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Oct. 20, 2023 - Dan Bidondi Show
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Discussing The Book of 1st Corinthians 4 - The Dan Bidondi Show Bible Series
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TruthRadioShow.com And welcome to the Dan Bedani Show at TruthRadioShow.com and welcome to the book of 1 Corinthians We are now at the chapter four in this in-depth comprehensive study of the Bible.
So we do this Bible study approach like always.
So let's begin with a prayer for wisdom and understanding.
So Yeshua Messiah, we come before you and once again asking you to forgive us individually of the sins, trespasses, transgressions or abominations, any wrongdoings we've done today and wash us with your blood, Lord.
Wash us and cleanse us and make us holy before the Father.
And Father, we come before you and ask you again to give us divine wisdom and understanding and to write the word, your word upon our hearts today with the Holy Spirit.
In this case here, 1 Corinthians chapter 4.
And we ask for divine wisdom and understanding.
And we ask for protection against all the forces of evil, and if anybody's going through any anguish, spiritual, physical, mentally, emotionally, any troubles, we ask you to comfort them, Lord.
In your mighty name we pray, and thank you for everything you've done for us and continue to do.
In your mighty name we pray, amen.
So, that being said, read the Scripture in context, because context is key.
Very important to understand this.
Let the Scripture interpret the Scripture.
Don't lean on your own understanding.
So, I encourage you to open up your own Bible, but we do get on video.
1 Corinthians chapter 4, and this is Paul's letter to the Church of Corinth because of the big division going on in the church.
So, this is Paul's letter to the Church of Corinth, and this is continuing from chapters 1, 2, and 3.
And if you missed chapters 1 through 3, please stop right here and go back and watch them before you go any further, because this is not going to make any sense to you.
Unless you kept up with the chapters here.
And I want to point out something too, I want to put a reminder out to a lot of people.
The chapter numbers and verses, when these books were written, they didn't include, there was no chapters, numbers, and verses.
This was later on put in the Bible, so it's easier to navigate through the scriptures.
Because if you just had the whole first book, the book of Corinthians, right?
It'll be hard to navigate through when you want to make reference to it.
So later on, I think it was like hundreds of years when the scriptures were really pushed out.
I think it was about the 1500s or so.
Don't quote me on that.
I don't know if that's exactly right.
But when the print press came out and everything else, I think that's when they added the chapter numbers and verses.
Again, it was used for navigation purposes.
And much easier to look for something in the scriptures.
But when the books were written, there was no chapter numbers.
There was no...
Verses.
Verse numbers, I should say.
So anyway, let's continue here.
So Paul's saying, So again, it's to continue off of chapter 3.
of us and as ministers of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
So again, it's to continue off at chapter 3.
What it says is that we are of Christ and Christ is of God.
Right?
So, he goes on to say, let a man so account of us as of the ministers of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
So, you ask, you know, what man thinks of you?
You know, let him account of us.
In other words, they...
What they think of us is we're ministers of Christ.
We are.
And stewards of the mysteries of God.
That's what we're supposed to be.
Moreover, it is required in stewards that a man be found faithful.
So, he's saying, if you want to be known, recognized by men, they're a count of us, right?
If you want to be recognized and known as a steward of the mysteries of God, That requires that we should be faithful.
We gotta be found faithful.
Now, let's put your faith in the Lord all the time.
But with me, it is very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment.
Yea, I judge not mine of myself.
So Paul, this is Paul saying, I am not gonna judge you.
And it's small of me to even do that.
In other words, it's very, very unlikely I'm gonna judge you.
I should be judged of you.
Of man's judgment.
I'm sorry, I took that, I read that the wrong way, guys.
Let me do that again.
Take two.
Alright, so, Paul says, but with me, it is very small thing that I should be judged of you.
Or of man's judgment.
Yea, I judge not my own self.
So I hope I didn't butcher that up.
Sometimes I read too fast and I gotta slow down and really comprehend what they're saying.
So don't worry about what the world thinks of you.
Don't worry about what man thinks of you and anything else.
Yes, you want to be found faithful.
In other words, you don't want a guy out there or anybody out there saying, oh, look at Dan or look at Tony or whoever.
They're not mad of God.
They swear all the time.
They go to parties and all that stuff.
And they're judging, yes.
And normally you don't care what man thinks of you.
But the thing is, you don't want to be found like that.
You want to be found faithful.
Oh, they go out ministering all the time.
They do things for good, for people, in the name of the Lord.
Even though if they don't believe the Lord, or they hate you, you want to be found faithful.
So don't worry about what man judges about you.
They say, oh, he's a religious fanatic or whatever the case, whatever.
Don't care.
Paul says, I not judge my own self.
