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1Cor 5,1-13

· (172b) Works of the devil Ø Manifestations of the devil Ø Tares among the wheat Ø Devils among the saints Ø Unrighteous among the righteous

1Cor 5,1-5

· (163j) Works of the devil Ø Being a slave to the devil (Addictions) Ø Used by Satan to destroy your own life

· (204a) Denying Christ Ø Man chooses his own destiny apart from God Ø Back-slider Ø Practicing sin Ø Dying in sin

1Cor 5-1,2

· (23b) Sin Ø Pride can blind your eyes -- These verses go with verse 6. Keep in mind the Corinthian Church wanted to judge Paul for being authoritarian and spiritually askew. They thought they needed to correct him, as though they were judge and jury on spiritual matters; in that department they were sluggish and secular as the world. Come to find out, one of them spiritually representing the rest was having sex with his mother-in-law. And so it is with those who want to pass judgment; they are notoriously unqualified. Since they have little if anything to do with the Spirit of God, they have no choice but to judge according to the flesh, which is distorted by nature, like looking through the bottom of coke bottles. If that were not enough, they are invariably guilty of the very accusations they make of other people. The early church even while Paul remained alive among them were already going woefully wrong in their behavior, and their flesh was leading them to do some of the worst things that even the gentiles (unbelievers) didn’t do. Paul’s solution to their behavior was to actually remove the offender from their assembly, not indefinitely, but for a while.

· (74j) Thy kingdom come Ø Heart of man is sinful Ø Sin is conceived in the heart

· (77l) Thy kingdom come Ø Being Humble Before God Ø Let your laughter be turned to mourning

· (96k) Thy kingdom come Ø Having a negative attitude about sin Ø Being willing to practice sin -- These verses go with verse 6

· (104a) Thy kingdom come Ø Purifying process Ø Purified by circumstances Ø Purified through judgment -- These verses go with verses 6-13

· (153g) Witness Ø Validity of the Father Ø God bears witness against the world Ø Shame Ø Walking in condemnation Ø Walking in sin -- These verses go with verses 9-13

· (203f) Denying Christ Ø Dishonor God Ø Dishonor God by dishonoring your own body

1Cor 5-1

· (11d) Servant Ø The law is our standard of conduct

· (16e) Sin Ø Man’s willingness to be evil Ø Afraid to deal with sin

· (134j) Temple Ø Your body is the temple of God Ø Sins of the body Ø Immorality Ø Adultery Ø Physical adultery -- This verse goes with verses 9-13

· (167j) Works of the devil Ø Manifestations of the devil Ø Do not conform to the world Ø The world of sin -- This verse goes with verses 9-13

· (184i) Works of the devil Ø The origin of lawlessness Ø Abusing the grace of God Ø Spending His grace on your pleasures Ø Adding leaven to His grace -- This verse goes with verses 6-13

1Cor 5,3-13

· (7i) Responsible to defend God’s cause Ø Protecting your freedom – You protect your freedom not only to practice your religion in the world by becoming politically active and leaning on the constitution of the U.S., but you also protect you freedom to believe the truth by eliminating sin from your own personal life and from the church.

· (120a) Thy kingdom come Ø Manifestations of faith Ø Curse of God is broken Ø Curse of God’s Judgment is broken

1Cor 5,3-5

· (64c) Paradox Ø Anomalies Ø Limits of God Ø God has limited patience -- These verses go with verses 9-13

· (65b) Paradox Ø Anomalies Ø God helps Satan Ø God gives people over to Satan – Paul speaks of a type of judgment that if anyone else taught it would sound like a lunatic. Paul was probably locked in jail at the time of this writing to the Corinthian Church as the reason he could not be present with them in body, but was with them in spirit, saying that he had already judged the person who had committed this act as though he were present. In other words, Paul remotely judged him. In some cases instead of Jesus laying His hands on people, He healed them remotely, who were not present. Judging someone in this manner is no different. He said that when the Corinthian Church is assembled he would be with them in spirit with the power of Christ, and made the decision, “…to deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of his flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.” This is a very difficult statement. Many people have the opinion that Paul simply quit praying for him, but there is more to it than that. The context of the statement implies that Paul’s efforts will possibly result in the man’s death! The advantage of the man’s death is that he would go to heaven before sin had a chance to carry him away from his faith. Paul’s decision was his last ditch effort to restore such a person. Paul is giving the man an ultimatum that either he repents or Paul is washing his hands of him, and if he does not repent, then God Himself will give up on him.

