PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS! Back to school Pt 3, 1Co
6 INTRO: Have you noticed we don’t live in a perfect
world. It can get messy, and way too real, especially for
Christians. We need practical answers to the difficult
situations of life. Paul was writing to a messy church, a
ch. that needed real, practical answers to life’s difficult
situations. Corinth: 200,000 pop, commercial center,
deep demonic entrenchment, Two major cult temples
Poseidon-Neptune, Aphrodite (Venus), 1000 female
slaves, temple prostitutes, no charge to men, if served
Aphrodite. Immorality was a virtue. All female dominated
society. They had no church heritage, experience, they
had come straight out of the world. They were growing,
developing, maturing in spiritual matters. They were
babies in everything.
PROP: How Christians should navigate life in the real