DEALING WITH THE DISORDERLY FIRST CORINTHIANS FIVE First Corinthians chapter five states implicitly that if you as a Christian, are living a wicked, depraved, or degenerate lifestyle then you are living in the wrong kingdom. You are in the devil's kingdom if you are living that kind of life. The ch... [ Continue Reading ]
_ THE NEED FOR CHURCH DISCIPLINE 1 CORINTHIANS 5:1-2:_ There was a terrible sin that was destroying the church at Corinth. Paul said, "It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wi... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE COMMAND TO PRACTICE DISCIPLINE 1 CORINTHIANS 5:3-5:_ Paul told the church that they should call a special meeting and deal with this matter. "For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed, In the... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE REASON FOR CHURCH DISCIPLINE 1 CORINTHIANS 5:6-8:_ The first purpose of church discipline is the salvation of the offending brother. God still wants this brother saved. Another reason for discipline is to keep the sin from spreading in the church. Paul said, "Know ye not that a little leaven le... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE EXTENT OF CHURCH DISCIPLINE 1 CORINTHIANS 5:9-13:_ The church had authority to practice discipline only among its members. Paul is not talking about the church dealing with fornicators of the world. He said, "I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: Yet not altogether wit... [ Continue Reading ]