Holy Spirit Study 15 Teacher Notes

Holy Spirit 15

                          1 Corinthians 3:1-4

Teacher’s notes

Hook:  If it walks like a duck, talk like a duck it is a ____________________________

What is the evidence of the infilling of the Holy Spirit In 1 Corinthians 3 ?

Evidence of the infilling is not the miraculous but visible display of loving one another.

Look:  If you misunderstood 1 Corinthians 2:4, 13,16

Popular view of this passage:

Paul has spoken to us about three categories of men. There is the natural man (1 Corinthians 2:14), who is patterned after Adam and rejects the things of the Spirit. There is the spiritual man (1 Corinthians 2:15), who knows the things of God. And there is the carnal man who knows the things of God, yet in some significant ways is still characterized by the flesh. Which one are you?

The Spiriits demonstration in verse 4 indicates Paul was saying He and the Apostles had the gift of the inspiration of the Holy spirit-And Yes you and I can know in a general way the mind of God-but not specific ways of inspiration.  Flesh orientated Christian known by acts of flesh!

Book: 1 Corinthians 3

Who is the subject of the first Four verses of Chapter 3?

Is Verse one a change in context?

What does the word flesh mean?

There is a difference between being fleshy (sarkinos, used in 2 Corinthians 3:3) and being fleshly (the Greek word sarkikos, used here in this passage).

i. Fleshy is simply “made of flesh”; it can speak of the weakness that is common to every fallen human.

ii. Fleshly, when used of a person, means “characterized by the flesh.” It speaks of the one who can and should do differently but does not. Paul says that the Corinthians were sarkikos.

David Guzik's Commentary on the Bible 1 Corinthians 3

sárks ("flesh") is not always evil in Scripture. Indeed, it is used positively in relation to sexual intercourse in marriage (Eph 5:31) – as well as for the sinless human body of Jesus (Jn 1:14; 1 Jn 4:2,3). Indeed, flesh (what is physical) is necessary for the body to live out the faith the Lord works in (Gal 2:20).]

4561 (sarks) is generally negative, referring to making decisions (actions) according to self – i.e. done apart from faith (independent from God's inworking).

When is the passage written to Christians or Non-Christians

Christians who are satisfying their self and not obeying the Spirit!

Where can we more fully understand the metaphor between Milk and meat?

Hebrews 5:11-6:3  (Good example of poor division chapters causes confusion)

Milk                                                       Meat

                                                Righteousness-Right way to live-Right way to worship God-Right way to love

                                                Constant use distinguish right versus wrong

Elementary

Basic Facts

 Milk is Knowledge                                         Meat is constant practice of applying scripture

Of basic facts

Why does Paul say the Corinthians were only ready for Milk In 1 Cor 3?

There were fighting over facts, they were bickering who to follow, instead of practicing how to distinguish between good an evil in loving each other.

1 Corinthians 3:16,17

Who is the Temple of God?

Christians Individually and collectively.  What makes the Temple of God?  The indwelling of His Spirit!

The Spirit of God dwells in you. The word used for temple (naos) refers to the actual sanctuary, the place of the deity’s dwelling, in contrast to the broader word hieron, which was the temple area in general.

What defiles the Temple of God?

1.       By doing what the Corinthians were doing

1 Corinthians 3:3

You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly?

2.       Dividing the Temple of God into factions Us Versus Them

For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building. 1 Cor 3:9

3.       Building or not building the Temple or Kingdom of God with inferior materials

If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, 13 their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work. 14 If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward. 15 If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved—even though only as one escaping through the flames.  1 Cor 3:12-15

4.       Wordly Wisdom and Worldly power

Do not deceive yourselves. If any of you think you are wise by the standards of this age, you should become “fools” so that you may become wise. 1 Cor 3:18

When are we destroying the Temple?

When are we harming and not building up each Christian all of 1 Corinthians 3

Where does the Holy Spirit dwell in believers?

A.      Jeremiah 24:7

B.      Jeremiah 31:33

C.      Ezekiel 11:19

D.      Ezekiel 36:26

E.       2 Corinthians 1:22

Why is infighting foolish?

