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August 13 - 1 Corinthians 6 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean here. It's Tuesday.
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  It's the 13th of August, and I'm so glad that you have joined me
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  so that you and I can do what we do.
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  Every day that we get together, we read God's Word.
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  How great is that? And today we'll continue reading
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  through the book of First Corinthians.
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  Yes, friends, First Corinthians. And you might be forgiven for
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  thinking Paul really has this strong focus on sexual sin.
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  Why does he ever focus on that above other sorts of sin?
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  The thing about Corinth at that time was as a port where all
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  this trading happened and people from all over the Roman Empire
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  came together. There were lots of different
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  religious practises and one of the most pervasive religious
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  practises, which was incredibly damaging to the Christian
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  community was that of temple prostitutes where the act of of
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  sex was part of Pagan worship. So Paul is very keen to make
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  sure that members of God's church understand that this is
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  not part of what it means to live a life as part of God's
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  Kingdom. So that's why he'll address it.
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  So you ready? Let us read this chapter
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  together. Let's read together, friends.
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  First Corinthians chapter 6 When one of you has a dispute
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  with another believer, how dare you file a lawsuit and ask a
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  secular court to decide the matter instead of taking it to
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  other believers? Don't you realise that someday
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  we believers will judge the world?
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  And since you are going to judge the world, can't you decide even
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  these little things among yourselves?
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  Don't you realise that we will judge angels?
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  So you should surely be able to resolve ordinary disputes in
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  this life. If you have legal disputes about
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  such matters, why go to outside judges who are not respected by
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  the church? I'm saying this to shame you.
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  Isn't there anyone in all the church who is wise enough to
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  decide these issues, but instead one believer sues another right
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  in front of unbelievers? Even to have such lawsuits with
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  another is a defeat for you. Why not just accept the
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  injustice and leave it at that? Why not let yourselves be
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  cheated instead? You yourselves are the one who
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  do wrong and cheat, even your fellow believers.
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  Don't you realise that those who do wrong will not inherit the
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  Kingdom of God? Don't fool yourselves.
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  Those who indulge in sexual sin, or who worship idols, or commit
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  adultery, or a male prostitutes, or practise homosexuality, or
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  are thieves or greedy people, or drunkards, or are abusive or
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  cheat people, none of these will inherit the Kingdom of God.
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  Some of you were once like that, but you were cleansed, you were
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  made holy, you were made right with God by calling on the name
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  of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God, you say
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  I'm allowed to do anything, but not everything is good for you.
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  And even though I'm allowed to do anything, I must not become a
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  slave to anything. You say food was made for the
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  stomach and the stomach for food.
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  This is true, though someday God will do away with both of them.
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  But you can't say that our bodies were made for sexual
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  immorality. They were made for the Lord, and
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  the Lord cares about our bodies. And God will raise us from the
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  dead by his power, just as he raised our Lord from the dead.
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  Don't you realise that your bodies are actually parts of
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  Christ? Should a man take his body which
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  is part of Christ, and join it to a prostitute?
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  Never. And don't you realise that if a
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  man joins himself to a prostitute, he becomes one body
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  with her? For the scriptures say the two
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  are united into one, but the person who is joined to the Lord
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  is 1 Spirit with him. Run from sexual sin.
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  No other sin so clearly affects the body as this one does, for
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  sexual immorality is a sin against your own body.
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  Don't you realise that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit
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  who lives in you and was given to you by God?
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  You do not belong to yourself, for God bought you with a high
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  price, so you must honour God with your body.
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  Jesus, you did purchase us with a high price, the high price of
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  your own life. And when you saw that price, you
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  didn't run. When you saw that price, you
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  didn't say, oh Father, I'm not quite sure they're worth it.
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  No, you went to Calvary and you paid that price, that high, high
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  price because you think we are worth it and you love us because
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  you've paid that price. We are transformed.
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  People continue to transform us day by day so that we can keep
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  our hearts, our minds and our bodies as purified temples where
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  Your Holy Spirit resides. Come Holy Spirit, reside in US,
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  transform us and remind us each and every day that we were
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  indeed bought for a very high price because we are loved and
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  cherished by the living God of the universe.
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  And so we pray all of this in Jesus saving name, Amen.