SAINTS ARE UNITED TO CHRIST FOR GOD’S GLORY: Corinthians 1:30-31


Big idea: God saves sinners by single-handedly uniting them to His Son. God gives them Christ’s priceless benefits, so that all the redeemed would boast alone in God alone.

I. HOW DOES GOD SAVE SINNERS? (v. 30a)
I) God saves sinners by single-handedly uniting them to His Son.

II. WHAT BENEFITS DOES GOD GIVE TO THOSE THAT HE UNITES TO HIS SON? (v. 30b)
I) God made Christ our wisdom (v. 30b)
II) God made Christ our righteousness (v. 30c)
III) God made Christ our sanctification (v. 30d)
IV) God made Christ our redemption (v. 30e)

III. WHY DOES GOD SAVE SINNERS BY SINGLE-HANDEDLY UNITING THEM TO HIS SON? (v. 31)
I) God saves sinners singlehandedly by uniting them to His Son so that we who are saved would boast only in the Lord.

QUESTIONS FOR STUDY AND DISCUSSION

I. According to verse 30, why are saints “in Christ Jesus”? What does it mean to be “in Christ Jesus”? What does Paul say Jesus “became to us”? What do each of these nouns mean that follow “who became to us” in verse 30?

II. According to verse 31, why does God sovereignly save sinners?

Ekklesia Muskogee is a reformed baptist church that gathers for worship in Muskogee, Oklahoma. We confess the 1689 second London baptist confession of faith. We affirm the five solas of the Reformation as well as the doctrines of grace (otherwise known as the five points of Calvinism), and each of our pastors would not be ashamed to be called a Calvinist. We are a church led by elders, of which there is a plurality (also called pastors and overseers in the Scriptures). Our mission is to make disciples, love cities, and plant churches.