07.03.2026 L1 "Paul’s Ministry in Corinth"

Welcome to this week's Sabbath School discussion. This week's lesson is "Paul’s Ministry in Corinth" (Lesson 1) facilitated by PhD Betty Mkwinda Nyasulu.
Memory Text: “Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city." Acts 18:9-10 KJV
The great English missionary William Carey used to say that he cobbled shoes to pay his expenses, but his real business was winning souls.
Likewise, Paul worked as a tentmaker for a living (Acts 18:1–3), but his real business was, of course, winning people to Christ.
This week, we will get a glimpse of Paul’s ministry to the church in the city of Corinth. The church, as we will see, was full of problems, many that were not unlike what our churches face today, almost two thousand years later. Indeed, anyone who has been in Christianity for any length of time, or who has been involved in church work, could ask the question: Have you ever found a Christian group that doesn’t have any problems? The answer is, of course, obvious.
Paul faces challenges in Corinth but does so with the message of the Cross (1 Cor. 2:2). Faithfulness to this message is also the way to face the challenges that we have today. As we will see this week and throughout this quarter, the message of 1 and 2 Corinthians applies to our lives, as well.
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