A MINISTER’S LIBERTY (1 Cor. 9:1-9)

In this lesson Paul is going to talk specifically about his rights, or his liberty, as an apostle, and those of the ministers that do the work of the Lord in obedience to their calling.   Certainly the liberty of an apostle was great.  He could choose to do many things, but he also was held to a very high standard as he interacted to the world around him.  He had the power to win large numbers of people to Christ, and he also had the power to drive them away.  He would willingly choose to limit his liberty in order to make sure God's message was understood.  Paul would do nothing that would cause one of his flock to turn away from God.   This is a verse-by-verse study of 1 Cor. 9:1-9.