Sexual Immorality

Sexual Immorality. We have all heard of this. Why is it so accepted now even among Christians?

·        1 Corinthians 5:1 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans:

Yes this has always been a stain on the church, but what were we told to do about it?

·        1 Corinthians 5:2 shouldn’t you rather have been stricken with grief and removed from your fellowship the man who did this?

·        1 Corinthians 5:5 hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord.

·        Ephesians 5:11 Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

1 Corinthians 5:9 I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people. 10 I was not including the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world! 11 But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat. 12 What business of mine is it to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside? 13God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked man from among you.”

What kind of sexual immorality is not tolerated even among pagans? In Corinth it was incest today we are plagued with pedophiles.

Yes we all struggle with sin. Today I struggle with anger. God says “be angry and do not sin”. There is a righteous anger but it cannot be acted on with vengeance. “Vengeance is mine says the Lord”

Help me not to sin Lord. Keep me from stumbling.