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Nicolae Lica
Introduction
1. Paul's presentation and greetings to the church from
Corinth (1:1-3)
2. Paul's thanksgiving (1: 4-9)
A. Paul's answer to the problems what he heard about Corinth
I. About divisions (1 - 4)
1. Divisions in the church (1:10-12)
2. Christ can not be devided (1:13-16)
3. Wordly wisdom versus God's wisdom (1:18-25)
4. God's call (1:26-31)
5. The example of Paul's ministry (2:1-5)
6. God's wisdom (2:6-10)
7. God's way of comunication to man (2:10-16)
8. Spiritual imaturity in Corinth (3:1-4)
9. The proper meaning of leadership (3:5-9)
10. Responsability and work of a leader (3:10-17)
11. God's temple - church (3:16-17)
12. The foolishness of boasting (3:18-23)
13. Judging God's servants (4:1-5)
14. The result of boasting (4:6-7)
15. God's image of servenhood versus Corinth's image (4:8-13)
16. Corinthians'spiritual father (4:14-17)
17. Warning! (4:18-21)
II. About Sexual imorality (1) - incest (5:1-13)
1. Immoral brother (5:1-5)
2. Clining the old yeast (5:6-8)
3. Relationship of Christians towards the immoral people (5:9-13)
III. About Lawsuits among believers (6:11)
1. Disputes among believers (6:16)
2. Suffering injustice (5:7-8)
3. Warning about inharitance of God's kingdom (5:9-11)
IV. About Sexual imorality (2) (6:12-20)
1. The purpose of the body (6:12-17)
2. God's temple - your body (6:18-20)
B. Paul's answer to the problems that Corinthians had written to him
V. About marriage issues (7:1-40)
1. Marital duties and obligations (7:1-7)
2. Advices to unmarried and widows (7:8-9)
3. Marital separations of believers (7:10-11)
4. Half-Christian marriage (7:12-14)
5. Divorce in Half-Christian marriage (7:15-16)
6. Remaining in God's call (7:17-24)
7. Advice to the virgins (7:25-28)
8. The focus of life (7:29-31)
9. The spiritual advantage of unmarried people (7:32-35)
10. Advice to parents (7:36-38)
11. The only conditions for remarriage (7:39-40)
VI. About food (8:1-13)
1. The paradox of knowledge and love (8:1-3)
2. The true God and false gods (8:4-6)
3. Misunderstanding the role of food (8:7-8)
4. The responsability of the knowledge (8:9-13)
VII. The apostolic rights (9:1-27)
1. The apostleship of Paul (9:1-2)
2. The rights and priviledges of the apostle (9:3-6)
3. The right of support (9:7-12)
4. The right of sallary (9:13-14)
5. Paul’s reward (9:15-18)
6. Paul’s flexibility (9:19-23)
7. An illustration of Paul’s perseverence (9:24-27)
VIII. Old Testament warnings (10:1-13)
1. Warning against ignorancy (10:1-5)
2. Warning against imitation (10:6-10)
3. The purpose of these warnings (10:11-13)
IX. About Communion & Idol feasts (10:14-22)
1. Fellowship the communion (10:14-17)
2. Participation on idol feasts (10:18-22)
X. About the believer’s freedom
1. The real freedom (10:23-24)
2. Freedom in food (10:25-26)
3. Freedom of conscience (10:27-30)
4. The purpose of freedom (10:31-33)
XI. About social issues (11:1-16)
1. Man & woman’s outside image in the church (11:1-10)
2. The mutuall dependency of both sexes (11:11-16)
XII. Disorders in Lord’s supper (11:17-34)
1. Discrimination (11:17-22)
2. Lord’s supper pattern (11:23-26)
3. Warnings against sacrilege (11:27-32)
4. The solution of the problem (11:33-34)
XIII. Dogmatical instructions (12-14)
1. Speritual gifts (12:1-11)
1.1. Awereness of the spiritual gifts (12:1-3)
1.2. The source of the spiritual gifts (12:4-6)
1.3. The variety of spiritual gifts (12:7-11)
2. The body of Christ (12:12-31)
2.1. Unity and eqality in the body of Christ (12:12-13)
