Thanking God for Your Church

Bible Reading:  I Corinthians 1:1-10

Key Verse: Verse 10 - “Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.”

Key Words: Now I beseech you, brethren...that ye all speak the same thing

The church at Corinth was not a model church.  As a matter of fact, I Corinthians is not a book of praise but of correction.  Let me show you.

• Chapter One - Paul is correcting their use of human wisdom, verse 22.
• Chapter Two is correcting their thinking in regard to spiritual things, verses 14-15.
• Chapter Three – Paul is attempting to correct their carnality, verse 3.
• Chapter Four – They are being corrected because of their stewardship, verse 2.
• Chapter Five – The church is refusing to deal with immorality, verses 1 and 7.
• Chapter Six – They are taking one another to court, verse 1.
• Chapter Seven – Paul is correcting them in their thoughts on marriage, verses 2-3.
• Chapter Eight – Paul deals with offending others, verse 13.
• Chapter Nine – Paul is correcting them because they question his apostleship, verse 1.
• Chapter Ten – Paul is correcting their attitude and actions toward communion, verse 31.
• Chapter Eleven – Again Paul deals with communion, this time in regard to drunkenness at communion, verse 29.
• Chapters Twelve & Thirteen – There is the problem of misuse of spiritual gifts, chapter 12, verse 1, and chapter 13, verse 1.
• Chapter Fourteen – Paul deals with the misuse of speaking in tongues, verses 1 and 40.
• Chapter Fifteen – Paul corrects their theology in regard to the resurrection, verses 13-14 and 17.
• Chapter Sixteen – Paul deals with their lack of financial giving, verse 2.  (Particularly note the words let every one of you.)

Now, I must confess to you that I will occasionally review all the problems which the church at Corinth experienced and as I do so, I can’t help but thank God for our church.  Oh, Lord, thank you for our church and may we always seek to please you, not self or man.

 

What to do:

✞ Pray daily for your church, the pastor, and his staff.

                                                                                                                    Dr. Mike Rouse