· (68d) Authority Ø Jesus Delegates Authority To Execute Judgment Ø Against sin

· (69i) Authority Ø Righteous judgment Ø Judging the flesh by the Spirit

· (118f) Thy kingdom come Ø Seeing through the eyes of your spirit Ø Eyes of discernment

1Cor 5-4,5

· (69c) Church conveys Jesus’ authority Ø Discernment Ø Feeling the body’s infirmities

1Cor 5-5

· (49h) Judgment Ø God judges the world Ø The last days Ø The day of judgment

· (65i) Paradox Ø Anomalies Ø Satan Glorifies God

· (207e) Salvation Ø God makes promises on His terms Ø Eternal security? Ø God Himself will tear you down – Paul said in Romans 7 that the law has inadvertently increased the power of sin. In that case, how much more power does sin have with the conviction of the Holy Spirit? A Christian who refuses to repent with the Holy Spirit breathing down his neck can produce a lot of stress as to overwhelm the person, and in some unusual cases could even result in death. The unusual case was during the times of the early church the demonstration of the Holy Spirit was very powerful among the people, so that if there were an individual in the assembly who refused to conciliate the combination of the Holy Spirit’s conviction, the power of sin, the work of Satan, a heavy anointing producing a pure version of God’s truth in the church could turn the individual mad, even as King Saul went mad after he disobeyed the edict of the prophet Samuel, according to 1 Samuel chapters 9-31. The main point is that Paul is doing this because he cares about the man who had committed the sin, because he knew that if the man was permitted to continue, sin will have such a corrosive effect on his faith and on those around him that eventually his faith would erode to nothing, damaging other people’s faith in the process. So Paul was saying it would be better if this man died and went to heaven than to continue living and fall away from his faith and lose his soul in hell. This same "unusual case" will return the the church in the last days as God roots out sin in His church prior to His return. 

1Cor 5,6-13

· (104a) Thy kingdom come Ø Purifying process Ø Purified by circumstances Ø Purified through judgment -- These verses go with verses 1&2

· (184i) Works of the devil Ø The origin of lawlessness Ø Abusing the grace of God Ø Spending His grace on your pleasures Ø Adding leaven to His grace -- These verses go with verse 1

1Cor 5,6-8

· (58j) Paradox Ø Two implied meanings Ø Good things / Bad things

· (78c) Thy kingdom come Ø Sincerity of heart Ø Being honest Ø Free from inconsistency

· (86m) Thy kingdom come Ø Obedience Ø Be doers of the word from the heart Ø Internalize the word of God

· (105a) Thy kingdom come Ø Pure in heart Ø A pure heart is a genuine heart

· (189b) Die to self (Process of substitution) Ø Separation from the old man Ø Holy sacrifice Ø Holy offering

· (191e) Die to self (Process of substitution) Ø Separation from the old man Ø Extract the leaven from the church -- These verses go with verse 13. Paul often used the word “arrogance” to describe the Corinthians, reminding them that a little leaven leavens the whole lump of dough, leading us to believe that the Corinthian Church was an arrogant people. “Leaven” in Paul’s comment to them represents sin. In other parables that Jesus taught He gave leaven an opposite meaning, suggestive of faith, or perhaps in reference to the anointing of the Holy Spirit. My personal favorite parable is in Mat 13-33, “The kingdom of heave is like leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three pecks of meal, until it was all leavened.” The lump of dough represents the person, and the leaven represents the Holy Spirit, who comes to dwell in the inner man. Body, soul and spirit are changed from the inside out as the effects of the leaven radiate its influence throughout the entire being. Paul is saying that sin has the same effect, so we need to be careful of it. There are two forces working on us at the same time. We have the Holy Spirit causing us to emulate the kingdom of heaven, and we have sin causing us to emulate the nature of our flesh, and we are in the middle making the decisions about who and what we are willing to emulate.

· (230a) Kingdom of God Ø God’s kingdom is a living organism Ø Partaking Ø Partaking of Jesus Ø Partaking of communion

1Cor 5-6

· (23b) Sin Ø Pride can blind your eyes -- This verse goes with verses 1&2

· (96k) Thy kingdom come Ø Having a negative attitude about sin Ø Being willing to practice sin -- This verse goes with verses 1&2

· (191b) Extract The Leaven (Key verse)

· (209h) Jesus Is Our Sacrifice (Key verse)

· (209j) Salvation Ø The salvation of God Ø Jesus is our sacrifice Ø Jesus paid the price for us Ø Jesus is the lamb of God

· (78a) Sincerity Of Heart (Key verse)

1Cor 5,9-13

· (6a) Responsibility Ø Jesus’ yoke of obedience Ø Our obligation to keep His commandments

· (10c) Responsibility to bring order to the church Ø Dealing with immorality – Allowing such out-of-control lifestyles to continue is like allowing a contagious disease to rifle through the congregation, infecting people’s minds and messing with their doctrines and theology that may eventually lead to hindering people’s faith in God, and we simply cannot allow that in the church.

