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Craig A. Brittingham, Pastor
Hillside Baptist Church
November 17, 2024

“Enriched by God” – 1 Corinthians 1:4-9

1A. Thank God for the grace He gave us in Christ Jesus (1:4-7).
1b. We are saved by grace through faith in Christ Jesus.
2b. By this grace we were enriched in everything in Him.
1c. Among the things in which the church was enriched, Paul indicates all utterance and all knowledge (vs. 5).
2c. Utterance is probably a reference to the spiritual gifts of speaking in tongues and prophecy by which the church received knowledge.
3c. The presence of these gifts was confirmation that the church had believed the testimony concerning Christ (vs. 6).
4c. The church at Corinth had been so enriched, they lacked no spiritual gift as they eagerly waited for the coming of Jesus Christ (vs. 7).

2A. God is faithful and will confirm us to the end (1:8-9).
1b. The God Who called us into fellowship with His Son will establish us so that we are blameless on the day Christ returns.
2b. He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it. (1 Thessalonians 5:24)
3b. For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus. (Philippians 1:6)

Questions…
1. What are 1 Corinthians 1:4-9 and sections like it in other epistles usually called?
2. For what did Paul thank God here in this section of Scripture?
3. When we think of God’s grace, in what context do we often think of it?
4. In this context, to what does the grace of God probably relate?
5. Why is it somewhat remarkable that Paul would thank God for spiritual gifts in the context of the church at Corinth?
6. How might we understand, “utterance” and “knowledge” in the context of spiritual gifts?
7. What does it mean that the Church of Corinth come short in no gift?
8. What does it mean that God will confirm us blameless to the end?