Gifting Vs Maturity
Paul said the Corinthian church came behind in none of these, proving they were spiritually active.
What are spiritual gifts?
Paul begins the letter addressing believers who had formed camps around favorite leaders rather than remaining united in Christ.
What is division?
This positions you for purpose, but does not guarantee you will sustain what God releases.
What is alignment?
This church possessed every gift Paul discussed, yet still required extensive correction.
What is Corinth?
This law teaches that the first appearance of a biblical theme establishes a foundational pattern for how that theme develops throughout Scripture.
What is the Law of First Mention?
Despite their spiritual activity, Paul described the Corinthians as babes in Christ and used this word to describe their condition.
What is carnal?
In chapter 5, Paul confronts a situation that the church knew about but refused to address.
What is immorality
According to Week 1, this determines whether you can sustain what God has positioned you to receive.
What is order?
This chapter contains Paul’s most direct statement that the Corinthians were still spiritual infants.
What is 1 Corinthians 3?
This law teaches that a text cannot mean what it never meant to its original audience.
What is the Law of Context?
This is developed through obedience, correction, accountability, and time with God.
What is character?
Instead of resolving disputes through spiritual maturity, believers were taking one another before secular judges.
What are lawsuits?
This statement challenged us to understand that spiritual activity and spiritual development are not necessarily the same thing.
What is “Gifting is not maturity”?
This Old Testament judge demonstrates that supernatural gifting can exist alongside personal instability.
Who is Samson?
This law teaches that biblical books were written to real people living in real cultures facing real problems.
What is the Law of Historical Background?
This can be received in a moment, but maturity usually develops over a lifetime.
What is a gift?
Paul rebuked the church because wealthy believers were treating this sacred observance like a common meal.
What is the Lord’s Supper (Communion)?
According to Paul, God’s solution to confusion in the church was not less Spirit, but more of this.
What is order?
This king teaches us that anointing without obedience eventually leads to loss.
Who is Saul?
This law teaches that repeated themes reveal the burden of the biblical author.
What is the Law of Repetition?
According to our Week 2 lesson, the greatest threat to a move of God is when this develops slower than gifting.
What is character?
Placed between chapters discussing spiritual gifts and church order, this chapter teaches the proper motivation for all ministry.
What is 1 Corinthians 13 (Love)?
This question exposes a deeper issue than simply asking whether God can use someone.
What is “Can God trust me?”
This chapter serves as Paul’s concluding argument that everything in the church must operate under divine arrangement.
What is 1 Corinthians 14?
This law teaches that God unfolds truth progressively throughout Scripture.
What is the Law of Progressive Revelation?