New Testament (1597)
  1. If the feeding of the 5000 invited an emphasis on Jesus’ COMPASSION, this week’s miracle invites a sermon focused on Jesus’ AUTHORITY.
  2. No lawsuits, real freedom and fleeing sin all because of Baptism
  3. Jesus’ miracle in this sermon, then, is a type of the compassion He has for your hearers. While they certainly have many physical needs, your hearers also (more fundamentally) need Jesus’ mercy and forgiveness.
  4. The lifeblood of Christ is the treasury that defines personal worth – your worth, my worth. Preach that; the price tag on your soul.
  5. Paul continues to expose the divisions in the Corinthian church, mixing in some sarcasm.
  6. It is that love, finally, which comes back again and again, not as an afterthought, but as the underlying theme of the entire section.
  7. These parables invite us to consider the mysterious way of the reign of God. The Kingdom of God comes by grace to those who are seeking and not seeking it.
  8. Paul continues to explain how division is contrary to the foundation of Christ crucified. Some who have now thought themselves wise need to look at the foolishness of God again. And Paul isn’t concerned with the judgment of men.
  9. In Christ, God promises to forgive sin and bring about new life: Life after being canceled.
  10. The Earth itself, into which the blood of Christ seeped, will be redeemed and renewed, just like our spirits in Holy Baptism, just like our bodies on the day of the resurrection.
  11. Paul explains the power of the gospel regardless of the weaknesses of its preacher. The Corinthians are Christians, but they are still infants with much to learn. Humanness is raging in Corinth, but Paul is rooting every good promise in Christ.
  12. We cannot control the resistance of people to God’s Word, but we can trust in God’s power and promise to work through His Word.
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