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Q4. (1 Corinthians 13:8b-13) Why is it important to Paul’s argument to contend that even the greatest spiritual gifts will become obsolete? It appears that Paul's argument is that the Corinthians use of tongues was over done. They were speaking in tongues in order to edify themselves and to get a 'kick' out of the experience. They were not using the gift for the good of the community. Paul wants to restrain the group in their use of tongues. He does not want them to stop using the gift but he wants the gift used with restraint. It is similar to the situation of women's hair and women's conduct in church- Paul does not say that these are wrong just that it is uncustomary and he does not want to make his group the talk of the town. Christ is all about love. God is love. (1 John 4.16) Paul feels that their use of tongues effecting others in a negative fashion so he wants the Corinthians to use their gifts with love. A church body is all about love- the love for each other and love for God. If we love our neighbours as ourselves than we will not use spiritual to our own advantage and to others disadvantage. Why does he stress the permanence of love? The permanence of love is stressed because that is all their is for us- love is all important to our well being. Paul has experienced the love of the living God through love and he wants his readers to experience the same. All else fades away.Paul writes "where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. "

Q4. (1 Corinthians 13:8b-13) Why is it important to Paul’s argument to contend that even the greatest spiritual gifts will become obsolete? It appears that Paul's argument is that the Corinthians use of tongues was over done. They were speaking in tongues in order to edify themselves and to get a 'kick' out of the experience. They were not using the gift for the good of the community. Paul wants to restrain the group in their use of tongues. He does not want them to stop using the gift but he wants the gift used with restraint. It is similar to the situation of women's hair and women's conduct in church- Paul does not say that these are wrong just that it is uncustomary and he does not want to make his group the talk of the town. Christ is all about love. God is love. (1 John 4.16) Paul feels that their use of tongues effecting others in a negative fashion so he wants the Corinthians to use their gifts with love. A church body is all about love- the love for each other and love for God. If we love our neighbours as ourselves than we will not use spiritual to our own advantage and to others disadvantage. Why does he stress the permanence of love? The permanence of love is stressed because that is all their is for us- love is all important to our well being. Paul has experienced the love of the living God through love and he wants his readers to experience the same. All else fades away.Paul writes "where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. "

Q3. (1 Corinthians 13:10) When do you think the “perfect” comes? How do you support your interpretation? The Greek 'teleois' has several possible meanings - perfect. maturity, of full age, completeness.The perfect then in 9 and 10 '9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. must be referring to the time when ' we shall see face to face.' What a glorious time when we see the Lord face to face. Now we see only dimly, like looking at our image in a pool of watery. But then we will see perfection face to face. It will be a time of a new creation-when the wolf lies down with the lamb, when the New Heaven and new Earth are let down from heaven. It will be a time of perfect ecstasy when we see the Lord face to face. The Lord comes for each of us upon our death, he is standing by the right hand of the father waiting for us to cone home. At this time we will see perfectly, we shall understand perfectly. Paul is telling us of the wonder of heaven that he was caught up into, the perfection he saw but now we see only in part. But than face to face we will see perfection.

Q2. (1 Corinthians 13:4-6) Which one or two of these tests of agape love do you have the most trouble with? "Envy" is a strong, passionate emotion, but it is primarily characterized by love for oneself rather than love for others.(notes) This passionate emotion has been a problem with me. I never thought that it was characterized by love for oneself rather than love for others. How might prayer help you grow? As I pray and study the word of God envy has become less of an issue and I have come to less envious. How will walking with the Spirit help you deal with these flaws? ​walking with the spirit and being more exposed to the fruit of the spirit than the flaws can be better handled

Q1. (1 Corinthians 13:1-3) What is the result of the greatest imaginable manifestation of the gifts of the Spirit done without love? Zero! Paul says ""If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal." (13:1) We might be able to speak in angelic languages, Paul says, but without love motivating the gift, the net value is merely that of an echoing gong or a clanging cymbal but without love it's just noise. (notes) Is it possible to operate a gift of the Spirit from a selfish or wrong motivation. Which make us more spiritual – Gifts of the Spirit or Fruit of the Spirit? A person can have huge spiritual gifts, but unless the "fruit of the Spirit" (Galatians 5:22-23) is present, Paul says, "I am nothing. We need the fruit of the Spirit in order to take full advantage of our gifts, without love we are just noise. If one can have one or the other than I expect the fruits or better but that is just speculation for God wants us to use both. Paul observes, as Jesus did, that acts of piety done to impress rather than motivated by love bring no reward (Matthew 6:1-8, 16-18)

