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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: Have you heard someone say, “God, give me a sign.”  What exactly is a sign?  I immediately thought about hand signs of a few college teams (WSU, K-State, Texas).  Here’s my thoughts as we prepare to hear the passage today.  These signs are not WSU, K-State or Texas but they point to those universities.  In the same way, prophecy and tongues are pointing or directing to something else as well. Review ·          Pursue love, gifts, and prophecy; purpose of tongues and prophecy (to build up) (1-5) ·          Use of examples and application for tongues/prophecy (band, battle, languages) (6-12) ·          Building Up The Church (spirit, soul, body; edification, God’s at Work In You) (13-19) Maturity (vs. 20-21) ·          Vs. 20-Do not be children (young child) in your thinking (proce...