1 CORINTHIANS 6
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LAST WEEK
LAST WEEK
We looked at what Sexual Sin can do to a church that is not founded firmly on the truth.
We saw how pride can effect the church in a way that it doesn’t mourn the poor decisions that they make.
After Service, I was talking with Randy about it, and I came to a thought that I didn’t share with yall during service.
The reason why Paul told them to not associate themselves with one who was in active sexual sin was because of their pride.
We must realize that when we don’t mourn the sins of others, it is easy for us to become just like them
When we don’t grieve the sexual immorality of others, we become passive and begin to allow it in our own lives.
THIS WEEK
THIS WEEK
We are going to look at the relationship between Christians
What happens when we don’t agree with one another?
What happens when other Christians wrong us?
Church, I want us to think about something real quick.
WHAT DOES THE WORLD THINK ABOUT US WHEN THEY SEE US TEAR EACH OTHER APART?
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1 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? 2 Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world will be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters? 3 Do you not know that we shall judge angels? How much more, things that pertain to this life? 4 If then you have judgments concerning things pertaining to this life, do you appoint those who are least esteemed by the church to judge? 5 I say this to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you, not even one, who will be able to judge between his brethren? 6 But brother goes to law against brother, and that before unbelievers!
7 Now therefore, it is already an utter failure for you that you go to law against one another. Why do you not rather accept wrong? Why do you not rather let yourselves be cheated? 8 No, you yourselves do wrong and cheat, and you do these things to your brethren! 9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
1 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? 2 Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world will be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters? 3 Do you not know that we shall judge angels? How much more, things that pertain to this life? 4 If then you have judgments concerning things pertaining to this life, do you appoint those who are least esteemed by the church to judge? 5 I say this to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you, not even one, who will be able to judge between his brethren? 6 But brother goes to law against brother, and that before unbelievers!
7 Now therefore, it is already an utter failure for you that you go to law against one another. Why do you not rather accept wrong? Why do you not rather let yourselves be cheated? 8 No, you yourselves do wrong and cheat, and you do these things to your brethren! 9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
12 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. 13 Foods for the stomach and the stomach for foods, but God will destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. 14 And God both raised up the Lord and will also raise us up by His power.
15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a harlot? Certainly not! 16 Or do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body with her? For “the two,” He says, “shall become one flesh.” 17 But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him.
18 Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. 19 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? 20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.
PRAY
1 COR 6:1-
1 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? 2 Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world will be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
We must remember, in Chapters 1-4, Paul exposed the division within the Church
And gave us the answer for this problem.
In chapters 5-7 he will focus on Intimate yet Sinful Behaviors within the Church
THIS CHURCH WAS STILL IN ITS INFANCY STAGE
IT WAS STILL BEING NOURISHED BY THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE GOSPEL
AS PAUL IS TRYING TO DEFINE WHAT CHURCH IS
We see Paul challenging the Corinthian Church in how they are handling civil disputes
ONE THING HE DESIRED WAS THAT CHURCH WOULD BE A:
Center of reconciliation
Remember the Church was supposed to be a center of reconciliation
Center of forgiveness
The Church is supposed to be a center of forgiveness
A Venue where the Broken relationship between Man and God is mended.
IF The Church has everything pertaining to life and Godliness, then it should be well equipped to handle all that life throws at someone.
The Church is everything pertaining to life and Godliness
IF THE CHURCH is a place that represents who God is, there must be something intrinsically different about the Church
VERSE 1
We see Paul challenging the Corinthian Church in how they are handling civil disputes
How dare you?
Being a believer in Christ
Being a believer in Christ, having been equipped with the Gospel of Jesus Christ
Having been equipped with the Gospel of Jesus Christ
How dare you go to an inferior source to judge your civil matters.
Paul is exposing the immaturity that plagued the Corinthian Church
They didn’t stand for righteousness in their practice
They allowed sinful practices to flourish
They prided themselves in their leaders and the brands they followed
They had all of the symptoms of an untransformed group of people
So much so, that they couldn’t settle civil matters within the church
Paul was upset that the discipleship process wasn’t producing what it normally produced.
From the text one can come to a conclusion that the leadership was lacking
But not just leadership, the greatest lack in the Corinthian Church was the teaching of God’s word.
Friends, there is no reason why the Corinthians were struggling with this.
1 Cor 6:3-
3 Do you not know that we shall judge angels? How much more, things that pertain to this life? 4 If then you have judgments concerning things pertaining to this life, do you appoint those who are least esteemed by the church to judge? 5 I say this to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you, not even one, who will be able to judge between his brethren? 6 But brother goes to law against brother, and that before unbelievers!
I believe it was a lack of Biblical Literacy
They were Christians who knew not the history of their God
They didn’t know or find value in the Old Testament Scriptures, which specifically went over how to handle such matters
They didn’t know that one day believers would judge the world alongside Jesus.
