1. FIRST CORINTHIANS How to Live in a Pagan World

2. 1 st Corinthians 5:1-13 1 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles—— that a man has his father’s wife! 2 And you are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he who has done this deed might be taken away from among you. 3 For I indeed, as absent in body but present in spirit, have already judged (as though I were present) him who has so done this deed.

3. 4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when you are gathered together, along with my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, 5 deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. 6 Your glorying is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?

4. 7 Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us. 8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. 9 I wrote to you in my epistle not to keep company with sexually immoral people.

5. 10 Yet I certainly did not mean with the sexually immoral people of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world. 11 But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone named a brother, who is sexually immoral, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner—not even to eat with such a person.

6. 12 For what have I to do with judging those also who are outside? Do you not judge those who are inside? 13But those who are outside God judges. Therefore "put away from yourselves the evil person.“ (New King James Version)

7. Two Mega-Themes In 1 st Corinthians Living as Christians in a pagan world.Living as Christians in a pagan world. Being the Church in a pagan world.Being the Church in a pagan world.

8. Two Mega-Themes In 1 st Corinthians Living as Christians in a pagan world. Being the Church in a pagan world.Being the Church in a pagan world.

9. Being the Church in a Pagan World Nine Issues: 1.Identity1:1-9 2.Unity1:10-17 3.Maturity3:1-17 4.Authority3:18-4:21 5.Purity5 6.Orderly11 7.Ministry12-14 8.Generosity16:1-4 9.Duty16:5-24

10. Being the Church in a Pagan World Nine Issues: 1.Identity1:1-9 2.Unity1:10-17 3.Maturity3:1-17 4.Authority3:18-4:21 5.Purity5 6.Orderly11 7.Ministry12-14 8.Generosity16:1-4 9.Duty16:5-24

11. Maintaining Purity in the Church A Case Study The immediate issue 5:1 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles — that a man has his father’s wife!

12. Maintaining Purity in the Church The Right Attitude Grief and mourning over sin Vs. 2 And you are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he who has done this deed might be taken away from among you. HCS “And you are inflated with pride, instead of filled with grief” Phillips “Are you still proud of your church? Shouldn't you be overwhelmed with sorrow and shame?”

13. Maintaining Purity in the Church The Wrong Attitude Being proud of our openness Vs. 6 “Your glorying is not good…” Weymouth “It is no good thing— this which you make the ground of your boasting…”

14. Maintaining Purity in the Church The Big Danger That the sin would spread through the church Vs. 6-7 …Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us. Weymouth “Do you not know that a little yeast corrupts the whole of the dough?”

15. Maintaining Purity in the Church The Right Response Expelling the Unrepentant BrotherExpelling the Unrepentant Brother Vs. 5 deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

16. Maintaining Purity in the Church What Does, “For the Destruction of the flesh mean”? that his sinful nature will be destroyedNLT “Then you must cast this man out of the church and into Satan’s hands, so that his sinful nature will be destroyed and he himself will be saved when the Lord returns.” for the destruction of his bodyWeymouth “I have handed over such a man to Satan for the destruction of his body, that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord Jesus.”

17. Maintaining Purity in the Church General Principles of Church Discipline 1. It is for church members Vs. 9 I wrote to you in my epistle not to keep company with sexually immoral people. Vs. 10 Yet I certainly did not mean with the sexually immoral people of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world. Vs. 11 But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone named a brother, who is sexually immoral, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner—not even to eat with such a person.

18. General Principles of Church Discipline Those outside the church who misbehave are God’s responsibility Vs. 12 For what have I to do with judging those also who are outside? Do you not judge those who are inside?Vs. 12 For what have I to do with judging those also who are outside? Do you not judge those who are inside? Vs. 13 But those who are outside God judges. Therefore "put away from yourselves the evil person."Vs. 13 But those who are outside God judges. Therefore "put away from yourselves the evil person."

19. Maintaining Purity in the Church Additional Principles of Church Discipline Galatians 6:1 2 nd Thessalonians 3:6

20. Maintaining Purity in the Church Additional Principles of Church Discipline Matthew 18:15-17 15 "Moreover if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother. 16 "But if he will not hear, take with you one or two more, that ‘by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.’ 17 "And if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church. But if he refuses even to hear the church, let him be to you like a heathen and a tax collector.

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