2.2. Variety in the body of Christ (12:14-20)
2.3. Sensibility in the body of Christ (12:21-26)
2.4. The anathomy of the body of Christ (12:27-31)
3. Love (13:1-13)
3.1. Love is above all gifts (13:1-3)
3.2. The marks of love (13:4-7)
3.3. Eternity of love (13:8-13)
4. The gift of prophecy and speaking in tongues (14:1-40)
4.1. The difference between gift of prophecy
and speaking in tongues (14:1-5)
4.2. The benifits of the harmony in the church (14:6-12)
4.3. The neeed of interpreting the tongues (14:13-17)
4.4. The priority of prophecy (14:18-19)
4.5. The need of spiritual maturity (14:20-21)
4.6. The results of using these gifts (14:22-25)
4.7. The limitation in using the speaking in tongues (14:26-28)
4.8. Instructions in using the prophecy (14:29-33)
4.9. A restriction of women’s speaking (14:34-35)
4.10. Warning against ignorancy (14:36-38)
4.11. Church order (14:39-40)
XIV. About resurrection (15:1-58)
1. Reminding the gospel (15:1-11)
1.1. Warning against changing the gospel (15:1-2)
1.2. Essence of the gospel (15:3-8)
1.3. Unworthiness of Paul (15:9-11)
2. The resurrection of Christ (15:12-58)
2.1. The importance of Christ’s resurrection (15:12-19)
2.2. The final victory of Christ (15:20-28)
2.3. The sign of believer’s hope (15:29-34)
2.4. Life out of death (15:35-41)
2.5. The new resurrected body (15:42-44)
2.6. The natural man and spiritual man (15:45-49)
2.7. The mistery of transformation (15:50-57)
2.8. Fermity in God’s work (15:58)
XV. Closing instructions and greetings (16:1-24)
1. How to help God’s people (16:1-4)
2. Paul’s desire (16:5-9)
3. Respect God’s servants (16:10-12)
4. Spiritual strength (16:13-14)
5. Submit to God’s servants (16:15-18)
6. Final greetings (16:19-24)
Introduction
1. Paul's prezentation and greetings to the church from
Corinth (1:1-3)
Exegetical idea: The calling of church is to be holy.
2. Paul's thanksgiving (1: 4-9)
Exegetical idea: Paul’s thanksgiving is for reacheness of God’s grace for a testimony confirmed.
Hermeneutical considerations [Sermons outlines].
The calling of the church (1:1-9)
1. To be holy (v.2)
2. To be united (2)
3. To have fellowship with Jesus (v.9)
The real reachness of the church (1:4-9)
1. Message (v.5)
2 Knowledge (v.5)
3 Spiritual gifts (v.7)
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A. Paul's answer to the problems what he heard about Corinth
I. About divisions (1 - 4)
1. Divisions in the church (1:10-12)
§ Exegetical idea: The cause of divisions in the church was the result of following different leaders
2. Christ can not be devided (1:13-17)
§ Exegetical idea: Christ can not be devided because he died for all and through baptism we are united with him.
3. Wordly wisdom versus God's wisdom (1:18-25)
§ Exegetical idea: God had rejected wordly wisdom and made it foolishness on the cross.
4. God's call (1:26-31)
§ Exegetical idea: God’s call is not based on wordly standards.
5. The nature of Paul's ministry (2:1-5)
§ Exegetical idea: Paul’s ministry was based on God’s power not men’s wisdom
6. God's wisdom (2:6-10)
§ Exegetical idea: God’s wisdom can not be understood by this world becouse is: secret, hidden and destineted.
7. God's way of comunication to man (2:10-16)
§ Exegetical idea: God comunicates his wisdom through the Holy Spirit.
8. Spiritual imaturity in Corinth (3:1-4)
§ Exegetical idea: The spiritual imaturity leads to divisions.
9. The proper meaning of leadership (3:5-9)
§ Exegetical idea: Church leaders are servants, which have unique gifts for different tasks in bulding up the body of Christ.
