Read 1 Corinthians 1:10-15 and answer the following questions:
1. Where had the Corinthians placed their loyalties?
2. Why do people often follow strong personalities instead of strong principles?
3. What danger exists in following personalities?
4. How does a person keep from choosing sides between church members who cannot get along?
Feel free to leave a comment about the passage or the questions.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Getting ready for the week- March 7th
Overview of next week: March 7th
Lesson Title: When Members Won't Get Along
Scriptures: 1 Corinthians 1:10-15; 26-29; 3:1-4
Aesop's fable, The Four Oxen and the Lion, produced one of the more memorable lines from a children's story. As the story goes, a lion continually prowled around a field occupied by four oxen. The lion wanted to eat the oxen for lunch, but the four oxen always turned their tails toward one another so the lion faced horns from all four sides. However, the oxen began to quarrel until they each retired to their own corner of the field. One by one the lion attacked and killed them. The line that was so memorable was this: United we stand, divided we fall.
Church conflict can appear over the most minor of issues. One church split after 100 years of history and the culprit was the piano bench. The church had attempted to replace an antique piano bench. Half the congregration opposed the maneuver, and the church split into two factions. They now have two different services- one with the old piano bench and one without it. Between services, people move the piano bench. Somewhere along the way they lost focus about the important things in the church.
Lesson Title: When Members Won't Get Along
Scriptures: 1 Corinthians 1:10-15; 26-29; 3:1-4
Aesop's fable, The Four Oxen and the Lion, produced one of the more memorable lines from a children's story. As the story goes, a lion continually prowled around a field occupied by four oxen. The lion wanted to eat the oxen for lunch, but the four oxen always turned their tails toward one another so the lion faced horns from all four sides. However, the oxen began to quarrel until they each retired to their own corner of the field. One by one the lion attacked and killed them. The line that was so memorable was this: United we stand, divided we fall.
Church conflict can appear over the most minor of issues. One church split after 100 years of history and the culprit was the piano bench. The church had attempted to replace an antique piano bench. Half the congregration opposed the maneuver, and the church split into two factions. They now have two different services- one with the old piano bench and one without it. Between services, people move the piano bench. Somewhere along the way they lost focus about the important things in the church.
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