A Beautiful Mess | Sermons From 1 Corinthians 1-6
Sun, 06 Aug
|Gymea
Paul wrote this letter to a church that was in a mess; but even while so much was going on, Paul was still able to write, ‘I give thanks to my God always for you’. He saw beauty in the messiness of life together!
Time & Location
06 Aug 2023, 10:00 am – 24 Sept 2023, 5:00 pm
Gymea, 131 Gymea Bay Rd, Gymea NSW 2227, Australia
About the event
A Beautiful Mess
Our next series begins after the Weekend Away (21st to 23rd of July) and a visit by Dr. Andrew Browning (30th July). We’re calling it “A Beautiful Mess”
What's In A Name?
Paul launched the Corinthian church and stayed there for about 18 months. A few years later, while Paul was in Ephesus, people reported to him that there were serious problems in the church. He also received a letter from the church that showed there was a great deal of theological confusion on a number of issues.
Paul wrote this letter to a church that was in a mess; they were struggling with division, unresolved conflicts, sexual immorality and many other questions and problems that needed resolving. Even though all this was going on, Paul was still able to write, ‘I give thanks to my God always for you’ and ‘you are not lacking in spiritual gift’. He didn’t just see the mess; he saw beauty amidst it all.
Looking through the lens of the gospel he could see the beauty of what God was doing! Paul learned to focus on what God was doing amongst the mess, not the mess itself – a beautiful mess. If God can use the Corinthian church, with all the challenges they were facing - then surely he can use us as well as we seek to love Jesus, love each other and love Gymea!