Paul has just been encouraging the church to always abound in the work of the Lord. The church will not fully abound in resurrection power till she fully abandons herself to His service! and as we come to the final question that Paul addresses for the Corinthians concerning the collection we see the greatness of service to God with all we have and all we are. The whole chapter addresses three areas of stewardship: personal resources (1-4), ministry opportunities (5-11 which really hit on the “Where” of service), and variety of people (10-24 which really hits on the “Who” of service) – these are the greatest resources the church has today, and they must not be wasted. This is what “Always abounding in the work of the LORD” looks like. It looks like the church fully abandoning herself to His service! because Gospel ministry is total service to the LORD!
Pastor Drew is a graduate of Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. He got his Masters of Divinity in 2010 and has been planting Omega OPC in Williamsport PA, since then. Check out some sermons by Pastor Drew Adcock Related Sermons Called What? (1 Corinthians 1:1-3) August 7, 2016 Lying About Christ (1 Corinthians 1:4-17) August 14, 2016 Wisdom that is Not wise (1 Corinthians 1:18-31) August 21, 2016 Mesmerized by Christ Crucified (1 Corinthians 2:1-5) August 29, 2016 Babies and Builder (1 Corinthians 3:1-15) September 11, 2016 All Things are Your’s! (1 Corinthians 3:16-23) September 18, 2016 The Kingdom Not in Talk (1 Corinthians 4:1-21) September 25, 2016 Purge the Evil (1 Corinthians 5:1-13) October 2, 2016 Otherworldly Etiquette (1 Corinthians 6:1-11) October 9, 2016 Conquest of Our Bodies (1 Corinthians 6:12-20) October 17, 2016 Super-Spiritual Misconceptions (1 Corinthians 7:1-16) October 23, 2016 Otherworldly… (read more)