Culturally:

Love is….

Culturally:•Love is feeling

Love is….

Culturally:•Love is feeling •Love is sex

Love is….

Culturally:•Love is feeling •Love is sex •Love is self-gratification

Love is….

Love is….

1 John 4:7-10Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

Love is….

Ephesians 5:1-2 Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

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City of Corinth

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City of Corinth •It’s a port, safe haven for ship / travelers due to its strategic spot

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City of Corinth •It’s a port, safe haven for ship / travelers due to its strategic spot •It’s a city where ex-slave men were placed (1 Cor 1:26) Made famous for its idolatry temple, Aphrodite (goddess of love)

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City of Corinth •It’s a port, safe haven for ship / travelers due to its strategic spot •It’s a city where ex-slave men were placed (1 Cor 1:26) Made famous for its idolatry temple, Aphrodite (goddess of love) • More than 1000 priestess / prostitutes

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City of Corinth •It’s a port, safe haven for ship / travelers due to its strategic spot •It’s a city where ex-slave men were placed (1 Cor 1:26) Made famous for its idolatry temple, Aphrodite (goddess of love) • More than 1000 priestess / prostitutes • The historical phrase “to corinthianize”

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City of Corinth •20th century archeological findings confirms so many biblical writing in regards to the city:

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City of Corinth •20th century archeological findings confirms so many biblical writing in regards to the city:• Synagogue

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City of Corinth •20th century archeological findings confirms so many biblical writing in regards to the city:• Synagogue • Bema Seat

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City of Corinth •20th century archeological findings confirms so many biblical writing in regards to the city:• Synagogue • Bema Seat • Local meat market

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City of Corinth •20th century archeological findings confirms so many biblical writing in regards to the city:• Synagogue • Bema Seat • Local meat market • Temple …etc.

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City of Corinth •Church Plant

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City of Corinth •Church Plant • Paul planted the church, stayed there for 18

months

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City of Corinth •Church Plant • Paul planted the church, stayed there for 18

months• He departed to Ephesus

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City of Corinth •Church Plant • Paul planted the church, stayed there for 18

months• He departed to Ephesus • His letters was a response to some sad news /

questions by Chloe (1 Cor 1:11)

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City of Corinth •Church Plant • The challenges of the church:

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City of Corinth •Church Plant • The challenges of the church:• Church conflicts

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City of Corinth •Church Plant • The challenges of the church:• Church conflicts • Disunity / divisions

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City of Corinth •Church Plant • The challenges of the church:• Church conflicts • Disunity / divisions • Immorality – fornication, gross sin, overall

casual attitude towards moral sin

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City of Corinth •Church Plant • The challenges of the church:• Church conflicts • Disunity / divisions • Immorality – fornication, gross sin, overall

casual attitude towards moral sin • Marriage and divorce

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City of Corinth •Church Plant • The challenges of the church:• Church conflicts • Disunity / divisions • Immorality – fornication, gross sin, overall

casual attitude towards moral sin • Marriage and divorce • Selfishness – Lord’s table

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City of Corinth •Church Plant • The challenges of the church:• Church conflicts • Disunity / divisions • Immorality – fornication, gross sin, overall

casual attitude towards moral sin • Marriage and divorce • Selfishness – Lord’s table • Puffed up / prideful

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City of Corinth •Church Plant • The challenges of the church:• Church conflicts • Disunity / divisions • Immorality – fornication, gross sin, overall

casual attitude towards moral sin • Marriage and divorce • Selfishness – Lord’s table • Puffed up / prideful • Using gifts for self gratification …etc.

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Our obvious conclusion is:THIS IS NOT RIGHT!! They are not living RIGHT

If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.

1 Corinthians 13:1-8

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.

1 Corinthians 13:1-8

What LOVE IS What LOVE IS NOT

1. Patient

7 things what love IS

1. Patient 2. Kind

7 things what love IS

1. Patient 2. Kind 3. Rejoicing in truth

7 things what love IS

1. Patient 2. Kind 3. Rejoicing in truth 4. Bearing all things / always protect

7 things what love IS

1. Patient 2. Kind 3. Rejoicing in truth 4. Bearing all things / always protect 5. Believing all things / always trust

7 things what love IS

1. Patient 2. Kind 3. Rejoicing in truth 4. Bearing all things / always protect 5. Believing all things / always trust 6. Hoping all things / always hope

7 things what love IS

1. Patient 2. Kind 3. Rejoicing in truth 4. Bearing all things / always protect 5. Believing all things / always trust 6. Hoping all things / always hope 7. Enduring all things / always persevere

7 things what love IS

1. envy

8 things what love IS NOT

1. envy 2. parading itself

8 things what love IS NOT

1. envy 2. parading itself 3. puffed up

8 things what love IS NOT

1. envy 2. parading itself 3. puffed up 4. behaving rudely

8 things what love IS NOT

1. envy 2. parading itself 3. puffed up 4. behaving rudely 5. seeking its own

8 things what love IS NOT

1. envy 2. parading itself 3. puffed up 4. behaving rudely 5. seeking its own 6. provoking

8 things what love IS NOT

1. envy 2. parading itself 3. puffed up 4. behaving rudely 5. seeking its own 6. provoking 7. thinking of evil

8 things what love IS NOT

1. envy 2. parading itself 3. puffed up 4. behaving rudely 5. seeking its own 6. provoking 7. thinking of evil8. rejoicing in sin

8 things what love IS NOT

When you love right, your life’s all right. The right kind of love leads to the right kind of life.

Love Right, Live Right