Bible study on 1 Corinthians and how when we take our focus off Jesus we get off course.

1. Welcome to our
Faithbuilders
Bible Study class!
Saturday, November 23, 2019
Today’s Lesson: 1 Corinthians
1467 and 1469

2. • SOUTH CAMPUS
CHRISTMAS TOUR
• Sunday, Dec 15th at 4 PM
• Step into Christmas with
this Women's Ministry
Event
• A tour of South Campus
homes decked out for
Christmas.
• Purchase your tickets in
the lobby today! $10
• TRAINS GRAND OPENING &
STORY TIME AT THE TRAINS
• Christmas Trains Grand
Opening
• December 1st - Noon-1:00 pm
• All Aboard! For people of all
ages, the fun of the season
begins with the unveiling of
the special Christmas Train
Village.

3. Friends of the
Ridge
• December 10th (Tuesday) at
10:30AM in room 101.
• Help bag & tag 400 Christmas
sugar cookies as gifts for the
teachers, admin and staff.
• Each cookie will include our
Christmas Eve services schedule.

4. Toys: @ South campus, 40 gifts have been donated
so far. We need around 800. Please help us out by
bringing in your donations by next Sunday. Kindly
make sure to include batteries, wrap the gift, and
completely fill out the gift tag.
Volunteers: Short on volunteers this year.  We
need another 40 volunteers for Thursday night and
20 for Friday night. If you are willing to volunteer,
please contact Lanette Earnest at
Lanette.Earnest@gmail.com.
Groceries: Please continue to bring in groceries
(ex. protein, veggies, fruit, starch, etc.)
Faithbuilders’ Toy Assignment
Boys 10 -12 years old
Toy Goal: 100+
Dec 5th & 6th

5. Our ABS Class Invite Cards
• Encouraging each Faithbuilders class
member to take 5 cards and strategically,
prayerfully give them out to specific
people that you will purposely try to
reach for the Lord and our church.
• Utilize this as a simple information piece
for an INVITATION to friends, family, co-
workers and acquaintances to come and
hear about Jesus.
• Let’s REACH OUT to others!

6. Small Group Fellowship
TONIGHT’S
• What? SGF @ Ronnie & Sheila Miller’s home
• Where? 3606 Sunburst Dr, Manvel, TX 77578
• When? 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM, Sunday, November 24th

7. z
CBT Lesson 47:
Kingdom Problems,
Kingdom Solutions
1 Corinthians
1:10-17 and 3:1-4
Page 1467 and
1469

8. www.slideshare.net/LazarouRichard

9. z
1 Corinthians
1:10-11
Divisions in
the Church
Page 1467
10 I appeal to you, brothers, by
the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ, that all of you agree, and
that there be no divisions among
you, but that you be united in the
same mind and the same
judgment. 11 For it has been
reported to me by Chloe's people
that there is quarreling among
you, my brothers.

10. z
1 Corinthians
1:12-13
Page 1467
12 What I mean is that each
one of you says, “I follow
Paul,” or “I follow Apollos,” or
“I follow Cephas,” or “I follow
Christ.” 13 Is Christ divided?
Was Paul crucified for you?
Or were you baptized in the
name of Paul?

11. z
1 Corinthians
1:14-15
Page 1467
14 I thank God that I
baptized none of you
except Crispus and
Gaius, 15 so that no one
may say that you were
baptized in my name.

12. z
1 Corinthians
1:16-17
Page 1467
16 (I did baptize also the
household of Stephanas.
Beyond that, I do not know
whether I baptized anyone else.)
17 For Christ did not send me to
baptize but to preach the gospel,
and not with words of eloquent
wisdom, lest the cross of Christ
be emptied of its power.

13. z
1 Corinthians 3:1-2 (Page 1469)
Divisions in the Church
1 But I, brothers, could not address you as
spiritual people, but as people of the flesh,
as infants in Christ. 2 I fed you with milk,
not solid food, for you were not ready for
it. And even now you are not yet ready,

14. z
1 Corinthians 3:3-4 (Page 1469)
3 for you are still of the flesh. For while there
is jealousy and strife among you, are you not
of the flesh and behaving only in a human
way? 4 For when one says, “I follow Paul,”
and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not
being merely human?

15. The Chief End of Man:
Glorify God and enjoy Him
forever.
~Westminster Catechism
Joshua 1:8
This Book of the Law shall not
depart from your mouth, but
you shall meditate on it day
and night, so that you may be
careful to do according to all
that is written in it. For then
you will make your way
prosperous, and then you will
have good success.

