Introduction: Three Functions of Prophecy
1. An Antidote to Doubt (Prophecy Grows your Faith)
2. Evangelical Tool
a. Paul is using the OT to convince Jews Jesus is the Messiah and OT
prophecy is quoted all throughout the NT
3. The imagery of the gospel in the OT teaches us about the transaction that
takes place on the cross and our position before God because of it
“And now I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take place
you may believe”
Old Testament Prophecy (some major ones)
1. Isaiah 53 (Suffering Servant)
2. Numbers 21 (Snake on the Pole) → How are we saved?
b. John 3:14-15 – Jesus referring to himself as that snake on the pole
c. Requires recognition that you have a disease unto death in order to
compel you to run in faith to the one lifted up in order to be saved
3. Leviticus 16 (Yom Kippur / Day of Atonement) → What happened to our
sin?
a. Leviticus 16:6-10 (summary of most of the sacrifice)
b. Leviticus 16:15-16 (more specific directions for Goat 1)
c. Leviticus 16:20-22 (more specific directions for Goat 2)
d. Jesus is the union of both goats – his blood is shed and our sins are
transferred to Him
4. Zechariah 3 (The Heavenly Court Room) → What is our standing before
God?
i. Joshua’s sin is removed and he is given clean robes (echoes Isaiah 61:10). We wear clean robes! As a Christian this should dramatically change how you relate to others and yourself.
ii. “I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, My soul will be joyful in my God; For He has clothed me with garments of salvation, He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness.” (Isaiah 61:10a)
iii. [You are all a sign] (aka you are pointing to something to come) / [will send the Branch] (a Messianic reference) /[remove sin in a single day…]
5. Exodus 12 (The Passover Lamb)
6. Hosea (God’s Faithfulness to an Adulterous People)
7. Jonah
8. Psalm 22
9. Genesis 22 (Abraham sacrificing Isaac)
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1 Corinthians Study 10
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I. Introduction
II. Greetings From Paul and Sosthenes (1:1-1:9)
III. Divisions in the Congregation (1:10-4:21)
IV. Moral Disorder (5:1-6:20)
V. Marriage (7:1-40)
A. Marriage and Celibacy (7:1-9)
B. Marriage and Divorce (7:10-24)
C. Marriage and Christian Service (7:25-38)
1. Singleness – Preferred Not Required (7:25-28)
2. Paul’s Argument for Singleness (7:29-35)
3. Freedom to Marry (7:36-38)
1. How does Paul describe the man who marries? (v. 38)
D. Marriage and Remarriage (7:39-40)
2. What does Paul mean, “only in the Lord”? (v. 39)
VI. Food Sacrificed to Idols (8:1-11:1)
A. The Basis of Christian Conduct – Love over Knowledge (8:1-13)
1. The Way of Love and the Way of Knowledge (8:1-3)
3. How is love different than knowledge? (v. 1)
2. The Content of the Way of Knowledge (8:4-6)
4. Are idols “real”? (v. 4)
3. The Basis – Care for Fellow Believers (8:7-13)
5. How / why are we to be careful in exercising our freedom in Messiah? (v. 9)
B. The Example of Paul (9:1-27)
1. The Defense of Paul’s Apostleship (9:1-2)
6. Was anyone skeptical that Paul was an Apostle? (v. 2)
commissioning is the act of granting an individual official authority; in the armed forces, ranking them as an officer
- Go
- Make disciples
- Baptizing: to dip repeatedly, to immerse, to submerge
- Obey
- Love and Faith
- Relatatbility
- Jew, Gentile, Mighty and Powerful, Low and Meak
- Some joined but not all!
- Specificity of the Prophecy
- Areopagus
- Let me tell you about TO AN UNKNOWN GOD
- Ready: hetoimos : prepare ready, of things, ready at hand, opportune, seasonable
- Make a Defense : apologia : verbal defence, speech in defence, a reasoned statement or argument
- Gentleness : prautēs : mildness of disposition, gentleness of spirit, meekness
- Reverence: phobos : fear, dread, terror, that which strikes terror
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I. Introduction
II. Greetings From Paul and Sosthenes (1:1-1:9)
III. Divisions in the Congregation (1:10-4:21)
IV. Moral Disorder (5:1-6:20)
V. Marriage (7:1-40)
A. Marriage and Celibacy (7:1-9)
B. Marriage and Divorce (7:10-24)
1. Prohibition of Divorce when Both are Christian (7:10-11)
2. Prohibition of Divorce when One is Christian (7:12-16)
What does Jesus say about marriage?
