You Were Bought at a Price

Song: What Did He Do?

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 7:23

"You were bought at a price..." (1 Corinthians 7:23).

The Father gave the Son. The Son gave His life. My salvation was not cheap. My understanding of what he did for me should prompt me not to "become slaves of men," but to be the Man Christ Jesus' slave. He bought me at great cost.

Jason Cicero

The Three Tenses of Salvation

Song: Love One Another

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:9-11

1. Past - Justification - "And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but your were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God" (1 Corinthians 6:11).

2. Present - Sanctification - "Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God" (2 Corinthians 7:1).

3. Future - Glorification - "...who will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to His glorious body, according to the working by which He is able even to subdue all things to Himself" (Philippians 3:21).

Jason Cicero

1 Corinthians 5

Song: The Obedience Song

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 5

Why were the Corinthians to "put away from" themselves "the evil person" (1 Corinthians 5:3)? Because God had already put him away. The Corinthians were not to fellowship him because he was not in fellowship with God.

Our fellowship with one another is the result of our fellowship with Him. When fellowship with Him is broken, fellowship with one another is to cease. Withdrawing fellowship from a brother is intended to communicate to him that he is no longer in fellowship with God.

When a brother of sister is not in fellowship with God, the loving response is to communicate that hard truth to them.

Jason Cicero

Biblical Evangelism

Song: The Gospel Is For All

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:6-7

Here is the process:

1. We plant.

2. We water.

3. God gives the increase.

Go work with God to save a soul. Plant His word in someone's heart. Water it. Pray His increase.

Jason Cicero

We Preach Christ Crucified

Song: At The Cross

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:18-25

The message of the cross is:

1. Foolishness to those who are perishing.

2. The power of God to those who are being saved.

Preaching Christ crucified is:

1. A stumbling block to the Jews.

2. Foolishness to the Greeks.

3. The power of God and the wisdom of God to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks.

When "Christ crucified" is preached, what does this message mean to you?

Jason Cicero

Hidden in My Heart

"For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many." (Mark 10:45; NKJV)

Hidden in My Heart

"For the Son of Man did not come to destroy men's lives but to save them." (Luke 9:56; NKJV)