· (51i) Judging the Church with the world Ø Do not show partiality to one another

· (64c) Paradox Ø Anomalies Ø Limits of God Ø God has limited patience -- These verses go with verses 3-5

· (69k) Authority Ø Discernment Ø Executing God’s judgment by His authority

· (72c) Transferring authority Ø Men delegate authority by obeying the word

· (134j) Temple Ø Your body is the temple of God Ø Sins of the body Ø Immorality Ø Adultery Ø Physical adultery -- These verses go with verse 1

· (138c) Temple Ø Building the temple (with hands) Ø Reprove your brother for sinning – God judges those outside the church, but we judge those inside the church, so God doesn’t have to judge us. It is better that we judge ourselves than if God does. If we judge the backslidden Christian, he may repent and be restored, but if God judges him, it is most likely because he is unwilling to repent and has possibly already fallen away from his faith, and is no longer able to be restored. If he is a Christian, he has the Holy Spirit dwelling in him, and every day he has the opportunity to repent and he doesn’t do it. If he doesn’t listen to the Holy Spirit, sometimes it helps if the call to repent comes through the agency of flesh and blood.

· (143b) Witness Ø Validity of Jesus Christ Ø Witnesses of Jesus Ø Having a bad reputation

· (153g) Witness Ø Validity of the Father Ø God bears witness against the world Ø Shame Ø Walking in condemnation Ø Walking in sin -- These verses go with verses 1&2

· (159i) Works of the devil Ø Essential characteristics Ø Counterfeit God Ø Counterfeit anointing Ø Drunkenness Ø Having a party spirit

· (162j) Works of the devil Ø Being a slave to the devil (Addictions) Ø Bondage Ø Being slaves of men Ø Bad company Ø Do not associate with people who practice sin – Paul admonishes the Corinthians not to associate with any so-called brother who does not practice the standards of Christianity, not to even allow them to worship with you in the assembly. Just as leaven in a lump of dough represents sin in a person, so it can also represent a sinner in the congregation.

· (167a) Works of the devil Ø Manifestations of the devil Ø Carnality Ø The carnal mind is set on the flesh Ø Lust of the fleshly mind

· (167j) Works of the devil Ø Manifestations of the devil Ø Do not conform to the world Ø The world of sin -- These verses go with verse 1

· (178f) Works of the devil Ø The religion of witchcraft Ø Hypocrisy of the church is rebuked Ø The church is rebuked for sin – People are good at playing mind games (mental calisthenics), enabling them to contrive anything they want to believe about themselves. People have an uncanny ability to create an alternate inner world in their minds, and with brush in hand they can paint any mural they want, and can actually believe all their contrivances are real. When God speaks to them, they simply create a false scenario in their minds to purposely misconstrue the conviction of the Holy Spirit to avoid accountability and the truth about themselves. This why it helps for a physical body to yell in his ear and get him to awaken from his self-induced dream state. By this time his problem with sin has probably increased to an unmanageable level and he may need help. This is when counseling sometimes becomes necessary to assist the person in getting repentance in place and restoration in progress.

· (179i) Works of the devil Ø Practicing witchcraft Ø Wolves Ø Unworthy servant Ø Unworthy because of unfaithfulness

· (191i) Die to self (Process of substitution) Ø Result of putting off the old man Ø Set apart Ø Set apart from sin

· (202k) Denying Christ Ø Running from God Ø Wicked men cannot approach the throne of God Ø Goats are unsaved church attendants

1Cor 5-12,13

· (48b) God judges the world Ø Eternal judgment

· (69m) Authority Ø Discernment Ø Righteous judgment Ø Judging Those in the church

1Cor 5-12

· (45g) Judgment Ø Believer’s sin Ø God will judge us with the world if we live like them

1Cor 5-13

· (191e) Die to self (Process of substitution) Ø Separation from the old man Ø Extract the leaven from the church -- This verse goes with verses 6-8

· (222i) Kingdom of God Ø The elusive kingdom of heaven Ø Do not give what is holy to dogs Ø God shares no intimacy with dogs Ø Do not fellowship with dogs

1Cor 6,1-11

· (168d) Works of the devil Ø Manifestations of the devil Ø Do not conform to the world Ø Do not conform to the world and meet God’s judgment

1Cor 6,1-8

· (108a) Thy kingdom come Ø Balance between truth and error Ø Wisdom brings balance between truth and error – Paul wants the church to discern matters between brothers, because the church should have more insight and wisdom than the world. After all, don’t we have the Holy Spirit dwelling in us? Then why don’t we have the wherewithal to discern for ourselves matters that pertain to this life? Why would the world have a better understanding of these things than we do?

