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1 Co.5:1

1 Co.5:1. Corinthians wrote about other things, 7:1 They did not mention this situation Paul learned it through others (cf. 11:18 ) Corinthians determined to live down to their city’s reputation? (Rv.2-3) “No church is perfect” – but no excuse for tolerating flagrant sin

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1 Co.5:1

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  1. 1 Co.5:1 • Corinthians wrote about other things, 7:1 • They did not mention this situation • Paul learned it through others (cf. 11:18) • Corinthians determined to live down to their city’s reputation? (Rv.2-3) • “No church is perfect” – but no excuse for tolerating flagrant sin • 1 Co.1-4 – divided • 1 Co.5 – disgraced • One weakness makes vulnerable in others

  2. Bible condemns all sexual immorality • Immoral assumes moral Includes: Premarital Extramarital Homosexual Bestial Incest Condemned: Ep.5:3,5 Mt.19:9 • 1 Co.5:1 Hb.13:4 Jude 7 Sin Judgment

  3. What the sinner did (1 Co.5:1) • “Sexual immorality” • “Father’s wife” – stepmother? • “Has” – • Of cohabiting: 1 Co.5:1; Jn.4:17-18 • Of marriage: 1 Co.7:2, 12, 13; Mk.6:18

  4. What the church must do 1. Taken away, 2 2. Deliver to satan, 5 3. Purge out, 7 4. Do not keep company with, 9, 11 5. Put away, 13

  5. Misunderstanding Church Discipline • Not a mob of angry policemen after a criminal • Not a lynch mob of angry citizens... • Not hatred, but love (Hb.12) • A group of brokenhearted Christians trying to save a lost member of the family. 2 Co.12:21; Ep.4:30

  6. Church Discipline’s . . . 1. Authority: Name of Lord (4) 2. Assembly: Gathered together (4) 3. Approval: Apostle Paul (4) 4. Action: Deliver to satan (5); purge (7) 5. Aim: Destruction of flesh (5) 6. Aspiration: Spirit saved (5) 7. Avoidance: Contamination (6) 8. Admonition: Christ was sacrificed (7-8)

  7. Corinthian pride • Pride, arrogance, 2 • Should be in mourning, 2 • Spiritual neglect, lack of love, 5 • Boasting, 6 • Unconcern for church, 6-8 • Equivocation, 9-10 • Disobedient, 13. “Remove…” (2, 13) – • Dt.17:17; 19:19; 22:21, 24; 24:7

  8. Lessons(1/2) 1. If a church tolerates immorality, the work of God will not prosper 2. A brother in sin should produce humiliation and mourning 3. The church must exercise discipline 4. Purpose of discipline is to save – * the church * the lost soul

  9. Lessons(2/2) 5. Christians who want to remain spiritual must watch their company 6. The church that does not discipline will receive the judgment of God. Rv.2 7. Even if a church neglects discipline, brethren in sin are still lost 8. Though discipline is difficult, it is for everyone’s good. Pro.27:6; 2 Co.2:7

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