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Equipping the Saints With Spiritual Gifts - 1 Corinthians

Pastor Kyle O'Donnell preaches on 1 Corinthians 12:1-31. On Christmas morning, would you rather each receive an individual gift, or receive one great group gift? ... What if they're one and the same thing? ... There is a variety of spiritual gifts; yet there is only one gift: the Spirit Himself; for there is only One Giver: God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. In fact, He is both Gift and Giver, Who is both Three and One, to us who are both many members and one Body. It is enjoyable to receive and use gifts, and even more so together -- how much more, when we enjoy them together with the Gift Giver! Indeed, that's why He's given them.

Equipping the Saint to Worship in Honor - 1 Corinthians

Pastor Warren Harvey preaches on 1 Corinthians 11:2-16. Whatever we do, we are created and called in Christ to "do it all to the glory of God" (1 Cor. 10:31). In our worship of God together it's not just what we do, but also how we do it that matters. As we've seen in our study of 1st Corinthians, the transforming freedom we have in the gospel creates distinct tensions and calls for humble discernment in how we live and worship together in unity in the body of Christ. And one place where that tension was particularly felt in the early church and among believers down to today is in the area of gender equality and distinctions and how that informs and impacts our glorifying God in our worship together. And it's not as simple as hats on or off in church. Join us as we look at equipping the saints, male and female, to worship in honor.

Equipping the Saints to Worship in Communion - 1 Corinthians

Pastor Warren Harvey preaches on 1 Corinthians 10:13-22; 11:17-34. As we come to participate in the sacrament of the Lord's Supper this Sunday, it is fitting that we are reminded by the apostle Paul of the sanctity and significance of that participation. The table of the Lord serves as both a warning against spiritual compromise with the world, as well as a welcome into spiritual communion with Christ and with one another. Just as you might eagerly anticipate and prepare for a special meal with a loved one or at a family gathering, even more so, God would have us equipped for and eagerly enter into communion together at the table he himself has prepared for us. Let us do so this Lord's Day.

Equipping the Saints to Endure Temptation - 1 Corinthians

Pastor Warren Harvey preaches on 1 Corinthians 9:24-10:13.

Equipping the Saints to Win the Lost - 1 Corinthians

Pastor Warren Harvey preaches on 1 Corinthians 9:1-24. As we saw last week, the freedom which the Gospel affords to us and the rights which the Gospel endows upon us are not to be exercised for self-interest and exaltation, but for the glory of God and the good of the others in love, not only in the body of Christ, but to those who do not yet believe. In calling us to imitate him as he imitate Christ, Paul gives a personal testimony of what it means to lay down your rights and enter into the lives of the lost in such a way that they might be won over by Christ in salvation. What might need to change in our lives, what rights might we need to lay aside in order to become all things to all people in order that we might win some to salvation and freedom in Christ? Join us as we look at being equipped as God's saints to win the lost.

Equipping the Saints: Free to Love - 1 Corinthians

Pastor Kyle O'Donnell preaches on 1 Corinthians 8:1-13; 10:23-11:1. We are free in Christ to do whatever we can: whatever we can for the glory of God and the good of our neighbor. In other words, we are free to love. Love determines right. Rights and right knowledge are right only insofar as they are employed, or not, for the love of God and others. Do we exert our rights and right knowledge for their own sake, or for the sake of others? Do our consciences or convictions help or hinder our love? For this is the commandment our Lord gave us: to love one another, just as He has laid down His life in love of us.

Equipping the Saints to Glorify God in Undivided Devotion - 1 Corinthians

Pastor Warren Harvey preaches on 1 Corinthians 7:25-40. There are certain relationships and circumstances in life to which we will by necessity devote a good amount of our time, attention and energy. Which means they will by necessity divide our devotion to other things, including how we are able to serve the Lord. Marriage is certainly one of those relationships, which is why in giving counsel to the Corinthians on the subject or singleness and marriage, Paul says it is good to consider the practical implications that marriage as well as other circumstances bring to our being able to be fully devoted to the Lord. Join us as we are equipped to glorify God in undivided devotion to God whether single or married or in whatever circumstance we may find ourselves.

Equipping the Saints to Glorify God Wherever They Are - 1 Corinthians

Pastor Kyle O'Donnell preaches on 1 Corinthians 7:17-24. Do you ever find yourself wondering if it actually is greener on the other side; or; or, striving for the next accomplishment or adventure? Do you ever find yourself thinking that way with God? If I finally do this, or quit that, or get there, then I can really be with God. Well, what if He's really with you now, right where you are, right where He has you? He is with us right where we are. Question is, will we stay with Him? Let us hear afresh the adage, "God does not call the qualified, but qualifies the called" - so that we may be better equipped to glorify Him right where we are. 

Equipping the Saints to Glorify God in Their Marriages - 1 Corinthians

Pastor Warren Harvey preaches on 1 Corinthians 7:1-16. God designed and created sexual intimacy in the context of marriage to signify the covenantal bond and one flesh union of husband and wife, which itself is a reflection of the union and covenant love that believers possess with Christ in redemption. Thus the gospel speaks God's wisdom and transforming grace into the foundational relationship of marriage in a way that both magnifies his goodness and grace and equips believers to glorify him in their marriages. Join us as we take a look at Paul's marriage counsel to the church at Corinth and how it equips the saints to glorify God in marriage.  

Equipping the Saints to Glorify God with Their Bodies - 1 Corinthians

Pastor Warren Harvey preaches on 1 Corinthians 6:12-20. As we return to our study in 1st Corinthians, one of the issues Paul confronts in the church is a mistaken view that since God is primarily concerned with spiritual matters and has redeemed the soul, we are set free from the constraints of the physical and it doesn't matter what we do with our bodies. This worldview is still alive and well in our current day where many live by the philosophy of "It's my body, I can do with it as I please." The truth is that God created us in his image both body and soul, and our redemption in Christ is not just spiritual, but physical as well. Therefore, what we do with our bodies actually matters a great deal to God and to our own freedom and joy in life. Join us as we return to our series on Equipping the Saints and what it means to glorify God with our bodies.