CORNERSTONE COMMUNITY CHURCH SERVICE FOR JUNE 4, 2023

Prayer time for June 4, 2023

Proverbs of Steel for June 2, 2023

 

June 2 – Paul Boast – 1 Cor 9:15

 June 2 – Paul Boast – 1 Cor 9:15

 

15 But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing this in the hope that you will do such things for me, for I would rather die than allow anyone to deprive me of this boast.

 

     Paul had not used any of the rights that he was privilege to.  He was also not writing to them to get their sympathy or to guilt them into giving him offerings or gifts.  Paul was explaining his view on this subject.  He wanted his fellow laborers to be able to get he support they needed to preach the gospel without hindrance.  He was also setting things straight about this matter. 

     Paul stated clearly and concisely his view on what he did.  He said he would rather die that allow anyone to deprive him of this boast.  This was a live or die situation for Paul.  He enjoyed seeing God provide through his own labor.  This also gave him connections in the business community he would not have if he was exclusively in the church world.  He was a marketplace preacher.  He preferred this but he also wanted to make dure that his fellow laborers would be adequately compensated.

June 1 – You get what you sow – 1 Cor 9:13-14

 June 1 – You get what you sow – 1 Cor 9:13-14

 

13 Don’t you know that those who serve in the temple get their food from the temple, and that those who serve at the altar share in what is offered on the altar? 14 In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.

 

     It is obvious that this had become a problem in the Corinthian church.  Of course, it had divided the church because who were they supposed to support.  Paul then reminds them of a commonly known practice both in the Greek and Hebrew world.  Those who serve in the temple get their food from the temple and those who serve at the altar get what is offered on the altar.  This was true in the Jewish and Greek world.  This was illustrated in the temples amply in the temples in the city.  So, in the same way and this is very important.  The Lord has commanded so this subject has a divine component or element to it.  It is a divine statue or command that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.  This issue is no longer voluntarily it has a divine command with it. 

     Paul up to this point had been building his case but then at the right moment brings down the hammer on the issue and reminds his readers and audience of the divine command and component to proper compensation for those who minister the gospel and the churches responsibility to them. There is no escaping one’s responsibility because it effects our own compensation and reward for what we do for the Lord.  You neglect the servant of the Lord, and it has a direct effect on how the Lord compensates and rewards you for what you do.

PROVERBS OF STEEL FOR JUNE 1, 2023

 

June 1 – You get what you sow – 1 Cor 9:13-14

 June 1 – You get what you sow – 1 Cor 9:13-14

 

13 Don’t you know that those who serve in the temple get their food from the temple, and that those who serve at the altar share in what is offered on the altar? 14 In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.

 

     It is obvious that this had become a problem in the Corinthian church.  Of course, it had divided the church because who were they supposed to support.  Paul then reminds them of a commonly known practice both in the Greek and Hebrew world.  Those who serve in the temple get their food from the temple and those who serve at the altar get what is offered on the altar.  This was true in the Jewish and Greek world.  This was illustrated in the temples amply in the temples in the city.  So, in the same way and this is very important.  The Lord has commanded so this subject has a divine component or element to it.  It is a divine statue or command that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.  This issue is no longer voluntarily it has a divine command with it. 

     Paul up to this point had been building his case but then at the right moment brings down the hammer on the issue and reminds his readers and audience of the divine command and component to proper compensation for those who minister the gospel and the churches responsibility to them. There is no escaping one’s responsibility because it effects our own compensation and reward for what we do for the Lord.  You neglect the servant of the Lord, and it has a direct effect on how the Lord compensates and rewards you for what you do.