Sermon Tone Analysis

Introduction:

Now

Going to College

Review-

Then

a.

Let no one deceive you

b. Vain Words

c.

These Things—What things?

Immorality, Covetous, Impure, Idolaters

Who we believe we are affects who we behave

I. Get up from the table

(v.7) “Therefore” picks back up on the commands that Paul made from (v.6) about those that deceive with empty words who encourage believers that it is alright to engage in our pre-saved sins.

-One quote that christian often say but I hate it “God ain’t through with me yet” Folks who like to remain in their sins often point to this scripture as a justification of their sins.

Yall got to remember that this quote is not in the bible.

That Bible is always saying press forward.

Don’t look to the right or the left or behind you.

-You will remember that two week ago we surmised that “empty” words means words without any eternal value.

NO edifying value at all.

There will be those in the body of Christ who claim to have a relationship with Christ who will use “vain words” to get you to trample the grace of God and resort back to old lifestyle choices.

(v.7) “Therefore do not be partakers” in this particular phrase the verb “be” in an imperative verb-in the present tense.

This tells us that whatever comes next is something Paul commands us to do, and he commands us to do it daily.

This is not a one-time finished act but a daily occurrence.

the “to be” Be involves something that you do so regularly that it is a part of your identity.

We need to define “Partakers”

a. Partakers-NASB, NKJV Partners-CSB,NIV,GOOD NEWS…Join together—Partaking with one another a joint activity.

Summary—Paul says “DO NOT BE PARTAKERS”

Illustration---When Family went to go see “Arthur” I was 9 years old.

-What Paul is calling for here is radical seperation.

He is calling for intentional seperation.

He is not calling for Monatiscism, but Daily applicational seperation.

You should live your life in such a way that your unbelieving & false believing acquaints know it just somethings that you won’t do.

Not because you talk about it all the time, but how you live it.

(v.7) “Therefore do not be partakers with them”

Who are the “them” from this last phrase??

-let me offer two alternatives:

a. Unbelivers from the world

or

b.

False believers in the church

-Are there some indicators from the text.

The Commentaries seem to think that this text is talking about Unbelievers in the world.

Does the “with them” refer back to the “sons of disobedience of (v.6) or does it refer to the “no one” of (v.6)?

-(v.6)

Paul says “let no one decieve you” this text is dependant on the previous (v.5)

Notice what that says.

(v.5) Paul in this text is correcting error that has spread inside the church.

He tells them “You know with certainty” Clearly his audience right here is believers in the church who have come to take a lax approach to sexual immorality, greed, and idolatry essentially they have capitulated(given in to society) Paul has to be wondering who is talking to yall.

Why is there confusion about this issue.

Then he moves to (v.6)

(v.6) “Let no one deceive you” Paul is saying someone among yall is spreading some bad teaching in refutation against what we(apostle) have taught to you.

In order for someone to get close enough to these believers and have a platform to teach it is most likely another false believer.

-There is another indicator found in subsequent verse after (v.7) take a look at (v.11-13)

(v.11-13) Clearly in these text Paul is talking about exposing the deeds of those who are doing things in secret.

Things to disgraceful even to speak of

a. Cultural Argument---Sexual Promiscuity and greed were not things Roman Citizens hid.

The had public baths where Sexual Promiscuity was rampant.

Right in the middle of the day.

Usually people hid in the dark when they know that there behavior is not accepted in the circles that they run in.

b.

Theological Argument-This book is written not to unbelievers but to a church.

When Paul talks about unbelievers from the world he has no expectation on their behavior because he knows that they are are in darkness and are behaving according to their nature.

And Paul’s methods for dealing with the unbelieving world is too not expose them but offer them Christ.

(v.11-13)

That warning from these verse seems to be on the basis that I am talking about Paul who know better, but are still behaving in ways contrary to the Word of God.

-The reason we expose these types of People is because the purity of the church supersedes the feelings and privacy of any professing believer in the church.

-There is a scripture in Corinthians that makes plain this principle:

help

(v.9)

It seems as if Paul is saying that I sent a letter previous to 1 Corinthians where I told you to “not associate with immoral people” Explain

(v.10) Paul “I did not mean with immoral people of the world” Then you couldn’t function in the world.

By these statements we know the problem the Corinthian believer had begun to ascribe to a “Monastic” lifestyle.

Totally seperation from the daily marketplace.

Walling off their lives from pagan people.

Paul says that is not what I mean when I say “not to associate with immoral people” Paul says let me make this plain:

(v.11) “I wrote to you not to associate with any so-called brothers” We need to add some meat to this text and it is astounding:

(v.1-2) Paul is absolutely livid that the believers have allowed a boy to fornicate with his step mother and no one has had enough sense to rebuke him and deal with his behavior.

So know when you combined these two text scriptures look what was happening:

a.

The Corinthians had walled themselves off from the unbelivers of the world

b.The Corinthians had totally opened themselves up to the false believers in the church without apology.

-Satan is something else: He will have you thinking you all spiritual and holy for not hanging out with unbelievers in the world, while at the same time allowing/condoning sin among professing believers.

-Church do you see that right there.

Satan does not change his game.

We sit on our high and holy hills turning a blind eye to the sins of our members, while if some young girls walks into the church and her pants are a little to tight we have a heart attack.

Now in the sight of God who is more responsible “The deacon that is sleeping with drummer’s mother, or the girl who has never been to church and comes in with inappropriate clothing on!!!!

Back in Ephesians

(v.7)

Based on this verse and the verse in Corinthians Paul says these types of false believers who go around encouraging and condoning sinful lifestyle needs to be called out now let me pull out a word from the Seven Day adventist and the JW---Disfellowshipped.

We will go deeper next week

Not only are we to Get up from the table we also need to “Leave”

II.

And Leave

(v.8) “For you were formerly darkness” Now this text is grammatically challenging.

Normally the text will say “formerly you where in darkness” I went to check this with a greek interlinear just to make sure the grammar is correct.

(v.8)

This is why I don’t like paraphrases.

The Greek does not say you were in darkness it says you were “darkness” you see in this text Paul not talking about your behavior is talking about your identity.

(v.8) “for you were formerly darkness” Not only were we in darkness, we were individual sources of darkness.