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August 30, 1992
When a church isolates itself from the world, it can become lax about sin within its walls. Left unchecked, flagrant sin will destroy the individual and infect the whole church. Alistair Begg explains why moral absolutes and church discipline are vital for the good of the individual as well as the church family, even though the church may be labeled judgmental and intolerant.
1It is actually reported that there is wsexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not tolerated even among pagans, xfor a man has his father's wife. 2And yyou are arrogant! Ought you znot rather to mourn? Let him who has done this be removed from among you.
3For though aabsent in body, I am present in spirit; and as if present, I have already pronounced judgment on the one who did such a thing. 4When you are assembled bin the name of the Lord Jesus and my spirit is present, with the power of our Lord Jesus, 5you are cto deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so dthat his spirit may be saved ein the day of the Lord.1
6fYour boasting is not good. Do you not know that ga little leaven leavens the whole lump? 7Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. 8Let us therefore celebrate the festival, hnot with the old leaven, ithe leaven of malice and evil, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
9I wrote to you in my letter jnot to associate with sexually immoral people— 10knot at all meaning lthe sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters, msince then you would need to go out of the world. 11But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone nwho bears the name of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler—not even to eat with such a one. 12For what have I to do with judging ooutsiders? pIs it not those inside the church2 whom you are to judge? 13God judges3 those outside. q“Purge the evil person from among you.”
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