16. Exile & Restoration
of Jerusalem
586–430 BC
Divided Kingdom
931–586 BC
Moses & the Exodus
1526–1406 BC
Abraham to the
Sojourn in Egypt
2200–1526 BC
The Conquest
& the Judges
1406–1051 BC
United Kingdom
1051–931 BC
Church /
Missions Age
AD 30 – Today
Intertestamental
Period
430 BC–4 BC
Life of Jesus
4 BC–AD 30
Creation
The Earnest Bible Time Line
Eternity

17. 14 Era Bookmark
Gospel Era

18. Lesson
Objective:
At the conclusion of this
lesson, students will be able
to identify the problems and
the solutions to the problems
experienced by the first
century church and apply
them to the church of the
21st century.

19. Perspective
The city of Corinth was at the heart of an important
trade route in the ancient world. Like many cities that
thrive on trade, Corinth had a reputation for sexual
immorality, religious diversity, and corruption. The
church that Paul planted there (Acts 18) floundered
under all of these influences and began to divide over
various issues.

20. Perspective
First Corinthians addresses many practical questions
dividing the church—questions concerning such things as
spiritual gifts, marriage, food offered to idols, and the
resurrection. Paul urged the Corinthians to be unified and to
give themselves fully to “the work of the Lord” (15:58).
Chapter 13 includes a well-known passage on the nature
and importance of love. Paul wrote this letter to the
Corinthians from Ephesus about a.d. 55.
~ The Bible Knowledge Commentary

22. z
1 Corinthians
1:10-11
Divisions in
the Church
Page 1467
10 I appeal to you, brothers, by
the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ, that all of you agree, and
that there be no divisions among
you, but that you be united in the
same mind and the same
judgment. 11 For it has been
reported to me by Chloe's people
that there is quarreling among
you, my brothers.

23. z
1 Corinthians
1:12-13
Page 1467
12 What I mean is that each
one of you says, “I follow
Paul,” or “I follow Apollos,” or
“I follow Cephas,” or “I follow
Christ.” 13 Is Christ divided?
Was Paul crucified for you?
Or were you baptized in the
name of Paul?

24. z
1 Corinthians
1:14-15
Page 1467
14 I thank God that I
baptized none of you
except Crispus and
Gaius, 15 so that no one
may say that you were
baptized in my name.

25. z
1 Corinthians
1:16-17
Page 1467
16 (I did baptize also the
household of Stephanas.
Beyond that, I do not know
whether I baptized anyone else.)
17 For Christ did not send me to
baptize but to preach the gospel,
and not with words of eloquent
wisdom, lest the cross of Christ
be emptied of its power.

26. z Where is your focus when it
comes to dealing with the
problems you face on a daily
basis?
The Gospel The People

27. z
John Piper – What is the Gospel
https://youtu.be/NUB4I5vO12o

28. z
The Gospel
 A plan
 An event
 An achievement
 An offer
 The application
 God

29. z
1 Corinthians 3:1-2 (Page 1469)
Divisions in the Church
1 But I, brothers, could not address you as
spiritual people, but as people of the flesh,
as infants in Christ. 2 I fed you with milk,
not solid food, for you were not ready for
it. And even now you are not yet ready,

30. z
1 Corinthians 3:3-4 (Page 1469)
3 for you are still of the flesh. For while there
is jealousy and strife among you, are you not
of the flesh and behaving only in a human
way? 4 For when one says, “I follow Paul,”
and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not
being merely human?

31. zHow how have you specifically grown as
a disciple since the first time you
accepted the Gospel?
Hebrews 12:14 (Page 1567)
14 Strive for peace with everyone, and for
the holiness WITHOUT which no one will
see the Lord.

32. z
Cultural Christianity and a life striving for
holiness are not the same thing…
Why do you come to Second?

33. z
How can anyone know Jesus and not be
consumed with intimacy with Christ and
conformity to Christ.
~Donald S. Whitney
Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life

34. z
Alignment Assignment Execution

35. When God
seems far away,
guess who
moved…
-God’s Word
-God’s Ear
-God’s People

36. z
Lifeway

37. 1 being low 5 being high

38. Ways to build spiritual muscles

39. Lesson
Objective:
At the conclusion of this
lesson, students will be able
to identify the problems and
the solutions to the problems
experienced by the first
century church and apply
them to the church of the
21st century.