Q5. (1 Corinthians 12:27) How are you hurt by the people who don't use their spiritual gifts for one reason or another? How much richer would your congregation be if you -- and everyone else -- were to use their spiritual gifts? What might happen in people's lives? What might be the community impact of your congregation? We are hurt when people do not use their spiritual gifts because the gifts are given for the benefit of the church and if they are not used the church is lessened. It is this lack of using gifts that is hurting the church at this time. There are many gifts, many that are not spectacular. Like service to the church. Martha served and her service was recognized. Jesus served as he washed the disciples, Jesus said he came to serve not to be served. So this minor gifts are probably the most important to the church. So yes we would be much richer as a congregation if eveyone used their gifts to a higher degree.

1.The Holy Spirit empowers the gifts It is the Holy Spirit that gives the gifts of the Spirit. We have no say in the matter. We may pray for gifts. We may also pray for discernment to find if we have a gift or maybe more. And if we find a gift than we must apply it diligently and carefully within the guidelines that Paul lays out for the misuse4 of a gift does more harm that the good that it does. These don't operate according to our energy or power, but God's. Sometimes gifted people can begin to take gifts for granted, and get a feeling of entitlement. But God empowers the gifts; humans only employ them by faith 2. The Holy Spirit distributes the gifts God's purpose with the gifts is to have a healthy, balanced, powerful Church that is a place of healing and equipping to do Christ's work. It is not for a few people to build up their pride and reputation. It is all the gifts of the church that gives the church power. This requires a wide variety of gifts, not just a couple of popular, crowd-awing gifts. All of our gifts are important. 3. The Holy Spirit gives at least one gift to every person. We all have a gift we need only search for it , pray to discern it and not be afraid of the gift when we find it. 4.. The Holy Spirit distributes the gifts individually. The Spirit has gifts specially suited to the way we are made. They are tailored to us. That doesn't mean we are immediately ready ready to administer them with power, but as we yield self to God we will be better able to control and use the gifts. 5. The Holy Spirit distributes the gifts according to his own will and plan We don't get to decide our own destiny. God does. God does have "a wonderful plan for our life" -- and it includes spiritual gifts. It is important for both us and the church that we learn to use well the spiritual gifts God has given us to build up our own spiritual character and to help the church grow and develop into the institution that God intends both us and the church to be. We must think of the gifts as being given to us individually but the gifts are given for the benefit of the church.

I have from time to Time spoken in tongies. I feel that I have the gift prophecy, prayer amd descernment. My great grandfather, who had been a bit of a character, was slewn in the spirt as he was coming home from the back forty. Afterwards he had the gift of prophecy amd of prayer. I think that the church is helped only by the sum of all the spiritual gifts of all the people.

The use of Jesus as an example for spiritual can be seen as right and also wrong! We can use Jesus as an example because He was fully human. Being fully human he had only the gifts that any Christian who believes in Him in faith and trust might have. However the Holy Spirit was fully endowed upon Jesus so we cannot expect to be so fully and adequately filled with the Spirit of God as God's own son was. On the other hand the Holy Spirit has been in the world, active and busy for over 20000 years so the cumulative effect of all this spiritual power is must be greater than it ever was since the time of Christ. This power of the spirit is available to us and if we draw upon it we should be able to perform the acts and deeds that the apostles and the disciples were able to do.

The purpose for spiritual goods is for the common good. Their use enhances the work of the spirit, whether they be visiting, preaching, healing, etc. When people selfishly use their gifts to build up their reputation, to make them selves look good, or to enhance their position they are using the gifts in a way which does not help the common good and maybe even hurt the cause. This may be especially true when one gift is emphasized over others. It should be noted that there are different gifts but only one spirit. When every one uses their gifts in the way that they ordained than everything works well. The sick are visited and healed. Sermons are preached as prophesied. Tongues are spoken and interpreted. Everything is great. But if everyone begins to show off their gifts at the same time, especially the gifts that are more flamboyant than the result can be mayhem. You see it is necessary to use the gifts with caution as their is always the possibility to lead astray if the gifts are not from the Holy Spirit.

