There will be few detailed written notes for much of this particular series.  The details will be much easier to grasp if you just listen to the audio as we read through I & II Corinthians.

The purpose is not to make this into my detailed personal commentary on Corinthians, but to be emphasizing how the understanding of these verses depend on the concept of 'before the KJB' and 'after the KJB.'

• We know the key to understanding a King James Bible is to rightly divide according to Paul's books.  II Timothy 2:15,16
• We also need to know the key to understanding Corinthians is to rightly divide Corinthians according to 'before KJB' and 'after KJB.'  I Corinthians 13:8-10

For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward: How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,  Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)  Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel: Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.   Ephesians 3:4-7

Chapter One - July 18, 2010

• verses 1-8 - sufferings and true consolation
• verses 9-10 - how serious the suffering was
• verse 10 - past, present and future deliverance
• verse 11 - the importance of prayer!
• verses - 12-15 - testimony of our conscience; our conversation in the world; acknowledge; preaching according to the flesh; preaching yea and nay or just yea today; what is anointed today; pastors having dominion over your faith.
• acknowledge word study - what should we be willing to acknowledge today?
• I Corinthians 14:37 - the things that Paul writes are the commandments of the Lord
• I Corinthians 16:18 - Paul and his fellow-workers are spirit refreshers
• II Corinthians 1:13,14 - what they read and the fellow-workers are their rejoicing
• Colossians 2:2 - the mystery of God comforted their hearts along with their full assurance of understanding
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• verses 1-5 - Paul's personal feelings towards those who take his preachings hard
• verses 6-9 - Our need to comfort those as brethren with our own forgiveness
• IF - we ourselves have been obedient in all things.
• verse 11 - the danger of no forgiveness towards others
• verses 12-13 - not having Titus in your life
• Christians not applying sound doctrine of Titus
• verses 14-17 - Triumph in Christ
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• Chapter Three
• verses 1-3 - Does the preacher need to be praised?  Do the people need to be flattered, etc.?
• What / who do people see to be the epistle?  YE!  US!
• This shows the importance of our personal testimony.
• verses 4-6 - our sufficiency is of God, not in ourselves
• the letter of the law vs the spirit - OT & Gospels verses Paul!
• verses 7-11 - the manifestations and glories
• verse 12 - those manifestations are our hope!
• verse 12 - because of all that, the KJB is the plainness of speech for us today!
• verses 13-16 - the vail is still on those who's heart has not turned to the Lord!
• verses 17-18 - liberty for those saved / because we are changed!
• Chapter Four
• verse - 1 - Therefore (104); wherefore (46); for (194 just from Romans to I Corinthians); for as (16); we then (4).
• note closely the differences when the word 'us' & 'we' is used verses 'you.'
• this sermon has more detailed commentary showing the KJB so it is better to just listen to the audio.
• verses 10-12 - the LIFE of Jesus would be the risen life, not the earthy life directed to the Jews.
• The Gospels life of Jesus was fulfilling and walking the law - including confession of sins, etc.
• The life we are to live today is the teachings of the living Saviour in Paul's epistles, the apostle to the Gentiles and the Church of God!
• verse 17 - good verse to remind us that our afflictions are nothing - they have eternal reward!
• verse 18 - more and more 'Christians' are looking at the temporal - that which is seen.
• They don't see God's miracles, etc. and so they figure God is not true.
• They miss the eternal things that are not seen.
• This continues on in Chapter 5 - 'for...'
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• see 4:17,18 and 5:7 - as an introduction to this chapter
• we look at the light affliction as horrible persecution... no faith as to what it really is!
• we are to live by faith, not by sight.
• people are quitting God today because they have no more faith (if they ever even had any) - going by sight only, and unless they understand through rightly dividing, they will not see anything until the Tribulation - then they will see plenty!
• Pastors are preaching 'sight' - no faith!
• The Gospels are living by 'sight' - the risen Saviour guides us by faith.
• We return a walk that by sight to others, is to be a good testimony to the Risen Saviour!
• 1-4 - are you burdened to be ... - do you have an earnest desire to be clothed?
• or are you like everyone else these days?
• not bothered that you choose or even have to 'show' your immodesty
• NO shamefacedness in most women today
• or for men, either!
• don't compare your modesty to others who are 'not as bad as yours!'
• when someone tells you that you are 'immodest' because you 'stick out of the crowd' with your modesty among a bunch of immodest women today, so you should dress like them (isn't that the dumbest thing you have heard?) then that is like going to a nudist colony and being told you are immodest because you are dressed and draw attention to yourself.
• go ahead and laugh at such a stupid thought, but I actually know a father who puts that kind of mental retardational thinking onto his daughter.
