Background:

 

Occasion of writing: (7:5-7; 13-15)

 

Purposes for writing:

Commend the church for _______________ the offender of I Corinthians 5, and to encourage them to ____________ him and ___________ him. (II Cor. 2:6-11)

To explain the...

He Excites Worship

He Exposes Hypocrisy

 He Engenders Service

He Expresses Compassion

Author: Paul

Sources of Information about the church

Founding of the Church: (Acts 18:1-11)

Place of writing: ____________ (Acts 18:1-8)

Characteristics of Corinth:  Dr. Ray Stedman called it: “The most American city in the New Testament”

Purpose...

I. The Lost Sheep: 15:1-7

Lost out of ignorance

 Needs accurate information

II. The Lost Coin: 15: 8-10

Lost out of neglect

Needs warning

III. The Lost Boys: 15:11-32

Lost out of willful choice

Needs prayer

Author: (1:1)

___________ wrote the book physically (16:22). 

____________wrote the book mentally.

____________ wrote the book ultimately (II Tim. 3:16.)

Place written: Corinth.  (16:23)

Date: (1:8; Acts 2).

Who started the church?

Not...

1. The Reasons for the King’s Absence

A Creeping Complacency

 An Rebellious Rivalry 

2. The Results of the King’s Absence

A Sense of Frustration 

A Disregard for the King’s Honor

Indifference to the Kings Favor 

3. The Requirements for...

“John is at the same time the simplest and the most profound of the four gospels” William Stevens 

 

Author:

Whoever wrote it was an _______________. (1:14)

It was written by Jesus ___________ ______________.  He is called “the disciple whom...

Thesis of this message: “What we bring to church limits and defines what we take home.”

1. What Isaiah brought to church… 

A broken heart: “in the year that King Uzziah died…” (v.1)

A bent knee: “Holy, Holy, Holy” (v.3)

A bowed head: “Woe is me...

Exodus 8:25-28; 10:8-11; 10:24-26

1. The Compromise of Religion without Reality. “in the land” (8:25)

2. The Compromise of Reality without Intensity. “only you shall not go very far” (8:28)

Evangelism (II Cor. 4:3,4)

Fellowship (Heb...

“John is at the same time the simplest and the most profound of the four gospels” William Stevens 

 

Author:

Whoever wrote it was an _______________. (1:14)

It was written by Jesus ___________ ______________.  He is called “the disciple whom...