Message Notes

WONDERFUL INSIGHTS OF THE CALL OF GOD

1. Call of God to salvation through grace   (Galatians 1:6)

2. Call of God to fellowship   (1 Corinthians 1:9)

THE DESIGN OF THE CHURCH OF GOD

1. The Church is made up of “saints”   (1 Corinthians 1:2)

a) Called saints by God

b) Sanctified by God

2. Blessings of God upon saints

a) Grace of God given   (1 Corinthians 1:4)

b) Enriched in everything   (1 Corinthians 1:5)

i) All utterance

ii) Knowledge   (1 Corinthians 1:5)

c) Come short in no gift   (1 Corinthians 1:6)

3. The Challenge to all Saints of God

a) God will confirm us as blameless   (1 Corinthians 1:8)

b) The continuing work of God through Christ

CALLED INTO THE FELLOWSHIP OF CHRIST

1. God calls out to His children

2. He calls out of His grace

3. He calls them to the fellowship of His Son   (1 Corinthians 1:9)

THE THREAT TO THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE CHURCH

1. Division of the Church

a) Into sectarian groupings

b) In the following of certain personalities

i) Paul

ii) Peter

iii) Apollos

iv) Christ was hailed as a leader of a group (false application)

2. An analysis of the threat

a) The wisdom of the world   (1 Corinthians 1:19-21)

b) Straying from the Message of the Cross   (1 Corinthians 1:18)

c) Carnality   (1 Corinthians 3)

THE ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM OF DIVISION

1. Remembering the Call of God

a) Grace

b) Fellowship

2. Revelling in the Call of God

a) In the message of the Cross

b) In the wisdom of God