Because we are fellow workers and God not us brings the harvest.

Took: The divisions in Corinth were a threat to what?

The divine inspiration of apostolic ministry

That human personality greater than the God’s power

That power and not love be the evidence of spirit

A BAD DAY

Snippet

You choose to be happy, and in life we have as many good days as bad days. I try to find and record those songs that pull you through the bad days, and keep you believing that the good days are just around the corner.  Rodney Atkins

Scripture

If God gives such attention to the appearance of wildflowers—most of which are never even seen—don’t you think he’ll attend to you, take pride in you, do his best for you? What I’m trying to do here is to get you to relax, to not be so preoccupied with getting, so you can respond to God’s giving. People who don’t know God and the way he works fuss over these things, but you know both God and how he works. Steep your life in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions. Don’t worry about missing out. You’ll find all your everyday human concerns will be met.

 “Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don’t get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes. Matthew 6:33,34 Message

Song

Bad Day by Daniel Powter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH476CxJxfg

Where is the moment we needed the most

You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost

They tell me your blue skies fade to grey

They tell me your passion's gone away

And I don't need no carryin' on

You stand in the line just to hit a new low

You're faking a smile with the coffee to go

You tell me your life's been way off line

You're falling to pieces everytime

And I don't need no carryin' on

Cause you had a bad day

You're taking one down

You sing a sad song just to turn it around

You say you don't know

You tell me don't lie

You work at a smile and you go for a ride

You had a bad day

The camera don't lie

You're coming back down and you really don't mind

You had a bad day

You had a bad day

Well you need a blue sky holiday

The point is they laugh at what you say

And I don't need no carryin' on

You had a bad day

You're taking one down

You sing a sad song just to turn it around

You say you don't know

You tell me don't lie

You work at a smile and you go for a ride

You had a bad day

The camera don't lie

You're coming back down and you really don't mind

You had a bad day

(Oh.. Holiday..)

Sometimes the system goes on the blink

And the whole thing turns out wrong

You might not make it back and you know

That you could be well oh that strong

And I'm not wrong

So where is the passion when you need it the most

Oh you and I

You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost

Cause you had a bad day

You're taking one down

You sing a sad song just to turn it around

You say you don't know

You tell me don't lie

You work at a smile and you go for a ride

You had a bad day

You've seen what you like

And how does it feel for one more time

You had a bad day

You had a bad day

Had a bad day

Had a bad day

Had a bad day

Had a bad day

Had a bad day

Sentence Prayer

This is another day, O Lord...

If I am to stand up, help me to stand bravely.

If I am to sit still, help me to sit quietly.

If I am to lie low, help me to do it patiently.

And if I am to do nothing, let me do it gallantly.”

― Kathleen Norris

HERO

Snippet

The three years of Jesus’ public ministry have stimulated more comment and literature across nineteen centuries than any other comparable segment of human history.  Carl F.H. Henry  A Plea for Evangelical Demonstration, Baker, 1971, p. 55.

Scripture

Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written.  John 21:25

Song

Hero By Abandon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bN1WFt21-0

He walked the dirty streets

Famous for nothing

He said, "Come follow me"

And they came

A face like all the rest

But something was different

The Son of God would lead the way

And soon they all would say

There He goes, a Hero, a Savior to the world

Here He stands with scars in His hands

With love He gave His life so we could be free

The Savior of the world

He spoke with clarity

Walked across the sea

A single word

Would calm the storm

His touch could heal the sick

But He was called a hypocrite

Laid behind the stone

His death was shortly mourned

He left the curtain torn

And there He goes, a Hero, a Savior to the world

Here He stands with scars in His hands

With love He gave His life so we could be free

The Savior of the world

He chose to take the cross

Shed tears for the lost

The broken and the needy

Forgiving those who were and will be

The angel made it clear

He told them have no fear

He's not here, He's not here

There He goes, a Hero, a Savior to the world

Here He stands with scars in His hands

With love He gave His life so we could be free

The Savior of the world, the Savior of the world

The Savior of the world

Sentence Prayer

Father

When we were still helpless,

Christ died for the wicked at the time God Chose.

