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Chuck Smith Sermon Notes
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Sermons regarding 1 Corinthians
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/1Cr/1481.html"><b>Sermon 1481: 1 Corinthians 1:18 </b></a>
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<br> "THE PREACHING OF THE CROSS"
<br>I. WHAT IS THE PREACHING OF THE CROSS? THAT THE MESSIAH DIED FOR OUR SINS ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES.
<br>A.The Jewish scriptures say, "All we like sheep have gone astray, we have turned every one to his own way, and the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquities of us all."
<br>Isaiah
<br>1. Concerning the Messiah they declare, "He was despised and rejected by man, ...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/1Cr/1488.html"><b>Sermon 1488: 1 Corinthians 2:14 </b></a>
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<br> "THE NATURAL MAN, THE SPIRITUAL MAN"
<br>I. WHAT IS THE NATURAL MAN?
<br>A. That is the way you were born, the nature you inherited from Adam.
<br>1. The theologians have a term, "The Adamic nature".
<br>a. It refers to what they term the unregenerate man.
<br>b. This is every man who has not be born again.
<br>c. Jesus said to Nicodemus, "You must be born again, that which is born of the flesh is fl...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/1Cr/1489.html"><b>Sermon 1489: 1 Corinthians 3:1 </b></a>
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<br> "CARNAL CHRISTIANITY"
<br>Intro. Last week we talked about the natural man, and the spiritual man. The natural man does not understand the things of the Spirit, neither can he know them for they are spiritually discerned. The spiritual man understands the things of the Spirit, but is not understood by the natural man.
<br>I. PAUL NOW INTRODUCES ANOTHER CATEGORY, THE CARNAL MAN.
<br>A. Just w...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/1Cr/1490.html"><b>Sermon 1490: 1 Corinthians 4:10 </b></a>
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<br> "FOOLS FOR CHRIST"
<br>I. PEOPLE FOR VARIOUS REASONS OFTEN MAKE FOOLS OF THEMSELVES.
<br>A. Have you ever watched a person who was drunk make a fool of themselves?
<br>1. They think that everyone is laughing with them when in reality they are laughing at them.
<br>2. They will do things under the influence of alcohol that they would never think of doing if they were sober.
<br>3. When told the nex...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/1Cr/1491.html"><b>Sermon 1491: 1 Corinthians 5:7 </b></a>
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<br> "5:7 CHRIST OUR PASSOVER"
<br>I. THE PASSOVER.
<br>EXO 12:1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
<br>EXO 12:2 This month [shall be] unto you the beginning of months: it [shall be] the first month of the year to you.
<br>EXO 12:3 Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth [day] of this month every man shall take a lamb, according to the house o...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/1Cr/1492.html"><b>Sermon 1492: 1 Corinthians 6:12 </b></a>
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<br> "LIMITS TO LIBERTY"
<br>Intro. All through my ministry people have come up to me seeking to know if a Christian can engage in certain activities and still be a Christian. Many times the issue is, "How much of the world can I have and still be saved." In this verse Paul speaks of the limitations of our liberty. It seems that we are always looking for the limits, to draw the line between...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/1Cr/1493.html"><b>Sermon 1493: 1 Corinthians 7:29-31 </b></a>
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<br> "TIME IS SHORT"
<br>I. TIME IS SHORT.
<br>A. I believe that God has designed that every generation should live with a sense of expectancy of the immediate return of Jesus Christ.
<br>1. This was the expectancy of the early church.
<br>a. Just before Jesus ascended into heaven He told His disciples to wait in Jerusalem for they were to receive the promise of the Father in a few days.
<br>b. They as...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/1Cr/1494.html"><b>Sermon 1494: 1 Corinthians 8:1 </b></a>
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<br> "LOVE BUILDS UP"
<br>I. PROBLEMS IN THE CHURCH OF CORINTH.
<br>A. Paul had received a letter from some in the church of Corinth in which they shared with Paul many of the problems that had developed in that fellowship.
<br>B. One of the problems dealt with eating meat that had been offered in a sacrifice to idols.
<br>1. In that pagan society much of the meat was offered in a sacrifice to one o...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/1Cr/1495.html"><b>Sermon 1495: 1 Corinthians 8:5, 6 </b></a>
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<br> "ONE GOD"
<br>I. "MANY THAT ARE CALLED GODS."
<br>A. The Greeks had many so called gods.
<br>1. When Paul was standing on Mars hill speaking to the Greeks in Athens, above on the acropolis was the Parthenon with the great temples to Athena, below him the Agora with the great temples on either end, and on every corner a altar to some god including the altar to the unknown god.
