Fusion: week of 6/15

FAMILY THEME: SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE

ONE BAD APPLE

I Corinthians 5

Paul called on the believers in Corinth to exercise church

discipline on members who were living in sin.

1.  We Discipline with Hope for Transformation

     (1 Corinthians 5:1-5)

     The Corinthian believers tolerated an evil that should

     have filled them with shame.

 
2.  We Discipline to Protect the Church from Corruption

     (1 Corinthians 5:6-8) 

     Unrepentant sin can affect and infect an entire church.

 
3.  We Discipline Inside, not Outside, the Church

     (1 Corinthians 5:9-13)

     Paul said not to eat with a man who claims Christ but

     does not repent of sin.