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“ Summary, Part 3 (final) ” III. PAUL’S CORRECTIVE TO PRIDE APPLIED [44:16]. 1. LET US RECOGNIZE AND REJOICE IN THE FACT THAT GOD MAKES US ALL TO DIFFER. He does this in two ways: 1. HIS PROVIDENTIAL DEALINGS. Pride causes us to grumble about our circumstances. But God gave them to us for our good. 2. HIS GRACIOUS DEALINGS. He saved us and made us new creatures. He holds us, disciplines us, and takes us into glory. 2. LET US GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ALL GIFTS COME FROM GOD [50:16]. All our natural talents, daily needs, accomplishments…who gave them to us, and do we honor Him with them? 3. LET US CEASE BRAGGING ABOUT OUR GIFTS AND RATHER BOAST OF GOD’S GRACE [52:43]. We are not the authors of our blessings. “I am what I am by the grace of God” (1 Cor 15:10).
Ian Migala (9/7/2015)
from Minneapolis, Minnesota
“ Summary, Part 2 ” 3. ITS BIBLICAL KNOWLEDGE (8:1-2) [20:38]. Their knowledge was theoretical, but impractical. Prideful knowledge makes us arrogant and cold. 4. ITS SPIRITUAL GIFTS (13:4) [23:52]. Such gifts mixed with pride can make one arrogant, but with love they become a source of humility and warmth. We run this risk with any gift (cf. Mt 6:3). 5. ITS FAVORITE PREACHERS (3:21, 4:6, 4:18-19) [29:11]. We can’t glory in God when we glory in men. 6. ITS SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS (4:7) [32:21]. This includes everything not previously mentioned. Whatever their blessings, they received them with pride and expectancy, not humility and gratitude. II. PAUL’S CORINTHIAN CHURCH CORRECTIVE [36:32]. A. ABOUT DIFFERENCES. “Who sees anything different in you?” What is the point of being set apart to remain the same and, in some cases, worse than the pagans? B. ABOUT GIFTEDNESS [40:42]. “What do you have that you did not receive?” Since the answer is “nothing”, then in what were they boasting? C. ABOUT BRAGGING [43:01]. “You boast as if you had not received it.” As all comes from God, all boasting belongs to Him as well.
Ian Migala (9/7/2015)
from Minneapolis, Minnesota
“ Summary, Part 1 ” Pride is a most ruinous sin, often known as the mother of all sins. It was the sin that cast Lucifer from heaven. A proud church is an oxymoron, but the church at Corinth struggled with pride. I. CORINTHIAN CHURCH PROBLEMS [starting at 7:14 of the audio]. A. A PREACHER PROBLEM. Their preachers had taught a complicated and corrupt gospel (cf. 1 Cor 1). B. A PARTY PROBLEM [9:15]. Or a factional problem, where groups within the church were favoring certain preachers over others for reasons of personal interest. Favoring men causes us to forget our calling to be salt and light (1 Cor 3:4-6). We are merely servants; it is God who gives the increase. C. A PRIDE PROBLEM [12:28]. Pride is a hungry sin; it is never satisfied. We see a number of its sources of pride: 1. ITS EARTHLY BLESSINGS (1:26-31). We are natively proud, even when we don’t have much. Yet everything we have is of God, not us. 2. ITS LIBERATED SEXUALITY (5:2, 6) [17:10]. A member was with his own stepmother, and the church actually praised it, even despite the disgust of the pagans around them.
