“The Problem Of Church Dysfunction” Lesson Text: I Corinthians 12:1-31: Series: Inspired Solutions For Church Problems:

Key Verse: I Corinthians 12:18:

King James Translation: “But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body as it hath pleased him.”
Interlinear Translation: “But now God set the members, one each of them in the body, according as he would.”

Strong’s Concordance Translation: “NOW = just now, a transition or emphasis, present or immediate, henceforth, of late, soon, present, this time. HATH = to hold, possession, ability, contiguity, relation or condition, be able, conceived. GOD SET = to place, appoint, settle. THE MEMBERS = a limb or part of the body. EVERY ONE OF THEM = each one, any one, particularly one. IN THE BODY = the body as a sound whole, bodily, slave. AS IT HATH PLEASED HIM = to determine as an act, choose or prefer, by implication to wish, i.e. be inclined, to be about to, to delight in, desire, be disposed, intend, love, please, rather be.

Lesson Focus: I Corinthians 12:12-27:

V12: The Panacea

V13: The Partaking.

V14: The Participants.

V15: The Positions.

V16: The Palaver.

V17: The Puzzle.

V18: The Placing.

V19: The Plurality.

V20: The Perfect.

V21: The Perfection.

V22: The Protection.

V23: The Persuasion.

V24: The Parts.

V25: The Partition.

V26: The Patrimony.

V27: The Particulars.