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✅ Subscribe to our YouTube Channel -  @Dr. Scott Silverii  talks about Your Conscience Is Not Your Best Guide 1 Corinthians 10 -  Avoid Israel’s Mistakes 10 For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that our fathers were all under the cloud and they all passed through the sea; 2 and they all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea; 3 and they all ate the same spiritual food, 4 and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they were drinking from a spiritual rock which followed them; and the rock was [a]Christ. 5 Nevertheless, with most of them God was not pleased; for their dead bodies were spread out in the wilderness.  6 Now these things happened as examples for us, so that we would not crave evil things as they indeed craved them. 7 Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written: “The people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.” 8 Nor are we to commit sexual immorality, as some of them [b]did, and twenty-three thousand fell in one day. 9 Nor are we to put the Lord to the test, as some of them [c]did, and were killed by the snakes. 10 Nor grumble, as some of them [d]did, and were killed by the destroyer. 11 Now these things happened to them as an example, and they were written for our instruction, upon whom the ends of the ages have come. 12 Therefore let the one who thinks he stands watch out that he does not fall. 13 No temptation has overtaken you except something common to mankind; and God is faithful, [e]so He will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.  14 Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. 15 I speak as to wise people; you then, judge what I say. 16 Is the cup of blessing which we bless not a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is the bread which we break not a sharing in the body of Christ? 17 Since there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf. 18 Look at [f]the people of Israel; are those who eat the sacrifices not partners in the altar? 19 What do I mean then? That food sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is [g]anything? 20 No, but I say that things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God; and I do not want you to become partners with demons. 21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons. 22 Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? We are not stronger than He, are we?  23 All things are permitted, but not all things are of benefit. All things are permitted, but not all things [h]build people up. 24 No one is to seek his own advantage, but rather that of his [i]neighbor. 25 Eat anything that is sold in the meat market without asking questions, for the sake of conscience; 26 for the earth is the Lord’s, and [j]all it contains. 27 If one of the unbelievers invites you and you want to go, eat anything that is set before you without asking questions, for the sake of conscience. 28 But if anyone says to you, “This is meat sacrificed to idols,” do not eat it, for the sake of that one who informed you and for the sake of conscience; 29 Now by “conscience” I do not mean your own, but the other person’s; for why is my freedom judged by another’s conscience? 30 If I partake with thankfulness, why am I slandered about that for which I give thanks?  31 Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all things for the glory of God. 32 Do not offend Jews or Greeks, or the church of God; 33 just as I also please everyone in all things, not seeking my own benefit but the benefit of the many, so that they may be saved.

✅ Subscribe to our YouTube Channel -  @Dr. Scott Silverii  talks about Love Requires Sacrifice - 1 Corinthians 9:1 -27 - Paul’s Use of Freedom Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord? If I am not an apostle to others, at least I am to you; for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.  My defense to those who examine me is this: Do we not have a right to eat and drink? Do we not have a right to take along a believing wife, even as the rest of the apostles and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas? Or do only Barnabas and I have no right to refrain from working? Who at any time serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not consume some of the milk of the flock?  I am not just asserting these things according to human judgment, am I? Or does the Law not say these things as well? For it is written in the Law of Moses: “You shall not muzzle the ox while it is threshing.” God is not concerned about oxen, is He? Or is He speaking entirely for our sake? Yes, it was written for our sake, because the plowman ought to plow in hope, and the thresher to thresh in hope of sharing in the crops. If we sowed spiritual things in you, is it too much if we reap material things from you? If others share the right over you, do we not more? Nevertheless, we did not use this right, but we endure all things so that we will cause no hindrance to the gospel of Christ. Do you not know that those who perform sacred services eat the food of the temple, and those who attend regularly to the altar have their share [h]from the altar? So also the Lord directed those who proclaim the gospel to get their living from the gospel.  But I have used none of these things. And I have not written these things so that it will be done so in my case; for it would be better for me to die than that. No one shall make my boast an empty one! For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast about, for I am under compulsion; for woe to me if I do not preach the gospel. For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have been entrusted with a commission nonetheless. What, then, is my reward? That, when I preach the gospel, I may offer the gospel without charge, so as not to make full use of my right in the gospel.  For though I am free from all people, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I may gain more. To the Jews I became as a Jew, so that I might gain Jews; to those who are under the Law, I became as one under the Law, though not being under the Law myself, so that I might gain those who are under the Law; to those who are without the Law, I became as one without the Law, though not being without the law of God but under the law of Christ, so that I might gain those who are without the Law. To the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak; I have become all things to all people, so that I may by all means save some. I do all things for the sake of the gospel, so that I may become a fellow partaker of it.  Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win. Everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. So they do it to obtain a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. Therefore I run in such a way as not to run aimlessly; I box in such a way, as to avoid hitting air; but I strictly discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

