Apostle, as I said, is someone who is commissioned and authorized to speak with someone for someone else.

And Jesus, when he commissioned his Apostle, said to them,

those who receive you receive me.

And those who do not receive you do not receive me.

And so when we are dealing with the Apostles, we're dealing with those who have had a delegated authority from Christ.

In fact, we're talking now about the very foundation of the church.

It's not uncommon for a preacher to say,

although this isn't in the text, I think what we can learn from this passage is fill in the blank.

But how would you respond if an Apostle in the Bible said,

this is not the Lord speaking, this is me now speaking.

How would you respond to a text like that?

Hi, I'm Nathan Delby Bingham and thanks for joining us today for renewing your mind.

For the next two weeks, you'll hear messages from Arceusboro series,

Hard Sangs, which helps us to understand some of those difficult passages or passages that are

even difficult for us to accept. Today, he turns to a hard saying from the Apostle Paul.

When he's in the middle of giving instructions to the church of Corinth, he stops and says,

it's now I, not the Lord who is speaking.

What are we to do with those verses? Does that mean they hold less weight

and authority than out the parts of Scripture?

Will he as Dr. Sproul to explain?

Today, I'd like to turn your attention to a passage in Paul's letter of 1 Corinthians in chapter 7,

beginning in verse 10. In this section of 1 Corinthians, Paul is giving various instructions

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