I really like the way that you put a positive spin on examine and yes, we must also see the good that we have done. wy

Q4. (1 Corinthians 11:28) What kind of self-examination at the Lord’s Table is appropriate? How do confession and repentance fit with self-examination? How do confession and repentance serve to bring spiritual health and character change? The self examination that we are to do as we approach the Lord's table is one in which we are mindful of the word's of the Lord's prayer "Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us." We are told "And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins." (Mark 11:25) We must never forget the great commandment "Love your neighbour self." So as we come to communion we need to sort out our relations with our neighbours, mend our fences and than partake of the communion table. For there the grace of God abounds and we partake of forgiveness of sins as we participate with our fellows in the meal provided by the Lord. ​another aspect we need to address as we come to the table is our care of the poor and the unfortunate. In verses 21-22 we see Paul criticizing the rich for shaming the poor as the bring big luxurious and delicious meals to be eaten at the common meal and not sharing with those who are in need. This sharing of our resources and the looking after the needy is a constant and important theme throughout the new testament and a major portion of the old testament. we should, before we come to the table, see to those who are unfortunate, feed, clothe and visit them- than we come to the table. We examine our self as we come to the table, confess our sins, repent of them and make our selves right with our neighbour and than present ourselves at the table. I find it hard to comprehend that a God of Love will cause evil things to happen to people. It does not seem to be the character of the God I know and love. On the other hand Paul is quite clear that by being unworthy at the ord's table such evil things happen to people. A question might be asked " How many people are turned from their sins by suffering and pain. Do not more turn the other way and course God. Job was quite adamant that God had not caused his troubles.

Q4. (1 Corinthians 11:28) What kind of self-examination at the Lord’s Table is appropriate? How do confession and repentance fit with self-examination? How do confession and repentance serve to bring spiritual health and character change? The self examination that we are to do as we approach the Lord's table is one in which we are mindful of the word's of the Lord's prayer "Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us." We are told "And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins." (Mark 11:25) We must never forget the great commandment "Love your neighbour self." So as we come to communion we need to sort out our relations with our neighbours, mend our fences and than partake of the communion table. For there the grace of God abounds and we partake of forgiveness of sins as we participate with our fellows in the meal provided by the Lord. ​another aspect we need to address as we come to the table is our care of the poor and the unfortunate. In verses 21-22 we see Paul criticizing the rich for shaming the poor as the bring big luxurious and delicious meals to be eaten at the common meal and not sharing with those who are in need. This sharing of our resources and the looking after the needy is a constant and important theme throughout the new testament and a major portion of the old testament. we should, before we come to the table, see to those who are unfortunate, feed, clothe and visit them- than we come to the table. We examine our self as we come to the table, confess our sins, repent of them and make our selves right with our neighbour and than present ourselves at the table. I find it hard to comprehend that a God of Love will cause evil things to happen to people. It does not seem to be the character of the God I know and love. On the other hand Paul is quite clear that by being unworthy at the ord's table such evil things happen to people. A question might be asked " How many people are turned from their sins by suffering and pain. Do not more turn the other way and course God. Job was quite adamant that God had not caused his troubles.

Q3. (1 Corinthians 11:26) In what way is the Lord’s Supper a proclamation? To whom is the proclamation made? Why is this important? What happens to the church when its proclamation shifts to a different central theme? Every time we partake of the Lord's Supper, we hear a clear explanation of Jesus' death for our sins. This is in the form of a proclamation. The words of the covenant are read out and we confirm our belief in them by consuming the bread and the wine. When we eat the bread and drink the wine the bread and the wine become part of the cells of our body. In the same fashion as we take the bread we are taking the broken body of Jesus and the shed blood of Jesus and making these part of our spiritual being. we have just partaken of the reestablishment of the new covenant in the blood of Christ and this process makes use legal partners in the new covenant where Jesus the Lord is Risen. yes He has risen indeed. The proclamation is made to everyone. Firstly it is made to us. It is made to us first for it is a re-declaration of our faith and love in Christ and that our gift of eternal life is given by the grace of God through his son Jesus. Secondly the proclamation is made to those around us who also par take of the sacrament. We are doing this as a community. Together we move forward in the new covenant confident in our faith and trust in Jesus. Thirdly it is made to the church. It is important to let the church of God know that we are one in body, mind and spirit when it comes to the gift of the New Covenant. And finally the partaking of the Lord's supper is a proclamation to the world. A proclamation that we who participate in the last Supper of Jesus are a holy group, set apart for the service of the Lord. we want the world to know that we are a church that serves that we declare "For me and my family (church) we will serve the Lord" . Praise the Lord, Jesus is risen. Jesus us risen indeed For the church this is the only theme. Otherwise we have no church.