10. Responsability and work of a leader (3:10-17)
§ Exegetical idea: The leader must be careful how he builts and what he builts. Because: - his work will be shown
- the fire will test the quality of his work
- he will receive a reward according to his work
11. God's temple - church (3:16-17)
§ Exegetical idea: To destry the church is to destroy God’s temple.
12. The foolishness of boasting (3:18-23)
§ Exegetical idea: Stop boasting about men because this is wordly wisdom.
13. Judging God's servants (4:1-5)
§ Exegetical idea:Jedging God’s servant is not your buisness bud God’s.
14. The root of boasting (4:6-7)
§ Exegetical idea: The root of boasting is selfinesh and pride.
15. God's image of servenhood versus Corinth's image (4:8-13)
§ Exegetical idea: God’s image of servenhood is different from Corinthians’ image in:suffering, persecution and affliction.
16. Corinthians' spiritual father (4:14-17)
§ Exegetical idea: Paul as their spiritual father is a good example to fallow.
17. Warning against arrogancy! (4:18-21)
§ Exegetical idea: The sign of arrogant people is talking, but the sign of God’s kingdom is power.
Hermeneutical considerations [Sermons outlines].
Title: How divisions can be prevented in the church
Text: 1 Corinthians 3:1-9
I. The cause of divisions
A. Spiritual imaturity - infant in Christ.
B. Unchanged lives [wordliness]
C. Missunderstanding the leadership
II. Efects of divisions
A. Jealousy
B. Quarrels
C. Ordinary [unspiritual] acting.
III. Prevention of divisions
A. Equality
B. Unity
C. Cooperation
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Title: Characteristics of the wisdom from the Spirit
Text: (1Corinthians 2:6-16)
I. It's not wordly
A. It's not a phylosophy
B. It can not be understood by non believers
C. It can not be accepted.
II. It's divine {God's wisdom}
A. Secret
B. Hidden
C. Destinated
III. Revealed
A. Through Jesus - for knowing God.
B. Through the Holy Spirit - for understanding God's word.
IV. True
A. Because gives us spiritual knowledge
B. Because gives us discernement
C. Because gives us mind of Christ
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II. About Sexual imorality (1) (5:1-13)
1. Immoral brother (5:1-5)
§ Exegetical idea: Imoral brother must be judged and not tolerated.
2. Clining the old yeast (5:6-8)
§ Exegetical idea: Sin of one individual affects in a negative way the whole body of Christ.
3. Relationship of the church towards the immoral Christians (5:9-13)
§ Exegetical idea: Imoral brother must be excomunicated if he does not repent.
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Hermeneutical considerations [Sermons outlines].
Title: How to maintain a pure life
Text: 1 Corinthians 5: 1-13
I. Judge sinful behaviour (1-5)
a. Even if everybody thinks that is nothing wrong in it.
b. Even if you must pay the price
II. Separate from evil influence (6-8)
a. Bad friends
b. Mass media influence
III. Clean yourself in the blood of Jesus
a. Confess your sin
b. Decide for a pure life
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Title: A necesary operation
Text: 1 Corinthians 5: 1-13
I. Localization of the problem in the body
II. Decission for healing
III. Pain of cleansing
IV. The joy of health
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III. About Lawsuits (6:11)
1. Disputes among believers (6:16)
§ Exegetical idea: The disputes among believers must not destroy the image of the church in front of the nonbelievers people.
2. Suffering injustice (5:7-8)
§ Exegetical idea: Unwilling to suffer injustice, is a result of their selfishness and unwilling to forgive.
3. Warning about inharitance of God's kingdom (5:9-11)
§ Exegetical idea: Jesus changed their past in a new and clean present in which they should live to inharite the Kingdom of God.
Hermeneutical considerations [Sermons outlines]
Title: how to deal with disputes in the church
Text: 1 Corinthians 6: 1-8
I. Willing to speak about this in the right place - c h u r c h
a. Because you are Christians
b. Because the church has this responsability and ability to judge
II. The conseqvences of going to the wrong place - w o r l d
a. Relationships destroyed
b. A bad outside image of the church
III. Biblical solotions for disputes
a. Humility and willing to forgive - recconciliation
b. Suffering injustice
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IV. About Sexual imorality (2) (6:12-20)
1. The purpose of the body (6:12-17)
§ Exegetical idea: The purpose of the body is not commiting sexual imorality, but dedication to the Lord as:
- a member of Christ body
- a holy union with the Lord in Spirit
2. God's temple - your body (6:18-20)
§ Exegetical idea: Sexual imorality destroy our body and dishoner God who is owner of our body.
