Humorous Wedding Speech: What It Means To Be A Christian

Good evening, everyone. It is so good to see everyone again. Last week, we learned that the evidence of mature Christians is taking the responsibility of loving others right? Today, we are going to continue talking about that responsibility in detail. But, let’s turn to the people around us and tell them, “It’s so good to see you again.” (Greet) Now, let’s turn to them once more, look them in the eyes, and tell them “I love you.” How did that make you feel? Awkward? Why? Shouldn’t loving our neighbors be natural for us as Christians? Frankly, I felt very awkward as well because I am not used to “giving love.” But as Christians, we know that we should be natural in giving love. Furthermore, it is our duty to love our neighbors as ourselves.

Do you remember what we talked about past couple weeks? We went over the basics of the gospel again. According to Romans 3:23, all men have sinned and fell short of the glory of God. Yet, we saw in John 3 that Jesus came to die on the cross for us so that we can be restored and be born again. Then, we also learned that even as Christians, we have false presuppositions and narratives that define Christianity and how we act and walk as a Christian. As true Christians, our assurance of faith should bring appropriate evidence and change in our lives. However, is it okay to say that our lives are changed, but we still act the same way as when we were in Sunday school or youth group? Probably not; people will not believe us. Thus, today, we will talk about growing up as a believer because maturity is the continuation of our salvation. Holy Spirit wants to change our lives through growing

He went on three missionary trips three different times, and the church in Corinth was planted during his second mission trip. While he stayed in Corinth for a year and a half, he shared the gospel and taught them. Thus, Paul was a first pastor, as well as a good friend to the Corinthians who were basically the starting members of the church. After 18 months, Paul left the city and went to another city called plant another church. There, he met Apollos. Apollos was a Jew and a good speaker, and he had already known the Bible really well. But, he didn’t know about what Jesus did and the Holy Spirit. So when Paul taught him, Apollos was finally ready as another leader. Then Apollos went to Corinth and taught the Christians there.

Now, we can talk about the problem in today’s passage. After a few years, Paul heard about problems in the Corinthian church. There were many problems throughout the book of Corinthians, but the biggest problem they had was dissension. When Paul heard that there were groups divided into Paul’s and Apollos, he was not happy at all. He even chastised them saying how they were still fleshly after more than 18 months of conversion. So Paul writes a letter to the Corinthians saying that they need to mature after becoming a Christian, because if they were mature, then they would not have strife between Paul and