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1 Corinthians
Contributed by Ian Humphrey on Apr 30, 2026 (message contributor)
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1. The Church
Contributed on Apr 30, 2026
The Church
1 Corinthians 1 v 1-9 The Church The Call Paul's Call - 1 Paul called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ Paul's Control - through the will of God, Paul's Consistency - and Sosthenes our brother, Souls Privately Won - Acts 18:1 After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to ...read more
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2. Problems And Priorities
Contributed on Apr 30, 2026
Problems and Priorities
1 Corinthians 1 v 10 - 18 Problems and Priorities Paul's Request - Highlighted by The Problems The Humility - 10 Now I beseech you, brethren, Not Interior - He Writes, Not Superior - He Requests, Not Inferior - He Reflects, Not Exterior - He Reminds. The Heavenly - by the name of our Lord ...read more
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3. The Message And The Means
Contributed on Apr 30, 2026
The Message and the Means
1 Corinthians 1 v 17 - 25 - 2 v 5 The Message and the Means The Message A Sovereign Message The Sovereign's Call - 17 For Christ sent me The Sovereign's Curb - not to baptize, The Sovereign's Cause - but to preach the gospel: The Sovereign's Course - not with wisdom of words, ...read more
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4. God’s Call
Contributed on Apr 30, 2026
God’s Call
1 Corinthians 1:17-31 God’s Call 1. The Character Of God’s Call - The Prompting of the mission - 17 For Christ sent me The Priority of the mission - not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: The Plainness in the mission - not with wisdom of words, The Peril in the mission - lest the ...read more
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5. "The Foolishness Of Gospel Preaching”
Contributed on Apr 30, 2026
“The Foolishness of Gospel Preaching”
1 Corinthians 1:17-31 “The Foolishness of Gospel Preaching” I. Recognise - the Worth of the Cross 18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which ...read more
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6. God's Special People
Contributed on Apr 30, 2026
God's Special People
1 Corinthians 1 v 20 - 31 God's Special People The Failure - of Man's - Perception - 20 Where is the wise? Persuasion - where is the scribe? Politics - where is the disputer of this world? Purpose - hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? The Folly - The Foresight - 21 ...read more
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7. The Hidden Wisdom
Contributed on Apr 30, 2026
The Hidden Wisdom
1 Corinthians 2 v 1 - 16 The Hidden Wisdom The Warfare Declared The Declaration - 1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. It was Personal, Painful, Practical, Purposeful, and Profitable. The Determination - 2 ...read more
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8. Babes In Christ
Contributed on Apr 30, 2026
Babes in Christ
1 Corinthians 3 v 1-8 Babes in Christ The Concern Their Standing - 1 And I, brethren, Their Status - could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, Their State - but as unto carnal, Their Stagnation - even as unto babes in Christ. The Control The Provision - 2 I have fed you with milk, The ...read more
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9. God's Construction Workers
Contributed on Apr 30, 2026
God's Construction Workers
1 Corinthians 3 v 9 - 11 God's Construction Workers The Construction - Paul speaks of - His Labour - 9 For we are labourers together with God: His Pairing (Paul and Apollos) - 9 For we. His Purpose - are labourers His Partnership - together with God: Divinely - Called, Coached, ...read more
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10. The Building
Contributed on Apr 30, 2026
The Building
1 Corinthians 3 v 12 - 15 The Building The Challenge - 12 Now if any man Requires Dedication, Deliberation, Determination, Discrimination. Henry Francis Lyte Jesus, I my cross have taken, All to leave and follow Thee Destitute, despised, forsaken, Thou from hence my all shall be Perish every fond ...read more
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11. The Temple Of God
Contributed on Apr 30, 2026
The Temple of God
1 Corinthians 3 v 16 - 23 The Temple of God The Remonstrance - The Protest - 16 Know ye not The Relevance - The Purpose - that ye are the temple of God, It's - Personal - that ye, Punctual - are, not where or will be - are Practical - the temple, Powerful - the temple of ...read more
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12. Christian Stewardship
Contributed on Apr 30, 2026
Christian Stewardship
1 Corinthians 4 v 1 - 5 Christian Stewardship The Respectability - Christian Stewardship Is - To be Seen - 1 Let a man so account of us, To be Shared - as of the ministers of Christ, 1 John 4:17 Our Condition - Herein is our love made perfect, Our Conviction - that we may have ...read more
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13. Christian Service
Contributed on Apr 30, 2026
Christian Service
1 Corinthians 4 v 6 - 13 Christian Service Paul's Deference The Respectability in Christian Stewardship The Reliability in Christian Stewardship The Responsibility in Christian Stewardship His Summation of Christian Stewardship - 6 And these things, brethren, His Submission - I have in a ...read more
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14. Christian Sifting
Contributed on Apr 30, 2026
Christian Sifting
1 Corinthians 4 v 14 - 21 Christian Sifting Paul's Diligence - In Soul Warning The Love - 14 I write not these things to shame you, The Link - but as my beloved sons The Light - I warn you. In Soul Winning The Supply - 15 For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, The ...read more
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15. Church Defilement
Contributed on Apr 30, 2026
Church Defilement
1 Corinthians 5 v 1 - 8 Church Defilement The Report A Common Report - 1 It is reported commonly A Critical Report - that there is fornication among you, A Contemptible Report - and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, A Calamitous Report - that one should have ...read more