B. Paul's answer to the problems that Corinthians had written to him
V. About marriage issues (7:1-40)
1. Marital duties and obligations (7:1-7)
§ Exegetical idea: Marital duties and obligations should be fulfill between parteners for maintaining unity and integrity in marriage.
2. Advices to unmarried and widows (7:8-9)
§ Exegetical idea: Beeing single is good only when you have gift for a single life. If you have not this gift is better to marry.
3. Marital separations of believers (7:10-11)
§ Exegetical idea: The Lord’s command for married couples is to not separate.
If one partener doesn’t obey this command must remain unmarried or to reconciled with his/her mate.
4. Mixed marriage (7:12-14)
§ Exegetical idea: If nonbeliever is willing to live in marriage with a believer, they must not divorce, because their family is sanctified.
5. Divorce in mixed marriage (7:15-16)
§ Exegetical idea: Divorce in mixed marriage is possible only if nonbeliever partener wants this. Because: - God’s calling for marriage is peace
- Believer is not bound in this circumnstance
6. Remaining in God's call (7:17-24)
§ Exegetical idea: Remaining in God’s call means to be faithful to the situation when God called you (circumcision, slavery, freedom).
7. Advice to the virgins (7:25-28)
§ Exegetical idea: To live a single life is not sin as also to marry is not sin.
8. The focus of life (7:29-31)
§ Exegetical idea: The focus of life must be spiritual life not material life.
9. The spiritual advantage of unmarried people (7:32-35)
§ Exegetical idea: The spiritual advantage of singles is in their devotion and consecration for the work of God.
10. Advice for parents (7:36-38)
§ Exegetical idea: Marriage and ascetism are a free choises for everybody.
11. The only conditions for remarriage (7:39-40)
§ Exegetical idea: The only conditions for remarriage are:
1). The death of the one’s mate.
2). The new mate must be believer in Christ.
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Hermeneutical considerations
Sexual faithfulness of the parteners keep their marriage pure and united.
Marriage should not be a brake in spiritual work for the Lord.
Single life or marriage life is a free and right choice of everyone.
Discover your gift ( for marriage or single life) and follow this to be blessed.
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VI. About food (8:1-13)
1. The paradox of knowledge and love (8:1-3)
§ Exegetical idea: Knowledge about God is not an expression of loving God, but loving God is an expression of knowing God.
1). It is more important to be known by God, than to know about God.
2). Love builts up but knowledge puff up.
2. The true God and false gods - idols (8:4-6)
§ Exegetical idea:
1). The only true God is our Father who created all things.
2). The vanity of the idols are in their unexistence and nothingness.
3. Misunderstanding the role of food (8:7-8)
§ Exegetical idea: The role of the food is not a spiritual one (to bring us closer to God) , but a material one ( to feed our bodies).
4. The responsability of knowledge (8:9-13)
§ Exegetical idea: The resposability of our knowledge is to not be a stumblig block for a weaker brother and to don’t destroy him.
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Hermeneutical considerations
We are responsable for being a good influence for weak brother.
We are free to eate anything because all things belongs to God.
Formalism concerning food is legalism not spiritualism.
VII. The apostolic rights (9:1-27)
1. The apostleship of Paul (9:1-2)
§ Exegetical idea: Paul’s aposteship is vindicated by reminding them that they are a result of his apostle work.
2. The rights and priviledges of the apostle (9:3-6)
§ Exegetical idea: The rights and priviledges of the apostle are to be the same as for every human being (food, drink, wife).
3. The right of support (9:7-12)
§ Exegetical idea: Spiritual workers have right to be supported by the church.
4. The right of sallary (9:13-14)
§ Exegetical idea: The right of sallary for living is a command of the Lord.
