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*The Power of the Cross*
*February 23, 2003*
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*Scripture Reading:* 1Corinthians 4
*Introduction:*
/ILLUS.: Dilbert Comic Strip, Chgo.
Trib., Sun., Feb. 23/
In the last three messages in 1Cor.
we have seen how the cross of Jesus Christ draws us in community, instructs us, and holds us accountable as Paul challenges the church to overcome its dysfunctional divisiveness.
This message today in chapter 4 will tell us how to serve the cross in a way to achieve the spiritual power that we seek.
We will see how to obtain this spiritual power in a legitimate way instead of the divisive way the Corinthians were seeking it.
As Paul ends chapter 3, he reminds them that they already have all things, all that they need, in Christ.
He continues on in chapter 4 to tell the Corinthians that he, the other apostles, and their disciples with them, are part of what God has provided in order to give them all things.
We will discover that real spiritual power lies in serving the cross of Christ, that is, all that it stands for.
*Big Question:*
/So how might we legitimately attain to the spiritual power that we desire?/
We must rightfully consider the servants God has sent us.
We must rightfully consider our own lives in view of the servants God has sent us.
We must willingly submit to the process of becoming servants ourselves.
We must willingly submit to the power God has given his servants to help us through example.
We must willingly submit to the power God has given his servants to help us through discipline.
The key to applying this chapter lies in recognizing how Paul is correcting an imbalance in the Corinthians' approach to leaders.
*I.
Cycle One*
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Narrative *(vv.
1-5)
Instead of seeing Christian preachers as rival leaders, the Corinthians should recognize them as helpers and overseers.
* B.
Implication*
We must rightfully consider the servants God has sent us.
* C.
Illustration*
Money #157
Giving # 87
* D.
Application*
*II.
Cycle Two*
* A.
Narrative *(vv.
6-7)
* B.
Implication*
We must rightfully consider our own lives in view of the servants God has sent us.
* C.
Illustration*
* D.
Application*
*III.
Cycle Three*
* A.
Narrative *(vv.
8-13)
You don't have it all (3:2).
Immature in reality.
You do have it all (3:22).
Mature in position.
You think you have it all (4:8).
Arrogant in presumption of real maturity.
Whereas the Corinthians think that their relatively prosperous conditions reflect God's blessing, Paul points to his sufferings for the sake of the gospel as a more accurate measure of Christian faithfulness.
* B.
Implication*
We must willingly submit to the process of becoming servants ourselves.
* C.
Illustration*
Honor # 110
* D.
Application*
*IV.
Cycle Four*
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* A.
Narrative *(vv.
14-17)
* B.
Implication*
We must willingly submit to the power God has given his servants to help us through example.
* C.
Illustration*
Authority # 12
* D.
Application*
*V.
Cycle Five*
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* A.
Narrative *(vv.
18-21)
* B.
Implication*
We must willingly submit to the power God has given his servants to help us through discipline.
* C.
Illustration*
Mentoring
Role Models Needed
Example; Fathers; Leadership; Mentoring; Parenting; Youth
1 Corinthians 4:16-17; 1 Peter 5:5
The TV show 60 Minutes ran a segment that tells us something important about fatherlessness.
The park rangers at a South African wildlife preserve were concerned about the slaughter of 39 rare white rhinos in their park.
It turned out that the rhinos were killed not by poachers but rather by juvenile delinquents—teen elephants.
The story began a decade ago when the park could no longer sustain the increasing population of elephants.
They decided to kill many of the adult elephants whose young were old enough to survive without them.
And so, the young elephants grew up fatherless.
As time went on, many of these young elephants roamed together in gangs and began to do things elephants normally don't do.
They threw sticks and water at rhinos and acted like neighborhood bullies.
Without dominant males, the young bulls became sexually active, producing excessive testosterone and exhibiting aggressive behavior.
A few young males grew especially violent, knocking down rhinos and stepping or kneeling on them, crushing the life out of them.
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