I judge not my own self, right?
For I know nothing by myself.
Yet I am not hereby justified, but he that judges me is the Lord.
So this is Paul humbling himself.
This is what's going on here.
I need to remind you, he's talking to the Church of Corinth, all the people there.
Because he's got a lot of faithful followers.
And so does Napolis.
And he's trying to tell these guys, listen, I'm nobody special.
I am just a steward of the Lord.
A minister of Christ.
That's all I am.
That's all I am.
This is Paul humbling himself.
He goes, I know nothing of myself, you know, by myself.
My knowledge comes from the Lord.
And I'm not justified, but he that judged me is the Lord.
Jesus, right?
And that's what he's saying.
Therefore, judge nothing before the time until the Lord comes, whose birth will be bringing to the light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the heart, and then shall every man have praise of God.
And the Scripture says several times that the truth will be revealed, all things will be brought out of the light, I'm sorry, out of the darkness into the light.
I As he says here, "...whose both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness." All truth is going to be revealed.
"...and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts." And then, "...shall every man have praise of God." And these things, brethren, I have in the figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your things.
So my Apollos is Paul's, not counterpart, what did I say?
Like his fellow teacher.
That you might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written.
That no one of you to be puffed up for one against another.
So he's saying like, you know, because people look highly of Paul and people look highly of Apollos, right?
He goes, don't think like that among us.
We're none of us above the other.
Puffed up means I don't feel like you're better than somebody else.
Again, this is Paul humbling himself.
Because again, sorry to repeat myself, but Paul is concerned because it's a great divide in his church here.
People say, oh, I'm going to listen to Paul.
I'm going to listen to Apollos.
And Paul's saying, no, no.
You don't listen to either one.
You listen to the word of God that both of us have taught you.
Stop being divided.
You're not of Paul, he's saying, you're not of me, and you're not of Apollos.
You're of Jesus.
We need to be on the same tune here.
And Paul's humbled himself that he's nobody special.
For who makes thee differ from another one?
Who makes you different from another person?
He's asking.
And what has you thought thou didst not receive?
What did you think you did not receive?
And now, if thou didst receive it, why does thou glory as if thou hast not received it?
So this is Paul asking these people, what makes you better and what makes you different from the other?
That you didn't receive and you don't do glory, don't glory as if you had received it?
And guys, if you need better clarification on this stuff, just put it in the comment section and I'll get back to you.
Because I understand, because of the old English here, it's hard to understand that.
That's why I try to do my best to bring it to modern day terminology.
So now you are full.
Now you are rich.
You have resigned as kings without us.
And I would go with to God.
Ye did reign.
That we also may reign with you?
For I think that God has set forth us apostles last, as it were appointed to death.
For we are made a spectacle unto the world and to the angels and to men.
And we are fools for Christ's sake, but we are wise in Christ's.
We are weak, but we are strong.
You are honorable, but are despised.
So what is he saying here?
Is he saying that we who follow Christ and all that are weak and all that?
No, that's not what he's saying.
To the world, we're a spectacle unto the world, he's saying.
That we gotta put ourselves last, because our goal and our mission is to bring the gospel to men.
So we put up, like us teachers of the Lord, we put ourselves last.
We don't exalt ourselves.
And if any minister does that, I can't stand that one with a passion.
I cannot.
When you see these ministries out there, you've got the ministers.
They walk out on stage or something as if they're some God-sent person, like somebody special, decked out in all these fancy suits and everything else, and they put these grander titles on their name, like apostle or a prophet or anything like that.
Anybody like that, guys, you need to stay away from them.
Any ministry out there with the leader that says I'm an apostle or a prophet or anything like that, prophetess, whatever, you need to stay clear away from these people.
Or even say, oh, I'm a minister.
I would never in the world appoint myself to any of those titles at all.
I am a servant of the Lord.
Yes, I teach the Lord, I run a ministry or whatever, but I'm nobody special.
Just like Paul was saying, he's nobody special.
That's what we do.
We teach the Word of God, but we put ourselves last.
That's what Paul's saying.
Because we're going to be made a spectacle to the world.
And to angels and to men.
Because we're doing the work of God.
And we are fools for Christ's sake.
You know, he's not saying we're fools.
Because for Christ's sake, the world's got to think we're fools.
But we are wise in Christ.
We are fools to the world, because for Christ's sake, right?
But we are wise in Christ.
If that makes sense to you.
If it doesn't, let me know in the comment section and I can explain it better.
We are weak.
And again, he's not saying we're fools.
The world thinks we're fools.
And he's not saying we're weak.
The world thinks we're weak.
But you are strong, because we're in Christ.
You are honorable, but we are despised.
