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Role of the Church Concerning Sin
Since God expects and demands purity in the church
REM - God’s wisdom, you (church) are a sacred temple, how should it be treated?
Apparently a previous letter discussing immoral associations
Paul there “in spirit” = psychologically speaking
1) Confronting Sin (explain this one in ch 5)
Some Assumptions here:
Man is a believer, “associated” with the church, a member
The church is tolerating this (would we? what if he’s a nice guy?)
QUESTION- Why would a persistent sinner want to be there?
QUESTION- Why would the church risk damaging their testimony to embrace something known to be wrong?
(Roman law, OT, God’s law)
These are MATURE questions!
Why did they think this is OK? (POINT: They didn’t, so who was he? RIch, prominent, dirt on others?)
They had a clear disregard for several very clear concepts of decency, ignoring sin
Paul confronts sin, echoing teaching of Jesus (. e.g.)
2) Concerning Discipline
The issue is complacency about sin
Paul concerned about the man’s sin, yes
Paul more concerned that the church apparently doesn’t care!
QUESTION- Is it cruel to confront sin?
Why discipline?
Kids, teams, military, vocations
Correct bad habits, correct things that are dangerous?
The GOAL here: REPENTANCE
Cruel to ask someone to repent?
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Not fun, sure
We don’t enjoy correcting kids (it’s hard work, and tiring)
We also don’t enjoy being corrected (toes stepped on a bit)
Real life application: many do not correct/discipline kids, it’s just too much work, it gets old, tiring, and it’s easier today just to NOT do it
Perfect parallel to the church, lost its way in many areas, including morality and decency today
Callous to sin - leads to serious trouble
For them, sickness, even dying () - this is SERIOIUS, and yes, there is a direct tie to communion...
Message of LOVE to this man - REPENT, RESTORE, RETURN
We must believe that the church is the BEST place for
Helping the hurting heal
From past sin, having confronted it, or helping confront and grow
Not persistent “in-your-face-try-and-stop-me” sin
We must believe this from the viewpoint that we correct, seeking repentance and righteous living
NOT tolerating just b/c we need $$$ or people, never about those numbers
NOT
“Hate sin, love the sinner”
QUESTION- How do we love, selflessly?
Certainly not gossip, and talk around the issue
How about- Go out of the way to connect and correct - “Tough love”
EXAMPLE - Child throws fit (“pitches”)
a) You give in: love?
b) You correct: love?
Which is easier?
a
Which actually helps the child?
b
NOT a witch-hunt - but true, loving desire for people, and utilizing what is best for them - CHRIST!
3) Concerning Associations
Leaven/yeast
Passover: house cleared of all yeast
No chance for contamination, knowing it spreads easily (effective, “effect”)
Influence of small amount ruins the lump of dough (parables)
POINT: celebrate the new mindset, fresh clean, HEALTHY!
Purity of the church is crucial!
WHAT ABOUT ASSOCIATIONS with IMMORAL?
Side point: What if doctor refused to see sick people?
We have to associate, if we want to help them
We can’t avoid the lost, the wicked, the evil
(But, we don’t have to be that, either)
Called to reach them -
Called to teach them - REACH and TEACH
To avoid evil is to be out of this world - otherwise, you’re in it!
Want to be part of it, or do you want to change it?
POINT: We must associate with the immoral.
Who else will help them?
BUT… what about the “so-called” brother?
The believer knows better, right?
Christian freedom taken to extreme
Eventually patience and charity is no longer a virtue - correction is needed
Church fellowship - spiritual, should not be a comfortable place for someone in open, rebellious sin!
IF they are comfy with this, then the church is to blame
Think about communion for a moment (SELF-examination) - the idea behind coming to communion “clean” is to recognize sin, repent, change attitude, then COME
Be restored and return!
We today (the church, maybe us?) look the other way, right?
None of my business, right?
Judgment - eternal - “outsiders” belongs to God
Judgement - temporal, here and now - for us, “insiders” , for holy living and purity of the church, BY HIS WORD (see v. 4 - in the name of the Lord Jesus!)
4) Applications for us (what do we do with all this?)
Mature - willingness to be accountable to the church
willingness to be mature, be part of the church, and be part of that accountablility
willingness to be mature and bring others along, learning, teaching, growing
willingness to hold self and others up to God’s standard
(examples, asking advice, not judging when asked, knowing how to respond by God’s Word, and working, and working)
Membership in a church has to mean something - not a “club” but a living organism, established by Christ, for our benefit, and to be USED for and by Him
As always - to judge by God’s Word we must know it, respect it, and be willing to hold to it
Oppose “popular” thought, and be willing to call out wrong, especially when it affects us, the church
??(Example - Episcopal woman priest married to woman heading up abortion)
Realize what the world sees and thinks (sub conversation)
What do they see of “Christians?”
We have to step it up, someone does!
People seek signs, they do; God says “NO NEED, I GAVE THEM YOU!
Personally
Not tolerate sin - love, correct, repent
YOU be the affect, not be affected
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