
Contemporary
Corinthians
Week 4
Pastor Pete Keirstead
June 22, 2025
Followers of Jesus must NEVER allow their
Just because I
1 Corinthians 1:26 NIV Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth.
1 Corinthians 4:10, 18 …you claim to be so wise in Christ! (with “eloquent words… special knowledge” v 1:5)… you are so powerful! You are honored … Some of you have become arrogant.
1 Corinthians 2:9-10 “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love Him.” But it was to us, that God revealed these things by His Spirit.
1 Corinthians 2:14 But people who aren’t spiritual can’t receive these truths from God’s Spirit.
- I must grow
1 Corinthians 4:3-4 As for me, it matters very little how I might be evaluated by you or by any human authority. I don’t even trust my own judgment on this point.
1 Corinthians 2:1-4 When I first came to you, dear brothers and sisters, I didn’t use lofty words and impressive wisdom to tell you God’s secret plan. For I decided that while I was with you I would forget everything except Jesus Christ, the one who was crucified. I came to you in weakness—timid and trembling. And my message and my preaching were very plain.
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