I.　The enjoyment of the all-inclusive Christ solving all the problems in the church through the work of the cross:

A.　The crucified Christ being the unique subject, center, content, and substance of the apostle's ministry—1 Cor. 2:2.

B.　The faithful God calling us into the fellowship of His Son, that we may partake of Christ and enjoy Him as our God-given portion—1:9, 2.

II.　The all-inclusive Christ being everything to the believers as their unique center appointed by God for their growth in life, transformation in life, and functioning in life to build up the church as the Body of Christ—1 Cor. 3:6-7, 12; 14:31:

A.　The portion given to us by God—1:2, 9:

1.　Christ as the all-inclusive One belonging to all the believers, being "theirs and ours."

2.　The unique and undivided Christ (v. 13a) being the unique center of the believers for the solving of all the problems among them, especially that of division.

B.　God's power—v. 24:

1.　Power being for carrying out, accomplishing, what has been planned and purposed according to God's wisdom.

2.　Christ being the resurrecting, ascending, subjecting, and heading up power "toward us who believe" and "to the church"—Eph. 1:19, 22.

C.　God's wisdom as righteousness, sanctification, and redemption to us—1 Cor. 1:24, 30:

1.　Righteousness for the past (our spirit)—Rom. 8:10; 5:18.

2.　Sanctification for the present (our soul)—Rom. 6:19, 22.

3.　Redemption for the future (our body)—Rom. 8:23.

D.　The Lord of glory for our glorification—1 Cor. 2:7-8:

1.　Christ being our life today and our glory in the future—Col. 3:4; 1:27.

2.　Christ as the Author of our salvation leading us into glory for His eternal and consummate expression—Heb. 2:10.

E.　The depths (deep things) of God—1 Cor. 2:9-10:

1.　Christ in many aspects as our eternal portion, foreordained, prepared, and given to us freely by God.

2.　Christ as the divine blessings dispensed into the believers, the things which eyes has not seen, which ear has not heard, and which have not come up in man's heart.

F.　The unique foundation of God's building—3:10-11:

1.　Having been laid by Paul as a wise master builder for others to build upon.

2.　The believers needing to build with gold, silver, and precious stones, signifying the various experiences of Christ in the virtues and attributes of the Triune God—v. 12.

G.　Our Passover—5:7:

1.　Christ being not only the Passover lamb but also the entire Passover.

2.　As the Lamb of God, His blood was shed for our judicial redemption and His life was imparted into us for our organic salvation—John 1:29; 3:15; 6:54, 47.

H.　The unleavened bread—1 Cor. 5:8:

1.　The Feast of Unleavened Bread being a continuation of the Passover and lasting for seven days, signifying that we should feast on Christ as the unleavened bread for our entire Christian life.

2.　Eating Christ as the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth to keep the feast, not with the sin of our old nature but with the Christ of our new nature as our nourishment and enjoyment.

I.　Our spiritual food, spiritual drink, and spiritual rock—10:3-4:

1.　Manna (Exo. 16:14-18) typifying Christ as our unique and daily life supply for our Christian journey—John 6:31-35.

2.　The spiritual drink flowing out of the spiritual rock (Exo. 17:6) typifying the Spirit as our all-inclusive drink flowing out of the crucified and resurrected Christ—John 7:37-39; 1 Cor. 12:13.

J.　The Head—11:3:

1.　Referring to the headship in God's universal governmental administration and the relationship between Christ and God in the divine government.

2.　Christ being the Head not only of the Body corporately (Eph. 5:23) but also of the believers individually.

K.　The Body—1 Cor. 12:12:

1.　All the believers of Christ being organically united with Him, having been baptized in one Spirit, and constituted with His life and element by drinking one Spirit to thus become His Body, an organism to express Him.

2.　Christ being not only the Head but also the Body.

L.　The firstfruits—15:20, 23:

1.　Christ being the first one raised from the dead as the firstfruits of resurrection.

2.　Christ as the firstfruits of resurrection being the Firstborn from the dead to be the Head of the Body—Col. 1:18.

M.　The second man—1 Cor. 15:47:

1.　As the second man, Christ being the Head of the new creation, representing it in resurrection.

2.　The first man, Adam, including all his descendants by birth; the second man, Christ, comprising all His believers by regeneration.

N.　The last Adam—v. 45:

1.　Christ being the ending, the conclusion, the termination, of Adam.

2.　To terminate the old creation, of which man's soul is the center and lifeline.

O.　The life-giving Spirit—v. 45:

1.　Through the processes of resurrection, the man who ended the old creation becoming the life-giving Spirit.

2.　To germinate the new creation, of which the life-giving Spirit is the center and life-line.