Category Archives: 07 First Corinthians

The Work of the Lord (Worship Service, July 24, 2016)

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Title: The Work of the Lord

Passage: 1 Corinthians 16:5-12

Speaker: Pastor Ryan Martin

Service: Sunday Morning Worship Service

Date: July 24, 2016

Just as last week we gleaned some marks of healthy church life from Paul’s remarks concerning the collection, this week we see marks of faithfulness to the Lord’s work from Paul’s incidental remarks concerning his travels. If I could sum up the main point in vv. 5-12, it would be, Christian ministers must be faithful to the NT pattern of ministry. Although Paul’s ministry as an Apostle differs from that of pastors today, in Paul’s plans for himself, Timothy, and Apollos we can learn several sound lessons still applicable for those who do the work of the Lord as Paul did.

The “Therefore” of the Resurrection (Worship Service, July 10, 2016)

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Title: The “Therefore” of the Resurrection

Passage: 1 Corinthians 15:58

Speaker: Pastor Ryan Martin

Service: Sunday Morning Worship Service

Date: July 10, 2016

Do not mistake the brevity of v. 58 to mean that the practical consequences of the resurrection are not weighty. On the contrary, the resurrection has world-changing results in this life, leaving aside all that it means for us in eternity. Here’s the main point: You must live consistently with the reality of the resurrection. If Christ is alive, and if Christ will really raise you, then you should live differently. Paul gives us two great responses to the doctrine of the resurrection:

Real Victory in Jesus (Worship Service, July 3, 2016)

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Title: Real Victory in Jesus

Passage: 1 Corinthians 15:57

Speaker: Pastor Ryan Martin

Service: Sunday Morning Worship Service

Date: July 3, 2016

The last verse of this paragraph is a sublime cap to this glorious chapter on the resurrection, followed only by the practical results of our resurrection in v. 58. God’s Word calls you this morning to return thanks to God for your salvation. Here are the reasons:

Finally Victory (Worship Service, June 26, 2016)

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Title: Finally Victory

Passage: 1 Corinthians 15:53-57

Speaker: Pastor Ryan Martin

Service: Sunday Morning Worship Service

Date: June 26th 2016

In the last verse of this paragraph, Paul is so full of awe at the goodness of God to sinners, breaks out in praise. It is a sublime cap to this glorious chapter on the resurrection, followed only by the practical implications of our resurrection in v. 58. But why the thanks to God? Paul’s reasons are nicely provided in the verses that precede. God’s Word is calling you this morning to return thanks to God for your salvation. So let’s see the reasons we should be thankful:

 

Forever Changed (Worship Service, June 19, 2016

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Title: Forever Changed

Passage: 1 Corinthians 15:50-52

Speaker: Pastor Ryan Martin

Service: Sunday Morning Worship Service

Date: June 19th 2016

We must be changed. Unless something happens to you between now and then, you will be unable to enter the Eternal State. The good news is that God will change believers for eternity. The point is, All who have believed in Jesus Christ will be changed for eternal life. Even though all saints will be changed for eternity, Paul’s focus is on the church in this passage, for the address is to brothers. The Spirit gives three ways how we who through faith in Christ make up his body will be changed for eternity.

Second Adam from Above (Worship Service, June 12, 2016)

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Title: Second Adam from Above

Passage: 1 Corinthians 15:44b-49

Speaker: Pastor Ryan Martin

Service: Sunday Morning Worship Service

Date: June 12th 2016

In vv. 44b-49, the Holy Spirit wants us to understand how the risen Christ gloriously saves us by his grace for our future eternal life. It is not just that we will be saved for eternal bliss, but Jesus is the only one that can do this for us. How does Christ gloriously save us by his grace for our future eternal life? Paul gives three ways:
1.The risen Christ will bestow full Spiritual life (vv. 44-46).
2.The risen Christ will fit us for heavenly life (vv. 47-48).

How are the Dead Raised? Part 3 (Worship Service, June 5, 2016)

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Title: How are the dead Raised? Part 3

Passage: 1 Corinthians 15:35-44

Speaker: Pastor Ryan Martin

Service: Sunday Morning Worship Service

Date: June 5th 2016

 

Some in Corinth had denied the resurrection of the dead. In answer to the doubting questions of those who objected to Christian teaching, Paul shows that the same people who doubt the resurrection for its physical imponderables are those who accept in creation very near to the resurrection. He is urging us take God at his Word, and to do so especially concerning the resurrection.

How are the Dead Raised? Part 2 (Worship Service, May 29, 2016

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Title: How are the dead Raised? Part 2

Passage: 1 Corinthians 15:35-49

Speaker: Pastor Ryan Martin

Service: Sunday Morning Worship Service

Date: May 29th 2016

We must take God at his Word concerning the resurrection. The two
questions Paul poses in v. 35 are given in the voice of a skeptic:
Nevertheless, Paul defends the resurrection against such doubt. Such
an apologetic both silences the hardened skeptic and strengthens the
confused saint. Paul gives four reasons for us to trust God.
Last week:
1. The God who will raise us is all-powerful (34b).
2. The skepticism that doubts God comes from foolish evil (35-36a)
3. God’s power in creation is analogous to our resurrection (36b-41)
a. We are raised after death as the seed is raised after death.
b. We are raised by God’s power as the plant from the seed.
This week
c. God is sovereign over the resurrection as he is the creation.
d. Earthly bodies differ, as ours then will from ours now.
e. Heavenly bodies are above earthly, as ours then will from ours now.
f. Heavenly bodies differ from each other, as we will then.
4. Jesus Christ’s resurrection teaches us what form our own resurrection will take (42-49).

The Practical Christian Life (Without The Resurrection) Part 2 (Worship Service, May 15 2016)

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Title: The Practical Christian Life (Without the Resurrection) Part 2

Passage: 1 Corinthians 15:29-34

Speaker: Pastor Ryan Martin

Service: Sunday Morning Worship Service

Date: May 15th 2016

Affirming the resurrection has great effects on our life as believers. The reality of our resurrection ought to effect profoundly the way you live your life. If you truly believe that the living Jesus Christ will raise your dead bodies, you will live differently than if you didn’t believe this. In our passage, Paul suggests three ways.

 

Last week:

  1. We Die in Baptism (v. 29)
  1. We Die in Ministry (vv. 30-31a)

 

This Week:

  1. We Die to Sin (vv. 31b-34a)

The Practical Christian Life (Without the Resurrection) (Worship Service, May 8, 2016)

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Title: The Practical Christian Life (Without the Resurrection)

Passage: 1 Corinthians 15:29-34

Speaker: Pastor Ryan Martin

Service: Sunday Morning Worship Service

Date: May 8, 2016

Some Christians complain about theology because they think it isn’t practical. Vital Christianity, however, knows that doctrine is very practical. This morning I hope that through this message you understand how the resurrection of Christ has great effects on Christian practice. The reality of our resurrection ought to effect profoundly the way you live your life. Paul gives three ways:
1. We Die in Baptism (v. 29)
2. We Die in Ministry (vv. 30-31a)
Next Week:
3. We Die to Sin (vv. 31b-34a)