Church, the reason why Paul encourages the Christian to handle these matters in house is for a few reasons
That the Christian would be taught how to correctly handle the Word of God.
They are observing our behaviors, actions, and how we treat each other
That the Believer in Christ would lean on the truest source of righteousness that is available to them at all times
That the Church would be seen as a place where things are handled decent and in order.
That the church would rely on its leaders to settle matters with a Biblical Perspective.
That the Judicial System of the day would be jealous of how the Church handles things.
The reason why this church had so many issues is rooted in what Paul exposes in verse 5.
Leadership was lacking
Authority was lacking
The truths of the Gospel and the Law were absent in this Church Culture.
It brought chaos and disorder
It brought instability
Sad part was:
The World noticed it.
It was Us Vs Us and the World was invited to see the drama unfold.
We cheat each other
We rip each other off
We mistreat one another
We fail to forgive
We fail to reconcile
All at the entertainment of the world.
What can the Christian do to alleviate this issue?
7 Now therefore, it is already an utter failure for you that you go to law against one another. Why do you not rather accept wrong? Why do you not rather let yourselves be cheated? 8 No, you yourselves do wrong and cheat, and you do these things to your brethren! 9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
7 Now therefore, it is already an utter failure for you that you go to law against one another. Why do you not rather accept wrong? Why do you not rather let yourselves be cheated? 8 No, you yourselves do wrong and cheat, and you do these things to your brethren!
1 Cor 6:7
PAUL BRINGS IT TO LIGHT
WHY DON’T YOU REPENT?
WHY DON’T YOU ACCEPT THAT YOU ARE WRONG?
IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR YOU TO BE CHEATED AND JUST TAKE IT FOR THE TEAM THAN TO GO THROUGH WITH THIS JUDICIAL PROCESS.
ONE WOULD SAY:
BUT, IT’S THEIR FAULT!
BUT THEY WRONGED ME!
BUT I WANT JUSTICE
FRIENDS, WHEN WE CAN’T WORK WITH EACH OTHER TO BRING RECONCILIATION AND RENEWAL TO OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN OUR WALLS, HOW WILL WE BE ABLE TO DO IT OUTSIDE OF OUR WALLS?
SO WHAT IS THE PROBLEM?
IT’S NOT THAT THE SYSTEM IS BROKEN, IT IS THAT WE ARE BROKEN.
IS IT THE PEOPLE?
OUR FLESH HAS AN APETITE, AND WE WASTE NO TIME FEEDING IT.
WE ARE THE ONE’S WHO ARE UNJUST
WE ARE THE ONE’S WHO WRONG ONE ANOTHER
WE ARE THE ONE’S WHO TEAR EACH OTHER APART.
UNTIL WE REALIZE OUR BROKENESS, THIS PROBLEM WILL PERSIST.
SAD PART IS, WE COSIGN THE EVIDENCE THAT WE ARE UNCHANGED BY THE GOSPEL
But I accepted Jesus
I was baptized by so and so
Don’t judge me,
Friends the Gospel is the most transformative power on this planet
When we come to faith, it should begin a process
A process that makes us more like Jesus
A process that changes our decision making
A process that flips the script on the “normal”
If we have been changed by the Gospel
We will not only recognize the brokenness in others, but the brokenness in us
1 COR
9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
Church, as we are conformed into the Image of Jesus
We will have the most Biblical Perspective of this Text.
So many people love to use this text to single out a certain sin.
BUT MY ADVICE TO YOU IS, “DO NOT BE DECEIVED”
First we must begin with the notion that the Kingdom of God that Paul is talking about is INHERITED.
An inheritance isn’t earned, it is given
isn’t earned
For those of us who believe this glorious truth
We have been made right by what Christ has done on our behalf.
It is a display of God’s love for sinful man
We have been made righteous by Jesus work on earth, specifically the cross.
Those who believe in this work, will inherit the Kingdom of God, because this work has made them Righteous!
For those of us who trust this work, we have not only
DO NOT BE DECIEVED
Don’t be cheated from the inheritance God wants to give you
Don’t get ripped off by satan and his distractions
You are not who you used to be
Stop allowing Satan to call you by your sin
Fornicators
Idolators
Adulterers
Homosexuals
Sodomites
Thieves
Covetous
Drunkards
Revilers
Extortioners
WILL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD
Though you used to be this
You have been washed
You have been sanctified
You have been justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
So many times we believe that we must remain what our genetics tell us to be
So many times we believe that there is no hope for us who are riddled by sinful practices
So many times we believe our past is truer than our future
Imagine if Jesus stayed in the grave, when the Spirit was calling him out of it.
Imagine, if we remained dead in our trespasses, while the Spirit is calling us to be more than conquerors in Christ.
Friends, this thinking has a 72 hour shelf life
For the Christian, everything changed in 72 hours.
Sometimes, we must give God space and time to work
To change our perspective
To change our circumstance
To change our mindset
To give us Hope in the fact that what Jesus said still stands
“I am working and my Father has been working”