Embracing Our Identity: Firing on All Cylinders
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1. "And the sad reality is that for many people today, our experience with church is a little bit more like that car breaking down the side of the highway. We've got great plans. We'd love for it to go well. We're looking forward to this awesome experience. And then things just don't go out the way we thought they would. And we feel maybe a little discouraged, maybe disconnected with the church, maybe for some people downright disappointed with their experience in it." [02:30] (26 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
2. "Because it's important for us to understand that the practice of the church ought to flow out of its position in Christ. The practice of the church ought to flow out of its position in Christ. A lot of times, we don't know. A lot of times, we try to flip that. We become so focused on the practice, practice, practice. We love practical. Tell me what to do. I'm going to go do it. Give me my three steps, et cetera, and we'll go on our way, and we all will be happy. And Paul's like, that's great. We got a lot to deal with. But first, we got to go back to who we are." [07:16] (34 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
3. "Despite all the dysfunctions that Paul is going to address throughout this letter, he starts by addressing the struggling church by bringing their attention back to the grace of God that's been given to them. And now this is profound. Because as I look at this church, and you think of the struggles that they were dealing with. It's hard at times to think of how could you find something to be so thankful for with them. There's a lot of mess. There's a lot of dirt. There's a lot of things to clean up. And Paul starts things off by saying, I'm thankful. I'm thankful for you. Not because just something they're doing. But because of the grace of God that's been given to them." [10:07] (40 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
4. "In Christ, the church is set apart. In verse two, he addresses this church as the church of God that's in Corinth. And before we just skim over that, it's a profound statement because it defines, who they are and their relationship in some ways to the world. They are God's people. They no longer belong to the course of this world. They are God's church. So as we address our church today, this is not Tim Badal's church. And I don't just say that because he's not here preaching. If he were the one standing here right now, he would be the first person to tell you that this is not his church." [13:03] (38 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
5. "In Christ, we have been supplied with every gift that we need. In Christ, we are rich in God's grace. Do you believe that? You believe we are rich in God's grace. Now, it's a beautiful thing because from there he goes down to verse seven and says that being enriched in his grace so that you're not lacking any gift. God did not say, hey, good luck figuring it out. He said, here's a high calling as saints. Here's the tools, the resources, the power, the strength, all that you need. All that you need to live into that calling. But it doesn't come from you. It's not your own wisdom. It's not your own power. It's not your own wherewithal. That comes by the grace of God that has been given to us in the church." [17:21] (45 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
6. "Our identity as Christians and the church is bound up in the community of believers in Christ. In Christ we've been set apart. In Christ. We have been supplied. And the good news as we continue to move forward is that in Christ we will be sustained. We will be sustained. As you move down to the end of verse 7, you're not lacking any gift as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ who will sustain you to the end, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ." [22:25] (36 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
7. "What I know is that my experience, is that my faith breaks down more often than I'd like to admit. I struggle and try to find my way, fall to temptations, struggle to see God's perspective in things, and I'm thankful that my hope and my confidence does not rest entirely on my faithfulness. And I'm gonna bet that many of us have a similar sentiment. I just know that the scriptures say that I'm incapable with you. And in my own being to obtain my salvation, I can't save myself from my sins. I can't go and do enough good things to just try to tip the scales. That's not how this works. I can't get into God's kingdom on my own." [23:05] (55 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
8. "If there's one place you're gonna find a little bit of hope, it should be in the words of our savior saying, if I've given them eternal life, they're not gonna perish. But the reality is I know that many in this room today are feeling like you are on the brink of perishing. You're like, if one more thing goes wrong, if the bears lose today, I think I might perish. But in Christ, you will be sustained. Beginning of verse nine, he says, listen, God's faithful. Where do you place that hope? Many of us say, I need Christ to get in and then I need myself to get through. And Paul's saying, no. It's God's faithfulness. He's the one who has saved you from your sins. He has given you eternal life. And Jesus says, none of them are gonna perish." [24:30] (58 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
9. "So when you're limping through today, and I know some of us are, or this week, or this season in life, we rest our confidence, not again on our faithfulness, but on the faithfulness of our God. He says he's gonna get you through. It's his strength. So if we're going to address the, areas of the life in the church where we are not firing on all cylinders, we have to fight the temptation to do so under our own strength. There is a reason, Paul does not just mince words here, that at the outset of this, this is what he talks about. This is where he starts with the Corinthian church, because when you want to fix divisions, we'll just go find something to agree on. Is that the answer? No. The answer is don't forget your identity of who you are in Christ." [27:23] (48 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
