I FOLLOW PAUL … APOLLOS … CEPHAS … I FOLLOW CHRIST / 1 CORINTHIANS 1:12

(KJV) 1 Corinthians 1:12

Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.

Division over leaders in the church was beginning to develop. Some church members were becoming more attached to certain ministers than to Christ’s message itself. Paul condemns this attitude, reminding them that neither he nor any of the other leaders had given their lives for the church; only Christ had given Himself, and He was the rightful head. Churches and individual Christians today have the same misguided pull toward a certain pastor, evangelist, teacher or some other ministry personality rather than to Christ and His Word. This attitude can cause them to betray Christian principles, and it continues to cause a division in the church. We must always be careful to center our love and loyalty on God and His Word, no on any of His messengers.

The ones who proudly claimed loyalty to Jesus probably consisted of those who felt they possessed superior wisdom, revelation and spirituality that came directly form Christ. This group probably believed that God’s grace and their knowledge (1 Corinthians 8:1) brought freedom from the restraints of God’s law (1 Corinthians 6:12; 10:23) and from the demands of any moral code or set of standards (1 Corinthians 5:2). Those who taught this twisted message were attempting to win the church over to their way of thinking (2 Corinthians 11:4, 20-21). People who held or followed such misguided views probably had a prideful and independent spirit that made it difficult for them to submit to leaders with true authority, such as Paul (1 Corinthians 4:18-19).

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1. GOD … IS FAITHFUL / 1 CORINTHIANS 1:9
2. YOU DO NOT LACK ANY SPIRITUAL GIFT – WAIT FOR OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST TO BE REVEALED / 1 CORINTHIANS 1:7
3. CALLED TO BE HOLY / 1 CORINTHIANS 1:1-2
4. THE GREATEST … IS LOVE / 1 CORINTHIANS 13:13
5. TONGUES, THEY WILL BE STILLED / 1 CORINTHIANS 13:8
6. LOVE IS PATIENT / 1 CORINTHIANS 13:4-7
7. I AM NOTHING / 1 CORINTHIANS 13:2
8. BUT HAVE NOT LOVE / 1 CORINTHIANS 13:1
9. WE HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST / 1 CORINTHIANS 2:16
10. WORDS TAUGHT BY THE SPIRIT / 1 CORINTHIANS 2:13
11. THAT WE MAY UNDERSTAND / 1 CORINTHIANS 2:12
12. A DEMONSTRATION OF THE SPIRIT’S POWER / 1 CORINTHIANS 2:4
13. I DID NOT COME WITH … WISDOM / 1 CORINTHIANS 2:1
14. PRAY WITH MY SPIRIT – PRAY WITH MY MIND / 1 CORINTHIANS 14:14-15
15. CHRIST JESUS HAS BECOME FOR US WISDOM / 1 CORINTHIANS 1:30
16. THIS CUP / 1 CORINTHIANS 11:25
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I FOLLOW PAUL ... APOLLOS ... CEPHAS ... I FOLLOW CHRIST / 1 CORINTHIANS 1:12

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Division over leaders in the church was beginning to develop. Some church members were becoming more attached to certain ministers than to Christ's message itself.

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Margarita Crews

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Guided By Grace

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