1 Corinthians 3 - handout / outline

 

1 Corinthians 3 (page 1145)

 

A GROWN-UP CHRIST-CENTRED VISION

OF CHURCH, CHURCH LEADERS AND ALL THINGS

 

 

1:10-12 – response to divisions and rivalries

 

 

The apparently weak and foolish word of the cross is real wisdom and power for Christians (“the mature”) – 2:6

 

 

 

Ø  Don’t walk like merely human unspiritual, fleshly, babies (vv1-3)

 

 

 

Ø  See Christian ministers not as rival party leaders but as co-workers with God (vv4-9a)

 

 

 

Ø  See yourselves as God’s field, God’s building, God’s Temple (vv9b-17)

 

 

 

Ø  See yourself as a “fool” in need of God’s wisdom (vv18-20)

 

 

 

Ø  See all things as yours, and yourself as Christ’s (vv21-23)