5. Paul’s reward (9:15-18)
§ Exegetical idea: The Paul’s reward is preaching the gospel without charge.
6. Paul’s flexibility (9:19-23)
§ Exegetical idea: The key of Paul’s souls-winning was his flexibility, adaptation of the truth and adjusting to the needs of other peples.
7. An illustration of Paul’s perseverence (9:24-27)
§ Exegetical idea: Paul’s perseverence to gain the prize can be a good example to follow for every Christian.
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Hermeneutical considerations [Sermons outlines]
Title: The characteristics of a soul-winner
Text: 1 Corinthians 9: 19-23
I. Flexible
a. Cultural flexibility
b. Program and time
II. Adaptative “To make suitable to or fit for a specific use or situation.”-Dictionary
a. Spiritual adaptation
b. Social Flexibility
III. Adjustable “To achieve a psychological balance in one's life with regard to one's own needs and the needs of others.” - Dictionary
a. To their thinking
b. To their needs
VIII. Old Testament warnings (10:1-13)
1. Warning against ignorancy (10:1-5)
§ Exegetical idea: Israel’s bad experience is a warning for the church to don’t be ignorant to this, but to learn to don’t do the same.
2. Warning against imitation (10:6-10)
§ Exegetical idea: Israel’s bad experience is a warning for the church to don’t imitate their sinful behaviour in: idolatry, sexual imorality and testing the Lord.
3. The purpose of these warnings (10:11-13)
§ Exegetical idea: The purpose of these warnings was:
1) - to serve as a warning example
2) - to maintain watchfulness
3) - to encourage overcoming the temptations.
Hermeneutical considerations [Sermons outlines]
Title: Learning from bad experieces of others
Text: 1 Corinthians 10: 1-13
I. Don’t be ignorant!
a. To their experiences
b. To their problems
II. Don’t imitate!
a. Their behavoir
b. Their life-stile
III. Do opossite!
a. Maintain watchfulness
b. Overcome temptations
IX. About Communion & Idol feasts (10:14-22)
1. Fellowship the communion (10:14-17)
§ Exegetical idea: Fellowship the communion require unuty with the Lord and fleeing from idolatry.
2. Participation on idol feasts (10:18-22)
§ Exegetical idea: Participation on idol feasts aroses the jealousy of the Lord, because this means participation with demons.
X. About the believer’s freedom(10:23-33)
1. The real freedom (10:23-24)
§ Exegetical idea: The real freedom is wise and unselfish.
2. Freedom in food (10:25-26)
§ Exegetical idea: Christians can eatanything, because all food belongs to God.
3. Freedom of conscience (10:27-30)
§ Exegetical idea: Freedom of Christian conscience is expressed through respecting the conscience of others.
4. The purpose of freedom (10:31-33)
§ Exegetical idea: The purpose of freedom is to glorify God and to be a good example for other people.
Hermeneutical considerations [Sermons outlines]
Title: The borders of our freedom
Text: 1 Corinthians 10: 23-33
I. Your damage
a. Mental
b. Spiritual
II. Others damage
a. Emotional damage
b. Spiritual damage
XI. About social issues (11:1-16)
1. Man & woman’s outside image in the church (11:1-10)
§ Exegetical idea: Men and women should have a proper outside image in worshiping God.
1). Man is the head of the woman and is the image of God, that’swhy he must worship God with uncovered head.
2). Woman is the glory of man, she came from the man and because of the angels she must have covered head when she worship God.
2. The mutuall dependency of both sexes (11:11-16)
§ Exegetical idea: The both sexes are dependent in the Lord because they came from the Lord.
Hermeneutical considerations [Sermons outlines]
Title: outside image of the christians in worship
Text: 1 Corinthians 11: 1-10
I. Historical context of this passage
II. What the Bible says about this issue?
III. A few recomandations for our outside image in worshiping God
a. A proper way, not exagerated way of dressing.
b. Don't be a stumbling block for others people.
c. Let your way of dressing glorify God not yourself.
XII. Disorders in Lord’s supper (11:17-34)
1. Discrimination (11:17-22)
§ Exegetical idea: Discrimination is cause of the disorder in fellowship the Lord’s supper. This makes their meeting harmful and despice the church of God.