10. "As we work through this letter, who are we in Christ? And for many of us, we have a faulty view of the church. We simply view the church far too small. We think of it as an organization, we think of it as a place, we think of it as something that we do. I was talking with my wife, Bree, this week, and I was like, I'm looking forward to this study, because I think if we're willing to open our hearts and open our minds to what Paul is really going to address throughout this year, we're going to step back and see that he is going to broaden much of our understanding of the role, the function, the identity, the nature of the church." [28:23] (37 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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2. "Because it's important for us to understand that the practice of the church ought to flow out of its position in Christ. The practice of the church ought to flow out of its position in Christ. A lot of times, we don't know. A lot of times, we try to flip that. We become so focused on the practice, practice, practice. We love practical. Tell me what to do. I'm going to go do it. Give me my three steps, et cetera, and we'll go on our way, and we all will be happy. And Paul's like, that's great. We got a lot to deal with. But first, we got to go back to who we are." [07:16] (34 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
3. "Despite all the dysfunctions that Paul is going to address throughout this letter, he starts by addressing the struggling church by bringing their attention back to the grace of God that's been given to them. And now this is profound. Because as I look at this church, and you think of the struggles that they were dealing with. It's hard at times to think of how could you find something to be so thankful for with them. There's a lot of mess. There's a lot of dirt. There's a lot of things to clean up. And Paul starts things off by saying, I'm thankful. I'm thankful for you. Not because just something they're doing. But because of the grace of God that's been given to them." [10:07] (40 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
4. "In Christ, the church is set apart. In verse two, he addresses this church as the church of God that's in Corinth. And before we just skim over that, it's a profound statement because it defines, who they are and their relationship in some ways to the world. They are God's people. They no longer belong to the course of this world. They are God's church. So as we address our church today, this is not Tim Badal's church. And I don't just say that because he's not here preaching. If he were the one standing here right now, he would be the first person to tell you that this is not his church." [13:03] (38 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
5. "In Christ, we have been supplied with every gift that we need. In Christ, we are rich in God's grace. Do you believe that? You believe we are rich in God's grace. Now, it's a beautiful thing because from there he goes down to verse seven and says that being enriched in his grace so that you're not lacking any gift. God did not say, hey, good luck figuring it out. He said, here's a high calling as saints. Here's the tools, the resources, the power, the strength, all that you need. All that you need to live into that calling. But it doesn't come from you. It's not your own wisdom. It's not your own power. It's not your own wherewithal. That comes by the grace of God that has been given to us in the church." [17:21] (45 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
6. "Our identity as Christians and the church is bound up in the community of believers in Christ. In Christ we've been set apart. In Christ. We have been supplied. And the good news as we continue to move forward is that in Christ we will be sustained. We will be sustained. As you move down to the end of verse 7, you're not lacking any gift as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ who will sustain you to the end, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ." [22:25] (36 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
7. "What I know is that my experience, is that my faith breaks down more often than I'd like to admit. I struggle and try to find my way, fall to temptations, struggle to see God's perspective in things, and I'm thankful that my hope and my confidence does not rest entirely on my faithfulness. And I'm gonna bet that many of us have a similar sentiment. I just know that the scriptures say that I'm incapable with you. And in my own being to obtain my salvation, I can't save myself from my sins. I can't go and do enough good things to just try to tip the scales. That's not how this works. I can't get into God's kingdom on my own." [23:05] (55 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
8. "If there's one place you're gonna find a little bit of hope, it should be in the words of our savior saying, if I've given them eternal life, they're not gonna perish. But the reality is I know that many in this room today are feeling like you are on the brink of perishing. You're like, if one more thing goes wrong, if the bears lose today, I think I might perish. But in Christ, you will be sustained. Beginning of verse nine, he says, listen, God's faithful. Where do you place that hope? Many of us say, I need Christ to get in and then I need myself to get through. And Paul's saying, no. It's God's faithfulness. He's the one who has saved you from your sins. He has given you eternal life. And Jesus says, none of them are gonna perish." [24:30] (58 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
9. "So when you're limping through today, and I know some of us are, or this week, or this season in life, we rest our confidence, not again on our faithfulness, but on the faithfulness of our God. He says he's gonna get you through. It's his strength. So if we're going to address the, areas of the life in the church where we are not firing on all cylinders, we have to fight the temptation to do so under our own strength. There is a reason, Paul does not just mince words here, that at the outset of this, this is what he talks about. This is where he starts with the Corinthian church, because when you want to fix divisions, we'll just go find something to agree on. Is that the answer? No. The answer is don't forget your identity of who you are in Christ." [27:23] (48 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
10. "As we work through this letter, who are we in Christ? And for many of us, we have a faulty view of the church. We simply view the church far too small. We think of it as an organization, we think of it as a place, we think of it as something that we do. I was talking with my wife, Bree, this week, and I was like, I'm looking forward to this study, because I think if we're willing to open our hearts and open our minds to what Paul is really going to address throughout this year, we're going to step back and see that he is going to broaden much of our understanding of the role, the function, the identity, the nature of the church." [28:23] (37 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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