This week, Pastor Luke introduced our 12 week 1 Corinthians series.
He encouraged us to dive into the series alongside our devotional that can be picked up from the church or found online at: www.waypointomaha.com/1corinthians
1 Corinthians is a letter written by the apostle Paul. It was written to real people in a real place, which is why it’s important to understand it within its historical context.
Paul arrived in Corinth as part of his second missionary journey and stayed there for 18 months. We can read about his time in Corinth in Acts 18. Corinth was the biggest city that Paul had visited.
Four things that are important to know about Corinth:
Corinth was extremely wealthy. They were a huge trade and port city.
Corinth was very multicultural.
Corinth was very religious. There were at least 26 sacred places of worship within the city. It was also the home of Aphrodite, the goddess of love.
Corinth was very sexual.
A few years after his departure from them, Paul wrote multiple letters to the Corinthian church. He was addressing various issues within the church including divisions, sexual misconduct, false practices and theological misunderstandings.
He encourages the Corinthian church to be set apart from the culture and the city around them.
Pastor Luke concluded his message with two thoughts about the church in Omaha.
The call for this moment in time is unity in our church and holiness in our behavior.
We are to be a laundromat. We are to be a place where we point people to get clean through the Holy Spirit and because of what Jesus does in and through us.
