CHILD … CHILD-LIKE … CHILDISH
I CORINTHIANS 3:1-23

CHILDISHNESS IS DIVISIVE, 1-4

      THE INDICTMENT, 1-2

“COULD NOT SPEAK TO YOU AS SPIRITUAL MEN, BUT MEN OF THE FLESH …”

   THE EVIDENCE, 3-4

      DISSENSION, 3

      DIVISION, 4

      “IF YOU WANT TO ADMIRE SOMEONE FULLY, YOU SHOUD NOT LOOK TOO CLOSELY. IF YOU WANT TO ADMIRE THEM SMARTLY YOU SHOULD MEASURE YOURSELF FOR SOME LEVEL OF DISAPPOINTMENT.”

      HERO WORSHIP – PLACING SOMEONE ON A PEDESTAL AND THAT PERSON BECOMES WHO YOU WANT TO BE – IDOLATRY -

CHILDISHNESS DEVALUES THE ETERNAL, 5-15

   ENGAGING SERVANTS, 

   5 “SERVANTS” HOUSEHOLD SERVANTS

      THOUGHT: WHEN WE SHIFT OUR SIGHT TO PEOPLE AND NOT MINISTRY WE LOSE THE FOCUS OF ETERNITY

   6-7, THEY WERE A MEANS TO AN END …

   ETERNAL REWARDS, 8-15

      METAPHORS …

      METHODS …

CHILDISHNESS DESTROYS THE CHURCH, 16-17

   “TEMPLE”

      OUTER COURT/INNER COURT

CHILDISHNESS DECEIVES, 18-21

   SELF-DECEPTION, 18-20

   THE ULTIMATE REALIZATION, 21-23

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