• most christians don't care about their 'clothing' for their Judgment Seat of Christ, either.
• the clothes of Revelation 3:18 and 19:8 are earned righteousness during the Tribulation - not to us today!
• II Corinthians 5:27 shows us that God gives us His clothes today!
• Then we also 'earn' our own as rewards by following Paul, etc.
• verse 5 - earnest of the Spirit
• see Ephesians 1:14
• verses 6-8 - present with or absent from the Lord
• verse 9 - to be completely accepted of him
• verses 10,11 - the terror of the Lord is not the judgment seat for a Christian; it is the white throne judgment of a lost person!
• verses 12,13 - them which glory in appearance, and not in heart
• so be careful in your own appearance - I Thessalonians 5:22
• verses 14-17 - great verses to show we are to follow the RISEN Christ, not the flesh one from the Gospels.
• verses 18-20 - reconciliation - present and future
• Romans 5:10
• II Corinthians 5:18
• Ephesians 2:16
• Colossians 1:20,21
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• this chapter shows us that Paul cared enough about his people that he actually challenges their salvation - something of which the KJB does EVERY time you bring up the KJB issue to people.
• They ask, "Are you saying I am not saved?"  and you never said a thing about their salvation!
• verses 3-11 shows the things that happen to a KJB as a minister of God today!
• verses 12-13 shows us how much he cared for them - and that they should also care as much...
• verses 14-17 - one of the most hated doctrines from Paul - SEPARATION!
• verse 18 - a Father!
• I Thessalonians 2:11 - As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,
• Today, the young girls worst enemy is her father!
• they rob their daughters of their femininity!
• they rob their daughter of their role in pleasing God!
• they rob their daughter of a good marriage potential!
• they teach their daughters how to blaspheme the word of God!
• The strong man has been taken down, and now the spoiling of the children goes on every day.
• Matthew 12:29 - take him down and the spoil can begin
• Luke 11:21 - stay armed to protect your family / daughter, etc.
• The father actually helps the devil do his dirty work to his daughter.
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• Two more chapters on 'money' and giving!
• Paul has very much to say about giving, etc.
• But it sure isn't what you hear from the pulpits today!
• Proper giving is an act of grace!
• Notice the word 'forwardness' is NOT frowardness!
• forwardness - cheerful readiness; expressing more than willingness; boldness; confidence, assurance.
• froward - unyielding, perverse, turning from...
• frowardness - shows the importance of the right heart in giving - a marvelous word!
• I suggest that you listen to the entire audio / video.
• You may be like most preachers today and take a few verses out of complete context.
• Giving properly is done because you love the Lord, have given yourself to the Lord, don't give what you don't have to give but will give if you have it to give - and you will give it cheerfully ... and more!
• These two chapters, together with I Corinthians 16, you have how to 'give' today - certainly nothing like most preachers and pastors are saying from the pulpits today!
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• Chapter Ten
• Verses 1-4 makes sense when you read verse 11 first and keep it in mind as you read 1-4.
• verse 5 - casting down imaginations... how hard is that these days... although we have little left to the imagination these days...
• verse 6 - revenge disobedience by being obedient
• see 7:11 to see how we should be, along with revenge, when we finally get a victory over something!
• Paul talks about his authority but how he uses it for edification, not destruction.
• That is our KJB today - our final authority looking to Paul's final authority!
• verse 13 makes sense if you read the definition of without our measure in verse 15 - meaning of other men's labours!
• It is great to see how the KJB defines it's own words, eh!
• verse 15 is a marvelous verse telling us not to compare ourselves with others to make ourselves feel better
• verse 18 reminds us that commending is to be from the Lord - from the KJB today!
• Chapter Eleven exposes the false pastors today - calls them ministers of Satan!
• verses 1-4 - Paul's main concern for us!
• verse 5 - define the word 'rude' before you think Dr. Ruckman is the class act of rudeness that pleases God.  That is a wrong conclusion!
• verse 6 - look at what you sacrifice for the growth of others!
• each verse from 7-15 has its own mini-sermon!
• verses 13-15 - what a tough accusation and description of today's preachers and pastors and teachers, etc.
• They do preach a righteousness - their good words and fair speeches are just that - but they don't teach God's righteousness.  See Romans 10:3
• verses 16-33 show that if Paul had to prove who he was in the flesh, he has been through it all!  Paul has paid the price to be our apostle.
• Look at the history of the KJB to see the same treatment by the world - and today, even by the so-called Christians!
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more coming...

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Mike Paulson
Trying to do the work of an evangelist by teaching Paul's gospel of the Risen Saviour!
www.scatteredchristians.org

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The entire King James Bible is written FOR us, but it is not all written TO us!
We learn from the "For" and we learn to apply the 'TO!"