· (178i) Works of the devil Ø The religion of witchcraft Ø Hypocrisy Ø Hypocrisy of the church is rebuked Ø The church is rebuked for making false judgments – Paul thinks that people who are without the Spirit of God are unable to judge righteously, this being a symptom of a reprobate mind, being also why Jesus and others in the Bible have intimated that God seeks only a remnant from this world, who are expected to escape the corruption of the world by lust. If the world is incapable of passing righteous judgment, it is an indication that it cannot discern the truth, and it is this fact that makes it evil. For the Corinthian Church to take their disputes to the world was an admission that they knew less about the truth than the world, which is under the delusion of Satan. For this reason Paul said the Corinthians had already accepted defeat on a spiritual level. He told them that being wronged and defrauded was a lesser sin than taking the brethren to court.

1Cor 6,1-6

· (69i) Authority Ø Righteous judgment Ø Judging the flesh by the Spirit

1Cor 6-1

· (10a) Responsibility to bring order to the church Ø Dealing with problems – This verse goes with verses 4-8

· (21j) Sin Ø Premeditated sin Ø Having no Intensions of loving your brother -- This verse goes with verses 4-8

· (54l) Paradox Ø Opposites Ø Seeking victory for a defeated cause -- This verse goes with verses 7,8. People within the Corinthian Church were suing one another because they were incapable of getting along; they were steeped in the flesh, not pursuing unity and the things that make for peace. One defrauds his brother and the other holds a grudge. What was Paul’s solution? It would be better for the person who was defrauded to simply forgive instead of perpetuating the fraud by taking his brother to court and seeking justice at the cost of spiritual truth, which is based on love. Jesus said in Mat 5-40, “If anyone wants to sue you, and take your shirt, let him have your coat also.”

· (55m) Paradox Ø Lose by gaining Ø losing God’s will by gaining your own will -- This verse goes with verses 4-10. Looking back on other New Testament epistles that Paul wrote, such as Galatians and Ephesians, etc., he penned some of the most beautiful words for their sake and for ours. Paul was able to speak to them this way because they loved the Lord and sought His will, but he wrote the longest letters to the Corinthian Church to correct them on their behavior and on the basic ways of living a Christian life, free of bondage. In the beginning of this chapter Paul describes what he thinks about people who are not saved; he considers them infidels compared to the church.

· (76d) Thy kingdom come Ø Wicked motives Ø Motives based on envy -- This verse goes with verses 4-8

· (158f) Works of the devil Ø Essential characteristics Ø Divide and conquer Ø Division (Cliques) Ø Jealously seeking prominence in the body -- This verse goes with verses 4-8

· (161i) Works of the devil Ø Essential characteristics Ø Satan’s attitude determines our direction Ø Carried Away Ø Condemnation based on evidence of sin -- This verse goes with verses 4-8

· (166k) Works of the devil Ø Manifestations of the devil Ø Carnality Ø The carnal mind cannot discern between good and evil Ø The carnal mind’s idea of justice -- This verse goes with verses 4-8

· (170c) Works of the devil Ø Manifestations of the devil Ø Seeking the glory of man Ø Pursuing the glory of man turns us in the wrong direction Ø Fighting God to keep the glory of man -- This verse goes with verses 4-8

· (181d) Works of the devil Ø Practicing witchcraft Ø Lawlessness is no excuse for sin Ø Sinning under the law is still lawlessness -- This verse goes with verses 4-10

1Cor 6-2,3

· (68c) Authority Ø Jesus Delegates Authority To Execute Judgment Ø Against Satan – Paul established proper perspective when he reminded the Corinthians that one day the saints would judge the world. God will even give us authority to judge angels (fallen angels). Paul meant that the church would play a part in judging Satan and his cohorts for tormenting and persecuting the saints, suggesting also that we will help judge the world for persecuting the saints. Jesus said, “The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now one greater than Jonah is here. The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon's wisdom, and now one greater than Solomon is here.” Matt 12:41-42. It puts a new light on the judgment of God. We visualize God’s final judgment as individuals standing alone with God. This will happen, but Jesus also said that He would judge entire cities at a time. God intends to judge the demons for inciting people to subvert the truth in order to destroy the church, and intends to use the church to help Him judge these things.