One of us might dare to die for someone good.

But now we see God’s love;

While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

God rescued us from the power of darkness

And brought us safe into the kingdom of his dear son.

By whom we are set free and our sins are forgiven.

So we rejoice in the hope we have of sharing in God’s glory.

By the Holy Spirit

God has poured into our hearts the love of Christ.  Amen.

(New Zealand Prayer book pg 129)

SOBRIETY

Snippet: 

Stinkin' thinkin' leads to drinking.

Scripture:

Who has woe? Who has sorrow?

    Who has strife? Who has complaints?

    Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?

 Those who linger over wine,

    who go to sample bowls of mixed wine.

 Do not gaze at wine when it is red,

    when it sparkles in the cup,

    when it goes down smoothly!

 In the end it bites like a snake

    and poisons like a viper.

 Your eyes will see strange sights,

    and your mind will imagine confusing things.

 You will be like one sleeping on the high seas,

    lying on top of the rigging.

 “They hit me,” you will say, “but I’m not hurt!

    They beat me, but I don’t feel it!

When will I wake up

    so I can find another drink?” Proverbs 23-39-45 NIV

Song

Dear Sobriety Pistol Annie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXuN6l-sIdA

My hands are shaking

But I can still pour the mistake that I'm making

And I'll pour one more

It runs in my family, it runs in my blood

And just like my daddy, I can't get enough

Every last drop I say is the last

Then I drive to the store and I fill up my glass

Dear Sobriety

Please come back to me

I left you high and dry

I'm doomed for good this time

I swore I wouldn't be

I'm making a fool of me

I need you desperately

Dear Sobriety

Two years I gave in and I did not sway

And I swore to my family I'd keep it that way

Saved by the good Lord and hurt in their eyes

But life would back splatter and I compromise

If heartache won't kill you, you find something that will

And it turns out this battle is only uphill

Dear Sobriety

Please come back to me

I left you high and dry

I'm doomed for good this time

I swore I wouldn't be

Oh but I'm making a fool of me

I need you desperately

Dear Sobriety

Dear Sobriety

Please come back to me

I left you high and dry

I'm doomed for good this time

I swore I wouldn't be

Oh but I'm making a fool of me

I need you desperately

Dear Sobriety

Sentence Prayer

God grant me the serenity

To accept the things I cannot change;

Courage to change the things I can;

And wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time;

Enjoying one moment at a time;

Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;

Taking, as He did, this sinful world

As it is, not as I would have it;

Trusting that He will make all things right

If I surrender to His Will;

So that I may be reasonably happy in this life

And supremely happy with Him

Forever and ever in the next.

Amen. 

Reinhold Neibur

SMALL TOWN

Snippet

“Living in a small town...is like living in a large family of rather uncongenial relations. Sometimes it’s fun, and sometimes it’s perfectly awful, but it’s always good for you. People in large towns are like only-children.” ― Joyce Dennys, Henrietta Sees It Through: More News from the Home Front 1942-1945

Scripture

Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

 “Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?” Nathanael asked.

“Come and see,” said Philip.

When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, “Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit.” John 1:45-47 NIV

Song

Small Town John  Mellencamp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CVLVaBECuc

Well I was born in a small town

And I live in a small town

Prob'ly die in a small town

Oh, those small communities

All my friends are so small town

My parents live in the same small town

My job is so small town

Provides little opportunity

Educated in a small town

Taught the fear of Jesus in a small town

Used to daydream in that small town

Another boring romantic that's me

But I've seen it all in a small town

Had myself a ball in a small town

Married an L.A. doll and brought her to this small town

Now she's small town just like me

No I cannot forget where it is that I come from

I cannot forget the people who love me

Yeah, I can be myself here in this small town

And people let me be just what I want to be

Got nothing against a big town

Still hayseed enough to say

Look who's in the big town

But my bed is in a small town

Oh, and that's good enough for me

Well I was born in a small town

And I can breathe in a small town

Gonna die in this small town

And that's prob'ly where they'll bury me

Sentence Prayer

Father, Remind me that you chose to raise your own son in a small town.