Q2. (1 Corinthians 11:25) What does the phrase mean: “This cup is the new covenant in my blood”? What is the old covenant? What are the provisions of the New Covenant? The ancient children of Israel know of the presence of the Lord Yahweh, of His Glory and of His righteousness. This God, this God of righteousness was unable to look at unrighteousness. To come before God of Righteousness it was necessary to follow closely a series of laws. However it was almost impossible to live completely by these laws. A series of sacrifices were established, some of which involved the sacrificing of animals- a lamb without blemish. This sacrifice was symbolically to wipe away the sins of the people. However, it gradually became apparent to the prophets and to others that this system was inadequate and that something else must be provided for the salvation of the people. The prophet wrote: "'The time is coming,' declares the LORD, 'when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. It will not be like the covenant I made with their forefathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they broke my covenant, though I was a husband to them,' declares the LORD.... 'For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.'" (Jeremiah 31:31-32, 34) For several hundred years the people looked forward to this new covenant but many misinterpreted the meaning. Their understanding of the kingdom of God was much different that the paradigm that Jesus presented to them. Regardless, there would have been a rustle of excitement as Jesus said the words "“This cup is the new covenant in my blood”. Great ideas would have formed but it seemed that the disciples did not understand the role of Isaiah's suffering servant would have to play. It was only after the resurrection that the followers of Jesus realized that something new had happened! Jesus had risen and the new covenant was proclaimed written in the suffering in his blood. With the new covenant there came a freedom. A freedom where there was no Jew or Greek, nor no slave or free nor no male or female we are all one in Christ. The Corinthians grasped this freedom but it seems that carried their freedom to far and proclaimed it in wild ways which might lead to the discredit of the Christians. Regardless the new covenant brought into understanding of the grace of God's gift of His only son that whosoever believes on him will have eternal life with him. we have come to believe that there are two aspects of this eternal life:1) firstly there is a life here on earth that is lived with Christ and with the Holy spirit as our guide. It is a life filled with love (1 Corinthians 13), it is a life filled with hope, hope for the coming kingdom of God- the kingdom that is like a mustard seed, the kingdom that is like the leaven, the kingdom that is like the lost coin that is found, the kingdom that is like.... 2)secondly there is eternal life with the Holy trinity after we die. Jesus is standing at the right hand of God (Acts 7:56) to receive us into the kingdom. What a great and glorious day!!!

Q1. (1 Corinthians 11:23-25) Why is it so important that we continually remember Christ's broken body and shed blood? In what sense do you believe that the bread is his body? That the wine is his blood? The Last supper is part of a tradition that goes back to the very night Jesus was betrayed and he took the bread... We have in our 1 Corinthians scripture the earliest account of the Lord's Supper-20-30 years removed from the event. There is much to this event but the very least it is is the remembrance of Jesus act of atonement for the sins of humanity. In remembering this event we are reminded of Jesus' body broken for us and of his blood shed for the remission of our sins. To remember is to recall Jesus' death and to a degree relive the experience of Jesus atonement for our sins. If we do not remember than we unable to have the experience of Jesus' actions. But it ismore than memory! In the lord's supper we experience a living contact with Jesus.(Barclay, 115) In the sacrament we are experiencing and reliving the implementation of the new covenant between God and humanity. This new contract switches salvation from a law based scheme to a plan centered upon the love and grace of God as seen through and implemented by the atoning action of Jesus Christ. The price of this new covenant was bought at the cost of Jesus' life. The scarlet wine of wine of the sacrament stands for the very life blood of Christ. (Barclay,116) Dr. Ralph puts it well “ It is clear that a prime purpose of the Lord's Supper is as a "remembrance." Anamnēsis, means "remembrance, reminder, recollection." This isn't just a passive memory, but an active "reliving of vanished impressions by a definite act of will “

Q4. (1 Corinthians 9:15-22) Why did Paul “become all things to all men”? What was his purpose? Was he able to be authentic in doing so? What is the difference between Paul’s chameleon ministry and mere role-playing? What are you willing to give up so that you can reach the people God has called you to minister to? Paul's purpose in being all things to all people was to win souls for the Lord . I would say from the success that he had that he was authenic. I differnce is that Paul was in christ as he bevame a chamelom. I am willing to give of my time and momey.

