(1 Corinthians 13, The Love Chapter) Today, we will look at The Love Chapter
(Sohyang's song coming up!) Sohyang will sing for us later
You know there's her song about love
(Don't miss it out!) We will be hearing that later today
(A preview)
The greatest of these is love
(Back to today's topic) You two are connected
(Mrs. Choi's gift is...) Choi Boksun's gift,
I thought it was either farming or giving births
But I recently realized
Her gift is to read and understand the Bible!
(So true) She can focus on it
(Gift to read a set amount every day) and can read this much every day
If the Lord did not help me,
I wouldn't be able to do it alone
(Only because God is with her) Courage and strength
Those are also gifts from God
I also have a gift!
Gift of being so cute
See, I'm 54 years old
(Hye-ryeon's secret) My husband loves me
Wanna come? Something like this
(Of course) (Wow)
Shall we read the Bible together?
(Thats' a gift for sure...) Something like that
Now, let's do
(Cute slogan today!) the slogan in a cute way
Welcooome(?)
(You all ready?) All of you watching this,
(Let's do it for God) let's offer this to the Lord
Set, go
Until everyone knows about the Bible,
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Exploring the New Testament
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Welcome to the Bible World Exploring the New Testament 2
(Content reviewed by pastors) We talked about gifts
In 1 Corinthians 12-14
it talks about gifts
Paul devoted many pages to that
(That's how important it is!) Because it's important
The Corinthian church had many issues
(The Corinthians received various gifts)
(But used them to show off, competing and causing division…)
(Paul writes to the Corinthian church to correct errors about spiritual gifts)
Let's read out 12:1, go
'Now concerning spiritual gifts,'
'brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed' [1 Cor. 12:1]
'You know that when you were pagans'
'you were led astray to mute idols,'
'however you were led.' [1 Cor. 12:2]
(Spiritual gift = gifts of the Spirit) Holy Spirit gives this spiritual gift
(Paul) "I want you to know about spiritual gifts"
But before that
(Before Paul preached in Corinth) Before Paul visited Corinth
What did these people worship?
(Corinthians worshipped idols)
So that led them astray
(Paul reminding them of their past)
Now, Paul moves on
'...and no one can say “Jesus is Lord”'
'except in the Holy Spirit.' [1 Cor. 12:3]
(To say Jesus is Lord) You can only say Jesus is Lord
(Requires Holy Spirit) with Holy Spirit
Why is Paul starting with this?
You know how
(Various gifts) there are many gifts
(Governing all gifts) There is only one who governs all gifts
(Holy Spirit) which is the Holy Spirit
From 12:8, many gifts
(List of gifts from verse 8) come from the Holy Spirit
(Gift one, the utterance of wisdom)
(Gift two, the utterance of knowledge) Also with knowledge
(Gift three, faith) Someone with a great faith
(Gift four, gifts of healing) Also the gifts of healing
(Gift five, the working of miracles)
(Gift six, prophesy) Prophesy
(Gift seven, ability to distinguish between spirits)
(Finally) And at the end is Apostle Paul
(To speak and interpret tongues) All tongues, Paul gave us a list
Just so that he can reach here
The reason is,
(Conflicts over gifts) the Corinthian church made distinctions
You can't even speak in tongues!
Your gift is weaker than mine!
(You can't do that!)
(Ranked and discriminated by gifts) They envied, grew jealous, and divided
So what God says about it is,
'To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit'
Spirit, that is gift
'for the common good.' [1 Cor. 12:7]
(God gives the gifts) Therefore, the gifts of the Spirit are
to benefit the community
(Gifts should unite the church) To benefit both the church
and the community of believers,
- gifts are given - Amen!
[1 Cor. 12:12-31] (To explain church and Christ)
(Paul uses analogy) From 12:12, he uses analogy
(Analogy to human body) So he speaks of a body
A body is one
(Body with many members) There are many members
Eyes, nose, mouth, ears, and more
Same with the church!
We are all different,
but we are connected through Christ