✅ Subscribe to our YouTube Channel  @Dr. Scott Silverii  talks about It’s Not Only About You - 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 1 Corinthians 8 New King James Version Be Sensitive to Conscience 8 Now concerning things offered to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge [a]puffs up, but love [b]edifies. 2 And if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know. 3 But if anyone loves God, this one is known by Him.  4 Therefore concerning the eating of things offered to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one. 5 For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many gods and many lords), 6 yet for us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and through whom we live.  7 However, there is not in everyone that knowledge; for some, with consciousness of the idol, until now eat it as a thing offered to an idol; and their conscience, being weak, is defiled. 8 But food does not commend us to God; for neither if we eat are we the better, nor if we do not eat are we the worse.  9 But beware lest somehow this liberty of yours become a [c]stumbling block to those who are weak. 10 For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating in an idol’s temple, will not the conscience of him who is weak be emboldened to eat those things offered to idols? 11 And because of your knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died? 12 But when you thus sin against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. 13 Therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, I will never again eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble.

God Planted You To Prosper Where You Are. 1 Corinthians 7 

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✅ Subscribe to our YouTube Channel -  @Dr. Scott Silverii  talks about Sexual Immorality Defiles The Body Of Christ -1 Corinthians: 5  Immorality Defiles the Church 5:1 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles—that a man has his father’s wife! And you are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he who has done this deed might be taken away from among you. 1 Corinthians 5:1-2 (NKJV) We don't want to get too involved in their drama. Churches FLEE when marriages in Crisis - Push In Let the pastor deal with someone else's sin. It ain't my problem. For just as the body is one and yet has many parts, and all the parts of the body, though they are many, are one body, so also is Christ. For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit. 1 Corinthians 12:12-13 (NASB) Sin In Your BODY - Sin Is Your Business (1 COR 5:5) deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.  Kingdom accountability must be applied in the Spirit.   WHY TURN SEXUALLY IMMORAL OVER TO SATAN?  Unrepentant sin damages the Body. Jesus will protect His Church - Romans 1:28-32 (NKJV) Reprobate Minds Sinner lives for flesh – Satan destroys sinners’ flesh (live by sword, die by sword) 2 Corinthians 4:4 tells Satan is god of this world. Choose Sin - Choose Satan - CHOOSE WISELY. Satan will destroy the flesh, but no control over man's spirit.  The goal of Church removal is not retaliation, but rehabilitation: to convict the man of his sin to encourage repentance and restoration. Brothers, if anyone is caught in any sin, you who are spiritual [that is, you who are responsive to the guidance of the Spirit] are to restore such a person in a spirit of gentleness [not with a sense of superiority or self-righteousness], keeping a watchful eye on yourself,   so that you are not tempted as well.  Galatians 6:1 (Amplified Bible)    Paul then warns about a little leaven in 1 COR 5:6-8 - It's better to purge out than ruin whole lump and start over.   The FLOOD removed all leaven (sin) and Started Over. NOTE: You must be a good steward of God's Church. Cannot co-exist with sin.

✅ Subscribe to our YouTube Channel -  @Dr. Scott Silverii  talks about Watering, Working and Warning - 1 Corinthians 3:4-16  1 Corinthians 3:5-8 (NKJV) Watering, Working, Warning 5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers through whom you believed, as the Lord gave to each one? 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase. 8 Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor. The Watering  We struggle as a Body when immaturity mistakes the pastor's fame with the gospel's truth. They are NOT the same.  The Working  We struggle as a Body when we want believers to look like us instead of Jesus. Discipleship is not telling new believers what you think - Teach them to read and understand what the Bible reveals.  The Warning  We struggle as a Body when we serve half heartedly or give God our leftovers.   Christians will not have salvation judges, but we will be assessed of our work for eternal rewards.   We don't have an eternal perspective about kingdom rewards.     HOW TO HANDLE STRUGGLES?  Whatever you do [whatever your task may be], work from the soul [that is, put in your very best effort], as [something done] for the Lord and not for men, knowing [with all certainty] that it is from the Lord [not from men] that you will receive the inheritance which is your [greatest] reward. It is the Lord Christ whom you [actually] serve. Colossians 3:23-24 (Amplified Bible)  You get what you give Are You Sowing Kingdom Seeds With Expectation Of Kingdom Fruit?  For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the  Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life. Galatians 6:8 (NKJV) Effort is a heart condition. Once Body grows, the integrity of the foundation will either support it or fracture. Be a good steward of God's kingdom. Just as each one of you has received a special gift [a spiritual talent, an ability graciously given by God], employ it in serving one another as [is appropriate for] good stewards of God’s multi-faceted grace [faithfully using the diverse, varied gifts and abilities granted to Christians by God’s unmerited favor]. 1 Peter 4:10 (Amplified Bible)

