LIFE TOGETHER | SEPTEMBER 28, 2025

Be All in With Jesus – Chip Henderson

Sermon Highlights

Key Passage: 1 Corinthians 10:14-22

In 1 Corinthians 8, Paul taught that love is greater than freedom; in chapter 9, he gave his own example of laying down rights, and at the beginning of chapter 10, he warned against flirting with temptation. Now, Paul calls the church to choose where their allegiance truly lies.

In Israel’s history, sacrifices involved more than just offering an animal. Eating a portion of the sacrifice showed total devotion to God and participation in His covenant. Similarly, communion in the New Testament is not just bread and wine. When believers eat and drink, they share in fellowship with God and with each other.

However, in Corinth, many people continued to attend pagan feasts. To sit at those tables was to join in idol worship. Paul makes it clear: you cannot eat at the Lord’s table and the table of demons. Divided loyalty provokes God’s jealous discipline and has consequences for the whole church.

The call is to be fully committed to God. Scripture has always pressed God’s people to choose — “serve the Lord” or serve other gods — and Paul reminds the Corinthians of the same truth. God won’t tolerate split loyalties.  He didn’t in Israel’s day.  He didn’t in Corinth.  He doesn’t today. 

INTRO

Icebreaker

Have you ever been confused by someone sending mixed signals, in a relationship, at work, or even with something as simple as saying one thing and doing another? How did the situation play out?

Transition to Discussion

It can be very confusing when someone’s words and actions don’t match. Paul told the Corinthians that the same can happen in our faith. Let’s see how he challenges us in this passage.

GROUP DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

Read 1 Corinthians 10:14-22 as a group.

  • Paul begins with the command to “flee from idolatry.” What does that look like in real life today?

  • In this passage, Paul shows that eating at pagan feasts was more than just a meal. It was a form of spiritual participation. What does this teach us about the seriousness of where we choose to align ourselves?

  • Paul says you cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. Where do you see the temptation today to live in two worlds at once?

  • Why is it dangerous to keep putting yourself in environments you know will pull you away from God?

  • Paul warned that divided loyalty opens us up to God’s discipline. How have you seen or experienced the consequences of divided devotion?

  • How do your choices impact our “life together” as a church or small group, either strengthening or weakening it?

  • What makes it difficult for you to be all in with Jesus?

  • If you took Paul’s warning seriously, what specific changes would you need to make in how you live this week?

NEXT STEP and PRAYER

The call is simple: be all in with God.

Take a few quiet moments now. Ask God:

  • Where am I living with one foot in the world and the other in the church?

  • What situations or habits distract me from full devotion to Christ?

  • What step can I take this week to clearly show that I am all in with Him?

Write down whatever He brings to mind. Keep it with you as a reminder that your life should send a clear message about who you belong to. I’ll give you a few minutes to pray and write, then I will close our time with prayer.