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Text: 1 Corinthians 6:9-11
Theme: True salvation produces real change.
- You are washed. Read Isaiah 1:1-8; then jump to v.18 — This is your story! This is the testimony of every believer!
- Regarding your sanctification — read 1 Corinthians 1:30 and Hebrews 10:10.
- You are justified: Galatians 2:16; Romans 5:1
- How might you clarify the boast “Once saved, always saved”?
Text: 1 Corinthians 6:1-8
Theme: Godly wisdom must prevail in Christian conflict.
- Do you have a church conflict “horror story”?
- Do you often have a mindset of getting what is yours? Are you defensive about being taken advantage of?
- In light of our text, how would you answer the question: “Should a Christian ever file a suit in court?”
- In what human relationship could you expect conflict this week? How can you prepare to handle it – to disarm it – to prevent it?
Text: 1 Corinthians 5
Theme: How the church can celebrate holiness.
- What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the phrase “church discipline”?
- Read Luke 15:11-32 regarding the prodigal son.
- Read Exodus 12 for the story of the Passover mentioned in 1 Corinthians 5:7-8.
- Read 1 Corinthians 5:11. Why do you think many people call themselves Christians, but seem to live in many ways like a non-christian?
Text: 1 Corinthians 4
Theme: Recognize the pride that divides the church.
- Have you known (or been) a leader who forgets how 1 Cor 4:1-2 describes leaders? What words are used?
- What is the warning light that should go off in your mind when you read 1 Corinthians 4:4?
- How can Paul tell others to imitate him? (1 Cor 4:15-17)
- Work on answering the question in 1 Cor 4:7. Then read v.8 and ask yourself if you think you have arrived in some area of the christian life.
Text: 2 Chronicles 5-7
Theme: A Service of Thanksgiving and Dedication
With thanksgiving, think back over the details of how God led you to attend Grace Bible Church
What friend(s) has God provided through GBC?
What’s the next step of your spiritual growth? What area of your discipleship needs to be strengthened? What topics do you need to learn more about?
How do you see yourself serving the body of GBC as you continue to grow?
Text: Genesis 6-8
Text: 1 Corinthians 4:1-7
Text: 1 Corinthians 3:18-23
Theme: The Solution to the Problem of Church Division
Text: 1 Corinthians 2:1-16
Theme: Right living depends on right thinking.
- Read 1 Corinthians 2:1-4 and then read 2 Corinthians 10:3-6. What is a common theme or word?
- In what way are you tempted to lean on human wisdom?
- How is God’s eternal decree (2 Corinthians 2:7) for your glory? Look at 2 Corinthians 3:18 and Romans 8:29-30.
- Look ahead to our next study in 1 Corinthians 3:1-4. Are these believers being described, or unbelievers?
Text: 1 Corinthians 1:26-31
Theme: Consider your calling, and then boast in Jesus Christ.
Consider your calling - how God called you to be in Christ Jesus, so that you will boast in Jesus.
I will not boast in anything - no gift, no power no wisdom - but I will boast in Jesus Christ, his death and resurrection.
Text: 1 Corinthians 1:18-25
- What do you make of the phrase in 1 Corinthians 1:18 “us who are being saved”? How would you explain this to someone?
- What are some ways that verse 19 might be true – that God “will destroy the wisdom of the wise”?
- We sang and studied the power of the cross on Sunday. How can this power be evident in your life this week?
- Look ahead to our next study in 1 Corinthians 1:26-31.
Text: John 13:1-17
Theme: Serving others as Christ served you
- Read Matthew 20:17-28 and remember the context of v.17-19, since it helps paint the selfishness of the ensuing bickering. Do you ever lose sight of God's agenda in pursuit of your own?
- Philippians 2:3 addresses our motives. What does humility enable us to do in this verse?
- Who do you have a hard time serving? Why so?
- Look ahead to our next study in 1 Corinthians 1:18-31.
Text: 1 Corinthians 1:10-17
Theme: The truest unity is found in the clearest gospel.
- Read 1 Corinthians 1:10 regarding ‘divisions’. You see the same word in Matthew 9:16, John 7:43, and John 9:16.
- What ‘divisions/conflicts’ have you witnessed in the local church?
- Also in v.10 we see the idea of being ‘united’. Find this same word in both Matthew 4:21 and 1 Thessalonians 3:10
- Look ahead to our next study in 1 Corinthians 1:18-31.
Text: 1 Corinthians 1:4-9
Theme: God gives grace to equip you for the journey of holiness.
“The God who called you into the fellowship of his Son will conform you into the likeness of his Son.”
- Compare 1 Corinthians 1:5 "enriched" with 2 Corinthians 8:9.
- Read Deuteronomy 7:9 and 32:4 as foundation for 1 Corinthians 1:9.
- 1 Corinthians 1:8 speaks of being "guiltless". See this theme in Romans 8:31-34 and Jude 24-25.
- Look ahead to the next passage of our study in 1 Corinthians, 1:10-17.
Text: 1 Corinthians 1:1-3
Theme: The call to holiness in 1 Corinthians is God's idea.
Text: 1 Corinthians 1:1-9
Text: 1 Corinthians 2:4-5
Theme: Our various outreach efforts must be governed by biblical presuppositions.