Keeping The Feast Pure

Intro

Text -

1 Corinthians 5:6–8 NKJV

6 Your glorying is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? 7 Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us. 8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

Title - Keeping The Feast Pure

Background

Paul was addressing a problem in the midst the Corinthian church

a man in the church was having sexual relations with his father’s wife

the church was aware of it, but they were not addressing the problem

Paul commands that the person should be “delivered to Satan for the destruction of the flesh”

Paul compared the problem to leaven

“a little leaven leavens the qhole lump”

sin that is not removed from their midst will eventually infect the whole congregation

Paul compared the church’s spiritual condition to the feast of unleavend bread instituted by God in Israel

Christ is our Passover

the Church is celebrating the feast of unleavened bread

When God was bringing Israel out of Egypt, He also institued 2 feasts

the feast of passover -

the feast of unleavend bread -

Paul was showing the significance of the feast to the spiritual life of the church

the Passover marks the deliverance of Israel from God’s judgment upon Egypt

the feast of the unleavened bread signifies the deliverance and cleansing of Israel from the power and influence of Egypt

My Main Point

If God has truly delivered us from sin and evil in this world, we should not allow its sinful influence to make its way inside the church.

Because are supposed to be celebrating our freedom from the power of sin

the “leaven” - stands for the sinful acts that are in direct violation of God’s moral truths

sins described in the 10 commandments

actions and behaviors that cause us to transgress the Word of God

Jesus was our Passover - He died to judge “Egypt” in our lives, and to pay the price of our redemption

The Church, as a result, has become “unleavend” - cleansed, purified

The Church is THE unleavened bread -

The Church is celebrating the feast of unleavened bread that began after Passover was killed at Calvary

Sermon Points

If the church is “truly unleavend”, how can we keep the feast pure from worldly defilement?

Identify the leaven in our midst

1 Corinthians 5:6 NKJV

6 Your glorying is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?

the church thought that everything was alright despite the problem

What does th

The church must not ignore the presence of “leaven” in their midst

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The church must identify which acts are sinful and which are not

Purge out the old leaven

1 Corinthians 5:7 NKJV

7 Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us.

Purge - to clean out

old leaven - sinful acts and ideas that belong to the old life of sin

The church must remove the sin in her midst

The church must impose disciplinary actions people may learn to fear God

Keep the feast of unleavened

1 Corinthians 5:8 NKJV

8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

keep the feast - one word meaning “to celebrate the festival”

celebrate the festival of unleavened bread

Until the leaven is removed, we are not truly celebrating the feast of unleavened bread.

If the church cannot or will not do her part, God will be forced to intervene with judgment

If the church ca

Conclusion

It is the responsibility of the church and her people to keep the celebration of the feast of unleavened bread clean and pure.

Paul’s practical advises:

Walk in the Spirit -

Meditate on pure things -