2. Lord’s supper pattern (11:23-26)
§ Exegetical idea: Celebration of the Lord is the feast of Jesus’Remembrance and of new covenant.
3. Warnings against sacrilege (11:27-32)
§ Exegetical idea: The way for preventing the sacriledge by self-examination and judging. Sacrilege produce sickness, weakness and sleeping in the church.
4. The solution of the problem (11:33-34)
§ Exegetical idea: The solution of the problem is to waiting for each other, eating at home. This will prevent judgement between them.
XIII. Dogmatical instructions (12-14)
1. SPIRITUAL GIFTS (12:1-11)
1.1. Awereness of the spiritual gifts (12:1-3)
Exegetical idea: Spiritual gifts are avalable for all believers who confess Jesus Christ as their Lord.
1.2. The source and differency of the spiritual gifts (12:4-6)
Exegetical idea: - The source of the spiritual gifts is Trinity - GOD.
- There are different kind of gifts, services and working.
1.3. The variety of spiritual gifts (12:7-11)
Exegetical idea:
- The spiritual gifts are given for the common good.
- The variety of The spiritual gifts: wisdom, knowledge, faith, healing, miraculous power, prophesy, tongues and interpretation of tongues.
2. THE BODY OF CHRIST (12:12-31)
2.1. Unity and eqality in the body of Christ (12:12-13)
Exegetical idea: Unity in the body of Christ is expressed in the baptism and equality through receiving of the same Spirit.
2.2. Variety of members in the body of Christ (12:14-20)
Exegetical idea: The variety of the body’s members is not a reason for jealousy because all members are useful.
2.3. Sensibility of the Christ’s body (12:21-25)
Exegetical idea: Every member of the body need each other because all are important, equal. That’s why they can cooperate each other, help each other and be sensitive one to each other.
2.4. The anathomy of the body of Christ (12:27-31)
Exegetical idea: Every part of the body has different duties assigned like: apostle, prophets, teachers, workers of miracles, healers, helpers, administrators, speakers in tongues.
3. LOVE (13:1-13)
3.1. Love is above all gifts (13:1-3)
Exegetical idea: Love is above all gifts because is the heart of the body. Without love all gifts are dead and believer has no value.
3.2. The marks of love (13:4-7)
Exegetical idea: The marks of love are possitive and unselfish.
3.3. Nature of love (13:8-13)
Exegetical idea:
- Love will never fails because is eternal.
- Love will stay always even when other gifts will pass away.
- Tne nature of love is devine.
4. The gift of prophecy and speaking in tongues (14:1-40)
4.1. The difference between gift of prophecy and speaking in tongues (14:1-5)
Exegetical idea: Gift of prophecy is for benefit of the church and that’s why is greater then speaking in tongues which is for edifying the indidividual.
4.2. The benifits of the harmony in the church (14:6-12)
Exegetical idea: Harmony of sounds in music is a good example for speaking understable words in the church for benefits of all.
The benefits of harmony in the church are understanding, good communication, and friendship.
4.3. The neeed of interpreting the tongues (14:13-17)
Exegetical idea: The need of interpreting the tongues is for benefit of all people in the church to can understand and be edified.
4.4. The priority of prophecy (14:18-19)
Exegetical idea: Prophecy has priority above speaking in tongues in the church because is for benefit of all.
4.5. The need of spiritual maturity (14:20-21)
Exegetical idea: Spiritual maturity is necessary for understanding and listening the voice of the Lord.
4.6. The results of using these gifts (14:22-25)
Exegetical idea:
1). The result using the speaking in tongues in the church is madness.
2). The result of using the prophecy in the church is salvation for unbelievers.
4.7. The limitation in using the speaking in tongues (14:26-28)
Exegetical idea: The goal of getting together is church edification. Speaking in tongues without interpretaion is not for edification of all so, is forbiden to prevent the confusion.
4.8. Instructions in using the prophecy (14:29-33)
Exegetical idea: Prophets must use their gift in a certain order for encouragement of all people.