Father, Remind me that knowing everyone is a way of keeping me accountable.

Jesus,  did growing up in a small town make you indifferent to man’s opinions?

Jesus,  did growing up in the intimacy of a Small town motivate you to die in love for all?

Holy Spirit,  create a hunger in me for world where your word is good as gold.

Holy Spirit,  create a hunger in me for a world where children run giggling through sprinklers.  Amen

TEMPTATION

Snippet

“Da mihi castitatem et continentiam, sed noli modo (Give me chastity and continence, but not just yet)!” ― Augustine of Hippo, Confessions

Scripture

Anyone who meets a testing challenge head-on and manages to stick it out is mighty fortunate. For such persons loyally in love with God, the reward is life and more life.

 Don’t let anyone under pressure to give in to evil say, “God is trying to trip me up.” God is impervious to evil, and puts evil in no one’s way. The temptation to give in to evil comes from us and only us. We have no one to blame but the leering, seducing flare-up of our own lust. Lust gets pregnant, and has a baby: sin! Sin grows up to adulthood, and becomes a real killer.  James 1:12-15 Message

Song  I FEEL A SIN COMING ON 

PISTOL ANNIE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bukgODOHtM

I feel a sin comin' on

I feel a right that's about to go wrong

I got a shiver down to the bone

I feel a sin comin' on

I gotta buzz in my brain

Drunk on a love goin' down like champagne

I got a feelin' it's gonna leave a lipstick stain

And I'd be the only one to blame

And you can see it

All over my face

Sweet temptation

All over the place

Give me tall dark and handsome,

Mix it up with something strong

I feel a sin (I feel a sin) comin' on

Please Jesus don't hold me back

I know it ain't mine but I want it so bad

The smoke in the whiskey

Got me feeling easy

And after I'll fade in the glass

And you can see it

All over my face

Sweet temptation

All over the place

Give me tall dark and handsome,

Mix it up with something strong

I feel a sin (I feel a sin) comin' on

And you can see it (and you can see it)

All over my face (all over my face)

Sweet temptation

All over the place

Give me tall dark and handsome,

Mix it up with something strong

I feel a sin (I feel a sin) comin' on

I feel a sin (I feel a sin) comin' on

Sentence Prayer

Parent of us all,

we know your promise of love is waiting;

we understand the Holy Spirit is your gift to all;

we hear the message of Christ’s sacrifice.

Yet, like willful children,

we need the loving arms of our Mother

to gather us into her arms when we disobey;

to teach us once again

that we have fallen short

of her expectations.

We try to repent.

We try to change our minds,

to change our lives.

Help us believe once again,

through your love and forgiveness,

that we may see Christ

in those around us and before us. 

(The Abingdon Worship Annual 2011 May 8 Proclamation and Praise pg  112.)

AWESOME GOD

Snippet

Eternity won’t be long enough to learn all that God is or praise him for all that he has done.  A.W. Tozer

Scripture

Come, everyone! Clap your hands!

    Shout to God with joyful praise!

 For the Lord Most High is awesome.

    He is the great King of all the earth.

 He subdues the nations before us,

    putting our enemies beneath our feet.  Ps 47:1-3 NLT

Song Awesome God R Swift

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk2nS1l3Wlg

Chorus: Our God is an awesome God he reigns

From heaven above with wisdom power and love

Our God is an awesome God. x2

All power he contains it, the man on his own

Abandoned the throne to approach the cross stainless

Death couldn’t shake him or derail,

three nails could pierce but couldn’t break him or make him appear taken away from his mere nature not

while slumber is hovering over the block I pray that my peers wake up

we were born out of alignment the perfect timing is now

to check for a pulse if you ain't rocked by him

I am prone to be biased when I peep the timeline behind him

And see no highness as high as him

He reigns Lord firearms are too short to aim for him

Call him extremist he leaks Katrinas when he’s brainstorming

That’s quite enormous to say the least our God is a beast

His wrath is the sound of a lion roaring

Since he’s topped by none

I’m on hip hop’s frontline screaming from the top of my lungs Our God.

