2. 1 Corinthians Author: Apostle Paul Origin: Ephesus Date: Mid 50s Purpose: To respond to reports about prideful posturing, and to answer local church questions. Theme: Humility-based unity. Author: Apostle Paul Origin: Ephesus Date: Mid 50s Purpose: To respond to reports about prideful posturing, and to answer local church questions. Theme: Humility-based unity.

3. 1 Corinthians Themes Unity/oneness in the local church Relationships in the local church Righteous living/church discipline Interacting with unbelievers/marriage Lord’s Supper and baptism Spiritual gifts Worship wars The Cross/Resurrection Themes Unity/oneness in the local church Relationships in the local church Righteous living/church discipline Interacting with unbelievers/marriage Lord’s Supper and baptism Spiritual gifts Worship wars The Cross/Resurrection

4. Why We Should Rely On the Spirit Why We Should Rely On the Spirit

5. The Spirit is our source of Power Why We Should Rely On the Spirit Why We Should Rely On the Spirit

6. 1 When I came to you, brothers and sisters, I did not come with superior eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed the testimony of God. 2 For I decided to be concerned about nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified. 3 And I was with you in weakness and in fear and with much trembling. 4 My conversation and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power, 5 so that your faith would not be based on human wisdom but on the power of God. 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 (NET Bible)

7. “Faith, then, was induced by a demonstration of the Spirit’s power and was not a product of human ingenuity or rhetorical flourish.” -BKC “Faith, then, was induced by a demonstration of the Spirit’s power and was not a product of human ingenuity or rhetorical flourish.” -BKC Why We Should Rely On the Spirit Why We Should Rely On the Spirit

8. 10 …some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is weak and his speech is of no account.” 2 Corinthians 10:10 (NET Bible)

9. Why We Should Rely On the Spirit Why We Should Rely On the Spirit FaithfulnessResults [our job][God’s job]

10. Failure means not trying. Why We Should Rely On the Spirit Why We Should Rely On the Spirit

11. The Spirit is our source of Power Why We Should Rely On the Spirit Why We Should Rely On the Spirit

12. The Spirit is our source of Power The Spirit is our source of Wisdom The Spirit is our source of Power The Spirit is our source of Wisdom Why We Should Rely On the Spirit Why We Should Rely On the Spirit

13. 6 Now we do speak wisdom among the mature, but not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are perishing. 7 Instead we speak the wisdom of God, hidden in a mystery, that God determined before the ages for our glory. 8 None of the rulers of this age understood it. If they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 9 But just as it is written, “Things that no eye has seen, or ear heard, or mind imagined, are the things God has prepared for those who love him.” 1 Corinthians 2:6-16 (NET Bible)

14. 10 God has revealed these to us by the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. 11 For who among men knows the things of a man except the man’s spirit within him? So too, no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things that are freely given to us by God. 1 Corinthians 2:6-16 (NET Bible)

15. 13 And we speak about these things, not with words taught us by human wisdom, but with those taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual things to spiritual people. 14 The unbeliever does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him. And he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 The one who is spiritual discerns all things, yet he himself is understood by no one. 16 For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to advise him? But we have the mind of Christ. 1 Corinthians 2:6-16 (NET Bible)

16. “Since only spiritual people are able to receive spiritual truths, it follows that the man without the Spirit, an unregenerate person, would not and could not receive the message of wisdom regardless of his intellectual abilities or accomplishments (1:20). Like a deaf critic of Bach or a blind critic of Raphael is the unregenerate critic of God’s Word.” -BKC Why We Should Rely On the Spirit Why We Should Rely On the Spirit

17. Foolish! Why We Should Rely On the Spirit Why We Should Rely On the Spirit

18. 1 Corinthians Applications: Read/study 1 Corinthians 3. [www.netbible.org] Rely on the Holy Spirit. Measure your faithfulness. Avoid focusing on spiritual results. Embrace the truths of God by faith. Applications: Read/study 1 Corinthians 3. [www.netbible.org] Rely on the Holy Spirit. Measure your faithfulness. Avoid focusing on spiritual results. Embrace the truths of God by faith.