302 - Les Feldick Bible Study Lesson 1 - Part 2 - Book 26 - The Wisdom of God VS the Wisdom of Man

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 1 * PART 2 * BOOK 26 THE WISDOM OF GOD VERSUS THE WISDOM OF MAN - PART 2 I Corinthians 1:8 "Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ." Now verse 9. God is! I'm always teaching that when I teach the Covenants. I Corinthians 1:9 "God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord." We're going to deal with them as Paul dealt with them himself. I Corinthians 1:10a I Corinthians 1:10 Now you want to remember these Churches that Paul writes to are not large congregations of several thousand believers. Now verse 11: I Corinthians 1:11,12a Never get hung up on one man, because it's just not scriptural, and so here again these people were getting all hung up on either Paul, Apollos, Peter, or Christ. Now let's look at Chapter 18, and verse 24 to see what kind of man Apollos is. Acts 18:24 Verse 25: "This man was instructed..." Now remember Paul didn't have any human to instruct him. Paul never had anyone outside of his background under Gamaliel under Judaism. But in the Age of Grace, and doctrines of Grace, Paul's teachings came by revelation from the ascended Lord. But Apollos had been taught by a man, and so: Acts 18:25 Now verse 26: Acts 18:26 "And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue (place for Jewish meetings): whom when Aquila and Priscilla (long-time converts of Paul. They had these doctrines of Grace drummed into their heads by Paul, so when Apollos comes to Ephesus, and knows nothing more than the Kingdom Gospel, what do Aquila and Priscilla do? Everything that they had learned from Paul, and what had Paul taught them? Now verse 27: Acts 18:27 So later, when Apollos came on the scene at Corinth preaching and teaching much the same thing that Paul did (but probably with a little more Jewish flavor, since he had been steeped in the teaching of John the Baptist, and so forth), many of the Corinthian believers now sort of glued to Apollos, and he was the one they were going to listen to, and not Paul. Now back to I Corinthians, and verse 12 again. I Corinthians 1:12 "Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ." Well what do you suppose religious Jews thought? Peter. "I'm not going to listen to Paul, I go by what Jesus said." You see there's no direct communication between Jesus and sinful men, once He ascended back to glory, except through this man Paul. And Paul tells us over and over that he saw the Lord face to face, and that the Lord revealed these things to him. I have to teach on the verse quite often because of the opposition that I run into from people who want nothing to do with Paul's letters. Galatians 1:11,12 This Gospel that originated with this man) is not after man. For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ." And then Paul goes on down to say in verse 16 that the whole purpose of God bringing this man into the world was: Galatians 1:16,17 Galatians 2:1,2 The risen Christ did. Because that Gospel that Paul preached among the Gentiles was totally different than what Peter and the eleven preached to the Jews. Oh it's the same God, don't ever lose sight of that, but now God is going to deal not just with Israel under the Law and Kingdom economy, but now He's going to go to the Gentile world as well as the Jew, not with the Gospel of the Kingdom, but rather with the Gospel of the Grace of God. Now back to I Corinthians, where he says that some don't want anything to do with Apollos, or Paul, or Peter, but just go by what Jesus says. Now verse 13, and Paul says, "How can you divide yourselves this way? I Corinthians 1:13,14 "Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? (Paul says, "how dare you people say that I'm the object of your faith, how dare you say you're going to glory because you're a student of Paul. I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;" Paul tells them, "Don't you ever do that with my name. I Corinthians 1:17 "For Christ sent me not to baptize but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect." Well in plain English Paul says, "We're going to put priorities on these things. It was the Gospel that made them new creatures in Christ. It was the Gospel that transformed the Jewish believers from legalists to people of Grace. And it's the Gospel that Paul is constantly referring to throughout his letter, and especially in I Corinthians 15:1-4. I Corinthians 15:1-4 "Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible