Sermon Notes "Power Struggle" based on 1 Corinthians 15:56-58
Introduction: My sermon today is titled, “Power Struggle”. This title came from preparation that I did when I taught on Wednesday night at end of June on “Power”. I asked those gathered this question and I’m asking you it today- Where do we see “power” in our culture? (money, status (get to the top), work hard, manipulation, etc.) How does that compare to power in the kingdom of God? (humility, dependance, less of me, abiding) We will see these again in our verses this morning. Death (vs. 56) · The sting of death is sin . Notice the order. I think it says, “The sting of sin is death.” Why did Paul say it this way? · This takes us back to the Garden of Eden. Genesis 2:16-17 “And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” · We know how the story goes. Adam and Eve eat after