· (94a) Thy kingdom come Ø Perspective on this life Ø It is our investment in the kingdom of God

· (154d) Witness Ø Validity of the Father Ø God bears witness against the world Ø Witness that the world is godless Ø Witness that the world does not know God

1Cor 6-3

· (45k) Judgment Ø Spiritual warfare Ø Subjecting your flesh Ø Satan VS the saints

1Cor 6,4-10

· (55m) Paradox Ø Lose by gaining Ø losing God’s will by gaining your own will -- These verses go with verse 1

· (181d) Works of the devil Ø Practicing witchcraft Ø Lawlessness Ø Lawlessness is no excuse for sin Ø Sinning under the law is still lawlessness -- These verses go with verse 1

1Cor 6,4-8

· (10a) Responsibility to bring order to the church Ø Dealing with problems – These verses go with verse 1

· (21j) Sin Ø Premeditated sin Ø Having no Intensions of loving your brother -- These verses go with verse 1

· (76d) Thy kingdom come Ø Wicked motives Ø Motives based on envy -- These verses go with verse 1

· (158f) Works of the devil Ø Essential characteristics Ø Divide and conquer Ø Division (Cliques) Ø Jealously seeking prominence in the body -- These verses go with verse 1

· (161i) Works of the devil Ø Essential characteristics Ø Satan’s attitude determines our direction Ø Carried Away Ø Condemnation based on evidence of sin -- These verses go with verse 1

· (166k) Works of the devil Ø Manifestations of the devil Ø Carnality Ø The carnal mind cannot discern between good and evil Ø The carnal mind’s idea of justice -- These verses go with verse 1

· (170c) Works of the devil Ø Manifestations of the devil Ø Seeking the glory of man Ø Pursuing the glory of man turns us in the wrong direction Ø Fighting God to keep the glory of man -- These verses go with verse 1

· (199d) Denying Christ Ø Man exercises his will against God Ø Frustrating the grace of God Ø Frustrating Jesus Ø Frustrating the apostles

1Cor 6-4,5

· (153j) Witness Ø Validity of the Father Ø God bears witness against the world Ø Shame Ø Walking in condemnation Ø Attacking the body of Christ

1Cor 6-7,8

· (6d) Responsible to advocate God’s cause Ø Jesus’ yoke of death – As Christians we are charged by God to do what He says, and He expects us to do it. This verse is essentially saying that the Corinthian Church was too entrenched in the things of the world for their own good, and were useless to God for any good work because they were thinking only of themselves. They need to simply let their brothers have what they want of theirs and let God deal with their hearts. He will use their love and mercy to convict them of their carnal minds.

· (17m) Sin Ø Unrighteous judgment Ø Discerning by the flesh Ø Judging the sins of others that you yourself practice

· (18c) Sin Ø False Judgment lacks evidence Ø Charges not defined as crimes

· (54l) Paradox Ø Opposites Ø Seeking victory for a defeated cause -- These verses go with verse 12

· (120e) Thy kingdom come Ø Manifestations of faith Ø Forgiveness Ø Forgiving your brother Ø Don’t forgive your brother and God won’t forgive you – The Corinthians were not fulfilling Jesus’ vision of the church, perfecting unity through faith and love. The offended person’s response should be forgiveness, to shame the offender to love and good deeds. If he loves God and has a conscience, he will repent, but if he doesn’t, he shouldn’t even be in the church in the fist place taking advantage of the saints. If someone defrauds you and you forgive him and he does not repent, that person has bigger problems in the area of his faith. If he goes on defrauding the brethren without conscience, he is proving himself to be non-Christian and should be removed from the assembly to protect the flock. By seeking justice they are both wrong and self-defeated. People who wouldn’t give two cents to know God are now judging between brothers of the faith, Christians whom God will one day call to help judge the world! If a so-called brother refuses to walk in love, it should be addressed as an issue of faith, rather than one of morality and ethics. Justice and truth are never found together in this life; love is actually more compatible with the truth than justice. For this reason we should seek love over justice, because the pursuit of justice always forfeits the truth. The world likes to put truth and justice together. However, they will never arrive at God’s truth, but at their own truth based on justice and condemnation. These things parallel the law, but God’s truth is not in the law, but in His mercy.

