“Now if Christ be preached that He rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?” (I Corinthians 15:12)
Paul preached in Corinth the gospel of Jesus Christ which emphasized the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus. That should be at the heart of sermons from today’s preaching. Now that he is away from Corinth, word had gotten to him that some in the church denied the resurrection.
The heart break of a pastor is to know you are preaching the Bible, but then you discover that there are those who express opposition to your message behind your back. As the Bible says, “A little leaven leavens the entire lump.” That leaven can be a little leaven of false doctrine, hypocrisy or a little leaven of immorality. Left alone, the leaven of these will permeate the entire local church. So, the apostle Paul addresses the issue in this great chapter to the Corinthians.
We preachers must address issues the church, or else the problem will grow beyond our ability and knowledge to fix it.
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