Welcome to Corinth
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Welcome to Corinth
Welcome to Corinth
Paul’s second missionary journey
Affluence, business, tradition, manufacturing
central position in trade routes of the isthmus
worship of many gods, including Aphrodite (love and beauty)
Temple of Aphrodite
1000 temple prostitutes
rampant sexual immorality and pressure to approve
Origin Story
Origin Story
Acts 18:1-17.
team members-
Aquila and Priscilla
Timothy and Silas
Crispus, Titius Justus and Sosthenes (others who believed and were baptized)
opposition
from Jewish legalists
opposed Jesus being presented as the messiah
Haven
“I will go to the Gentiles”
Crispus Justus- friendly next-door believer
Assurance of Jesus
9 And the Lord said to Paul one night in a vision, “Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent,
10 for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many in this city who are my people.”
Time to Give Thanks
Time to Give Thanks
1 Cor 1:1-9.
(v 2) sanctified in Christ Jesus
… “in every place”- universal church / local church
(v 4) grateful for God’s grace
the church is well equipped with the gifts of the spirit
Jesus will sustain you
God is faithful
take away
take away
doing the work of the Lord is challenging
resistance from the world
resistance from within the body
resistance from within one’s self
strategic approach to ministry efforts
small towns need good churches too!
blessing of involvement (what will God do?)
Not much difference between Corinth and USA
It is no longer hard to find a mission field!