it is written, he <\/p>\n
875
\n00:55:14,320 –> 00:55:16,920
\nthat glorieth let him glory in
\nthe Lord. <\/p>\n
876
\n00:55:21,000 –> 00:55:26,400
\nPaul’s telling us that we we can
\nbecome part of the glory of God <\/p>\n
877
\n00:55:26,800 –> 00:55:32,000
\nourselves.
\nThere is the world focused in <\/p>\n
878
\n00:55:32,000 –> 00:55:36,720
\ntheir own wisdom and saying
\nGod’s foolishness and in reality<\/p>\n
879
\n00:55:36,720 –> 00:55:40,880
\nGod’s looking at them saying
\nthey’ve got it all wrong because<\/p>\n
880
\n00:55:40,880 –> 00:55:42,480
\nI’ll show you that the flesh is
\nnothing. <\/p>\n
881
\n00:55:43,800 –> 00:55:47,800
\nBut if we can accept that we are
\nnothing in foolishness, that we <\/p>\n
882
\n00:55:47,800 –> 00:55:53,880
\nneed salvation in Christ, then
\nGod will lift us up to give us <\/p>\n
883
\n00:55:54,240 –> 00:55:58,280
\ntrue wisdom and righteousness
\nand wisdom and sanctification <\/p>\n
884
\n00:55:59,000 –> 00:56:08,040
\nand redemption in Him.
\nWe have the ability to gain true<\/p>\n
885
\n00:56:08,040 –> 00:56:10,920
\nwisdom.
\nWe have the ability to be made <\/p>\n
886
\n00:56:10,920 –> 00:56:15,560
\nrighteous, to be sanctified,
\nmade holy, and given the basis <\/p>\n
887
\n00:56:15,560 –> 00:56:22,000
\nof redemption.
\nAnd he shows us that while we <\/p>\n
888
\n00:56:22,000 –> 00:56:26,400
\nhave no glory of ourselves, we
\ncan never glory in the presence <\/p>\n
889
\n00:56:26,400 –> 00:56:31,360
\nof God because of our weakness,
\nthat in him, our way of Christ, <\/p>\n
890
\n00:56:31,360 –> 00:56:34,560
\nwe are made righteousness and
\nsanctification and redemption, <\/p>\n
891
\n00:56:34,880 –> 00:56:37,440
\nand therefore let him glory in
\nthe Lord. <\/p>\n
892
\n00:56:38,120 –> 00:56:42,360
\nSo we are being told that we can
\nglory, that whilst no flesh will<\/p>\n
893
\n00:56:42,360 –> 00:56:45,160
\nglory in His presence, we do
\nhave the ability, brothers and <\/p>\n
894
\n00:56:45,160 –> 00:56:48,400
\nsisters and young people, to
\nglory in God. <\/p>\n
895
\n00:56:48,920 –> 00:56:51,920
\nThat we can glory in something
\nin the presence of God. <\/p>\n
896
\n00:56:53,000 –> 00:56:55,960
\nThat we are able to stand in the
\npresence of God both in daily <\/p>\n
897
\n00:56:55,960 –> 00:56:59,240
\nlife and in our worship, knowing
\nthat we have glory with Him. <\/p>\n
898
\n00:56:59,880 –> 00:57:02,960
\nTo rejoice in the glory that we
\nshare in, but to do so knowing <\/p>\n
899
\n00:57:03,160 –> 00:57:06,280
\nthat it’s nothing of ourselves
\nbecause it’s God’s glory alone. <\/p>\n
900
\n00:57:08,000 –> 00:57:12,640
\nJust briefly, Paul quotes here
\nout of Jeremiah Chapter 9. <\/p>\n
901
\n00:57:12,920 –> 00:57:15,280
\nWe won’t go back and and have a
\nlook at that whole section <\/p>\n
902
\n00:57:15,280 –> 00:57:18,520
\nthere, but what we find is that
\nthis whole section that he’s <\/p>\n
903
\n00:57:18,520 –> 00:57:21,080
\nbeen working through is actually
\nan expansion of the ideas of <\/p>\n
904
\n00:57:21,080 –> 00:57:24,800
\nJeremiah 9.
\nThus saith Yahweh, let not the <\/p>\n
905
\n00:57:24,800 –> 00:57:27,680
\nwise man glory in his wisdom,
\nneither let the mighty man glory<\/p>\n
906
\n00:57:27,680 –> 00:57:29,760
\nin his might.
\nLet not the rich man glory in <\/p>\n
907
\n00:57:29,760 –> 00:57:31,760
\nhis riches.
