1 Corinthians 1:18-31

In evaluating the division within the church today, Pastor Lance walks through 1 Corinthians 1:18-31. He points out how the church has always experienced differences in opinions, but that it shouldn’t define us. Paul is writing to the Corinthians to warn them not to be drawn in by the philosophies of man, but to be firmly grounded in the truth of God’s Word. Just as in that day, today we see Christians allowing various offenses to come between us. What went wrong? They got away from the grace of God and prided themselves on their “tolerance” of sin, as we see happening in our day and age. They had adopted the lifestyle of the world and become carnal, using grace as a license to sin. We see that the message of the cross appears to be foolish in comparison to the mindset of the world, and to those whose minds have been renewed by the Holy Spirit, the wisdom of the world is pure folly. Just as Paul saw the power of God’s Word transform the hearts and minds of the people of Corinth, it should be the prayer of the body of Christ to see the same in our society. Pastor Lance argues that only through the revelation of Jesus Christ can a person move from the “elementary principles of man” to the power of God’s wisdom. Where is our hunger for truth and God’s Word?