CHRISTIAN LIBERTY…

WHAT DOES IT REALLY LOOK LIKE???

I CORINTHIANS 9:1-18

SUMMARY OF CHRISTIAN LIBERTY PRINCIPLES:

• Do all to the glory of God

• Follow your own conscience, as guided by Scripture,

and allow others to do the same;

accept one another.

• Cause no stumbling.

SUMMARY OF CHRISTIAN LIBERTY PRINCIPLES:

• Give no offense

• Love and serve one another

• Do not be brought into bondage to anything.

• Choose the best...not just the “permitted.”

Paul said, “Be imitators of me,

just as I also am of Christ.”

Paul’ Purpose, 1-18:• First: establish the validity of his

apostleship, 1-2

• THEN: enumerate the privileges of his apostleship, 3-14

• THEN...he will demonstrate his loving use of his liberty to NOT use those privileges, 12-18.

PAUL…

His Defense of His Apostleship, 9:1-2

PAUL…

Privileges of His Apostleship, 9:3-14

Established, 3-6

Exemplified, 7-14

• Soldier, 7a

• Planter, 7b

• Herdsman, 7c

• The Law, 8-9

PAUL…

Privileges of His Apostleship, 9:3-14

Exemplified, 7-14

• Oxen, 9

• Plowmen & harvesters, 10

• The Temple Service, 13

• The Lord’s Command, 14

PAUL…

Privileges of His Apostleship, 9:3-14

Exemplified, 7-14

--Spiritual Applications:

• Spiritual sowing & reaping, 11

• Paul’s greater “right” than others, 12

PAUL…

Loving (Self) Limitations on his Apostleship, 9:12-18

Declared, 12, 15

PAUL…

Loving (Self) Limitations on his Apostleship, 9:12-18

Explained, 12-18

• Cause no hindrance to the gospel. 12

• Not nullify his “boast,” 15-16

• Preserve his reward in heaven, 18

PAUL…

Loving (Self) Limitations on his Apostleship, 9:12-18

Explained, 12-18

• He offers the gospel without charge, 18

• He does not use all of his rights,18

Paul said, “Be imitators of me,

just as I also am of Christ.”

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