“A WISDOM NOT OF THIS AGE …”
1 CORINTHIANS 2:6-16

3 KEY WORDS: WISDOM, MATURE AND SPIRITUAL …


WHO ARE THE WISE, MATURE AND SPIRITUAL?

   THOUGHT: PAUL WAS SEEKING TO RESHAPE THE MORAL IMAGINATION OF THESE GENTILE CONVERTS INTO A PATTERN OF LIFE CONSISTENT WITH THE CROSS … HE WAS RESHAPING THEIR WORLD VIEW …

   ETERNAL, Vv.6

THE PEOPLE OF GOD HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AN ESCHATOLOGICAL PEOPLE WITH AN ESCHATOLOGICAL HOPE.

   BENEFACTORS, Vv.7

“MYSTERY” SOMETHING HIDDEN THAT ONLY GOD CAN REVEAL

“… TO OUR GLORY” AM I WILLING TO LOOK FOOLISH NOW FOR A FUTURE GLORY?

   SUPERNATURAL, Vv.8-10


HOW ARE THE WISE, MATURE AND SPIRITUAL TO LIVE IN THIS PRESENT AGE?

   THE SPIRIT OF GOD CONTRASTED WITH THE SPIRIT OF THE WORLD, Vv.10b-13

   THE NATURAL CONTRASTED WITH THE SPIRITUAL,
Vv.14-16

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