So the world takes honorable, but we are despised to the world.
You will be able to find the way Buffeted.
Let me see what that means.
Buffeted definition.
Is a past tense.
Strike repeatedly.
In right line.
Battered.
Pounded.
So yeah.
Let me see what that means.
Buffeted definition is past tense.
Strike repeatedly, invite-ly.
Battered, pounded.
So, yeah, you are naked and buffeted.
So, we'll strike repeatedly, invite-ly.
Bye.
That's what the world does to us.
And have no certain dwelling place.
In our labor, working with our own hands, being reviled, we bliss, being persecuted, we suffer.
And if you notice a trend throughout the Scripture, the Apostles.
Remember Stephen?
When he was being brought up for death, he was exceedingly with joy.
You'd think he'd be depressed, sorrow, scared, afraid, anything like that?
No, he was like, yeah, bring it on, because he knew he was doing his job.
And I try to tell people all the time, people who run YouTube channels and shows and ministries, they get depressed because they get butchered bad.
If they're doing their job well, the better you do, the more the world's going to persecute you.
So, if you are being persecuted, that means you're doing your job.
If you got trolls in the chatroom, or whatever the case, or people harming you, that just means you're doing your job.
Don't let them discourage you.
You should be blessed for it.
I know it's hard to think of that, how could we be blessed, or feel blessed, I'm sorry, or feel good, and praise God more when we're being tormented.
That's because we're doing our job.
That means you're very effective for the Lord.
That's why they killed Stephen.
And yeah, the Lord can protect you if it's His will.
But if it's meant for you to die for the Lord, then so be it.
He died for me, so I have no problem dying for Him.
Yeah, granted nobody wants to die, but you know what?
I'd rather die with the mortars crowned.
So be blessed when you're persecuted.
Being defamed, we intrigue.
We are made as a filth of the world in our off-scoring of the things unto this day.
You see what that means, off-scoring?
I'd like to know what these things mean.
Off-scoring is someone rejected by society, an outcast, something that's scorned.
So, yeah.
We are outcasts of all things unto this day.
We're rejects.
Yeah, that's what Paul said, we're rejects of the world.
We are the filth of the world.
Look around.
If you're a biblical Christian, not the fake worldly Christian I'm talking about, a biblical Christian, because the fake worldly Christians, they allow all the abominations of the church and everything else, the rainbow stuff, if you know what I mean.
Yeah, but biblical Christians, yeah, we are strictly with the Bible and God's laws.
We're considered filth of the world, or bigots, whatever the case, or anything like that, right?
So, we are constantly rejected by society.
We're rejected by society.
And to this day.
And to this day as well.
The first century?
Here we are in the 22nd, first century, whatever the case.
And we are rejected to this day too.
I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.
So Paul's saying, I'm not, I'm not shaming you guys.
I'm not trying to ridicule you or mock you in any way.
I'm just trying to warn you.
Let's go.
For though you have 10,000 instructors in place, and yet you have not many fathers.
For in Christ Jesus, I have begun you to the gospel.
Wherefore I beseech you, be followers of me.
So when he's saying he follows me, he's not saying follow me directly, he's saying through Jesus, because he teaches Jesus.
in the Lord, and shall bring you into remembrance of my ways, which is to be in Christ, as I teach everywhere in every church.
So when he's saying he follows me, he's not saying follow me directly, he's saying through Jesus, because he teaches Jesus.
Follows with me as I'm following Jesus.
And again, it's not worshiping him in any way or making him like, you know, in other words, you're not directly following him.
Like people who follow my show.
They're not, you know, they follow my show.
Yeah, they follow me, but they're not following me following me.
You know what I'm saying?
Because I just recite the word of God.
That's all I do.
If you get the point.
And people you teach, right?
They follow you, right?
But they're not following, even if you don't, you know, I'm trying to make sense out of that.
In other words, they're not looking up to you as like, uh, some kind of a god or something.
They're just following you to learn wisdom from the Lord.
And Paul's saying, yes, you follow me, whatever, but my wisdom comes from the Lord.
It's not from me.
Now, some are puffed up as though I would not come to you.
Puffed up, it means full of yourself.
But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power.
So, So, for the kingdom of God is not in the word, but in power.
That's true, the kingdom of God is power, plain and simple.
And what will ye, shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, or in a spirit of meekness?
So he's saying, do you want me to come unto you with a rod?
In other words, a rod means like, yeah, beat you, or something like that.
Do you want me to come beating on you, or do you want me to come to you in love?
And in a spirit of meekness.
So I can come to you mightily, or I can come to you in love and meekness in spirit.
He's asking the people that.
So this is Paul once again in the church of Corinth.
Because there's a major divide here.
