1 Corinthians – Do you have a Gift?

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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)

VI. Food Sacrificed to Idols (8:1-11:1)

VII. Men and Women in Worship (11:2-16)

VIII. The Lord’s Supper (11:17-34)

A. The Problem

B. The Solution

1. Discern the Body (11:27-32)

2. Wait for One Another (11:33-34)

1. How do they avoid the Lord’s judgment when participating in the Lord’s Supper? (v. 33)

IX. Spiritual Gifts (12:1-14:40)

A. Jesus is Lord (12:1-3)

2. What is required to believe that Jesus is Lord? (v. 3)

B. The Need for Diversity (12:4-31)

1. Diversity of the Gifts (12:4-11)

3. What nine spiritual gifts of the Holy Spirit that are given “to each one”? (v. 8-10)

Wisdom: sophia 

Knowledge:  gnōsis

Faith: pistis 

Healing: iama 

Miracles: dynamis 

Prophecy: prophēteia 

Distinguishing spirits: diakrisis pneuma

Tongues: glōssa 

Interpretation: hermēneia 

EXCURSUS: The Controversial Gifts

I. Based on your reading of the Bible, what is “prophecy”?

➢ Why might this spiritual gift (prophecy) be considered controversial?
➢ Read 1 Samuel 19:20-24. Who are the “School” or “Company” of prophets? (v. 20)
➢ What does it mean – “they prophesied”? (v. 20)
➢ Read Acts 21:1-11. Does all prophecy become Scripture?
➢ Can the Ekklesia protect itself against false prophecy? If so, how?

II. Is the Spiritual Gift of Tongues the evidence of Baptism in the Holy Spirit?

➢ What is being “Filled” with the Holy Spirit?

Wayne Grudem: Systematic Theology