HOW TO RIGHT-SIZE OUR LIVES
1 Corinthians 4.6-13
1 Corinthians: Unified By The Crucified – Part 10 of 11
v. 6 “… learn not to exceed what is written, so that no one of you will become arrogant ...” (nas)
James 4.6 “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” (esv)
GOOD LEADERS INFLUENCE US TO PURSUE A RIGHT-SIZED LIFE:
A LIFE OF Receiving RATHER THAN Achieving
v. 7b “What do you have that you did not receive?” (esv)
Deuteronomy 8.18 “Remember the LORD … it is he who gives you power to get wealth …” (esv)
A LIFE OF Mission RATHER THAN Arrival
v. 8 “Already you have all you want … have become rich … you have become kings!” (esv)
v. 8b “… I wish you did reign, so that we could also reign with you!” (csb)
Revelation 22.3&5 “… his servants will worship him … and they will reign forever and ever.” (esv)
v. 9 “… God has exhibited us … we have become a spectacle to the world …”
A LIFE OF Resemblance RATHER THAN Approval
Romans 8.29 “… he predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son …”
v. 10 “… you are so wise … you are strong! You are honored …” (niv)
v. 13 “We are like the scum of the earth, like everyone’s garbage.” (csb)
Isaiah 53.2–3 “He had no form or majesty … no beauty that we should desire him. He was despised and rejected by men … and we esteemed him not.” (esv)
v. 10 “We are fools for Christ’s sake …” (esv)
Philippians 3.10 “I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becominglike him …” (niv)
vv. 12–13 “When we are reviled, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it; when we are slandered, we respond graciously.”(csb)
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