1 Corinthians 5
Church Discipline
5:1 It is actually reported that sexual immorality exists among you, the kind of immorality that is not permitted even among the Gentiles, so that someone is cohabiting with his father’s wife. 5:2 And you are proud! Shouldn’t you have been deeply sorrowful instead and removed the one who did this from among you? 5:3 For even though I am absent physically,4 I am present in spirit. And I have already judged the one who did this, just as though I were present.5:4 When you gather together in the name of our Lord Jesus, and I am with you in spirit, along with the power of our Lord Jesus, 5:5 turn this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord. 5:6 Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast affects the whole batch of dough? 5:7 Clean out the old yeast so that you may be a new batch of dough – you are, in fact, without yeast. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. 5:8 So then, let us celebrate the festival, not with the old yeast, the yeast of vice and evil, but with the bread without yeast, the bread of sincerity and truth. 5:9 I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people. 5:10 In no way did I mean the immoral people of this world, or the greedy and swindlers and idolaters, since you would then have to go out of the world. 5:11 But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who calls himself a Christian who is sexually immoral, or greedy, or an idolater, or verbally abusive, or a drunkard, or a swindler. Do not even eat with such a person. 5:12 For what do I have to do with judging those outside? Are you not to judge those inside? 5:13 But God will judge those outside. Remove the evil person from among you.
Thats one intense read, I really think everyone should read that and dig into it, its an awesome chapter and Corinthians is an awesome book aswell. Yeah I really think that reading is it is one thing, but then diving into it with a friend and talking about it is another whole level, so I say do that. okay enjoy the word of God.
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okie...i would have to wonder tho...b/c God loves everyone, and doesnt look at the sinner and spit on the ground, he looks at the sin and casts it out...or watevr...so i would have to wonder that ya, maybe we shouldnt associate with immoral people, but y not help 'em out?...it says nothing about helping out, or showing these immoral people the Word of God...surely this is wat God wants of us, amung other things...but y would we shame them and isolate them, wen they can b saved? b/c where the Lord is the shadows cannot hide...so take God into the dark places and let His light shine...okie, im not sayin that u have to go out right now to hastings all by urself and mininster to the people there...but u dig wat im sayin?...i dunno...wats ur take on it?
okie...reading it over again, he's talkin about hypocrites...and the "Chritians" who do these immoral things...but still i stand by wat i say...y not show these hypocrites wats up?...y'kno?...ya, it'll b hard hearin the truth b/c everyone thinks theyr right, but once God opens up their eyes, they'll c that they rnt doin the right thing, y'kno?...
iuno.. if the immortal people, okay its not really immortal peopel well it is.. but this christians who are doing wrong things, so they are christians. say if they dont want to listen, i'm not gonna make them. yenno, i can only do so much. and if god say not to associate with them.. then that means not to talk with them, hang out with them.. until they are set free of their sins. its hard but if thats what god wants.. its gotta be done.
*sigh*...i dig wat u sayin...i dunno, i just cant shun ppl like that...b/c we supposed to b like Jesus and stuff, and He didnt shun anyone, He took the sinner and hung out with them...y'kno?...and b/c He DID hang out wit 'em, they changed and saw that their ways were dumb...and if Jesus were to have shunned the sinning christians, then He would nevr have died on the cross for us...dig?...i dunno...i love my bro, and i kno he knos that there IS a God, but he choses to live the life of a sinner...and i cant shun my bro...cant, and wont...hate to say it, but i wouldnt even if God told me to, b/c God would also tell me not to give up on him...He'd rather gather the stray than look after the many...comes from the Bible somewhere, but the shephard was willing to leave behind the flock to retreive the lost...and i would rather God look after alan than me, b/c i kno where i stand with God...sorta, He's odd, but i love Him...but with alan, he's lost, and i would rather he be found while im still in the light...dig? and yet another ramblings from the like of me...sorry u have to endure it...but tis how i feel...
no like its sexual immortalness like having sex before you're married with a partner and ur a christian, living together before your married or having sex with someone else and u're married. And not stopping doing to the point where you get kicked outta the church, because the pastor will hand you over to the devil (sounds wrong but thats how it works) i'm not referring to non-christians.. or people that were christian and left or whatever..
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