In this week’s message, Pastor Sonny returns with part two of his miniseries on Paul’s Final Warning in our ongoing study of the Apostle’s letter to the Corinthians. This sermon exposes the pride causing division in the Corinthian church, contrasting the suffering of the apostles with the Corinthians’ self-proclaimed wisdom. Discover how Paul’s use of sarcasm serves as a “scalpel” to cut through pride, emphasizing that true spiritual maturity and God’s power are found in humility and the wisdom of the cross, even in the midst of suffering.
1 Corinthians 4:8–13
8 Already you have all you want! Already you have become rich! Without us you have become kings! And would that you did reign, so that we might share the rule with you! 9 For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, like men sentenced to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men. 10 We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute. 11 To the present hour we hunger and thirst, we are poorly dressed and buffeted and homeless, 12 and we labor, working with our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure; 13 when slandered, we entreat. We have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, the refuse of all things.