Advice and Warnings to Leaders:  A View from the Pew

The _____________ of becoming a leader in Christ does not always

 look like _____________.

        Moving from_____________ to _____________ takes time. 

        Signs of immature leaders

         E - 

         R - 

         C -

What are the three different roles for leaders? 

        Some _____________

        Other’s Water

        God _____________

Insights into Infant and Adult Leaders

         A

         B

         C

         D

Satan can be successfully _________________.

        What does James 4:7 remind us? 

Solution:  Foundation to Build Upon 

         Builder

         Jesus the foundation

         Gold, silver

         Wood, hay and stubble

The Devil in the Details 

Satan is  _________________

        What does Ephesians 6:12 remind us?

What are names of Satan from Scripture?

What do we learn from Revelation, chapter 12?

Satan doesn’t rule hell.  He’s _____________  _____________.

What real power does Satan possess?

        What does it mean that Satan has no “omni’s”?

What is our weapon in confronting Satan?  

Satan can be successfully _________________.

        What does James 4:7 remind us?   

Satan wants to _____________ us.  

Satan is a _____________

        What does 2 Corinthians 11:14 - 15 teach us? 

Application: 

The Original Super Power 

1.  Power in  _____________________________ (verses 1 - 5)

        How did Paul “keep it simple” with the Corinthians?

        Why might Paul have had “fear and trembling”?

        What does 2 Corinthians 12:9 - 10 remind us? 

2.  Power in _____________________________ (verses 6 - 13)

        What is the “secret and hidden wisdom”?

                How is this wisdom hidden?

        Who are the “rulers of this age”?

        What do we know about the “Spirit of God”?

3. Power in the  _______________  of Christ (verses 14 - 16)

        What is the struggle of the natural person?

        What does it mean that Christians have the “mind of 
        Christ”?        

1 Corinthians 1:18 - 31

Foolishness, Wisdom, and Power

1.  _____________________________

        This discussion must always turn back to the ____________.

        What are elements of the gospel that sound foolish to 

        people? 

        What are elements of the gospel that just sound amazing to 

        other people? 

        A key problem is what we consider the source of truth.  What 

        are competing ideas for the source of truth? 

2.  _____________________________

        What does verse 21 really mean?

        What is the struggle for the....

                Jews:

                Greeks: 

3.  _____________________________

        What does Paul mean that not many were: 

                Wise:

                Powerful:

                Noble: 

In verse 28, what are the “things that are not”?

What “boasting” is inappropriate and what is appropriate? 

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Corinthians 1:10 - 17

What are the 5 main sections of 1st Corinthians?

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Division in the _______________

How does our culture evaluate worth?

The Corinthians are following ______________ instead of ____________.

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1 Corinthians 1:1-9

In regard to enemies of our Christian faith...

 How might we define “the world”?

 How might we define “the flesh”?

 What do we know about Corinth?

 What were struggles with the Corinthian culture and church?

 Observations about 1st Corinthians:

 What are the 5 main sections of 1st Corinthians?

 1. Greeting

 Who is the author?

For Such a Time as This