Chorus: Our God is an awesome God he reigns

From heaven above with wisdom power and love

Our God is an awesome God. x2

All glory he demands it all pale in comparison

He holds the scales that you can’t tip off

Cause he can’t slip off

So I stand unanimous with no hiatus my heart is baring his manuscripts

Our bars bare him while the world swears by its barbarics

We declare him fist clinching the thin air for him

Won’t fold when it comes to making men aware of him (breathe)

He’s exactly what we could never be

Born no identity sin embedded in our pedigree

He could have let us be but saved us and set us free

Redeemed from the chokehold of sins destruction

Serve no one but him only spit so you comprehend

But in the end these words serve him no justice

Nothing exist without his signature to allow it

Lord of the ring cause all creation revolves around him

The I am more than a legend and some

So we boast in the Lord through these anthems and sing.

Chorus: Our God is an awesome God he reigns

From heaven above with wisdom power and love

Our God is an awesome God. (till fade)

Sentence Prayer

Holy one, holy and eternal.

Awesome, exciting and delightful in your holiness;

Make us pure in heart to see you;

Make us merciful to receive your kindness,

And to share our love with all your human family;

Then will you name be hallowed on earth as in heaven.  Amen (New Zealand Prayer Book Pg 111)

FIRST FAMILY

Snippet

The family was ordained of God, that children might be trained up for himself.  The family was before the church, or rather, the form of the church.  Pope Leo XIII

Scripture

Children, obey your parents because you belong to the Lord,[a] for this is the right thing to do. 2 “Honor your father and mother.” This is the first commandment with a promise: 3 If you honor your father and mother, “things will go well for you, and you will have a long life on the earth. Ephesians 6:1-3

Song

First Family  Rich Mullins

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUqA5aEKTys

My folks they were always the first family to arrive

With seven people jammed into a car that seated five

There was one bathroom to bathe and shave in

Six of us stood in line

And hot water for only three

But we all did just fine

Talk about your miracles

Talk about your faith

My dad he could make things grow

Out of Indiana clay

Mom could make a gourmet meal

Out of just cornbread and beans

And they worked to give faith hands and feet

And somehow gave it wings

I can still hear my dad cussin'

He's working late out in the barn

The spring planting is coming

And the tractors just won't run

Mom she's done the laundry

I can see it waving on the line

Now they've stayed together

Through the pain and the strain of those times

Talk about your miracles

Talk about your faith

My dad he could make things grow

Out of Indiana clay

Mom could make a gourmet meal

Out of just cornbread and beans

And they worked to give faith hands and feet

And somehow gave it wings

And now they've raised five children

One winter they lost a son

But the pain didn't leave them crippled

And the scars have made them strong

Never picture perfect

Just a plain man and his wife

Who somehow knew the value

Of hard work, good love, and real life

Talk about your miracles

Talk about your faith

My dad he could make things grow

Out of Indiana clay

Mom could make a gourmet meal

Out of just cornbread and beans

And they worked to give faith hands and feet

And somehow gave it wings

Sentence Prayer

Dear Lord, today I turn to you to give you thanks for my mother. With your own gift of life, she bore me in her womb and gave me life. She tenderly, patiently cared for me and taught me to walk and talk. She read to me and made me laugh. No one delighted in my successes more; no one could comfort me better in my failures. I am so grateful for how she mothered me and mentored me, and even disciplined me.

Please bless her, Lord, and comfort her. Help her loving heart to continue to love and give of herself to others. Strengthen her when she is down and give her hope when she is discouraged.

Most of all, Lord, on this Mother's Day, give my mother the graces she most needs and desires today. I ask you this, in the name of Jesus, our Lord and Savior forever and ever.

http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/Mothers/?pagewanted=all#Gratitude