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Goals of Godliness
Serious about SIN
Serious about SOLUTIONS
Serious about SALVATION
Serious about SANCTIFICATION
Serious about SEXUALITY
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Serious
About Sin – 1 Cor 5
When
we are serious about sin …
We rise above the world’s definition of
morality. 5:1
We humbly mourn over evil and its effects. 5:2
We prove our love for the sinner. 5:3-5
We, as an assembled body, act as a whole. 5:3-5
We respect the Lord’s name and power. 5:3-5
We “hand [the sinner] over to Satan.” 5:3-5
When
we are serious about sin …
We affirm the final judgment, heaven, and hell. 5:5
We keep sin from spreading. 5:6
We “celebrate” the “Passover feast.” 5:7-8
We distinguish “insiders” from “outsiders.” 5:9-13
We purge the evil. 5:13
We offer the way back home. 2 Cor 2:6-8
Serious
about Solutions – 6:1-8
Disputes
and conflicts are quite biblical!
Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Abram and Lot, Sarai
and Hagar, Ishmael and Isaac – shall we go on?
The apostles, Pilate and Jesus, Paul and Barnabas …
So
how do we resolve them?
To
whom do we turn? 6:1
1
Cor 6:1 Does any one of
you, when he has a case against his neighbor, dare to go to law before the
unrighteous and not before the saints?
Serious
about Solutions – 6:1-8
To resolve conflicts with each other …
We first remember who we are. 6:2
We see the bigger picture. 6:3
We seek a wise mediator. 6:4-5
We refuse to shame the church. 6:6
We realize that to fight is to admit defeat. 6:7a
We prefer to suffer harm, not inflict it. 6:7b
We admit that we could be at fault. 6:8
We dare not be “not-right” before God. 6:9
We act as those transformed by grace. 6:9-11
Serious
about Salvation – 6:9-11
AND
Serious
about Sanctification – 6:9-11
“Don’t you know … unrighteous will not inherit …”
“Such were some of you.”
“But you were washed, sanctified, justified.”
Simultaneously:
1. Washed: baptized (Acts 22:16; Tit 3:5)
2. Sanctified: set apart to be saints
3. Justified: declared right with God
Double trouble: sin’s guilt and power
Double cure: justification and sanctification
Context: that’s why we resolve unrighteous
conflicts!
Serious
about Sexuality – 6:12-20
Slogan in Corinthian church: “All things are
lawful!”
If certain acts are lawful, does that make them
moral?
Are
they beneficial?
Might
they enslave me?
Do
they please God?
Could
they destroy my soul?
Slogan in Corinthian church: “Food --- stomach!”
If the stomach is for food, is the body for
immorality?
Serious
about Sexuality – 6:12-20
How does our culture justify returning to Corinth?
“It’s consensual.”
“It’s legal.” “It’s acceptable.”
“It’s my body. It’s my choice. I am entitled.”
“It’s ‘safe.’”
“No one will be hurt. No one will know.”
“There will be no lasting consequences.”
“God made me this way.”
“God wants me to be happy.”
Serious
about Sexuality – 6:12-20
Greek philosophy: body as a prison, with no real
value.
In that case, why not live for pleasure? Hedonism.
If the body has no ultimate value, why not?
Godly philosophy: body as a temple, holy for God.
He raised Jesus’ body and will raise ours.
Your bodies – yes, bodies – are members of Christ.
Sexual sin joins Christ’s members to a prostitute.
Joined to Christ in spirit – not with him/her in
flesh.
Flee! Gen 39:7-12; 1 Tim 6:10-11; 2 Tim 2:20-22
He bought your body. Glorify Him with it!
1 comment:
Good timely notes
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