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August 12 - 1 Corinthians 5 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean. Here it is, a new week.
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  It's Monday, it's the 12th of August.
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  And I'm so glad that you have tapped on play to invite me into
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  your day so that we can continue reading together this really
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  fascinating book of the Bible. And I'm afraid this book kind of
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  lays bare one of my deep pet peeves.
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  You know how each of us have something that really irks you?
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  Well, as much as it's a dangerous thing to tell other
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  people, I'm I'm going to fess up.
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  I'm going to share with your friends.
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  The thing that really irks me is when people say One Corinthians
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  chapter 5 instead of First Corinthians.
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  Now I know it's a very small thing, but it's the 1st letter
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  to the Corinthians. It's not the one letter to the
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  Corinthians, it's the 1st letter to the Corinthians chapter 5.
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  So we say First Corinthians 5, but I've got to say I'm all on
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  my lonesome. I've got my theology lecturers
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  who say 1 Corinthians 5. I heard my Bishop recently say 1
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  Corinthians 15. So you know what?
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  It's just me. I'm just going to have to be
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  bigger than this and say it's OK.
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  At least we are talking about God's Word, even if
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  grammatically it might just grate me the wrong way.
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  How about you? I bet most of you probably say
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  One Corinthians. But rest assured, friends, I
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  will always say First Corinthians, First John, First
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  Chronicles, First Thessalonians, Second Timothy.
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  That is how I roll. So now you'll probably notice me
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  saying that welcome to my world. But all of me aside, let us
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  continue hearing what Paul has to say to his friends in that
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  church in Corinth. You ready?
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  Great, let's read together First Corinthians chapter 5.
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  I can hardly believe the report about the sexual immorality
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  going on among you, something that even pagans don't do.
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  I'm told that a man in your church is living in sin with his
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  stepmother. You are so proud of yourselves,
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  but you should be mourning in sorrow and shame, and you should
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  remove this man from your fellowship.
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  Even though I'm not with you in person, I am with you in the
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  Spirit. And as though I were there.
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  I have already passed judgement on this man.
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  In the name of the Lord Jesus, you must call the meeting of the
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  church. I will be present with you in
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  spirit, and so will the power of our Lord Jesus.
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  Then you must throw this man out and hand him over to Satan so
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  that his sinful nature will be destroyed and he himself will be
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  saved on the day the Lord returns.
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  You're boasting about this is terrible.
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  Don't you realise that this sin is like a little yeast that
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  spreads through the whole batch of dough?
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  Get rid of the old yeast by removing this wicked person from
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  among you. Then you will be like a fresh
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  batch of dough made without yeast, which is what you really
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  are. Christ, our Passover lamb, has
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  been sacrificed for us. So let us celebrate the festival
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  not with the old bread of wickedness and evil, but with
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  the new bread of sincerity and truth.
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  When I wrote to you before, I told you not to associate with
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  people who indulge in sexual sin.
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  But I wasn't talking about unbelievers who indulge in
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  sexual sin, or are greedy, or cheat people or worship idols.
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  You would have to leave this world to avoid people like that.
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  I mean that you are not to associate with anyone who claims
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  to be a believer yet indulges in sexual sin, or as greedy, or
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  worships idols, or as abusive, or as a drunkard, or cheats.
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  People don't even eat with such people.
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  It isn't my responsibility to judge outsiders, but it
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  certainly is your responsibility to judge those inside the church
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  who are sinning. God will judge those on the
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  outside, but as the scriptures say, you must remove the evil
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  person from among you. Jesus, let your church be a
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  place where Your grace rules supreme.
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  As we go about living our lives partly in Christian community
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  and partly amongst those in our lives who are not part of your
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  Kingdom yet. But I pray that You would crack
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  open our hearts to love and accept those who don't know You,
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  to show them Your grace and Your mercy and Your love.
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  And for those in our Christian communities who are struggling
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  with sin, Lord, help us to gently shine the light of Your
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  truth on their lives so that by your Holy Spirit, they could be
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  convicted and turn back to You wholeheartedly.
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  So Lord, we pray for all your people, those who love you, and
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  those who don't yet know you. And we pray that Your love and
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  Your grace would flood their hearts so that all of us turn to
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  you, arms wide open, ready for your embrace.
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  You are a beautiful God, and we are so grateful for all that you
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  bring to us. And we pray all of this in the
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  saving, loving and forgiving name of Jesus.