Sermons and Biblical Studies

1 CORINTHIANS 16:1–14 On the first day of the week let each one of you lay something aside, storing up as he may prosper (1 Cor. 16:2). Almost all of Paul’s exhortations concerning giving to the poor have primary reference to the poor in Jerusalem. It is not known why there was so much poverty … Continue reading “COLLECTIONS FOR THE SAINTS”

1 CORINTHIANS 15:50–58 So when this corruptible has put on incorruption … then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory” (1 Cor. 15:54). In order to inherit eternal life, our bodies must be changed. Our earthly bodies, which are made of flesh and blood, are corruptible … Continue reading “THE DEATH OF DEATH”

1 CORINTHIANS 15:35–49 The body is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption (1 Cor. 15:42). The Corinthians questioned the viability of the resurrection on two counts: “How is it possible for life to come out of death?” and “What is to be the nature of the resurrected body?” The first question is easily … Continue reading “THE RESURRECTED BODY”

1 CORINTHIANS 15:29–34 If the dead do not rise, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!” (1 Cor. 15:32). Because our risen Savior reigns and will continue to reign until “He has put all things under His feet,” until He has destroyed that last enemy of humanity, which is death, we possess a … Continue reading “THE EFFECTS OF DESPAIR”

1 CORINTHIANS 15:20–28 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive (1 Cor. 15:22). Verses 21 and 22 support, like their parallel verses in Romans 5, the doctrine of federal headship. In describing the connection believers have with Christ as the first-fruits of the resurrection, Paul draws the … Continue reading “OUR DIVINE REPRESENTATIVE”

1 CORINTHIANS 15:12–19 And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins! (1 Cor. 15:17). The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ represent two parts of His redemptive work. The first part, His death, is the penalty paid for our sins; and the second, His rising from the … Continue reading “NO RESURRECTION, NO HOPE”

1 CORINTHIANS 15:1–11 … that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day … (1 Cor. 15:3–4). Disorder in worship was not the only thing that disrupted the unity of the Corinthian church; theological error, propagated by false teachers, had also … Continue reading “THE RISEN CHRIST”

1 CORINTHIANS 14:36–40 … let him acknowledge that the things which I write to you are the commandments of the Lord (1 Cor. 14:37). If any church presumes to act on its own accord without any thought to what other churches are rightly doing and without any regard to the Scriptures—the writings of the apostles—then … Continue reading “THE STANDARD OF SCRIPTURE”

1 CORINTHIANS 14:34–35 Let your women keep silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak (1 Cor. 14:34). Adding to the chaos of the Corinthian worship was the practice of allowing women to teach in the public assembly. Paul renounces this not on the basis of cultural norms but on the basis … Continue reading “WOMEN, BE SILENT”

1 CORINTHIANS 14:26–33 For God is not the author of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints (1 Cor. 14:33). The Corinthian church had been zealous to exercise their spiritual gifts; they sang, prayed, exhorted, prophesied, and expounded the Old Testament Scriptures, all without the benefit of completed New Testament … Continue reading “ORDER IN WORSHIP”