4.9. A restriction of women’s speaking (14:34-35)
Exegetical idea: Women are not allowed to speak in the church and to disturb the fellowship with their questions.
4.10. Warning against ignorancy (14:36-38)
Exegetical idea: These instructions about using the spiritual gifts are the Lord’s command for all spiritually gifted people.
4.11. Church order (14:39-40)
Exegetical idea: Everything in the church of God must be done in order.
Hermeneutical considerations [Sermons outlines]
Title: the function of the church
Text: 1 Corinthians 12: 12-26
I. Unity of the members
a. Members in the body are functioning not alone but in mutual connection.
b. The differency of the members is not for jealousy but for appreciation.
II. Equality of the members
a. All members are equal because they have the same Spirit.
b. All members are equal because they were baptized in the same Lord
III. Difersity of the members
a. All members are useful and important for the body
b. This is a reason for cooperation, help and encouragement.
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XIV. About resurrection (15:1-58)
1. REMINDING THE GOSPEL (15:1-11)
1.1. Warning against changing the gospel (15:1-2)
Exegetical idea: Who change the gospel make his faith insignificant.
1.2. Essence of the gospel (15:3-8)
Exegetical idea: The essence of the gospel is Christ’s death and his resurrection and appearance to his desciple.
1.3. Unworthiness of Paul (15:9-11)
Exegetical idea: Converssion, work and apostleship of Paul areby God’s grace.
2. THE RESURRESCTION OF CHRIST (15:12-58)
2.1. The importance of Christ’s resurrection (15:12-19)
Exegetical idea: The fact that Christ has been raised from the dead means that there is a resurrection from the dead ofr all who have put their faith in Jesus.
2.2. The final victory of Christ (15:20-28)
Exegetical idea: The final victory of Christ is overcoming the death.
2.3. The sign of believer’s hope (15:29-34)
Exegetical idea: The believer’s hope for the future life is resurrection.
The sign of this hope is baptism.
2.4. Life out of death & variety of the body (15:35-41)
Exegetical idea: Life come out of death with a body that God determines.
2.5. The new resurrected body (15:42-44)
Exegetical idea: The new resurrected body is: imperishable, glorious, powerful and divine (spiritual).
2.6. The natural man and spiritual man (15:45-49)
Exegetical idea: The spiritual man (Jesus) is grater than the natural man (Adam) because he is a life-giving spirit, is from heaven and all believers will have one day a body like him.
2.7. The mistery of transformation (15:50-57)
Exegetical idea: The mistery of transformation will be in a flashand this is the victory over the death.
2.8. Fermity in God’s work (15:58)
Exegetical idea: Fermity and faithfulness in God’s work will be rewarded.
Hermeneutical considerations [Sermons outlines]
Title: resurrection - our hope for the future
Text: 1 Corinthians 15: 29-34
I. The sign of this hope is our baptism
II. The reality of this hope are persecution and suffering
III. The goal of this hope is being with Jesus
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XV. Closing instructions (16:1-24)
1. How to help God’s people (16:1-4)
Exegetical idea: Helping God’s people is possible by giving freely mony ofr collection.
2. Paul’s desire (16:5-9)
Exegetical idea: Paul’s desire is to visit the Corinthian church but only if is God’s will.
3. Respect God’s servants (16:10-12)
Exegetical idea: Respecting God’s servant means to accept him.
4. Spiritual strength (16:13-14)
Exegetical idea: Spiritual strength is necessary for every believer.
This means: courage, watchfulness, maliness and love.
5. Submission to God’s servants (16:15-18)
Exegetical idea: Submission to God’s servants means to help them, to cooperate with them and to recognite them.
6. Final greetings (16:19-24)
Exegetical idea: Greetings are a sign of interest and love for other people.
Hermeneutical considerations [Sermons outlines]
Title: how to respect god's servants
Text: 1 Corinthians 16: 10-18
I. By accepting them in the way how they are.
a. Accept their personalities
b. Accept their guidance
II. By subnission
a. To their leadindg
b. To their authority
III. By cooperation with them
a. Helping them in their work of the Lord.
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IV. By supporting them
a. Material support - sallary
b. Spiritual support - prayer
c. Emotional support - encouragement