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16. Church Discipline
Contributed on Apr 30, 2026
Church Discipline
1 Corinthians 5 v 9 - 13 Church Discipline The Letter The Recollection - 9 I wrote unto you - The Manner The Revelation - in an epistle - The Means The Resolution - not to company with fornicators: - The Message The Light It's Place - 10 Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this ...read more
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17. The Law - It's Use And Abuse
Contributed on Apr 30, 2026
The Law - It's Use and Abuse
1 Corinthians 6:1-11 The Law - It's Use and Abuse The Offence The Problem - 1 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, The Pursuit - go to law before the unjust, The Perception - and not before the saints? The Oversight of - Their Standing 2 Do ye not know that the saints shall ...read more
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18. The Life - It's Use And Misuse
Contributed on Apr 30, 2026
The Life - It's Use and Misuse
1 Corinthians 6 v 12 - 20 The Life - It's Use and Misuse The Conclusion Paul's Licence - 12 All things are lawful unto me, Paul's Love - but all things are not expedient: Paul's Liberty - all things are lawful for me Paul's Light - but I will not be brought under the power ...read more
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19. God's Belongings
Contributed on Apr 30, 2026
God's Belongings
1 Corinthians 6:12-20 God's Belongings I. God's Principle for All - (12-13) i. All actions must edify self - 12 All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: ii. All actions must enrich the soul - 12 all things are lawful for me, but I will not be ...read more
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20. Marriage
Contributed on Apr 30, 2026
Marriage
1 Corinthians 7 v 1 - 11 Marriage 1 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Marriage is Practical v 1-2 It is Scriptural - Gen 2:18 And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet ...read more
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21. Mixed Marriage
Contributed on Apr 30, 2026
Mixed Marriage
1 Corinthians 7 v 12 - 24 Mixed Marriage - The Christian Company The Reality - Beware of being Dogmatic. The Change - 12 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: The Challenge - If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, The Choice - and she be pleased to dwell with him, The Check - let him ...read more
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22. Non Marriage
Contributed on Apr 30, 2026
Non Marriage
1 Corinthians 7 v 25 - 40 Non Marriage The Condition - The Unmarried - 25 Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful. The Concern - 26 I suppose therefore that this is good for the present ...read more
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23. Deities And Diets
Contributed on Apr 30, 2026
Deities and Diets
1 Corinthians 8 v 1 - 6 Deities and Diets The Problem with - Doubtful Things - 1 Now as touching things offered unto idols, Divisive Things - we know that we all have knowledge. Disputed Things - Knowledge puffeth up, Delicate Things - but charity edifieth. ie Knowledge” puffs up, but ...read more
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24. Diets And Deities
Contributed on Apr 30, 2026
Diets and Deities
1 Corinthians 8 v 7 - 13 Diets and Deities The Problem - 1, The Perception -2, The Plan - 3, The Practice - 4, The Preeminent - 6, The Price - 6. Now The Patience - 7 - 13. The Insight The Deficiency - 7 Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: The Discrepancy - for some with ...read more
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25. Paul's Pedigree
Contributed on Apr 30, 2026
Paul's Pedigree
1 Corinthians 9 v 1-14 Paul's Pedigree His Apostleship The Challenge - 1 Am I not an apostle? The Charge - am I not free? The Change - have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? The Channel - are not ye my work in the Lord? His Remonstration - 1 Am I am not an apostle? His Reclamation - am ...read more
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26. Christian Duty And Christian Joy
Contributed on Apr 30, 2026
Christian Duty and Christian Joy
1 Corinthians 9 v 15 - 27 Paul's Policy on - Christian Denial - It's Personal 15 But I have used none of these things It's Perpetual - neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: It's Pivotal - for it were better for me to die, It's ...read more
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27. The Gospel Necessity
Contributed on Apr 30, 2026
The Gospel Necessity
1 Corinthians 9:16-27 The Gospel Necessity I. The Foundation of Paul’s Ministry (16-18) A. His Call - 16 For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel! I. A Beautiful Message. Eph 2 man - spiritually ...read more
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28. Paul's Priority
Contributed on Apr 30, 2026
Paul's Priority
1 Corinthians 9:24 - 27 Paul's Priority The Race The Charge - 24 Know ye not The Challenge - that they which run in a race The Chase - run all, Ecclesiastes 9:10-12 - The Due Diligence of the - Task - 10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; Time - for there is no ...read more
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29. Flee Idolatry
Contributed on Apr 30, 2026
Flee Idolatry
1 Corinthians 10:1-14 Flee Idolatry The Direct Connection - Their Link - 1 Moreover, brethren, Their Lesson - I would not that ye should be ignorant, - A Lesson - In heredity - how that all our fathers In humility - were under the cloud, In harmony - and all passed through the sea; Their ...read more
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30. Flee Idolatry
Contributed on Apr 30, 2026
Flee Idolatry
1 Corinthians 10 v 14-22 Flee Idolatry The Exhortation The Concern - 14 Wherefore, my dearly beloved, The Caution - flee from idolatry. The Counsel - 15 I speak as to wise men; The Conviction - judge ye what I say. The Explanation The Cup - 16 The cup of blessing which we bless, The ...read more