· (124k) Thy kingdom come Ø Manifestations of faith Ø Love your enemies Ø Love your enemies that you may not become like them

· (126e) Thy kingdom come Ø Manifestations of faith Ø Peace Ø Peacemakers Ø Peacemakers avoid unnecessary confrontation

· (163i) Works of the devil Ø Being a slave to the devil (Addictions) Ø Used by Satan to destroy the church

1Cor 6,9-11

· (22e) Sin Ø Greed takes without consideration for others Ø Covetousness – Paul makes a list of people who “practice” (key word) certain behaviors that bar them from heaven. Paul is not referring to those who have committed any one of these acts, but those who practice such things to the point of being named (defined) by their behavior; for example, not those who have committed fornication, but those who commit fornication as a way of life, are called fornicators. These are the kind of people that are defrauding the brethren, and the brethren should love and forgive them, until they realize there is no end to their abuse. Once this fact is established, the church should cast such people from the assembly, not allowing them to continue defrauding the saints. Paul says, “Such were some of you.” At one point some of those who are now the saints were on this list, but not only has they repented of these behavior, they were also given a new spirit in order to live for Jesus, and now they defraud no one. Rather, the main goal of the saints is to add to one another’s lives and not take away from each other. So, defrauding the brethren is something that a true Christian doesn’t do. Everyone makes mistakes and should be forgiven, but we are not talking about making a mistake; we are talking about someone who practices a lifestyle that is evil. Take a second look at those who practice sin and disallow them to exploit the children of God.

· (36i) Gift of God Ø Inheritance Ø Our inheritance can be withheld

· (135a) Temple Ø Your body is the temple of God Ø Sins of the body Ø Immorality Ø Sexual perversion Ø A mixed bag of impurities

· (159j) Works of the devil Ø Essential characteristics Ø Counterfeit Ø Counterfeit God Ø Counterfeit anointing Ø Drunkenness Ø The alcoholic

· (179c) Works of the devil Ø The religion of witchcraft Ø Hypocrisy Ø Jesus rebukes the Pharisees Ø The world runs into the church to escape God’s judgment

· (182e) Works of the devil Ø The origin of lawlessness Ø Deception Ø Three causes of interpreting Scripture falsely Ø Because they have no regard for God’s word 

· (195g) Denying Christ Ø Man exercises his will against God Ø Idolatry Ø Worshipping men Ø Worshipping the idol of pleasure

1Cor 6-9,10

· (16e) Sin Ø Man’s willingness to be evil Ø Afraid to deal with sin

· (48a) God judges the world Ø Eternal judgment Ø Consequences for sin

· (52e) Judging Church with world Ø Law judges sin Ø God judges the lost through the law 

· (90k) Thy kingdom come Ø Keeping the law Ø Unless you keep the law you will not see heaven

· (217h) Sovereignty Ø God overrides the will of man Ø God’s will over man Ø I never knew you Ø Because you never did His will

· (250i) Priorities Ø God’s prerequisites Ø List of traits that can be found in man Ø List of deeds of the body

1Cor 6-11

· (67g) Jesus delegates authority Ø The name of Jesus is the salvation of God

· (103g) Thy kingdom come Ø Purifying process Ø Spirit like water Ø Anointing cleanses you from the practice of sin

· (191l) Die to self (Process of substitution) Ø Result of putting off the old man Ø Set apart Ø Set apart by the Holy Spirit

1Cor 6,12-20

· (136h) Temple Ø Your spirit is the temple of God Ø The body of Christ Ø Body of Christ consists of individual members

1Cor 6-12

· (7i) Responsible to defend God’s cause Ø Protecting your freedom – How is everything lawful for Paul? Is drunkenness or fornication lawful for him? –No. Then how is that statement true? If you become a slave to men, you loose your freedom to obey Christ, but if you become a slave to Christ you loose your freedom to practice sin. Paul was a slave to God. Being that drunkenness and fornication is not in God’s will, neither were they on Paul’s agenda. Therefore, all things are lawful for Paul, because the things that are evil are not considered an option. However, everything that is good and holy and righteous is lawful.