Corinthians 9:15-18) Why doesn’t Paul have a personal choice about preaching? Will volunteer and bi-vocational Christian workers receive a greater reward in heaven than those who are paid here on earth? If so, why? If not, why not? Paul does not have a personal choice because Jesus the Lord appeared to him in a vision on the Damascus road calling him to preach the gospel to all people. Paul is also a person with conviction in what ever he does. Before his experience on the Damascus road he was driven to persecute Christians but upon his conversion all his energy was transferred to preaching. Like Luther he was convicted of the gospel message and was forced by this conviction to preach. Paul is entrusted by Christ with the responsibility of preaching the gospel to all people. He regards preaching as an opportunity for service (Barclay, corinthians , 91). As well Paul sees preaching as a duty. To Paul preaching was important to him as breathing. He had been chosen and he had no choice. The responsibility fell on his shoulders. Paul would say "What can I do but tell the people about the good news of Christ. " Will not both go to Heaven? Are there two classes of Heaven bound folk? Matthew 25.14 to 3o suggesrs that all who are heaven bound will be put in charge of many things.

Question 2 There ate several reasons why Jesus commanded his disciples to receive thete support from the people to whom they preached. 1. The priests of the temple by the law of Moses were owef a portion of each sacrifice performed at the temple. This allowed them to live a life of luxry compared to the poor. Jesus saw his news as good news and should thus be awarded their food and lodging. 2. It was a tradition of tje timr that the bearer of good news should be rewarded. As the disciples bore good news they should be received joufully and hence be rewarded with food and lodging. Scriptural reference s include 1 corinthians 9. 10 to 14, john 14.1.6 and 12.6 and 13 to 29, Luke 10.7 and 25 to 38, also 9 1 to5, lev 7.8 and3.3 to 5, 1 corinthians 9. 10 to 14.

P(1 Corinthians 9:4-12) Why does Paul argue for the right of apostles and other Christian workers to be supported, if he has decided not to exercise this right himself? Why would it hinder missionary work for a missionary to expect his new converts to support him When Paul did not accept wages for preaching some of his opponents began to suggesr that paul was in fact not a true apostle. First in his rebuttal paul insists upon the wages for an apostle and insists that as he is an apostle because he has seen the Lord and as the Corinthians accept pay for work of apostles than they should accept paul as an apostle. There were reasons that Paul did not accept pay. It could hinder the growth of the gospel. Some would suggest that Paul was preaching only for the money. Also the church may find it difficult to pay. Some may not come because they would not be able to pay. Paul's message was readily accepted by the poor and slave. Jesus said the worker is worth his keep. Matthew 10.9. Also he deserves his wages Luke 10.7. Paul also uses the OT quote do not muzzle anox when it is treading out grain.

Behind the idols are demons, according to Paul. The spiritual danger is that we can unwittingly be drawn away from the Lord. In the case of the CorinthIans the idols were wooden, even these could cause the danger of being drawn in to the temptations presented by idol worship. Today the danger is different but it is even more real and dangerous. Our idols today are the ' things' of the world. Moden culture presents a style of life where 'me' is all important the 'me' has become our idol. We are addicted to fun. we are not interested in service or suffering-we must have fun. We worship fun and in the process we neglect his call. The result is massive losses in church attendance and massive lowering of ethical standards. North America and Europe may need may neef to look to the southern hemisphere for revival of our faith.

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Question 8.4 The priests shared in Koinonia with the Lord of hosts and as they participated they represented the children of Israel . They were stand ins for the people. Paul sees each of us as priests ofChrist and as we share in the Eucharist we participate in the body and blood of Christ, not only ax a memory but also as an active participant in the resurrection of Christ. We are as such heirs of christ.

Question 3 Koinonia means to participate or share in or to have communion with someone inor especially in a group. In the Christian sense it means to oartake in the eucharist celebrations of the tradition. As we do thiscommu ion thre is cr.eated a Koinonia not only with Christ but also with the community that is sharing with you. There ic a sharing of a common meal, The sharing of a common experience and there is the shaping of the common love with each other-this grows every time the eucharist is served. Another form of Koinonia is worship. When we worship together we again have Koinonia. Here the 'eye' gets lost in the 'WE' AND the We get lost in Christ. Our Western culture has become so individualastic we ha forgotten our common roots. We as Christians need to order our lives in such a way that Koinonia becomes a crucial part of our lives.