He's like really ripping these people to new ones.
And he's setting things straight here.
To get this church unified back together again.
To get this church as one.
The church of Corinth here.
So, I think there's only 16 chapters to this book here.
Let me double check here.
Yep, 16 chapters.
And it goes on to 2 Corinthians.
So, uh, good study here.
It really is.
And again, if you need more clarification, guys, or anything like that, um, just put in the comment section and I'll get back to you.
And don't take my word or anybody else's word for this.
Read it for yourself.
So when we get done here, just go back and read this for yourself and let me know what you get out of it.
Put it in the comment section.
And this is like, we'll see for chapter 5 too, because we're going to go on with this whole new testament.
I should have started with the Old Testament.
I apologize.
But I started with the book of Jude.
I just did a video for the front of it.
And I like that, you know, people like that, so I'm like, wow, this is pretty cool.
So I started off in the book of Matthew, obviously, right?
So we did Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Romans, and now 1 Corinthians.
So we're going to go full through with the New Testament here, then I'm going to go to the Old Testament, you know, chapter by chapter.
So just let the Holy Spirit lead me, and there we go.
So it's been an awesome journey.
You know, people don't understand, I'm learning as we go too.
Because you can never stop learning.
You can read, like, this chapter, right?
You can read it many times over.
And you gotta learn something new every time, just about.
That's how complex the scripture is.
A lot of people don't understand this.
Like, in academia, they'll teach you, alright, we read through here.
Get the clarification, maybe, on what this means, whatever the case.
But we'll read through it.
They don't stop and really dwell in the Word.
That's why I tell people all the time, you can't really learn the Word of God through academia.
That's colleges and universities and all that.
They miss the spiritual application of the Scriptures.
They don't understand the spiritual application.
There's so many people who go on to academia and learn the Bible, but they don't really believe in it.
The spiritual applications of the Scriptures come when you believe in it.
And when you call upon the Holy Spirit, The Bible opens up.
You can, by the way, you go to any church for 10 years.
Did you say you studied the book of Corinthians, right?
Go there for 10 years.
Now when you leave that church, you come home and say, you know, I'm going to read this for myself.
And I'm going to, you know, use the Holy Spirit to teach me this.
And with the note right from the first time and so on, you're going to learn more about this with a short amount of time than you did in 10 years of church, or university, or college.
Because it's the spiritual applications that apply with the scriptures.
Yeah, the book itself is just paper and ink, but it's the word that emanates through it that becomes the power.
Like Paul just said, right?
God is not in word, but in power.
His kingdom.
So, the Word of God, right, again, I'm gonna repeat this, yeah?
The Word of God, the Bible there?
Yes, it's just a book of ink and paper, but it's the Word, like His tongue and all that, that emanates through the Scriptures, emanated through the prophets, emanated through the apostles to write these things down from the Lord Himself, inspired by God.
And it's not in the Word, like the book in ink, But it's in the power of it.
Like to recite something, we don't need to actually open up to read.
If you memorize the rest, you can recite it and it's power.
But the thing is, it comes from your heart, through faith.
Faith in the Lord.
That's how this works.
And Jesus made many examples, like the one woman who wanted to touch his tassel just to be made clean.
There was a big crowd there to see Jesus, and she was trying to wrestle through the crowd just to get to him, and she was saying to herself, like, you know, if I could only touch his tassel, I'll be made clean.
She had that much faith in him.
So she reached out and grabbed to touch his tassel, and Jesus stopped dead in his tracks.
He turned around.
And that's who touched my, you know, garment.
And she goes, I didn't warn you.
And he says, from your faith, it's your faith that made you clean.
You're clean now.
My garment didn't make you clean.
It's your faith that made you clean.
Your faith in me.
You emanate through the power.
Like, if you ever confronted a demon, guys, if you whipped out the Bible, you can recite things out of the Bible all day long and it's going to sit there and laugh at you.
If you don't have the faith and that power.
And you don't even need to open the Bible.
Call upon the blood of Jesus Christ.
But I'm trying to explain to you, the power comes through faith.
The spiritual application of the Scriptures.
Very important to understand this.
Because people think, oh, you know, think it's a movie.
Oh, I'll just put a cross up to a vampire or a demon or the Bible and it's gonna run away.
And it doesn't work that way.
That's Hollywood.
The power comes from emanating through the word that's written upon your heart.
It comes from Christ.
It comes from God, the Holy Spirit.
So I just want to let you know that so you can comprehend what this means.
So once again, thank you for tuning in, and go to truthradioshow.com for listings of all our shows and all that good stuff, and affiliate shows as well.
And thank you for tuning in for 1 Corinthians Chapter 4, we'll see you for Chapter 5.
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