1 Corinthians 7:17-24: God's assignment
Where do you think the grass is greener on the other side?



I) You can serve God in your current assignment.

A) Our _______________ is our lot or circumstances in life (Our family, our work, our neighborhood, etc.).


B) God has _________ us to and equipped us for our current assignment.

1) If our profession goes against God’s word, we should not remain there.

2) God can call us to new challenges.


C) God has a ____________ for our life even when we don’t understand it.


II) Many things do not need to create division in the church.

A) ______________ distinctness should not divide us.

1) _______________ taught that Gentile believers needed to become Jewish in order to be good Christians.

2) Paul says _____________ doesn’t matter.

3) What matters is _____________ God’s commandments.


B) Social and ____________ status should not divide the church.

1) Corinth was a diverse town. 1/3 were slaves and another 1/3 freed slaves.

2) The church was full of slaves and masters.


C) Paul is not _______________ slavery rather he is telling slaves how they should act.

Gavin Ortlund at Truth Unites has a great video that addresses the issue of if the Bible condones slavery. https://youtu.be/ZImmDmr8pxk

1) The ideal is for slaves to obtain their _______________.

2) The Bible makes it clear that all humans are created in God’s __________.

3) In 1 Timothy 1:10, Paul lists slave ____________ as a sin.

4) Paul highlights their ____________________ of status in the church.


D) Modern examples: What are things that can divide us today?


III) Things that unite the church.

A) We were all ____________ at a price.


B) God has ____________ us where we need to be for the moment.






“The slave’s real status is determined by his or her placement in a different household entirely: the household of Christ. The slave is a freedperson of the Lord and shares in the benefits, status, and obligations that relationship brings.” D Martin