All right, here we go.

Corinthians.

First Corinthians is where we are in our study.

So why don't you grab your Bible, turn to First Corinthians, chapter one.

Oh, I love going through the Bible.

All these books of the Bible.

You know, it's funny how I kind of think the one that we're going through presently

is my favorite book.

But I have to say, first and second Corinthians are not,

I can't ever recall thinking they're my favorite book, where Romans I've felt that many a time.

But why not First Corinthians? Well, I love some of the things said in First Corinthians, of course,

but the reason it may not fall into my category's favorite books is Paul's basically

given the Corinthian church a whooping. It's like taking them out behind the barn, you know,

and pulling off the belt as grandpa used to do, you know, and that's kind of what's going on here

with the Corinth Church. And we'll get into that. But it's things that we all need to hear because

just as naughty as the Corinthian church was,

so too the modern day church needs these same admonitions and corrections. So that's kind of what

we're going to deal with. So we start today with the question, and that is, why would anyone not

want to follow Jesus? You know,

what could possibly be wrong with Jesus that somebody wouldn't want to follow Jesus? Well, the sad,

true answer is you and me. The church itself is some, I think a lot of people, how many people

use that as a reason?

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