Sandy Higgins preaches on the mentions in 1 Corinthians of the expression “among you” and links them to a blemish in the Corinthians’ identity (Ch 1), a blemish in their maturity (Ch 3), a blemish in their purity (Ch 5), a blemish in their harmony (Ch 6), a blemish in their unity (Ch 11) and a blemish in their theology (Ch 15). Readings: 1 Cor 1:1-3, 5, 9-13, 3:1-3, 5:1-2, 6:5-6, 11:17-18, 20-22, 27, 30, 15:12. (Message preached in Waterloo, Iowa, USA, in 2005)
Complete series on “Repetition and Reinforcement to Deal with the Chaos in Corinth”:
- Blemishes in an Assembly: mentions of “among you” in Corinthians
- Boundaries in an Assembly: mentions of “fellowship” in Corinthians
- Biases in an Assembly: mentions of “think” in Corinthians
- Be Subject in an Assembly: mentions of “subjection” in Corinthians
- Burdens in an Assembly: mentions of “every/any man” in Corinthians
- Blindness in an Assembly: mentions of “judge” in Corinthians
- Blots in an Assembly: mentions of “shame” in Corinthians
- Barometer of an Assembly: mentions of “love” in Corinthians