1 Corinthians 11 - Part A

Speaking about speaking here about already speaking about governance speaking about the created order chain of command divine design divine head of every man price price is as and really he's the head of every human being, whether they know it or not is platonic because the firstborn of all creation. The apostle Paul addressed many concerns with really believers that some people might think are insignificant today but today on connect with Skip Skip shares own important issue in the early church is extremely relevant for your life now. Did you know that scriptures important updates and biblical encouragement on social media. Just follow him on Facebook, twitter and Instagram to get the latest from him and this ministry that's at Skip Heitzigs at Skip HBI teams eat five Jeep that we were in first Corinthians chapter 11 as we dive into today's teaching with Skip Heitzig. Maybe I brought my feet a little bit and and yet I can get out of it. It's spirits in front of us. This chapter is. It's sort of like when you take courses in college and there's always a portion of the courts assist yeah we have to get through it. But you don't look forward to. It might be conjugations in a certain language course might be dealing with advanced participles in the Greek language could be dealing like dialogue and physics. I love the electromagnetic spectrum. I love when we went through that and then there were other sections of physics that I just yeah I have to get through it to get the grade but some of us understand that this chapter has some controversy all material it really wasn't controversy all like it is today. There is been up a modern-day plush when it comes to gender issues that make a controversy all but you know when you're a Bible teacher and you teach the whole counsel of God, you teach the whole counsel of God.

You don't get to pick and choose and say Wally that chapter out were going through a series in first Corinthians, but forget that it happens to be part of the letter that Paul wrote. If you have read this chapter, you know exactly what I'm talking about. If not, buckle your seatbelts as were about to get into now as we begin, let's just lay the foundation men and women are equal before God. We are created in the image of God is not like man is in the image of God and then the woman came later on and she is not. The Bible says God created man in his image in the image of God created he him, male and female he created them.

There was an equality in Genesis 1 all the way from the beginning go all the way almost to the other end of the Bible get to the book of Galatians the third chapter, Paul the apostle declares there is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female. All of us are one in Christ.

However, when it comes to roles and authority.

I just like in every sphere of life, different people are assigned different roles now today in our day and age we are in an interesting culture when if you feel you are a certain person than you can be that person.

That's brand-new that there's no science involved in that. But if you identify a certain why it's just what you are and everybody just sort of Aston Martin agreed, but that never was an issue of controversy until now. However, the Corinthian church. They were curious about certain roles of men and women is one of the issues they were struggling with and I'll explain to you why because of the Corinthian culture of the Greek culture as well as the Roman culture.

Even some of the Jewish culture.

There were certain distinctions and so there were beliefs and ideas that were prevalent in Corinth that caused Paul the apostle to make some of the remarks that he made into set the record straight, so he in this chapter we'll talk about very important things like wearing head coverings and not wearing head coverings or issues like that clothing issues or hair having long hair shorter unit issues that we don't believe in. Think about these days but it was an issue to them. In those days. Now we might be tempted to just say Skip justly to the chapter and get into the next chapter about spiritual gifts.

Because really, this is irrelevant to a modern society. In our day and age, I'm certainly God doesn't care about close or hair. Does he answer yes and no.

I found it interesting that Jesus said the hairs of your head are numbered. That God would take the kind of meticulous care and notice of each individual that Jesus would say even the hairs of your head are numbered. Why is that fascinating because that number changes every day. Every time you put a brush through your hair. The number changes and was Summit changes dramatically less and less so it's easier for God to keep track of you might say but the fact that Jesus would make that statement that God takes care of God takes notice of even the smallest little things but on the other hand, no, he doesn't care as much about your color of your hair, or the length of your hair order the kind of clothing as long as it fits within certain parameters of modesty and and I would say God cares about those things when it comes to how those things cause you to relate to other people in your culture so as to get the gospel out in your assembly of other worshipers so as not to stumble. Anybody then those things matter. Otherwise those things are irrelevant, but in this culture. Some of those issues were more relevant than they are to us.

We are about to read about design. God's design for male and female God's design order. The via chain of command.

According to the created order. The divine design the divine paradigm. So even though verse one a Chapter 11 really belongs to the previous paragraph that we covered last week. That's what we ended with it. I'm to begin at verse one.

