Chapter 18:1-18 “The Gospel in Vanity Fair," Part 3
Jun 29, 2026 · 1 hr 51 min · 11 segments
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Jun 29, 2026 · 1 hr 51 min · 11 segments
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It is... into one of the churches in the Asia Minor area that is total corrupt and total pagan worship, much like what we have today in our society.
So there's a lot of relating points as we conclude this mini-series that you should have not only in understanding our culture and our society today, but more importantly, you need to be utilizing Paul's life and what happens in his life during this time because that represents you.
And so we're going to finish up this by sort of capping all of this.
And we're going to look at all of the 18 verses in the first 18 verses of chapter 18.
And just as a reminder, this is the story arrival of Paul with the gospel into the city of Corinth.
Now, we might subtitle this whole message, at least from the perspective we're looking at, is to encourage the discouraged, okay? So when you evaluate yourself in your self-assessment, One of the attributes that you need to identify with is the fact that you're to minister to the brethren and you're to teach to the unbelievers.
And that's basically the focus here, is encouraging the discouraged, which is the brethren, and also bring forth a new life for those that are not saved.
And he has lows as well as highs, just like you.
And at this point, he is very discouraged.
We have seen this very clearly in what we have studied.
And we're not going to belabor that point anymore, but We've got to get into the circumstances at Corinth, which God really sets about to encourage his discouraged apostle.
And that is your life, okay? When you get discouraged, many of us look to our fellow network instead of going directly to the Holy Spirit and allow that Holy Spirit to actually take charge and move you in the right direction.
in one of our studies, that the child of God is going to have trouble, but God is going to see him through it.
God is going to encourage him, and that's exactly what we have here.
In fact, out of this experience at Corinth, Paul wrote back to the Corinthians and said, God is the God of all comforts, which should be very important to you, noting that The fact that that is where your comfort is.
That's the only place you can get peace, guys.
It is... into one of the churches in the Asia Minor area that is total corrupt and total pagan worship, much like what we have today in our society.
So there's a lot of relating points as we conclude this mini-series that you should have not only in understanding our culture and our society today, but more importantly, you need to be utilizing Paul's life and what happens in his life during this time because that represents you.
And so we're going to finish up this by sort of capping all of this.
And we're going to look at all of the 18 verses in the first 18 verses of chapter 18.
And just as a reminder, this is the story arrival of Paul with the gospel into the city of Corinth.
Now, we might subtitle this whole message, at least from the perspective we're looking at, is to encourage the discouraged, okay? So when you evaluate yourself in your self-assessment, One of the attributes that you need to identify with is the fact that you're to minister to the brethren and you're to teach to the unbelievers.
And that's basically the focus here, is encouraging the discouraged, which is the brethren, and also bring forth a new life for those that are not saved.
And he has lows as well as highs, just like you.
And at this point, he is very discouraged.
We have seen this very clearly in what we have studied.
And we're not going to belabor that point anymore, but We've got to get into the circumstances at Corinth, which God really sets about to encourage his discouraged apostle.
And that is your life, okay? When you get discouraged, many of us look to our fellow network instead of going directly to the Holy Spirit and allow that Holy Spirit to actually take charge and move you in the right direction.
in one of our studies, that the child of God is going to have trouble, but God is going to see him through it.
God is going to encourage him, and that's exactly what we have here.
In fact, out of this experience at Corinth, Paul wrote back to the Corinthians and said, God is the God of all comforts, which should be very important to you, noting that The fact that that is where your comfort is.
That's the only place you can get peace, guys.
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