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The Woodland Street Pulpit

Gary Allen Henecke DD

August 27th, 2006 P.M.

Two Strong Words

I Corinthians 16:21-23

I, Paul, write this greeting in my own hand. If anyone does not possess the Lord’s affections – he is anathema. Maran atha! The Lord Jesus’ grace be with you. My love in Christ Jesus is with you all. Amen.

  1. A Most Controversial Letter

    1. This letter we call the first epistle to the Corinthians was written from Philippi by Paul, with Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus and Timothy

      1. The letter seems to be two blended together

      2. Paul tells us there was a another letter before this first one we do not have

      1 Corinthians 5:9

      I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral persons--

    2. Paul takes the quill to write this in his own script

    3. Our text is subtly false in most English Bibles

      1. First:

        2. If anyone does not have love for the Lord, filei/ to.n ku,rion

        1. The word for love is affection – not agape

        2. The article and "Lord" are accusative

          1. Not love for Christ

          2. The same affections as Christ

      2. Second:

        3. h;tw avna,qema – he is cursed

        1. a strong imperative – present active- singular

        2. There is no "Let him be … he is"

      3. Third:

        4. mara,na qa, - - Maran atha!

        1. Two words not one

        2. Maran atha. This Aramaic phrase means "Our Lord (maran) comes (atha)"

        3. Or, as the perfect tense, "has come."

      4. It was a curious blunder in the King James Version that connected Maran atha with Anathema

    4. Kind of strange to find

      1. two Aramaic words in a letter to a Greek church

        1. The church founded by Jews

          1. Aquila and Priscilla

          2. All converts were Gentiles

      2. Certain words were to meaningful to lose

    5. The church has retained its Hebrew roots and expressions

    • Amen = it is so / may it be

    • Hallelujah = Praise Yahweh

    • Anathema = Cursed

    • Maran atha = The Lord is come / the Lord comes

  1. This is a call to examination

    • Since the Lord has come

      1. There is no excuse for impure affections

      2. You are to be measured against the full stature of Christ

        1. As a Christian – you are "of Christ"

        2. Christ himself calls us to his life

          1. We must create an after life goal

          2. Or we must face our shortcomings

    • He is both judge and standard

      1. You will not BE cursed – you ARE cursed

      2. Christ has come – there is no excuse

        3. 2 Corinthians 3:18

        We all, with unveiled face, by contemplating the Lord’s glory as in a mirror, are being transformed into his likeness from glory to glory; this is all of the Lord, the Spirit.

      3. Jesus is coming

2 Peter 3:11-12

Since the whole universe is to dissolve in this way, think what sort of person you ought to be, what devout and godly lives you ought to live; looking for and truly desiring the coming of the day of God. Then the heavens will come in a blaze, and the elements will melt in flames.

  1. This is a call to a pure heart

    • We have his hear or we are cursed

    • Now and forever

    1. He has come

    2. He will come again

    • Heart purity is a single devotion

    1. Deeper than freedom from filth

    2. This goes beyond simply hiding

  1. This is a call to separation

    • We are not what we once were

    • We are now new creation

      1. Our response cannot be like our culture

      2. Can America be changed if we are simple good Americans?
        1. Can the church change the culture if the church is no different?
        2. Christ in us – the hope of glory

  1. This is a call to present (not future) tense

    • This is written to the church

    • Here we have Paul’s summary of all the issues he has written

    1. The curse

    2. The basis of the curse








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