Day 334 (1 Corinthians 5-8) - Year 6
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Today, paul continues his letter to the church he started at current. You may notice that every time he rebukes them for something or addresses the problem they have, he presents the gospel in response to IT. One of the things that shows up frequently is that those who follow Christ should view every aspect of their lives through the lens of the gospel and live out empowered by the work of the spirit.

This is not what the guaranteeing are doing. They're not only living lives of sexual debatable, but they're praising IT. They do things not even the pagans do, and they try to use gladis Grace as an excuse for why it's okay.

It's an abuse of Grace. We're freeing Christ, they say, but freedom in Christ isn't freedom to sin. Freedom in Christ is freedom from sin.

IT means we're no longer in slave to sing, and we actually have the power of the spirit to help us obey god. Any version of guys Grace that treats sin as no big deal is crude. This representation, Grace is an agent of change.

Its god's favor on us to help us walk according to his ways IT redirects us away from the works of the flesh and toward the fruit of the spirit. On the other hand, anything that lets us continue and send unchecked and carefree isn't Grace. It's passive.

Rh, the church of currents doesn't get this at all. One problem with sexual sin is that IT dishonoured people by disassociate their body from their soul, using them for our own pleasure. In short, it's not loving.

It's selfish. He addresses this topic again in chapter six, with even heavy or words. He says, if you are believer, you have the spirit of god living inside you.

And when you force the spirit of god in the sexual situation, he doesn't want to be in. Well, there is a work for that. So paul says to flee sexual immorality to run.

But in current, no one is doing anything about IT. The people are on a trajectory of sin. And the church is like, praise god. Look at how much Grace he has for us. Paul calls their weakness ness and the refusal to deal with IT arrogant.

He tells the church how to respond to those in the church who walk in active rebellion against gud's call for sexual integrity, not those who struggle to do IT, but those who refuse. There is a big difference. Rebellion and repentance move in opposite directions.

Rebellion moves from god and repentance moves toward god. And when IT comes to sin, there is no such thing as standing still. Paul tells the people in the church had to respond.

They're supposed to judge those inside the church. On the surface, this may seem contradictory to other things, he said. So let's talk about what he doesn't mean and what he does mean.

He doesn't mean the church takes the place of god as final judge, determining the destination of that persons soul. We didn't do that kind of judging if we tried. What he is telling us to do is be fit inspectors and spade callers.

If a Christ follower is in blatant rebellion against the ways of the kingdom, pulses to address IT, and if they continue to rebel, deliver them over to certain wait. What the good news is? The senate doesn't stop there, he says, deliver this men over to setting for the destruction of the flesh so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the lord.

So this delivering, to say, in part, is intended to bring repentance eventually. This is the same idea as letting someone hit rock bottom. This is tough love. The hope is that the works of the flesh will be brought to an end ultimately for the person's good and freedom and joy.

Restoration is always the goal, but the standards are different for people who do not profess to pillow crist, of course, they're going to do whatever they want. I would too. Why would they live their lives according to the laws of a god they don't love or believe in? They can't be held accountable to the same standards.

In chapter six, polar dresses, lawsuits against other believers. He doesn't forbid them. He just says there's a Better way to handle disputes.

The preferred way is to find someone in the church. He was wise enough to help make peace among the chaos. After all, the belief, or will not only judge the earth someday, but we'll even judge the Angels. And he says, if you can't find someone wise enough to be a judged in the dispute, then maybe it's Better to just accept being wrong instead of fighting for what's yours.

God is a god of justice, it's true, but if Chris took the punishment for your brother, since against you, injustice has been meted out in eternity and in a far greater way in any earthly judge could manage in versus nine, thirteen polish types of people who won't inherit the kingdom. It's a scary list because we've all been on at least once ever been greedy and wanted something that isn't yours ever taken, something you didn't pay for, even just a song from the internet. This list is us.

It's where we all start. Pause is no matter where we start. The blood of Christ and the spirit of god have cleaned us.

When the father adopts signers into his family, he changes our identities. Paul says, such were some of you. That's who we were, people whose identities were rooted in sin.

But now we aren't just signers. We're says who happened to sin regards children who bear his name and his spirit. In chapter seven, paul gives a lot of information about marriage, single widowhood and divorce. He's careful to make distinctions between gods instructions and his opinions.

In my bible abb circle the spot where he makes these distinctions by saying things like I say, or I wish, or I give this charge, not god, or god has not ee, paul believes his opinions are supported by the holy spirit, but he's humble enough to open his hand on IT. He has opinions, but he doesn't try to urge people to follow them. He just says what he thinks is best.

For instance, he thinks is Better to remain unmarried like he is. But ultimately, both marriage and single ness are gift given by god. And the one who gives the gift is the one who choose is what to give.

He says, in marriage, you don't own your own body. This picture of unity reflects what happens in our relationship with god, since the church is the bride of Christ. And for those who are married to unbeliefs paul ses, hang in there when he says, this is how an unbelieving styles made holy.

He's not saying this is a saving act. The word holiness means said apart by staying mary to an unbeliever. The unbelieving, fast and unbelieving children both live in a space where god is honored and regarded.

They might not have that apart from the marriage. In verse sixteen, he basically says, we have no idea how IT will all turn out. But why not give IT a shot since god is the one who assigns our positions in life, paul said, will find a lot of freedom in accepting what he's given us in living open handily.

If at some point he gives us something different, then we accept that as well. We don't grip tightly to anything, in least of all to something that isn't even in our hand to begin with. He says there's freedom from anxieties if we live in the space of contentment with what god has given.

And that ultimately IT freeze up to focus on eternal kingdom things. In paul opinion, marriage is good, but single lst is even Better. I used to hate that paul thought this because I always wanted to agree with his opinions, but I also wanted to be married.

Then, once I committed to my assignment of single ness and accepted what god had put in my hands, I had peace, just like he said, chapter eight addresses food sacrifice to adults. Remember the problem paul had with regulations, how they elt like they had to adhered the jewish restrictions. The current tans have the opposite problem.

They're waving their freedom around, and it's causing a lot of division. Here's the situation. So newer beliefs who haven't really learn the ropes of Christianity yet are still eating food sacrifice to idols.

And they really mean IT. They're doing IT as a way of worshipping that idle. And others who've been around for a while are eating the same food, but with a different aim and perspective. They're like, hey, god says there's nothing wrong with this food.

But the problem is, if the older believer s eat their pagan barbecue in front of the new relievers, the new believers might think they're on the same page and that the old gather worshipping idols too. They might see IT as an endorsement of ideology from the season to believers. So paul addresses the season to believers and says, look, you're one hundred percent right, but knowing the truth has made you arrogant.

It's time to shelve your rightness for the sake of unity. It's time to love people more than brisket. And even though you're not sitting by eating the food, you're sitting by not loving your brother while you're eating the food.

So knock IT off. My god shot was in eight six where paul says there is one god, the father from whom are all things and for whom we exist. And one road is Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.

All things are from him, through him. And for him, he starts at all, sustained, IT and complete at all, and at all points back to him. He is the source, supply and goal, and he is where the joy is.

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