Episode 2820 - Lesson 3 - Tuesday July 14 - Wisdom & Maturity
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The episode discusses the importance of wisdom and maturity in the Christian faith, emphasizing the dangers of cliques and misplaced leadership.
Wisdom and Maturity By and large, cliques result from too high a view of human leaders. This is very threatening to the unity of the church and to the members' spiritual health, for a distorted view of Christian ministry may lead a church to give excessive importance to certain leaders, all to the detriment of others. The consequence of such behavior is an atmosphere of competition, which can split the church. More than that, if we treat human leaders as central to our Christian identity, we risk moving Christ from the correct position in our lives. Read 1 Corinthians 3:1-4 . How does Paul here describe the spiritual immaturity of the Corinthians? Paul makes it clear that spiritual maturity leads the believer to appreciate the wisdom of God ( 1 Cor. 2:6-7 ), which is communicated to us through the Spirit ( 1 Cor. 2:13 ), and which contrasts with the wisdom of this age ( 1 Cor. 2:6 ), human wisdom ( 1 Cor. 2:13 ). The wisdom of God is unveiled in the Cross of Christ ( 1 Cor. 2:1-4 ). More precisely, the wisdom of God is revealed in Christ's suffering, death, and resurrection. Thus, before resuming his appeal for unity ( 1 Cor. 3:1-17 ), Paul wants his readers to acknowledge the…
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Books & works: 1 Corinthians
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