\nHe says, but let him that <\/p>\n
908
\n00:57:31,760 –> 00:57:34,840
\nglorieth glory in this that he
\nunderstandeth and knoweth me <\/p>\n
909
\n00:57:35,360 –> 00:57:38,240
\nthat I’m Yahweh, which exercise
\nloving kindness, judgment and <\/p>\n
910
\n00:57:38,240 –> 00:57:41,880
\nrighteousness in the earth from
\nthose things I delight saith <\/p>\n
911
\n00:57:41,880 –> 00:57:45,480
\nYahweh and Paul just picks up
\nwith that little phrase he that <\/p>\n
912
\n00:57:45,680 –> 00:57:50,120
\nglorieth led him glory in the in
\nthe in the Lord to show us that <\/p>\n
913
\n00:57:50,120 –> 00:57:52,920
\nthis whole concept has been
\ntaken out of Jeremiah and <\/p>\n
914
\n00:57:52,920 –> 00:57:55,560
\nChapter 9.
\nYou can see here the the echoes <\/p>\n
915
\n00:57:55,560 –> 00:57:59,040
\n3 verse 26 as he just starts to
\nintroduce the concepts of the <\/p>\n
916
\n00:57:59,040 –> 00:58:02,280
\nwise and the mighty and the
\nnoble who who won’t stand in the<\/p>\n
917
\n00:58:02,280 –> 00:58:07,440
\npresence of God, and then pulls
\nit together in 27 and 28 and <\/p>\n
918
\n00:58:07,440 –> 00:58:13,840
\nthrough to verse 31.
\nBut we find that the context of <\/p>\n
919
\n00:58:13,840 –> 00:58:19,680
\nJeremiah is a horrific picture
\nof a nation who had sank to the <\/p>\n
920
\n00:58:19,680 –> 00:58:22,840
\nlowest depths, who were told
\nthat their carcasses would be <\/p>\n
921
\n00:58:22,840 –> 00:58:27,720
\nleft like dung upon the open
\nfield of a nation that had come <\/p>\n
922
\n00:58:27,720 –> 00:58:33,560
\nto complete devastation.
\nJeremiah’s pointers. <\/p>\n
923
\n00:58:35,000 –> 00:58:37,840
\nThere is no wise man who can say
\nthey’ve done anything special. <\/p>\n
924
\n00:58:38,720 –> 00:58:41,440
\nThere is no powerfully strong
\nman who can ever say that <\/p>\n
925
\n00:58:41,440 –> 00:58:44,480
\nthey’ve got strength to stand in
\nthe presence of God. <\/p>\n
926
\n00:58:45,880 –> 00:58:51,360
\nThere is no wealthy man who can
\nsay that they have the ability <\/p>\n
927
\n00:58:52,160 –> 00:58:57,760
\nto look after themselves.
\nThere is a glory that we can <\/p>\n
928
\n00:58:57,760 –> 00:59:01,000
\nhave, Jeremiah says.
\nAnd we are to look at this <\/p>\n
929
\n00:59:01,000 –> 00:59:03,800
\nsubject of the glory through
\nCorinthians in more detail in <\/p>\n
930
\n00:59:03,800 –> 00:59:09,240
\none of our latest sections.
\nBut just see the point that Paul<\/p>\n
931
\n00:59:09,240 –> 00:59:12,600
\nis picking up here.
\nWhat is the glory that we have? <\/p>\n
932
\n00:59:12,960 –> 00:59:16,080
\nIt’s not just to rejoice in the
\nfact that God himself is <\/p>\n
933
\n00:59:16,080 –> 00:59:20,640
\nglorious.
\nIt’s to glory in the Lord, he <\/p>\n
934
\n00:59:20,640 –> 00:59:24,480
\nsays, but let him that glorieth
\nglory in this that he understand<\/p>\n
935
\n00:59:24,480 –> 00:59:29,640
\nand knoweth me, and who is the
\nme that I am Yahweh, which <\/p>\n
936
\n00:59:29,640 –> 00:59:32,680
\nexercise loving kindness,
\njudgement and righteousness in <\/p>\n
937
\n00:59:32,680 –> 00:59:34,440
\nthe earth.
\nWhat’s the point? <\/p>\n
938
\n00:59:36,240 –> 00:59:43,360
\nWhat is Yahweh but an
\nexplanation of God’s purpose to <\/p>\n
939
\n00:59:43,360 –> 00:59:47,960
\nreveal Himself in a multitude of
\npeople who are like Him in every<\/p>\n
940
\n00:59:47,960 –> 00:59:52,960
\nway?