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Sectarianism Is Carnal 

And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ. I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able; for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men?   

I was saved with Milk:   

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."   

John 3:16 (NKJV)   

But I didn't understand the Meat:   

"For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God."   

John 3:17-18 (NKJV)   

NOTE: Evangelists use gospel Milk so Non-Believers can easily digest the truth of Jesus Christ.   - BUT Church must equip the Body of Believers to digest the same gospel message as Meat so they mature through discipleship and can / will go out and make disciples.   I was made a Convert and not a Disciple  My Denomination Focus on growth of congregation - NOT the person.  Stunted spiritual maturity for years.  Almost walked away because I knew there SHOULD be more to faith life, but ONLY heard same pulpit jokes motivational verses weekly.  Disillusioned by HUNGER

✅ Subscribe to our YouTube Channel -  @Dr. Scott Silverii  talks about The Foolishness of Human Wisdom: 1 Corinthians 1:18- 19 -  Share Jesus Christ and Him Crucified. For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. 1 Corinthians 2:2 (NKJV)  You don't need college to gain God's knowledge.   NOTE: Continue our walk through 1 Corinthians by looking at the Foolishness of Human Wisdom.  ANCHOR SCRIPTURE 1 Corinthians 1:18-24 (NASB) The Wisdom of God For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the understanding of those who have understanding, I will confound.” Where is the wise person? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has God not made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, God was pleased through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. For indeed Jews ask for signs and Greeks search for wisdom; but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block, and to Gentiles foolishness, but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.   HOW DO WE STRUGGLE IN TODAY'S CULTURAL ELITISM? Intimidated by worldly elite and learned? Jesus called them - Pharisees. Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples, saying: “The scribes and Pharisees have seated themselves in Moses’ chair [of authority as teachers of the Law]; so practice and observe everything they tell you, but do not do as they do; for they preach [things], but do not practice them. The scribes and Pharisees tie up heavy loads [that are hard to bear] and place them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves will not lift a finger [to make them lighter]. Matthew 23:1-4 (Amplified Bible)  SPIRITUAL MATURITY IS NOT MEASURED BY INFORMATION,  BUT BY APPLICATION  - Do others make us feel Less Than when they espouse Christianeese?  - Stop you from volunteering at church? "What if the three-year-old ask about Dispensationalism?"  Be Real - Say I Don't Know But I Will Find Out! - Afraid to prophesy – Worried?  Misplaced – Seek social direction from culture’s proud and arrogant SOMETIMES - even Spiritual Direction.   Mind God's Mind to Mind Your Mind  NOTE: Paul addresses THE FOOLISHNESS OF HUMAN WISDOM that comes from the arrogance of elitism and performance-based demands of self-reliance.  Stephen Hawking - Brilliant theoretical physicist. Genius IQ over 160 - Died March 2018 "I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail," he said. "There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark."   WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT THE FOOLISHNESS OF HUMAN WISDOM? 1 Corinthians 1:18-24 (NASB) (1 Corinthians 1:18) For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.      NOTE: Paul teaches everything God foretold in OT was accomplished at the Cross: - The "Message of the Cross," in contrast to speech of human wisdom.  - The Cross produces opposite reactions of people perishing (headed to hell) and those being saved (headed to glory). - Bible is consistent about separation – Genesis 1:4 – Light from dark / Matthew 3:12 – Wheat from chaff / Matthew 25:31-33 – Sheep from goats  (1 Corinthians 1:19) For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the understanding of those who have understanding, I will confound.”