The document discusses Paul's first letter to the church in Corinth and the nine difficulties he was facing with the congregation. These included divisions within the church along lines of preferred preachers, issues of sexual immorality, lawsuits between Christians, questions around marriage and divorce, eating food sacrificed to idols, appropriate behavior during services, disorder during communion, the proper use of spiritual gifts, and uncertainty about the resurrection. The first problem Paul addresses is factionalism within the church.

1. THE CHURCH AT CORINTH
Refuge Apostolic Church of Christ
District Elder Vaughn McRae
August 2011

2. . PURPOSE AND NATURE OF THE
OF PAUL’S LETTER
Pointedly concerned with the
local church
To make positional sanctification
practical

3. There were nine difficulties Paul
was facing in the church:
1. Divisions
2. Sexual Immorality
3. Lawsuits Among Christians
4. Marriage & Divorce
5. Food Sacrificed To Idols
6. Acceptable Behavior During
Service
7. Disorder During The Lord’s
Supper
8. The Right Use of Gifts
9. Uncertainty About Basic
Christian Truth Which Is The
Resurrection
Lessons From The Church of Corinth

4. The first problem, to which Paul devotes almost four
chapters, concerns factionalism within the church. Paul
has heard that the Corinthian church has divided itself
according to the various preachers of the gospel
Corinthian Error
Universal
Church

5. Like many churches today Paul
inherited factionalism and
resistance to change along with
a host of other issues.
There were divisions in the
church because people were in
it and the church cannot be
perfect because we are not
perfect.
Be careful to operate in the Holy
Spirit (God’s Way) to help
prevent the divisions that
happened at Corinth.