1st Corinthians – Wayne Barber – I Cor. 13:4-5 – Nine Characteristics of Love – Audio
By: Dr. Wayne Barber; ©1998 If you seek after the Giver, you’ll take care of the gifts. They’ll all point back to Him. That’s his whole point. Corinth is an upside down, fleshly minded, immature church, and he’s trying to show them the better way. Attach yourself to Christ; surrender to Him. Be the vessel…
1st Corinthians – Wayne Barber – I Cor. 13:1-3 – The Absolute Proof of a Surrendered Life – Part 2 – Audio
By: Dr. Wayne Barber; ©1998 What is it? First Corinthians 13 focuses on it. It’s love, but not this humanistic, fluffy kind of love. It’s God’s love actually produced in and through us by the means of His Holy Spirit who now lives in us.. Read Article 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 – The Absolute Proof of…
1st Corinthians – Wayne Barber – I Cor. 12:31 and 1 Peter 2:1 – The Absolute Proof of a Surrendered Life – Part 1 – Audio
By: Dr. Wayne Barber; ©1998 You’ve heard the saying, “If it acts like a duck and quacks like a duck and looks like a duck, it must be a duck.” That’s a good way of determining a duck. But in the context of what we’re studying in 1 Corinthians, particularly chapters 12 and 13, the…
1st Corinthians – Wayne Barber – I Cor. 12:24-31 – All for One, One for All – Part 3 – Audio
By: Dr. Wayne Barber; ©1998 It’s really precious to realize that no gift is ever real unless it’s received. If we’re going to receive the gift that God has given us in the person of the Lord Jesus Christ, then we are receiving daily His life. We’re receiving daily His peace. We’re receiving daily the…
1st Corinthians – Wayne Barber – I Cor. 12:18-23 – All for One, One for All – Part 2 – Audio
By: Dr. Wayne Barber; ©1998 The church of Corinth was in a spiritual mess. As a result of that, they didn’t have a concept. They didn’t have a clue about the body of Christ and how it worked. They were coveting each other’s gifts.. Read Article 1 Corinthians 12:12-17 – All for One, One…
1st Corinthians – Wayne Barber – I Cor. 12:12-17 – All for One, One for All – Audio
By: Dr. Wayne Barber; ©1998 How many times have you heard the statement that you and I are free in Jesus Christ? How many times have you heard me balance it by saying freedom is not the right to do as you please; freedom is the power to do as you should? If we’re ever…
1st Corinthians – Wayne Barber – I Cor. 12:9-10 – Just Who is in Charge – Audio
By: Dr. Wayne Barber; ©1998 Have you ever noticed how an immature child will test you to see who is in charge? They’ll do what they can to see what they can get away with. Finally, you just have to yank that leash to get them straight. Well, in a very similar way the church…
1st Corinthians – Wayne Barber – I Cor. 12:9-10 – To Each His Own – Part 7 – Audio
By: Dr. Wayne Barber; ©1998 We come now to the last grouping of manifestations that the Holy Spirit led Paul to give us in chapter 12. As you know by now, there are two Greek words for “another,” and when they are used together in the same text, they are very significantly different. This is…
1st Corinthians – Wayne Barber – I Cor. 12:9-10 – To Each His Own – Part 6 – Audio
By: Dr. Wayne Barber; ©1998 You know, there is no greater truth in scripture than this: God wants to let us in on what He is up to. It really takes the pride out from under you when you realize it is not us working for God, but it is God doing His work in…
1st Corinthians – Wayne Barber – I Cor. 12:9-10 – To Each His Own – Part 5 – Audio
By: Dr. Wayne Barber; ©1998 The word “prophecy” is prophetes. It comes from two words, the word pro, which means toward or forth, and also the word phemi, which means to tell, to tell forth. It has three ways that you can translate it and all three ways are found especially in the early church..…
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