<br>2. When Paul s...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/1Cr/1479.html"><b>Sermon 1479: 1 Corinthians 10:4 </b></a>
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<br> "THAT ROCK WAS CHRIST"
<br>I. PAUL IS POINTING OUT THAT THE EXPERIENCES THAT THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WENT THROUGH WERE INTENDED AS EXAMPLES FOR US AND WERE WRITTEN FOR OUR ADMONITION.
<br>A. This is known as Biblical typology. These things become spiritual types.
<br>1. Their bondage in Egypt is a type of our bondage in sin.
<br>2. Pharaoh is a type of Satan, who sought to hold them in bondage, ...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/1Cr/1480.html"><b>Sermon 1480: 1 Corinthians 11:28 </b></a>
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<br> "SELF EXAMINATION"
<br>I. THE DIFFICULTY OF SELF EXAMINATION.
<br>A. Socrates cried, "Man know thyself."
<br>1. I would suggest that this is the hardest bit of information you can ever discover.
<br>2. Should you discover it, you will find that it is the most painful information that you could ever know.
<br>B. Why is it so difficult to know ourselves?
<br>JER 17:9 The heart [is] deceitful above all ...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/1Cr/1482.html"><b>Sermon 1482: 1 Corinthians 12:2 </b></a>
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<br> "DUMB IDOLS"
<br>I. YOU KNOW THAT YOU WERE GENTILES.
<br>A. The word translated Gentiles is the Greek word Ethne, which was often translated heathen or pagan.
<br>1. To the Jew there were just two categories. Jews and pagans.
<br>2. If you were not a Jew then you were considered a pagan.
<br>3. Pagan is defined by Webster as an irreligious person. I would challenge that definition. Often pagans we...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/1Cr/1483.html"><b>Sermon 1483: 1 Corinthians 13:13 </b></a>
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<br> "THE GREATEST OF THESE"
<br>Intro: The Christian gospel rests on three planks; faith, hope, and love.
<br>I. A FAITH IN THE ETERNAL, SELF-EXISTANT, OMNIPOTENT GOD WHO CREATED HEAVEN AND EARTH AND ALL OF THE LIFE FORMS THEREIN.
<br>A. The Bible tells us that God has revealed His existence to man through creation.
<br>1. Rom. 1:19 For that which may be known of God has been made plain to them, fo...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/1Cr/1484.html"><b>Sermon 1484: 1 Corinthians 14:33 </b></a>
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<br> "THE GOD OF PEACE"
<br>I. "AS IT IS IN ALL THE CHURCHES OF THE SAINTS."
<br>A. There is great flexibility in the churches in the forms of worship, and order of worship.
<br>1. From the very staid, to the highly emotional.
<br>2. From formal ritual to informal loose structure.
<br>3. It must be noted that the Bible does not give to us any direct teaching on how many hymns we should sing, when praye...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/1Cr/1485.html"><b>Sermon 1485: 1 Corinthians 15:20 </b></a>
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<br> "HE IS RISEN"
<br>I. THE VALIDITY OF THE WHOLE CHRISTIAN MESSAGE STANDS OR FALLS WITH THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS FROM THE DEAD.
<br>A. If there is no resurrection there is no gospel.
<br>1. All of our preaching is in vain.
<br>a. Think of all of the inspiring messages that have been preached from the pulpits around the world through the centuries, that have inspired people to noble deeds, to goo...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/1Cr/1486.html"><b>Sermon 1486: 1 Corinthians 15:35 </b></a>
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<br> "HOW ARE THE DEAD RAISED?"
<br>I. THERE ARE MANY WHO DO NOT BELIEVE IN THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD.
<br>A. There were a group in Jesus day who did not believe in the resurrection of the dead, they were known as Sadducees.
<br>1. One day Jesus pointed out to them the scripture where God announced Himself as the God of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob. Jesus then declared, He is not the God of the d...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/1Cr/1487.html"><b>Sermon 1487: 1 Corinthians 16:22 </b></a>
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<br> "MARANATHA"
<br>I. "IF ANY MAN LOVE NOT THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, LET HIM BE ANATHEMA.
<br>A. The basic teaching of Jesus is that man was created as a spiritual being, and that the spiritual life is far superior to the material life.
<br>1.The spiritual life is a life in harmony with God.
<br>a. God is a Spirit and they that worship Him must worship Him in Spirit and in truth.
<br>b. It is only as ma...
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