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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font size="3"><u><b>1
CORINTHIANS - OVERVIEW - T3001R</b></u></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font size="3"><u><b>THE
LORDSHIP OF JESUS - OUR PASSOVER</b></u></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b>1. 2:12 (1:1-3:2a) NATURE OF REVELATION. “But WE
received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which <i>is</i><span style="font-style: normal;">
from :God; that we might know the </span><i>things</i><span style="font-style: normal;">
:freely given to us of :God.” </span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">Revelation
and the Holy Spirit go hand in hand. You have decreed it so, Father.
Also You have decreed that Holy Spirit and Blood Atonement work hand
in hand. These are unalterable Kingdom principles. </span></span><b><i>
Hallowed be your :name.</i></b></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b><span style="font-style: normal;">2. 4:1-2
(3:2b-4:21) NATURE OF MINISTRIES. “Let a man so account of us, as
of ministers of Christ, and stewards of God's mysteries. </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;">2</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;">
</span></font><span style="font-style: normal;">Here, moreover, it is
required in the stewards, that one be found </span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>faithful</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;">.”
</span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">Father,
Your will be done in us this way as it is in heaven. </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">Faithfulness</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">
on the part of us all is Your will. We embrace this attribute of You,
O God, and this fruit of the Spirit. </span></span><b><i>Your
:kingdom come.</i></b></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b><span style="font-style: normal;">3. 6:18 (5-7)
MORAL JUDGMENTS. “Flee :fornication (</span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>all</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;">
sex sin, including homosexuality).</span></b></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b><span style="font-style: normal;">Every sin that a man
does is without the body; but who commits fornication sins against
</span><i>his</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> :own body.” </span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">You
have scored </span></span><i><span style="">sexual
sin</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">
as being especially hurtful to us, Father. Venereal retribution is
but the outward evidence of Your displeasure at the breaking of Your
bounds. </span></span><b><i>Your :will be done, As in heaven, so on
earth.</i></b></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b><span style="font-style: normal;">4. 10:20 (8-11)
ETHICAL JUDGMENTS. “But </span><i>I say</i><span style="font-style: normal;">,
that the </span><i>things</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> which
the nations sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God: and
I would not that you should have communion with demons.” </span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">Thank
You for this revelation, Father. The occult, satanism, new age
entrapments: all lead into deception, delusion, entrapment and
demonic enslavement. Forgive us as weak or rebellious believers for
dabbling in horoscopes, secret vows and unholy sacrifices. </span></span><b><i>Our
:daily :bread Give us this day.</i></b></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b><span style="font-style: normal;">5. 14:37 (12-14)
CHARISMATIC RULES. “If any thinks himself to be a prophet, or
spiritual, </span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>let him take
knowledge</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"> of what </span><i>things</i><span style="font-style: normal;">
I write you, that is is </span><i><u>the</u></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>
Lord's commandment</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;">.”
</span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">Father,
we are </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">not</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">
to think we are above You, </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">Your
Word</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">,
or Your servants. Gifts of the Spirit are but means to an end, are
given by You, and give us no merit. They are to be governed </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">by
You</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">.
We accept this status.</span></span></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b><i>And forgive us our :debts, As we also have
forgiven our :debtors.</i></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">
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<font size="3"><b><span style="font-style: normal;">6. 15:3-5 (15:1-58)
RESURRECTION UNDERSTANDING. “For I delivered to you among first
</span><i>things</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> what also I
received: that Christ died for our :sins according to the scriptures;
</span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;">4</span></font><span style="font-style: normal;">
and that he was buried; and that he has been raised on the third :day
according to the scriptures; </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;">5</span></font><span style="font-style: normal;">
and that he was seen of Cephas (Peter); then of the twelve.” </span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">
Father, </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">this</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">
is the death-knell to Satan. It was settled at Calvary and the empty
tomb! </span></span><b><i>And bring us not into temptation.</i></b></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b><span style="font-style: normal;">7. 16:13-14
(16:1-24) ON GIVING - CLOSING WORDS. “Watch, stand fast in the
faith, quit you like men, be strong. </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;">14</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;">
</span></font><span style="font-style: normal;">Let all you do be in
love.” </span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">We
receive this closing exhortation, Father. We </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">delight</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">
to do Your will as spoken through your apostle. You have the right to
instruct us through them. </span></span><b><i>But deliver us from
the evil </i><span style="font-style: normal;">one.</span></b></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>NOTE</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;">:
</span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">J.
Sidlow Baxter some years ago wrote “Explore the Book,” that takes
the reader through a quick survey trip of all 66 books of the Bible.
This servant of the Lord has been promoted to the higher plains of
Glory with Jesus, the angels and the saints of the last 6000 years.</span></span></font></p>
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<font size="3">He has an interesting “take” on the seven churches
to which the apostle Paul wrote personal letters. He sees “Romans”
as setting forth the Passover work of Jesus through “Justification
by faith.” This corresponds with the first great Feast of the Jews.
The Corinthian church however left their basic moorings, by placing
undue - and even mistaken emphasis on emotions and an imbalance of a
Holy Spirit emphasis above the Word. Galatians also left the moorings
set forth in Romans, and placed a legalistic emphasis on the Old
Covenant above Jesus' clear teaching in the New Covenant. Paul's
letter to these two City Churches were corrections in the light of
Romans.</font></p>
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<font size="3">Baxter saw the Book of Ephesians as setting forth God's
High Teaching of the church in a 7-fold picture. It is the Holy
Spirit through Jesus making this possible, and fulfills the Feast of
Pentecost or Shavuot. The Church of Philippi departed from this
standard with divisions in the Spirit, especially pointed up by
Euodia and Syntyche. Paul's letter to the Philippians was designed to
bring this church back to the Ephesian standard. The city church of
Colosse departed from Ephesus through a weird emphasis on angels and
Gnosticism (our modern New Age doctrine). Paul's letter to the
Colossians was designed to correct this.</font></p>
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<font size="3">1 & 2 Thessalonians sets forth the correct
understanding concerning the return of our Lord, corresponding with
the Feast of Tabernacles.</font></p>
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<font size="3">The above is not a “Thus says the Lord,” but as Paul
had the confidence of the Lord to answer marital questions in 1
Corinthians 7, so I believe J. Sidlow Baxter as a world-renowned
Bible teacher, had the confidence of the Lord for his insights in
“Explore the Book.”</font></p>
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