Simple Truth: When the Dust Settles
- 2. Characteristics of The Corinthian Church:
- 3. Characteristics of The Corinthian Church: 1) Made Up of First Gen Christians
- 4. Characteristics of The Corinthian Church: 1) Made Up of First Gen Christians 2) Serious Moral and Behavioral Problems
- 5. Characteristics of The Corinthian Church: 1) Made Up of First Gen Christians 2) Serious Moral and Behavioral Problems 3) Deeply Divided
- 6. Characteristics of The Corinthian Church: 1) Made Up of First Gen Christians 2) Serious Moral and Behavioral Problems 3) Deeply Divided 4) God’s Plan “A” – No Plan ”B”
- 7. “It is not so much the case that God has a mission for his church in the world but that God has a church for his mission in the world. Mission was not made for the church; the church was made for mission – God’s mission.” - Christopher Wright, The Mission of God
- 8. Paul, called by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and our brother Sosthenes, To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- 9. At Compass Church, we have saints who sin.
- 10. Sanctified: To be made holy
- 11. Sanctified: To be made holy Saints: Holy ones
- 12. When The Dust Settles, Everything Rises and Falls on Jesus. Why?
- 13. When The Dust Settles, Everything Rises and Falls on Jesus. Why? 1) He Is The One Who Makes Us Holy
- 14. Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of
- 15. you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. - 1 Corinthians 6:9-11
- 16. Justified: to cause someone to be released from personal or institutional claims that are no longer to be considered pertinent or valid.
- 17. I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus, that in every way you were enriched in him in all speech and all knowledge— even as the testimony about Christ was confirmed among you— so that you are not lacking in any gift, as you wait for the revealing of our Lord
- 18. Jesus Christ, who will sustain you to the end, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. - vv. 4-9
- 19. When The Dust Settles, Everything Rises and Falls on Jesus. Why? 1) He Is The One Who Makes Us Holy 2) He Is Where All Of History Is Headed
- 20. 1) Where Do You Stand With God?
- 21. 1) Where Do You Stand With God? 2) Is Jesus The Number One Priority In Your Life?