A second solution to the title dispute
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Main text: 1 Corinthians 1:26-31
Title: Second Solution to Dispute
Introduction
As I said last week
The Corinthian church was founded by the Apostle Paul.
Who is the Apostle Paul?
The apostle who wrote the 13 books of the Bible.
An apostle who is well versed in the Bible.
The church founded by the apostle Paul
So shouldn't it be a perfect church?
But unfortunately that wasn't the case at all.
Corinth is one of the churches in the Bible.
The most troublesome and complex church
Why?
Because the church on earth is always imperfect.
one who preaches the word or one who teaches
Even if the biblical knowledge is superior
Those who preach, those who teach, and those who hear
because they were not completely sanctified
There is no perfect church on earth.
Ex) Church, church, church are all problems
So go to church and don't believe in Jesus
You must see Jesus and believe in Jesus.
Also, there was a problem in the area where the Corinthian church was established.
Corinth was a port city and a trading city.
1. Port City - City of Idols
Why are idols prevalent?
It's happening because of fear.
If you face a storm while heading for a ship, you lose all your possessions.
You will even lose your life, but in order not to suffer such a disaster
He thought that he could sail safely only to appease the god Poseidon in the sea.
To appease the sea god named Poseidon.
Boiled pork head,
Hang dried pollack
Even people are offering them as wealth.
These gods do not exist
It is just an illusion created by humans to appease fear.
Those who went to the ship with such extreme fear
when you arrive at the port
Sex is extremely restrained, but will it be released?
To solve this castle's problem
You will find a lewd pub.
So if you see a lewd person
He said he was like a Corinthian.
A church was built in this place
How many problems do you have?
Of course there are bound to be problems.
Ex) Countless problems such as disputes, marriage, lewdness, and sacrificial matters
But I'm having so many problems
About the church in Corinth
The apostle Paul did not condemn, but thanked.
Why? The Apostle Paul spoke of such troublesome churches
Did you say thank you?
Because it is a church established by God.
Therefore, no matter how problematic the church
You must not condemn.
It's the church members in the church that's the problem.
There is nothing wrong with Jesus, the head of the church.
God heals.
God chooses one person to heal them.
That person is the Apostle Paul.
The Apostle Paul was the first problem that arose in the Corinthian church.
Offer solutions to disputes.
that solution is
1. That we must become one at the cross.
Conflict refers to a crime committed verbally, such as arguing or arguing.
The ministers of the world must speak splendid speech and appealing language.
using
I'm trying to make my own side.
By doing what is right and others doing injustice
You shouldn't go there.
You say you have to come this way, and I want to share.
Those who say this are often hired laborers.
They are often laborers in sheep's clothing.
Therefore, we keep trying to divide the church
You have to watch out for the workers.
We must become one at the cross.
We must become one through prayer.
who gave us lips when strife broke out
It was not given to us to slander and criticize each other.
These are the lips that God gave you to pray.
Therefore, we must become one by coming to the cross and praying.
Application) Dear saints, ministers are not gods.
The ministers did not save you on the cross.
Ministers are the same beings who need to be saved.
Therefore, we must be loyal
Only Jesus Christ.
Not ministers.
For performing signs and miracles
You shouldn't go after such workers.
No matter how many miracles and signs
If the minister had not changed personally
The minister is fake.
How does the Holy Spirit pass through him using him as a channel?
Could it be that he is not personally changed?
Those who have not changed personally are not those who have received the Holy Spirit.
Therefore, it should not be divided according to such ministers.
2. Walk with the pure and humble minister of God
Let's look at verses 27-28.
?쏥od chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong; God chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to destroy the things that are.??
Interpretation) The people of the world choose those with good families and those with good families.
Follow me.
But God bless them
It was almost never called.
Because they are the poor, the weak,
the poor
Because they are dealing with things, not people.
So God made them
It means you didn't call.
ex) the most influential person in the world
look at Abraham Lincoln
He's poor, he's out of elementary school
Then God made him the President of the United States.
Because only the poor know the pain of the poor
Only the poor are not wealthy
how much pain
Because you know how to guide people in the right way
Lincoln saw the division of America into the South and the North.
I hated it.
Everyone wanted to be one.
Countries and societies with freedom and equality
I wanted a society where whites and blacks coexist as one.
God chooses and uses them.
Therefore, when you live your life with such people,
to become one.
Because I learned a lot, because I taught a lot
It's not about guiding people right.
A person who practices what he has been taught
It's about guiding people right.
Ex) On the night of the 23rd, on the downhill near the 4.19 Tower three-way intersection in Suyu-dong, Gangbuk-gu, Seoul, a tourist bus broke the brake while driving and hit a stopped car, resulting in 12 fatalities, including 7 fatalities.
Elementary and secondary teachers and school district officials boarded the car.
The car is a car for five people.
Teachers who knew and taught that fact better than anyone else
However, such teachers
00 I had a serious accident.
God's message of warning through this event
is to show
There was a woman who did not follow such a man.
A woman who did not accompany them because she was ill
How shocked would you have been when you came home and saw the news?
If I had been there with you
What would have happened?
So we shouldn't.
only according to God's law
E) Pastor Moody, a world-renowned revivalist
I am a person who didn't even go to elementary school.
When he traveled around the world, he preached the gospel to 60 million people.
This is something that even doctors of theology who teach theology cannot.
of those theologians who can?셳 even testify
Theology is useless.
The gospel is not preached just because you know a lot of theology.
Only the saints chosen by God preach.
So God chooses those who look foolish
You have put the wise to shame.
Ex) Look at Gideon.
You don't know how cowardly Gideon is.
No matter how hard the Midianites at that time,
If you farm, harvest, and tie it up, it will come
take it away
So how upset are you?
Gideon said he was afraid of those people.
I went into the winepress and tapped the harvest.
An angel appeared to Gideon who was so afraid.
?쏧 told you, mighty warrior, go out and save Israel.??
God uses those who seem weak like this to be strong.
Then why does God choose and use these people?
Let's look at verse 29.
?쏷his means that no body can be in the presence of God
so that they do not boast
before God
All human conditions are useless.
The fundamental principle of doing God's work is
not in the human condition
Only the power of God and the humble acceptance of that power
It comes from poverty in spirit.
The people of the world say that they are better educated than others,
more noble,
Boasts more wealth.
but these things
It is only an obstacle to the glory of God.
Therefore, the pride of men other than the power of God,
If those who have money, power, etc. control the church
That is something is wrong.
We must never go after such people.
You should only follow the pure and humble.
conclusion
All churches on earth are imperfect.
Nevertheless, we must love each other.
Because all the churches on earth were established by God.
Jesus is the owner of the church
We are just delays.
But if those members decide to leave each other's body,
How would you like it?
So let's be one at the cross.
Let us be with the pure and humble.