‘A new way of looking at the world’

Don’t boast about human leaders, because:

Church leaders are only servants (v5-15)

You (the church) are God's temple (v16-23)

‘All things are yours, and you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.

Enlightened?

Spiritual Wisdom…

… is the ‘foolish’ message of the Christ crucified (1:18-2:5)

...comes from God (2:6-7)

...can’t be achieved by people (2:8-9)

...can only be received from the Spirit of God, through the word of God (2:10-16)

...is something Christ’s people can (and should!) grow in (2:1-4)

Living more and more by the Spirit’s wisdom today

“Alexamenos worships his god”

Foolish gospel, foolish people (1:26-31)

Foolish gospel, foolish preacher (2:1-5)

“Think of what you were”

The gospel is the wisdom and power of God (vv.18b, 21b, 24)

The gospel is foolish to human wisdom (vv.18a, 21, 22, 23)

The gospel makes human wisdom foolish (vv.19, 20, 21, 25)

Trust that the gospel is God’s power to save (vv.17, 18, 23, 24)

Saints behaving badly...

The appeal (v. 10)

The Problem (v. 11-12)

The Solution (v. 13-17)

United in the gospel

Thankful?

Introductions: Who do you think you are? (v. 1-3)

The shape of gospel thankfulness: (v. 4-9)

Remembering what God has done

Recognizing what God is doing

Recalling what God will do

Resting in who God is

‘I always thank my God for you’

Church is…?

The church in Corinth:

The act of the risen Lord (ch 1:1)

Preparing the soil (v. 1-4)

Planting the seed (v. 5-8)

Protecting the seedling (v. 9-17)

The church of God in Corinth (1 Cor. 1:2)

Who shaped your view of work?

Genesis 1 & 2: Work is good

Genesis 3: Work is bad

Reshaping work: Christ and his great work

Work forever? Heaven and serving

A little summary of Paul's: Romans 1.v16,17 - in 3 main statements.

1. "I am not ashamed of the gospel".

2. "Because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes."

3. "For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: "The righteous will live by faith."

Longing for the End?

The Not-Yet End: Definite and Very Near

The Not-Yet End: A Revelation

The Not-Yet End: A Purification

The Not-Yet End: A Consummation

Longing for the Beginning