I don't always agree with chapter divisions.

I told you this before chapter divisions and verses were not in the original manuscript. There were added much later on. Sometimes they did a good job in dividing them up. Sometimes they did in my opinion a poor job. I think verse one is really verse 34 of chapter 10 and verse one should be verse two, but nonetheless it's already there. I can change what has been long-standing so I begin at the beginning, imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ very famous verse of Paul the apostle Paul, of course, has been speaking about the fact that he willingly gave up certain privileges that he had, so that he might share the gospel to different people groups and so he used himself as an example of showing love so that though I have the right to practice certain things I withhold from that and so he says imitate me as I also imitate Christ. But I think this is a significant thing and I think that as believers we should at least strive or aim or shoot for being able to say that because too many of us like to say amen. Don't look at me man.

Don't follow me, I'm I'm messed up like everybody else appalled and do that. He said actually you can follow me. I am not perfect, but I'm gonna show you what it means to live a life in Christ Ptolemy imitate me do what I do imitate me just as I also imitate Christ. Now I praise you, brethren, that's a new one for Paul, especially when writing to the Corinthians, because he doesn't have a whole lot of words of praise for this church. Sony says you know I just really want to say you guys are awesome in this regard. It's important we know what that is. He said I I praise you, brother, and that you remember me in all things and keep the traditions just as I delivered them to you. We might knock traditions and say traditions traditionalism. I'm not into that part of said actually, since the idea traditions here speaks of ordinances, precepts principles, scriptural doctrinal principles he is commending the church for the fact that even though they were messed up in a lot of other areas. They didn't have rules significant doctrinal problems. The only doctrinal problem that we can see that took the church of Corinth had was regarding the resurrection they were just ignorant about bodily resurrection.

He corrects that in chapter 15, but there's no polemic against false doctrine.

Like he writes to so many of the other churches so he praises them because they are remembering Paul and the idea I think is that you are you you remember to consult me about these issues. Remember they had written Paul a letter asking him several questions as how chapter 8 of first Corinthians begin. He says now concerning the things of which you wrote to me or she's not. Chapter 7 concerning the things which you wrote to me, so obviously the next several chapters from chapter 7 on word or issues. The Corinthians, wondered about impulses. I praise you for that year. You're praiseworthy for that I commend you that you had it within you to ask the questions to get the right kind of answers to keep the traditions of the precepts just as I delivered them to you notice something about Paul.

Paul gave them precepts principles, but he also gave them. Example verse one imitate me as I imitate Christ. He taught them principles, but then he also showed them practice. That's how he taught people, principles and practice principles and practice. Let me tell you about how to do it then we show you how to do.

Somebody once said I'd rather see a sermon than hear a sermon any day. And so Paul preached sermons of Emma. Paul also walked that walk before them. He was with them as you remember 18 months about a year and 1/2 or right around a year and half in their midst. Building up the church now look at verse three but I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a woman is man in the head of Christ is God, three times in that little verse a word is repeated what is head he speaking about headship he speaking here about authorities speaking about governance. He speaking about created order chain of command divine design divine paradigm, the head of every man is Christ.

Christ is the head of the church says in Ephesians, and really he's the head of every human being, whether they know it or not, he is the Platonic cost, the firstborn of all creation. Paul said to the Colossian church from him all things were made that have been made in John chapter 1 tells us, so he is the head of it all, the head of every man is Christ, the head of the woman is man, the head of Christ is God, here is what is not talking about he is not talking about superiority or inferiority. He's not speaking about intelligence or emotional intelligence or intellect. He is not speaking about equality or inequality is not speaking about one's ability or inability.

It's just that there is in all realms of society in all realms of reality natural and supernatural headship authority and submission authority and submission when it comes to the relationship men have with other men. There is authority and submission. There's government there's police force. There's authority in every corporation, their bosses who hire people to work for them. That's an authority structure there's authority within families. There's the same kind of authority and submission between God and humanity and even between God and God, Christ, and God the father.

