Introduction: in my understanding, chapter 6 is the epitome of the disaster that prevailed at the Corinthian church.  I - The issues at stake: 1 Stealth & fraud among believers I Co 6:1-13 “Does any one of you, when he has a case against his neighbor, dare to go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? ….
2 Litigations in public courts of Law The issues at stake: Stealth & fraud among believers The Prescribed Remedy:This poses an ethical dilemma: What if a crime is committed in the church?
3 Sexual Immorality  Inter-racial marriage versus “same sex marriage” There are “legal sexual sins’ (incest, fornication, adultery, homosexuality, sexual inappropriateness) which are condemned by God’s Law. There are sexual felonies (rape, child molesting, sexual battery), which are punishable by the laws of man because of the consequential damages to society.
II - The Prescription 1 Admonition & Rebuke: stop doing what you are doing We must offer the forgiveness of the Gospel to every situation. Just as Christ suffered to be wronged and aggravated by sinners?
2 The Warning of the Law Rom 10:5 “For Moses writes that the man who practices the righteousness which is based on law shall live by that righteousness.” Comp Gal 3:12
3 Evangelical Encouragement: The gospel as the basis for the believer’s ethics
CONCLUSION: this is how we deal with sin in the church SANCTIFICATION HAPPENS, BECAUSE THE GOSPEL HAPPENED
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