JOICC Bible Study/Communion Service || February 7, 2024

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Word 1
Paul's Solutions For The Church At Corinth - Divided, Defiled, & Defamed. || 1 Cor. 1:1-3
• 1 Cor. 1:1 Paul wrote this letter to the church in Corinth while he was visiting Ephesus during his third missionary journey (Acts 19:1-20:1). Corinth and Ephesus faced each other across the Aegean Sea. Paul knew the Corinthian church well because he had spent 18 months in Corinth during his second missionary journey (Act_18:1-18). While in Ephesus, he had heard about problems in Corinth (1Co_1:11). About the same time, a delegation from the Corinthian church had visited Paul to ask his advice about their conflicts (1Co_16:17). Paul's purpose for writing was to correct those problems and to answer questions church members had asked in a previous letter. Paul was given a special calling from God to preach about Jesus Christ, just as every child of God has a job to do, a role to take, or a contribution to make. Sosthenes may have been Paul's secretary who wrote down this letter as Paul dictated it, just as he wrote the letter to the Romans too.

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Paul's Solutions For The Church At Corinth - Divided, Defiled, & Defamed. || 1 Cor. 1:1-3
• 1 Cor. 1:2 Corinth, a giant cultural melting pot with a great diversity of wealth, religions, and moral standards, had a reputation for being fiercely independent and as decadent as any city in the world. The Romans had destroyed Corinth in 146 B.C. after a rebellion. But in 46 B.C., the Roman emperor Julius Caesar rebuilt it because of its strategic seaport. By Paul's day (A.D. 50), the Romans had made Corinth the capital of Achaia (present-day Greece). The city's prosperity made it ripe for all sorts of corruption. Idolatry flourished, and there were more than a dozen pagan temples employing at least a thousand prostitutes. Corinth's reputation was such that prostitutes in other cities began to be called "Corinthian girls." Although it deals with specific issues facing the church at Corinth, all believers can learn from it. The Corinthian church included a great cross section of believers—wealthy merchants, common laborers, former temple prostitutes, and middle-class families. Because of the wide diversity of people and backgrounds, Paul takes great pains to stress the need for both spiritual unity and Christlike character.

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Paul's Solutions For The Church At Corinth - Divided, Defiled, & Defamed. || 1 Cor. 1:1-3
• 1 Cor. 1:3 Grace is God's free gift of salvation given to us in Christ. Receiving it brings us peace (see Rom_5:1). In a world of noise, confusion, and relentless pressures, people long for peace. Many give up the search, thinking it impossible to find, but true peace of heart and mind is available to us through faith in Jesus Christ.

Personal Supplication
Father, by the power of the Holy Ghost, grant unto me depth of encounters with Your word as we study the book of 1st Corinthians. Lord, open my eyes, ears and heart in Jesus' name! Ps . 119:18
18 Open my eyes to see the wonderful truths in your instructions.

Daily Covenant Favor Declaration
I decree in the name of Jesus, from this moment forward, I see myself the way God sees me. I am highly favoured of the Lord. I am crowned with glory and honour. I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus.
I am reigning as a king in life through the one man Jesus Christ

JESUS IS LORD!