Family Matters
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Introduction
Introduction
9 I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people—
10 not at all meaning the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world.
11 But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler—not even to eat with such a one.
12 For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Is it not those inside the church whom you are to judge?
13 God judges those outside. “Purge the evil person from among you.”
To reach the world must
++Not be their Judge
++Be different
++Be an Example
12 Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
To foster unity among believers
++There must be a standard
++There has to be non-negotiable in life
The Epistle that he wrote was clear but not absolute
The Epistle that he wrote was clear but not absolute
9 I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people—
Sexual purity is one of the most defining marks of a believer in Christ.
Sexual purity is one of the most defining marks of a believer in Christ.
3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality;
4 that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor,
Paul clarifies this statement in vrs 10
Paul clarifies this statement in vrs 10
10 not at all meaning the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world.
In the world you will encounter many levels of morality
In the world you will encounter many levels of morality
Sinners will be sinners
Sinners will be sinners
11 But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler—not even to eat with such a one.
There must be a difference among brothers
There must be a difference among brothers
The term brother denotes
++A relationship
++A spiritual connection
There is a price to pay for every relationship
There is a price to pay for every relationship
We must alway remember that the world is our mission
We must alway remember that the world is our mission
16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
We are not saved from the world.
We are not saved from the world.
15 I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one.
16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
The world is
++Not our enemy
++Our reason for being
12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
28 even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Judgement Commanded
Judgement Commanded
17 For it is time for judgment to begin at the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God?
Some things can stay in the family
Some things can stay in the family
1 When one of you has a grievance against another, does he dare go to law before the unrighteous instead of the saints?
2 Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases?
3 Do you not know that we are to judge angels? How much more, then, matters pertaining to this life!
4 So if you have such cases, why do you lay them before those who have no standing in the church?
5 I say this to your shame. Can it be that there is no one among you wise enough to settle a dispute between the brothers,
6 but brother goes to law against brother, and that before unbelievers?
7 To have lawsuits at all with one another is already a defeat for you. Why not rather suffer wrong? Why not rather be defrauded?
8 But you yourselves wrong and defraud—even your own brothers!
9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality,
10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
12 “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything.
13 “Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food”—and God will destroy both one and the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
14 And God raised 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 prostitute? Never!
16 Or do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, “The two will become one flesh.”
17 But he who is joined to the Lord becomes one spirit with him.
18 Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.
19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,
20 for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
You will never resolve family matters
++Through the court
++Through public opinion
++Social media
We need to
++Recognize the change in our life
++Walk it out daily
++Be a change agent in the world.
16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.