Jesus, our source of life, our example of life.

Sin in the church. The appropriate response is to mourn because sin has been embedded in the church.

Plus, what to do when someone's sin comes out.

The gospel transition from the Jews to the Gentiles.

Stewards of the mysteries of God

The fear of God is essential

Paul is writing to people who thought they were spiritual but were carnal. They were self interested. Their building of the church was bound to meet failure. You cannot build with better materials than the gold and jewels of God's word. Either you teach your idea, or you teach God's idea. His thoughts are all gold and gems. A person who pushes their personal agenda is deceived, no matter how brilliant their idea is. Let go of your idea, and realize that you don't understand God's thought process. Search out His thoughts.

Looking at the characteristics of the harlot from Revelation 17 as derived in the letters to the 7 churches. 1) She left her first love. 2) She is of the synagogue of Satan

Nehemiah prayed and waited 4 months for God's answer. We pray when we don't have what we want, we wait on the Lord, and trust that He will give what is good.