· (54l) Paradox Ø Opposites Ø Seeking victory for a defeated cause -- This verse goes with verse 1

· (118k) Thy kingdom come Ø Manifestations of faith Ø Freedom Ø Law of the spirit Ø Law of liberty – There are no laws that govern those who have the Holy Spirit dwelling in them, who walk according to His will, since the will of the Spirit and the laws of God are in agreement. The Spirit therefore has replaced the law, but that doesn’t mean we can do whatever we want. In fact we are by this all the more servants of Christ. Walking in the grace of God does not liberate us to defraud our brother, though there are those who would say, ‘For the reason of our fallibilities we are under grace, which liberates me to defraud my bother, who is supposed to forgive me, because we are under grace.’ This is obviously circular reasoning, and those who have this attitude need to be removed from the assembly. This is more than just wrong thinking; it is an attitude of exploitation and a product of the spirit of error, and we should not allow wrong spirits in God’s house. “All things are lawful for me,” yet there is no longer any law that governs me; rather, it is the Spirit of God who governs me now, a Spirit who gives me new desires that makes me want to fulfill the law. So, the law no longer condemns me, but commends me and testifies that the Holy Spirit dwells in me and gives me new desires to do the will of God. No longer am I required to fulfill the law; now it is something that I want to do. It gives me no pleasure to violate His commandments; rather, it is my definition of terror and horror. Paul teaches that there may not be any law against him forcing his hand, but neither will he submit to the bondage of destructive consequences and the addictive power of sin. We may not have the law telling us what to do, but that doesn’t mean we can do what the law condemns; rather, it means we can avoid the condemnation of the law and fulfill the will of God with joy.

· (192f) Die to self (Process of substitution) Ø Result of putting off the old man Ø Gain by losing Ø Waiting for God to do it His way Ø Lose your rights to gain His vindication

· (248k) Priorities Ø God’ s preeminence Ø Values Ø The Highest Values Ø Some things take precedence over others

1Cor 6,13-20

· (213g) Sovereignty Ø God is infinite Ø Jesus owns you Ø We are his instruments Ø We are reflectors of His glory

1Cor 6-13

· (134d) Temple Ø Your body is the temple of God Ø Composition of our bodies is from the earth Ø We are physically subject to this natural realm

· (163j) Works of the devil Ø Being a slave to the devil (Addictions) Ø Used by Satan to destroy your own life – Paul used this statement about food for the stomach and the stomach for food as an analogy to show that the body is not for immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body. He then asks if he should take the members of Christ and join them to a harlot? Yet this is what some of the members of the church were doing when they behaved immoral with one another. They are acting like body parts of a harlot. Paul then asks, “Do you not know that the one who joins himself to a harlot is one body with her? For He says, “The two will become one flesh.”” Those who defraud the brethren are fellowshipping with the wrong spirits. They think they can steal and pillage and have sex with whomever they want and get away with it, but in so doing they narrow the gap between themselves and demons by fellowshipping with them, becoming one with them. Our willingness to obey the spirit realm, whether it be with God or with demons, forms bonds between us and them that are similar to the bonds of marriage. Our willingness to be immoral acts as the covenant, while the act itself consecrates the marriage. Fellowshipping with demons is easier than we think; it is the evil of unfaithfulness. We are not just talking about behavior; spirits that follow disobedience, incite further disobedience that put people in multiple layers of bondage to these behaviors.

· (224a) Kingdom of God Ø Illustrating the kingdom Ø Description of heaven Ø Describing the kingdom after he makes all things new Ø Description of the resurrection – This verse indicates what kind of body we will have in heaven. We will have one that doesn’t need a stomach, suggesting we will no longer need to eat food in order to live. We eat food now, because we must replenish our supply of energy, protein and vitamins that our bodies need to continue living. All the energy we use in this life comes from the sun, which allows plants to grow and animals to eat, and we eat those plants and animals. We are part of a closed, universal system with a finite amount of usable energy, but in heaven we will live under a system that doesn’t worry about resources, since its energy supply will stem directly from God, who will set up His kingdom on a brand new earth, and command those who dwell on it to be fruitful and multiply, requiring the entire universe to house His Empire.

1Cor 6-14,15

· (134a) Temple Ø Your body is the temple of God Ø Your body Ø Mediator between the natural and the spiritual realms Ø Manifesting the kingdom of God through obedience -- These verses go with verses 17-20

1Cor 6-14

· (38i) Judgment Ø Jesus defeated death Ø Resurrection of the righteous

1Cor 6,15-20

· (2n) Responsible to avoid offending God Ø Get out of His way Ø Do not abuse His grace

· (178f) Works of the devil Ø The religion of witchcraft Ø Hypocrisy Ø Hypocrisy of the church is rebuked Ø The church is rebuked for sin

· (199a) Denying Christ Ø Man exercises his will against God Ø Frustrating the grace of God Ø Frustrating Jesus Ø Frustrating Jesus’ ministry

1Cor 6,15-17

· (184k) Works of the devil Ø The origin of lawlessness Ø Abusing the grace of God Ø Dragging God’s Grace Through The Mud Ø Dishonoring the grace of God