1. What do you think Paul means when he says, “I say, not the Lord”? (v. 12)
3. The Guiding Principle – Remain as One Was When Called (7:17-24)
2. Even though we may not be a slave, are believers truly “free”? (v. 22)
C. Marriage and Christian Service (7:25-38)
1. Singleness – Preferred Not Required (7:25-28)
3. What does Paul tell us results from marriage? (v. 28)
2. Paul’s Argument for Singleness (7:29-35)
4. What does Paul mean, “the time is short”? (v. 29)
5. What does the married man find himself concerned with? (v. 33)
3. Freedom to Marry (7:36-38)
6. How does Paul describe the man who marries? (v. 38)
D. Marriage and Remarriage (7:39-40)
7. What does Paul mean, “only in the Lord”? (v. 39)
VI. Food Sacrificed to Idols (8:1-11:1)
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I. Introduction
II. Greetings From Paul and Sosthenes (1:1-1:9)
III. Divisions in the Congregation (1:10-4:21)
IV. Moral Disorder (5:1-6:20)
A. The Case of Incest (5:1-13)
B. The Problem of Litigation (6:1-8)
C. Warning Against Moral Disorder (6:9-11)
adikos : descriptive of one who violates or has violated justice,
unjust, unrighteous, sinful, of one who deals
fraudulently with others, deceitful
pornos : a man who prostitutes his body to another’s lust for hire
a male prostitute, a man who indulges in
unlawful sexual intercourse, a fornicator
eidōlolatrēs : a worshipper of false gods, a idolater
moichos : an adulterer, metaph. one who is faithless
toward God, ungodly
malakos : soft, soft to the touch, metaph. in a bad sense
effeminate, of a boy kept for homosexual relations
with a man, of a male who submits his body to
unnatural lewdness, of a male prostitute
arsenokoitēs : one who lies with a male as with a
female, sodomite, homosexual
kleptēs : an embezzler, pilferer
pleonektēs : one eager to have more, esp. what belongs to others,
greedy of gain, covetous
methysos : drunken, intoxicated
loidoros : a railer, reviler
harpax : rapacious, ravenous, an extortioner, a robber
1. Who will not inherit the Messianic Kingdom? (v. 9)
D. Sexual Sin and the Body (6:12-20)
2. What is our body created for? (v.13)
3. How are we instructed to combat immorality? (v. 18)
Genesis 39:13 : nûs : to flee, escape, to take flight, depart, disappear,
to fly (to the attack) on horseback
V. Marriage (7:1-40)
A. Marriage and Celibacy (7:1-9)
1. Prohibition of Abstinence within Marriage (7:1-7)
4. What does Paul mean, “stop depriving one another”? (v. 5)
2. The Unmarried, Widows, and Widowers (7:8-9)
5. What is Paul’s recommendation for those who aren’t married? (v. 8)
B. Marriage and Divorce (7:10-24)
1. Prohibition of Divorce when Both are Christian (7:10-11)
6. Are Christians permitted to get divorced? (v. 10-11)
2. Prohibition of Divorce when One is Christian (7:12-16)
7. What do you think Paul means when he says, “I say, not the Lord”? (v. 12)
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I. Introduction
II. Greetings From Paul and Sosthenes (1:1-1:9)
III. Divisions in the Congregation (1:10-4:21)
IV. Moral Disorder (5:1-6:20)
A. The Case of Incest (5:1-13)
1. Paul’s Judgement (5:1-5)
2. Paul’s Argument – The Passover (5:6-8)
1. What does Paul call Jesus in this verse? (v. 7)
3. Paul’s Clarification (5:9-13)
2. When Paul told them not to associate with immoral people, what people did he mean? (v. 11)
B. The Problem of Litigation (6:1-8)
1. Shame on the Community (6:1-6)
3. Who will the saints judge at the return of Messiah? (v. 2-3)
not to dread or shun through fear, to bear, endure
to bring one’s self to, to be bold
bear one’s self boldly, deal boldly
2. Shame on the Litigants (6:7-8)
4. What would be preferable to litigation among believers in the world’s court system? (v. 7)
Judging the World: Daniel 7:13, 22, Matthew 19:27-28, Revelation 20:1-2
Judging Fallen Angles: 2 Peter 2:4, Jude 6
C. Warning Against Moral Disorder (6:9-11)
5. Who will not inherit the Messianic Kingdom? (v. 9)
D. Sexual Sin and the Body (6:12-20)
6. What is our body created for? (v.13)
7. How are we instructed to combat immorality? (v. 18)
V. Marriage (7:1-40)
A. Marriage and Celibacy (7:1-9)
1 Corinthians Study 06 (right click, save as to download)
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I. Introduction
II. Greetings From Paul and Sosthenes (1:1-1:9)
III. Divisions in the Congregation (1:10-4:21)
A. The Problem of Divisions (1:10-17)
B. The Cause of Divisions (1:18-2:16)
C. The Consequences of Divisions (3:1-4:5)
D. The Example of Paul (4:1-21)
Mystery of the Ecclesia: Ephesians 3:1-12
Mystery of the Indwelling of the Messiah: Colossians: 1: 24-29
Mystery of Bride of Messiah: Ephesians 5:22-33
Mystery of the Rapture: 1 Corinthians 15
Mystery of Israel’s Salvation: Romans 11:25-29
1. Being a Servant and Being Judged (4:1-5)
1. When Paul says “don’t pass judgment before the time,” what is “the time”? (v. 5)
2. Marks of True Apostleship (4:6-13)
2. Why does Paul want the Corinthians to learn “not to exceed what is written”? (v. 6)
3. How does Paul describe the ministry of an apostle? (v. 11-13)
3. Appeal and Exhortation (4:14-21)
4. How does Paul describe the believers in Corinth? (v. 14)
IV. Moral Disorder (5:1-6:20)
A. The Case of Incest (5:1-13)
1. Paul’s Judgement (5:1-5)
5. Why does Paul want this brother to be delivered to Satan for the destruction of his flesh? (v. 5)
porneia : illicit sexual intercourse
adultery, fornication, homosexuality, lesbianism, intercourse with animals etc.
