1 CORINTHIANS 5
3 Outlines
1 Corinthians 5:1-8
SIFTING OUT SIN
ABOMINATION – PROBLEM IN THE CHURCH – Vss. 1-2
ACTION – PRESCRIPTION FOR THE CHURCH – Vss. 3-5
ABSOLUTION – PURGING OF THE CHURCH – Vss. 6-8
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1 Corinthians 5
DEALING WITH A SIN
PROBLEM
ACCEPT THE PROBLEM Vss.
1-2
ADDRESS THE PROBLEM Vss.
3-5
ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM
Vss. 6-13
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1 Corinthians 5
THE CHURCH PURIFIED
Please turn to 1 John
3:1-3. In these verses you will note the great love
that God has bestowed on us, that we as Christians should be
called God's
children (Vs. 1). Also we look forward to the day that we will be
like Him,
because we will see Jesus as He is (Vs. 2). Because of this hope
that we
have, we are to purify ourselves even as He is pure (Vs. 3).
If our Lord expects each
individual Christian to strive towards purity, then
He also expects His
church to strive towards purity.
The people in the church
in
giants, when in reality
they were not. This church was a proud church, so
proud that it was
overlooking the purity of the body of Christ. In this
passage Paul maintains
that the Corinthian church must be purified if this
church was going to
please God.
THE CONFRONTATION - Vss.
1-2
Paul begins this chapter
by confronting the Corinthians with their problem.
This was not a rumor by
a commonly reported fact.
The problem was that a
church member was having an affair with his
stepmother.
This sin was so bad,
that not even the Gentiles did it!
Instead of mourning over
the sin, the Corinthians were proud of their
tolerance!
THE COMMAND - Vss. 3-5
Vs. 3 - Because the sin
was obvious, Paul could make a judgment as to what
needed to be done.
Vs. 4 - Paul was
commanding that action be taken at a church meeting,
gathered in the name of
the Lord Jesus and meeting in His power.
Vs. 5 - To deliver this
man to Satan would be to excommunicate the man. He
would be placed in
Satan's realm out in the world, so that hopefully he
would repent and get
right with the Lord.
THE CLEANSING - Vss. 6-8
Vs. 6 - Leaven is yeast.
Yeast is put into bread to make the bread rise.
Vs. 7 - In scripture
leaven is usually a symbol for sin. Paul calls for a
purging of the old
leaven. He is calling for the removal of sin. During the
Passover celebration a
lamb was killed, the blood was sprinkled, and the
sacrifice was eaten. It
was eaten with unleavened bread. Christ is our
Passover sacrificed for
us.
Vs. 8 - Because Christ
is our Passover that we have partaken of for
salvation we are to live
unleavened lives. We are to live lives that do not
practice sin. We are to
cleanse ourselves of the leaven of malice and
wickedness and practice
an unleavened life of sincerity and truth.
THE CLARIFICATION - Vss.
9-13
Vss. 9-10 - Paul is
saying that you will not avoid contact with sinful
people. That is
impossible. Paul is not saying not to talk to sinners. It is
in talking to sinners
that we can witness for the Savior.
It is not wrong to eat a
meal or to go somewhere an unbeliever.
Vs. 11 - Paul is telling
us that there are certain people who call
themselves born again
Christians who have gone to extremes in sin. These
people who profess to be
believers but are not acting like it are people we
should not have
fellowship with.
Vss. 12-13 - God wants
us to maintain purity within the church. He will
judge those who are
outside the church.
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