1Cor 6-15,16

· (16a) The sin nature is instinctively evil Ø Man’s flesh is related to the devil

· (134b) Temple Ø Your body is the temple of God Ø Mediator between the natural and the spiritual realms Ø Manifesting the kingdom of darkness through disobedience

· (141b) Witness Ø Validity of Jesus Christ Ø Old Testament bears witness to the new Ø It bears witness to Jesus Ø Prophesy about Jesus’ ministry Ø Jesus as head of the church

1Cor 6-16,17

· (61b) Paradox Ø Two implied meanings Ø Complete—You are a whole member of the body / You have a part in the deity of Christ – Immorality is a unique sin in that “the immoral man sins against his own body.” According to the analogy, the one who commits fornication with a harlot becomes one flesh with her, so inherits her demons that have led her to become a prostitute, and don’t forget her diseases she picked up along the way. The opposite is also true; “The one who joins himself to the Lord is one spirit with Him.” Our relationship with Christ is a form of spiritual intercourse. Following the analogy a little further, the process of conception, where the male gamete fuses with the DNA of the female to create a completely unique person, will become their progeny. According to the analogy, man’s spirit has just fused with God’s spirit. The result is something that is both God and man, a new creation exhibiting both traits. This will be our new identity in heaven. It is similar to Jesus’ immaculate conception where God was the Father and Mary was the mother, and the progeny was both God and man, Jesus Christ in the flesh! In other words we are going to follow Jesus in His immaculate conception, only we are going through the birth canal backwards as it were. That is, instead of God fusing with man, as in Jesus’ case, man will fuse with God. The difference will be like pouring water into acid (Jesus’ case, which is explosive) as opposed to pouring acid into water (our case).

· (208j) Salvation Ø The salvation of God Ø Personal relationship Ø Being married to God Ø Knowing God

1Cor 6,17-20

· (134a) Temple Ø Your body is the temple of God Ø Your body Ø Mediator between the natural and the spiritual realms Ø Manifesting the kingdom of God through obedience -- These verses go with verses 14&15. To offer our bodies to God while living in sexual immorality is like picking out a bull from the field with blemishes and offering it on the altar of self-indulgence, as when Israel offered animal sacrifices for the sins of the people in Old Testament times; it would be an insult to Him. People who don’t know this are using the strength that God provides to remain ignorant of the truth, so they can continue to do however they feel, following the impulses of their flesh, which is their god.

1Cor 6-17

· (231c) Kingdom of God Ø God’s kingdom is a living organism Ø Mystery of godliness Ø God’s grace is the mystery of godliness Ø God working in you is a mystery

· (238b) Kingdom of God Ø Pursuing the kingdom Ø Transferring the kingdom Ø The kingdom is transferred to the church Ø Born again Ø Born of the Spirit by the will of man

1Cor 6,18-20

· (135f) Temple Ø Your body is the temple of God Ø Sins of the body Ø Abortion Ø Consequences of abortion Ø Abortion is the result of a selfish life-style

· (22e) Lust (Craving Pleasure) (Key verse)

· (48h) Levels of judgment Ø Judged according to your type of sin

· (134h) Immorality (Key verse)

· (192k) Die to self (Process of substitution) Ø Turn from sin to God Ø Repent Ø Stop practicing sin Ø Run from sin

· (140c) Temple Ø Temple made without hands Ø Hiding place Ø House where you live with Jesus

· (213d) Jesus Owns You (Key verse)

· (213k) Sovereignty Ø God is infinite Ø Jesus owns you Ø His will becomes our will Ø We are bought with a price – As Christians we do not have absolute authority over what we do with our own bodies. Rather, we have a master who has more authority to tell us what to do than we have, although more often than not we override His authority by simply doing what we want. Yet, this is not how God has called us. Our whole purpose in being Christians is to prove our love for God, and we do this by letting Him be our master and letting Him make the decisions in our lives for the sake of His honor and for His glory, “For we have been bought with a price; therefore, glorify God in your body.” This chapter ends with the word “body.” This is what matters and this is the problem with the Corinthian Church; they don’t know what to do with their bodies. These people did not allow anyone tell them what to do; yet they allowed their bodies dictate their next move, and somehow that was different. The evil that dwelled in their flesh controlled them, and they needed to command it to take a seat to Christ’s authority, who also dwelled in them.

1Cor 6-20

· (233i) Kingdom of God Ø Pursuing the kingdom Ø Seeking the glory of God Ø Seek His glory without wavering Ø Seek His glory through obedience

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