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*Elder Retreat – *last weekend of the month
Psalm 139 – start by acknowledging God knows us
Prepare by asking God to examine our hearts
And see if there be any wicked way in us
As we go before him
Want to keep in mind
4 characteristics of His church
Found in our passage today
4 characteristics that we
As the Body of Christ…
As God’s people…
As His church…
Should portray
Collectively…
And individually
We’ll see that, as a church we are…
1.
Set apart by God
2. Enriched by God’s grace
3. Expecting Jesus to Return
4. Depending on God’s Faithfulness
How do we get here?
How do we accomplish this?
I pray that by the end of our message today
By the end of our Elder’s weekend together
We will all realize
That *we already have All We Need*
We’re going to start our study in 1 Corinthians today
By looking at the first 9 verses of Chapter one
I want to share some background
On the ancient city of Corinth
So we can get a full appreciation
For the context of Paul’s letter to the church there
But in addition to that background
I want to show you 4 things
This text offers us today…
Let’s take look at Corinth first…
*(slide) Here’s the Mediterranean region*
*(slide)* Here’s the area around Greece and Italy
(Slide) Corinth is in Greece
Greece is divided into two sections
The north and the south
They are joined by this narrow isthmus
(slide) and that is where Corinth is
(slide) Athens is about 40 miles away
(slide) and Rome is up in this direction
Ships had a difficult time
Trying to go the long way around
So they would drag the ships
On skids and rollers
The few miles across this isthmus
And sail north in the protected waters
Of this gulf bay, the Gulf of Corinth
All this travel
Made Corinth a very busy city
It was a major trade artery
It sits atop a large, flat plateau
And as such
Was a strategic military position
It wasn’t the biggest city in the land
But it was huge in its importance
Corinth was a major entertainment center
It was sophisticated and advanced
It was a major hub for the entire world economy
it had an worldwide reputation
For academic and cultural debate
And for public oration and forums
On philosophical, political
and intellectual matters
it was, in many ways,
a lot like Wash.
DC!
As you can imagine…
With so much money floating around
With so much sophistication to boast of
With so much of the world…
Pouring through Corinth,
The city had monumental problems
It was notorious for it’s pagan worship
With a strong emphasis on and a huge temple
Dedicated to Aphrodite,
The Greek goddess of love
With over a thousand temple priestesses
And ritual prostitutes
And it was this preoccupation with lust
That dominated everything they did
All over the pagan world,
Corinth was know for its moral corruption
It was so well associated with sensuality and debauchery
That the Greeks had a term that meant
“To behave like a Corinthian”.
It meant to live in gross immorality…
In drunkenness…
And depravity.
In his letter,
Paul lists some of the sins
This city is noted for…
Fornication
Idolatry
Adultery
Effeminacy
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