Church Planter & Overseer The Pauline Epistles Church Planter & Overseer © John Stevenson, 2010

Church planter & overseer Course Outline Week One Week Two Week Three Week Four Week Five Early years Church planter & overseer Paul’s Gospel Paul the Theologian Paul the Bishop Birth to Greece Corinth Epistle to the Romans The Prison Epistles The Pastoral Epistles

 Corinth

Corinth A smelting pot of many peoples. Pagan cults. Immorality. Church plagued by division. Divorce Trend to glorify the scientific and philosophical and to ridicule the spiritual.

Corinth The role of men and women in the church. Questions of the uses and misuses of the spiritual gifts.

1 Corinthians 1:10-11 Now I exhort you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all agree, and there be no divisions among you, but you be made complete in the same mind and in the same judgment. 11 For I have been informed concerning you, my brethren, by Chloe’s people, that there are quarrels among you.

Unity First Corinthians Chapters 1-6 Chapters 7-10 Chapters 11-16 Divisions Need for Unity Necessary Divisions

Sexual misconduct that calls for church discipline 1 Corinthians 5-6 5:1-13 Sexual misconduct that calls for church discipline Unity broken by sin 6:1-11 Legal lawsuits that call for church oversight Unity threatened by disagreement 6:12-20 Lustful temptations that call for a connective reminder Unity shared in Christ

Unity Questions First Corinthians Chapters 1-6 Chapters 7-10 Divisions Need for Unity Necessary Divisions Single & Married Meat & Idols

Those who felt it was wrong to eat Christians in Corinth Those who felt it was wrong to eat Those who felt it was okay to eat They did not eat, but were troubled by those who did They ate in spite of thinking it was wrong and their conscience was troubled They ate without regard to the feelings of others They limited their liberty from concern for other brothers

1 Corinthians 8-9 8:1 9:1 9:15 A call to limit liberty for the sake of the weaker brother An example of this type of limited liberty seen in Paul’s limitation of his liberty to be paid in the ministry Paul has the right to be paid in ministry Paul has limited his liberty for the sake of the Corinthians

1 Corinthians 9:24-25 24 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. 25 And everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. They then do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable.

1 Corinthians 9:26-27 26 Therefore I run in such a way, as not without aim; I box in such a way, as not beating the air; 27 but I buffet my body and make it my slave, lest possibly, after I have preached to others, I myself should be disqualified.

For I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that our fathers were… (10:1) All under the cloud All passed through the sea All were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea All ate the same spiritual food All drank the same spiritual drink Nevertheless, with most of them God was not well-pleased; for they were laid low in the wilderness (10:5).

1 Corinthians 10:11-12 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 him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.

1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, that you may be able to endure it.

Unity Questions Errors First Corinthians Chapters 1-6 Chapters 7-10 Divisions Need for Unity Necessary Divisions Single & Married Meat & Idols Women & Worship Lord’s Supper Gifts Resurrection

Universal versus Local Application What sort of applications should be made to the teachings found in 1 Corinthians 11:4-6?

1 Corinthians 12-14 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 There are many different gifts, but each are no less a part of the body Having and exhibiting various gifts is not nearly so important as having love The use of tongues in the church; it is better to do that which edifies others

1 Corinthians 15 The Resurrection Christ rose from the dead We will also rise from the dead 15:35 15:36 15:45 15:50 Two Questions Three answers: The resurrection body is… How raised? What body? Illustrated in nature Necessary from Old Testament Experienced at the Second Coming