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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 ...

Introduction: The Gospel is…. Spend 30 seconds finishing that sentence.  Tim Keller says, “The gospel is not just the ABC of the Christian life but the A to Z of the Christian life.” It helps to start with what the gospel is not.   o    It’s a philosophy. For example, the gospel according to JL. o    It’s a genre of music o    It’s evangelism-It’s door to door, shouting from street corners (Repent) o    It’s what you say or what is shared at end of sermon that gets people saved o    It’s what starts the Christian life, then we move on to something deeper o    It’s a lifestyle or how we live (be the gospel or live the gospel) You might be the only Jesus someone sees. o    It’s being good. It’s behavior. It’s religion o    It’s politics or culture What It Is (vs. 3-4) ·          Vs. 3-First Importance o    Paul’s recounting of ...

Introduction : We are continuing a 5 week study on the 5 Solas. Sola is Latin for alone, the solas were considered the foundational principles of Protestantism which was begun by Martin Luther in 1517 (Sola! Pg 3) Review : Scripture Alone -One Story, God-Breathed, Useful Grace Alone from God for us, a gift available to all people for all of life and motivation. Who is Christ? Write down what Christ accomplished for us.  Read 1 Corinthians 15:1-8 What Christ Did vs. 1-8 ·          Vs. 1-Brothers and Sisters, Church, let me remind you of the gospel.   o    What are we to remind? Gospel-good news which Paul preached, the Corinthians received and took their stand and by which they were saved o    Therefore a sentence such as this, every member of which hinges on the gospel, ought to sound exceedingly sweet to the Corinthians. [2] And to us. ·        ...