The Corinthian church was full of boasting, division and factions based on worldly things like ones intellect, power and family. Is that how God operates? This message discusses how God’s grace is available to anyone and how God will choose those the world would overlook to destroy whatever is in us that would lead us to boast in ourselves.

Are you able to recognize that your life and salvation is a gift from God? Many followers of Jesus would affirm this, but do you believe it? Paul opens First Corinthians by reminding the Corinthians that they are gifted and called, not because of their performance but rather because of God’s grace. This is Paul's opening reminder to a church that was struggling with pride, division and sin; they’d only experience freedom from that sin by deeply knowing God’s grace and how what they have is a gift from him. This message explores how these opening words form and shape Paul’s message to the church in Corinth and how God’s desire for us today would be that we too recognize his grace and grow in humility rather than pride.