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Tucson Neighborhood Food Pantry Rummage Sale April 27, 2013. HOLD THE LINE. A study in. I Corinthians. 1 Cor. 6:9-11 Do You Not Know? April 28, 2013. 1 Corinthians 6:9-11
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Tucson Neighborhood Food Pantry Rummage Sale April 27, 2013
HOLDTHELINE A study in I Corinthians
1 Cor. 6:9-11 Do You Not Know? April 28, 2013 • 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 • 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 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. HOLD THE LINE I Corinthians
1 Cor. 6:9-11 Do You Not Know? April 28, 2013 • This is not the only passage like this. • Eph 5:3-5 • Gal 5:19-21 HOLD THE LINE I Corinthians
1 Cor. 6:9-11 Do You Not Know? April 28, 2013 • Words/Terms to define: • “Do You Not Know?” • Wesley: “This expression occurs six times in this single chapter, and that with a peculiar force; for the Corinthians knew and gloried in it, but they did not practise.” • Luke 10:25-29 • Unrighteous (ESV) = adikos = unjust • Inherit (ESV) = heir • Deceived = planao = go astray, be seduced, wander HOLD THE LINE I Corinthians
1 Cor. 6:9-11 Do You Not Know? April 28, 2013 • Lordship – who’s in charge: God, you, sin…? • REPENTANCE • metanoeō; to think differently (to feel compunction) HOLD THE LINE I Corinthians
1 Cor. 6:9-11 Do You Not Know? April 28, 2013 Quotes… “The man's been in here fifty years. Fifty years! This is all he knows. In here, he's an important man. He's an educated man. Outside, he's nothin'! Just a used up con with arthritis in both hands.” “No way I'm gonna make it on the outside. All I do anymore is think of ways to break my parole, so maybe they'd send me back. All I want is to be back where things make sense.” HOLD THE LINE I Corinthians
1 Cor. 6:9-11 Do You Not Know? April 28, 2013 • “And such were some of 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.” (6:11) • “Were” = ēn (ane) = was: hold, use, were • “Washed” = apolouō = to wash fully, have remitted • “Santified” = hagiazō = to make holy, purify or consecrate • “Justified” = dikaioō = to render just or innocent • “in the name” = onoma = name, called • “Jesus” – the name above all names • By His Spirit – who lives in you and guides you into all truth! HOLD THE LINE I Corinthians
1 Cor. 6:9-11 Do You Not Know? April 28, 2013 • Conclusion: • 1) Trust that God’s Word means what it says. • 2) We must see ourselves the way God sees us. HOLD THE LINE I Corinthians
HOLDTHELINE A study in I Corinthians