sexual intercourse with close relatives; Lev. 18
sexual intercourse with a divorced man or woman; Mk. 10:11-12
metaph. the worship of idols
of the defilement of idolatry, as incurred by eating the sacrifices offered to idols
2. Paul’s Argument – The Passover (5:6-8)
6. What does Paul call Jesus in this verse? (v. 7)
3. Paul’s Clarification (5:9-13)
7. When Paul told them not to associate with immoral people, what people did he mean? (v. 11)
1 Corinthians Study 05 (right click, save as to download)
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I. Introduction
II. Greetings From Paul and Sosthenes (1:1-1:9)
III. Divisions in the Congregation (1:10-4:21)
A. The Problem of Divisions (1:10-17)
B. The Cause of Divisions (1:18-2:16)
C. The Consequences of Divisions (3:1-4:5)
1. Spiritual Growth Stunted (3:1-9)
2. Rewards Will Be Lost (3:10-15)
1. What will happen if a man’s work “is burned up”? (v. 15)
3. Warning Regarding God’s Temple (3:16-17)
2. Where does the Holy Spirit dwell? (v. 16)
4. Worldly Wisdom (3:18-23)
3. As a believer, who do you belong to? (v. 23)
D. The Example of Paul (4:1-21)
1. Being a Servant and Being Judged (4:1-5)
4. When Paul says “don’t pass judgment before the time,” what is “the time”? (v. 5)
2. Marks of True Apostleship (4:6-13)
5. Why does Paul want the Corinthians to learn “not to exceed what is written”? (v. 6)
6. How does Paul describe the ministry of an apostle? (v. 11-13)
3. Appeal and Exhortation (4:14-21)
7. How does Paul describe the believers in Corinth? (v. 14)
IV. Moral Disorder (5:1-6:20)
1 Corinthians Study 04 (right click, save as to download)
1 Corinthians Study (right click, save as to download)
I. Introduction
II. Greetings From Paul and Sosthenes (1:1-1:9)
III. Divisions in the Congregation (1:10-4:21)
A. The Problem of Divisions (1:10-17)
B. The Cause of Divisions (1:18-2:16)
1. Misunderstanding the Message of the Cross (1:18-2:5)
a) God’s Folly – A Crucified Messiah (1:18-25)
b) God’s Folly – The Corinthian Believers (1:26-31)
1. What has God chosen to shame the wise and the strong of this world? (v. 27)
c) God’s Folly – Paul’s Preaching (2:1-5)
2. What was Paul “determined to know” among the community of believers in Corinth? (v. 2)
2. Misunderstanding the Spirit’s Ministry of Revealing (2:6-16)
3. What does Paul say about the wisdom of God? (v. 6)
4. What have the believers rec’d that will help them know the “things freely given by God? (v. 12)
C. The Consequences of Divisions (3:1-4:5)
1. Spiritual Growth Stunted (3:1-9)
5. Who is more important, “the one who plants” or “the one who waters”? (v. 7)
2. Rewards Will Be Lost (3:10-15)
6. What will happen if a man’s work “is burned up”? (v. 15)
3. Warning Regarding God’s Temple (3:16-17)
7. Where does the Holy Spirit dwell? (v. 16)
4. Worldly Wisdom (3:18-23)
8. As a believer, who do you belong to? (v. 23)
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