So let's just take that, when he says the head of every man woman is man and the head of Christ is God. Jesus is God the son he is submitted to God the father, though they are coequal and coeternal less the doctrine of the Trinity are coequal, coeternal the sun submits to the father Paul the apostle said Jesus, who, being in very nature of God or in the form of God did not think it robbery to be equal with God made himself of no reputation humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death on the cross, Jesus declared, I and my father are one, so he is equal with God, he didn't feel like he had to grass or tear the father down from his position to make himself equal he was equal. He is the with God. Jesus is God, but without authority and submission, there would have been no salvation without the submission of the sun to the will of the father in going to the cross and sank Lord if it's possible father if it's possible let this cup pass me pass for me. Nevertheless, not my will but thine be done. If you wouldn't of done that there be no salvation if there is no submission on our part to Christ.

There is no salvation. So there is always in every realm of reality natural and supernatural.

There is authority and submission. There is headship and submission. Though Jesus is God who Jesus is equal with God because he himself is God, though distinct from the father as a person is coequal and coeternal with God, with the father. Yet Jesus did make this statement, my father is greater than I am.

I don't know why that throw some people because it's a pretty easy statement. Jesus didn't say my father is better than I am of my father is greater than I am.

That's this principle submission authority.

He's greater you have bosses, some of you works for the people who hired you to do a job. Some of you are buses, but let's just say you work for a boss. You may be much smarter than your box. Some of your nodding like I am much smarter than my box. That's why hired or she hired me, but your boss is still greater than you not better than you, but greater than you. If I encounter of police officer on the street who decides to write me up a friendly little notice of some kind, either a reminder or a fine call the ticket. I submitted that because the officer is greater than I am. He's not better than I am but is greater than or you see the difference. The President of the United States is not better than I am. No political jokes. He's not better but is greater.

He has a position he has an office just like a husband and a marriage has an office just like the father has an office in the Godhead. And just like Christ has an office in all the world over every man so it's that principle of of submission and authority interesting in Genesis chapter 5 when it retells the creation of humanity.

Well actually market because I just thought it was interesting addendum to this is, is this is the book of the genealogy of add them in the day that God created man, he made him in the likeness of God he created them, whose them. Adam, male and female, and bless them and called them mankind that's the English translations.

The Hebrew translation is Adam. He made them male and female, and called them. Adam in the day they were created, not the abdomens is or the Adams family.

God called him Adam.

So I want you to know the head of every man is bringing this authority structure is Christ, the head of woman is man, the head of Christ is God now continuing that that's the general principle of authority and order.

Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonors his head with every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head for that is one and the same as if her head were shaved roof woman is covered, or if a woman is not covered letter also be sworn but it is shameful for a woman to be sworn or shape B covered no go back to verse five. Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonors his head. Now most people read that and they think okay somehow if I put a covering over my head and I'm a dude I'm dishonoring like my head and doing some bad my head notices the head of every man assume Christ. So if the head of every man is Christ. I think what he's referring to is this when, when, if for a man in that culture during that time period were to cover his head when he prays he's dishonoring his head. Christ so this this begs a little bit of explanation, it seems that Paul is referring to a practice that really didn't become a wholesale Jewish practice until about the third century A.D., but there were already leaning supported at this time and that is when men were to pray they were they would pray today. If you go to see people in Israel men pray with a colleague, a prayer shawl. Men cover their head or they put a keep on their head and then they cover their head with assault after an Orthodox man when they pray in the Tolley the prayer shawl has something called seat seat on the end about those of the little French knots that remind them of the 613 commandments.

So you got the Tolley with the TT and Celica wraps, stripes are going to do some of that but that was never a Jewish practice until it became codified around the third century A.D. as I said there were already leaning supported that during this time the divorce.

You need to cover your head when you pray to God, while Jewish men never did that.

As I said until this movement came into that was a morbid town music movement was in that there is no biblical directive for men to pray with her and him anywhere in the Old Testament that Skip the message from the series expound first Karen we want to share that will help strengthen your trust in God so you can live with greater confidence and peace. Life is hard and thinly time that is a harsh but accurate philosophy with into this general encouragement. But, that's right, in the most difficult circumstances God can intervene as he did for Joseph to help him through the resurrection of Jesus here Skip I think the fact there may not be two more hopeful words than these two words but God because they point us to the great interrupter, the one who can powerfully and graciously interrupt our live with his plans and change our lives forever help you understand some of the titles most profound… You can have more hope for change in your life.*It's 10 message teaching series.

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