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Jun 05, 2022

Responding to Immorality

Responding to Immorality

Passage: 1 Corinthians 5:1-13

Preacher: Dr. Steve Brown

Series: First Corinthians

Detail:

KALA: Have you ever seen something really small cause a whole lot of trouble or damage?

 

Corporate Prayer: Exod. 20:12

 

​Acts 17:25-26

 

​1 Tim. 5:8

 

Lord, thank You for giving me life (birth and care) through my parents. I honor them for what they did and gave, even with their limitations. Work in and through them this day.

 

I pray for _______________ to value his/her parents in light of who You are and what You have done. May he/she be grateful for the life, breath, and all that You have given.

 

Send a text or email right now encouraging someone who is a parent.

 

1 Cor. 5:1-13

 

1. We must respond to immorality with real distress.
A. We should not be accepting of immorality.

Lev. 18:7-8

B. We should not be arrogant with immorality.
C. We should be mournful over immorality.

Eph. 5:3, 11

James 4:8-9

 

2. We must respond to immorality with redemptive discipline.

1 Tim. 1:20

Heb. 12:6

A. Redemptive discipline involves personal reflection.

Matt. 7:1-5

B. Redemptive discipline involves a proper resolution.

Matt. 18:15-17

C. Redemptive discipline involves a painful removal.
D. Redemptive discipline involves prayerful resilience.

Gal. 6:1

 

3. We must respond to immorality with renewed dignity.
A. We can prioritize cleansing.
B. We can protect community.
C. We can perform the command.

Deut. 17:7

2 Cor. 2:5-8

 

How do we deal with the undertow?

 

Avoid isolation.

Act immediately.

Apply integrity.

Psa.101:2-4