Welcome to Corinth!

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Welcome to Corinth!

• Introduction to Pauls letters to the Corinthians
• Rolan Monje, MMCC

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Corinth, Greece
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About the city of Corinth

• Port city, on an isthmus
• Key city, rebuilt by Julius Caesar
• Prosperous city
• Idolatrous city
• Site of Isthmian games
• Worldly city
• Known to be immoral
• (Gk korinthiazomai)

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About Pauls letters

• Written by Paul personally, or through a scribe
• Occasioned by reports of disciples from the
  Corinth church

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About Pauls letters

• Written by Paul out of concern to teach and
  exhort
• 1 Corinthians written from Ephesus, A.D. 54-55.
• 2 Corinthians written from Macedonia, A.D. 55-56.
  
• Paul wrote them 1 or 2 other (lost) letters.

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About the Corinthians

• Had Jews and Gentiles
• Talented and gifted
• Problematic
• Divisions loyalties, lawsuits
• Worldliness
• Immorality (incest, adultery)
• Disorder in worship
• Tendency to be arrogant

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Corinth

• Said to be
• Problem child of a perfect Father
• What do you do with a problem child?

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When God looks at the church(1 Cor 12ff)
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Pauls solution for Corinth

• Refocus on God
• The word God appears 81x in 1 Cor
• Appears 19x in Chap 1-2

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ReFOCUS on God

• Gods grace (14, 310) remember it!
• Gods wisdom (121, 130, 27) embrace it!
• Gods power (118, 124, 25) unleash it!

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Stories of disciples who focused on God
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• Lets take the heart of our brother Paul!
• Lets refocus on our
• Powerful, Faithful, and Awesome GOD!