This week’s teaching explores Paul’s call to purity and the imagery of the unleavened bread, showing how pride and permissiveness can quietly grow like yeast if left unchecked. Through Scripture, Old Testament context, and personal reflection, we’re reminded that true love for God and one another means dealing honestly with sin — in humility and sincerity.

In this episode, we continue our journey through 1 Corinthians, where Paul challenges the Corinthian church—and us—to pursue faithfulness over perfection.

We unpack Paul’s words about being “stewards of the mysteries of God”, exploring what it means to live as humble, gospel-centered men who are faithful with what we’ve been given. From correcting judgmental attitudes to navigating the tension between legalism and license, this teaching reminds us that everything we have—our faith, our gifts, even our breath—is received from God.

Together, we’ll look at:

• The difference between faithful and perfect living

• Why Paul refuses to fear human judgment

• The danger of living “above or below the line” of Scripture

• How humility and gratitude protect us from arrogance

• What it looks like to imitate Paul’s gospel-shaped humility today

“There’s nothing more compelling than a humble man who knows everything he has comes from God.”

In 1 Corinthians 3, Paul confronts the Corinthians for their immaturity, divisions, and misplaced confidence in leaders. He calls them back to the true foundation: Christ alone. Our calling is not to boast in men but to be faithful, knowing that God alone gives the growth.

Key Takeaways:

• Spiritual immaturity shows itself in jealousy, strife, and divisions.

• Leaders are servants; only God gives the growth.

• Each person’s work will be tested by fire—only what is built on Christ will last.

• Believers and the church are God’s temple, called to holiness and unity.

• In Christ, “all things are yours”—our true treasure is already secured.

Paul reminds the Corinthians that the power of the gospel rests not in human wisdom or eloquence, but in Christ and Him crucified. In this study of 1 Corinthians 2, we see how the Spirit reveals God’s wisdom and why the gospel produces humility, not arrogance.

Key Takeaways:

• Paul relied on the Spirit’s power, not human eloquence, to proclaim Christ.

• True wisdom comes only from God and is revealed by the Spirit.

• The natural person cannot understand the things of God without grace.

• Believers have received the Spirit and the mind of Christ.

In this study of 1 Corinthians 1:18–31, we explore how Paul contrasts the wisdom of God with the wisdom of the world. The Corinthians, caught up in divisions, pride, and misplaced confidence, had lost sight of the cross at the center of their faith.

Through this passage, Paul reminds us that God chose what is weak and foolish in the world to display His power and grace — leaving no room for boasting except in Christ. This message challenges us to humility, unity, and a renewed focus on the gospel as the lens for our daily lives.

Key Takeaways:

• The message of the cross is foolishness to the world but power to those being saved.

• God’s wisdom stands in contrast to human wisdom and pride.

• God chooses the weak and lowly to display His power and grace.

• Our only true boast is in Christ’s finished work.

n this opening study of 1 Corinthians 1:1–17, Paul greets the believers with grace and peace, reminding them of their calling in Christ. Yet almost immediately, he addresses divisions within the church — rivalries over leaders, status, and spiritual pride.

This passage challenges us to remember that we are sanctified and unified in Christ, not divided by personalities or preferences. Paul’s message is clear: the church is called to live as one body, boasting not in human wisdom or leaders, but in the gospel that saves.

Key Takeaways:

• Believers are sanctified and called to live as one body in Christ.

• Divisions in the church undermine the gospel and weaken witness.

• Grace and peace in Christ should shape our relationships and priorities.

• Our boast is not in leaders or status, but in the Lord.