Ch 4:1-5
A right attitude toward leaders
1 Cor 4:1-5
1 This, then, is how you ought to regard us: as
servants of Christ and as those entrusted with
the mysteries God has revealed. 2 Now it is
required that those who have been given a trust
must prove faithful. 3 I care very little if I am
judged by you or by any human court; indeed, I
do not even judge myself. 4 My conscience is
clear, but that does not make me innocent. It is
the Lord who judges me. 5 Therefore judge
nothing before the appointed time; wait until the
Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden
in darkness and will expose the motives of the
heart. At that time each will receive their praise
from God.
The Medium is the message
„A phrase coined by Marshall
McLuhan meaning that the form of a
medium embeds itself in the message
creating a symbiotic (intimate &
indistinguishable) relationship by
which the medium influences how the
message is perceived‟
Quote from D.A Carson on 1 Cor
„We may gain some poise and balance if we
remember the kinds of people the two
sides address. Prohibitions directed
against judging have in mind self-righteous
people who want to protect their turf. These
people are usually fairly legalistic, have all
the right answers, desperately want to
elevate their “in” group above all others,
and are constantly in danger of usurping the
place of God. By contrast, biblical
injunctions to be discerning or to judge well
in some circumstances or other are directed
against those who are careless and
undisciplined about holy things, especially
about the words of God…….
……Such people regularly fly with the crowd
rather than thinking through what allegiance
to God and his truth entails in some
particular cultural context. It is utterly
disastrous to appeal for judgement when
forbearance is called for, or to prohibit all
judgement when judgement is precisely
what is needed. Both errors seriously
damage the church and usually reflect a
mind that is unwilling to think its way
carefully through the balance and sanity of
the Word of God.‟