\nThe point is, there is no glory <\/p>\n
941
\n00:59:52,960 –> 00:59:57,400
\nthat we can have of ourselves.
\nBut when we understand the work <\/p>\n
942
\n00:59:57,400 –> 01:00:01,760
\nof God, when we come to see the
\nglory of God’s work, we realise <\/p>\n
943
\n01:00:01,760 –> 01:00:06,200
\nthat He is able to lift us up
\nand to transform us beyond our <\/p>\n
944
\n01:00:06,200 –> 01:00:09,960
\nweakness.
\nInto the glory of God himself. <\/p>\n
945
\n01:00:11,360 –> 01:00:13,000
\nYou can see there, can’t you?
\nI am Yahweh. <\/p>\n
946
\n01:00:13,000 –> 01:00:15,480
\nI’ve got this purpose of
\nbringing in a group of people <\/p>\n
947
\n01:00:15,480 –> 01:00:19,760
\nlike me, and to that end I
\nexercise loving kindness and <\/p>\n
948
\n01:00:19,760 –> 01:00:21,520
\njudgement and righteousness in
\nthe earth. <\/p>\n
949
\n01:00:21,880 –> 01:00:26,200
\nThat God’s whole work is to take
\nus and to transform us into His <\/p>\n
950
\n01:00:26,200 –> 01:00:30,800
\nglory.
\nWe’ve been told that we can <\/p>\n
951
\n01:00:30,840 –> 01:00:34,280
\nglory in Yahweh when we come to
\nknow by experience the power of <\/p>\n
952
\n01:00:34,280 –> 01:00:37,000
\nHis loving kindness and the
\njudgement and the wonder of <\/p>\n
953
\n01:00:37,000 –> 01:00:38,480
\nGod’s righteousness in the
\nearth. <\/p>\n
954
\n01:00:39,080 –> 01:00:42,640
\nHe is Yahweh, whose glory will
\nbe revealed in a group of mighty<\/p>\n
955
\n01:00:42,640 –> 01:00:49,760
\nones who have His glory, who
\nhave His character, because they<\/p>\n
956
\n01:00:49,760 –> 01:00:52,840
\nhave come to understand the
\npower of Him working in their <\/p>\n
957
\n01:00:52,840 –> 01:00:56,080
\nlives, of His loving kindness,
\nof His judgement, and of His <\/p>\n
958
\n01:00:56,080 –> 01:00:58,560
\nrighteousness upon the earth.
\nThey know that Yahweh delights <\/p>\n
959
\n01:00:58,560 –> 01:01:02,840
\nin these things, and they share
\nthat delight together with Him. <\/p>\n
960
\n01:01:05,000 –> 01:01:09,240
\nI’ll just conclude in Second
\nCorinthians chapter 4, where <\/p>\n
961
\n01:01:09,240 –> 01:01:12,320
\nPaul in a later letter to this
\necclesia, picks up these ideas <\/p>\n
962
\n01:01:12,320 –> 01:01:14,120
\nand expands them so, so
\nbeautifully. <\/p>\n
963
\n01:01:14,120 –> 01:01:16,480
\nSecond Corinthians chapter 4 and
\nverse 6. <\/p>\n
964
\n01:01:16,640 –> 01:01:20,280
\nFor God, who commanded the light
\nto shine out of darkness, hath <\/p>\n
965
\n01:01:20,280 –> 01:01:24,080
\nshined into our hearts to give
\nthe light of the knowledge of <\/p>\n
966
\n01:01:24,080 –> 01:01:27,560
\nthe glory of God in the face of
\nJesus Christ. <\/p>\n
967
\n01:01:27,560 –> 01:01:32,360
\nWe’ve come to see that light, to
\nsee the glory of God, of the <\/p>\n
968
\n01:01:32,360 –> 01:01:35,960
\npurpose and power of His
\ncharacter as revealed unto us in<\/p>\n
969
\n01:01:35,960 –> 01:01:40,480
\nthe face of Jesus Christ.
\nHe’s become the heart, the <\/p>\n
970
\n01:01:40,480 –> 01:01:44,600
\ncentre of all our focus.
\nAnd God shines with that light <\/p>\n
971
\n01:01:44,600 –> 01:01:51,120
\nout of our heart in verse 7.
\nBut we have this treasure in <\/p>\n
972
\n01:01:51,120 –> 01:01:56,120
\nurban vessels, that the
\nExcellency of the power may be <\/p>\n
973
\n01:01:56,120 –> 01:01:58,880
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