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Unity in the Fellowship (1 Corinthians 1:10-17)
Geoffrey Williams, 18 September 2016
Part of the Finding True Wisdom series, Sunday Morning service
The Corinthian church members were quarrelling over their leaders. We look at this sad story and move on to consider the importance of unity in the fellowship. In particular, we look at how unity has a cost, how it is characterised by grace received and given, and how it refreshes and renews us.
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1 Corinthians 1:10–17 (Listen)
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. 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? 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. 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.
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