1 Corinthians 5. Isaiah 55:9 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher...

LOVE AND DISCIPLINE1 Corinthians 5

“THE WISDOM OF GOD AND MAN”

Isaiah 55:9 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways And My thoughts than your thoughts.”

THE WISDOM OF MAN…

God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

1 Jn.4:16

THE WISDOM OF GOD…

HUMAN WISDOM GOD’S WISDOM

Self-Centered: You make ME feel

good. Conditional:

As long as you make ME feel good, I’ll stay with you...

Others-Centered

Unconditional


1 Jn.4:16

What is Love?

THE WISDOM OF GOD…

HUMAN WISDOM GOD’S WISDOM

Self-Centered: You make ME feel

good. Conditional:

As long as you make ME feel good, I’ll stay with you...

Others-Centered A commitment to

give.

Unconditional A commitment to

give.


1 Jn.4:16

What is Love?

We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

1 John 3:16

But whoever has the world's goods, and sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him?

1 John 3:17

CORINTHIAN LOVE

Inward-Focused, Self-Centered Fighting, Immature… Self-Indulgent Lost Direction and Purpose… Stimulation: Sex, Drugs and Rock ‘n

Roll

1Cor.3:3 for you are still fleshly. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking like mere men?

1Cor.1:12 each one of you is saying, "I am of Paul," and "I of Apollos," and "I of Cephas," and "I of Christ"

1 Cor. 4:7,8 What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it? You are already filled, you have already become rich, you have become kings!

CHAPTER 5: LOVE AND DISCIPLINE

v1 I can hardly believe the report about the sexual immorality going on among you, something so evil that even the pagans don't do it...

…I am told that you have a man in your church who is living in sin with his father's wife

v2 And you are so proud of yourselves! Why aren't you mourning in sorrow and shame?

And why haven't you removed this man from your fellowship?

Give him therapy!

Give him love!

Love and DisciplineDiscipline is a Vital Part of Love

Human Wisdom: love is a feeling.God’s Wisdom: love is a commitment to your

needs. Not sappy “feel-good”, gooey gunk…! Rather: strong, firm, life-changing…

Also known as Discipleship

Love and DisciplineDiscipline is a Vital Part of LovePeople Are Messed Up!

God’s Word provides direction…

Even though I am not there with you in person, I am with you in the Spirit. Concerning the one who has done this, I have already passed judgment. - 1 Cor.5:3

Love and DisciplineDiscipline is a Vital Part of LovePeople Are Messed Up!

God’s Word provides direction… Modern view: “everyone is right…”

WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?

“THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS RIGHT …”

“EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US

A DEVIL INSIDE…”

Love and DisciplineDiscipline is a Vital Part of LovePeople Are Messed Up!Tools of Discipleship

And we urge you, brethren, admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with all men…

- 1Th 5:14

Love and DisciplineDiscipline is a Vital Part of LovePeople Are Messed Up!Tools of Discipleship

And why haven't you removed this man from your fellowship?

- 1Cor.5:2

Excommunication:An Ultimatum

Love and DisciplineDiscipline is a Vital Part of LovePeople Are Messed Up!Tools of DiscipleshipRestoring through Excommunication

in the name of the Lord Jesus. You are to call a meeting of the church, and I will be there in spirit, and the power of the Lord Jesus will be with you as you meet. Then you must cast this man out of the church and into Satan's hands, so that his sinful nature will be destroyed and he himself will be saved when the Lord returns. 1 Cor.5:4

“THE WORLDIS A

GHETTO”Not RetributionRestoration

!

Love and DisciplineDiscipline is a Vital Part of LovePeople Are Messed Up!Tools of DiscipleshipRestoring through ExcommunicationNecessary to Build a Community of

Love Not a Country Club! Not “Entertainment Tonight” Rather: Discipleship through Love Sincerity and Truth

Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump of dough?

1 Cor.5:6

Let us therefore celebrate the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth 1Cor.5:8


LoveBut NOT an ISOLATED Community!I wrote you in my letter not to associate with immoral people; I did not at all mean with the immoral people of this world, or with the covetous and swindlers, or with idolaters; for then you would have to go out of the world.

1 Cor.5:9-10


LoveBut NOT an ISOLATED Community!Love Hurts!

Comfort can prolong suffering! So hard to do this!

But actually, I wrote to you not to associate with any so-called brother if he should be an immoral person, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or a swindler—not even to eat with such a one.

1 Cor.5:9-10

Matt.18:15-17 "If another believer sins against you, go privately and point out the fault. If the other person listens and confesses it, you have won that person back.But if you are unsuccessful, take one or two others with you and go back again, so that everything you say may be confirmed by two or three witnesses. If that person still refuses to listen, take your case to the church. If the church decides you are right, but the other person won't accept it, treat that person as a pagan or a corrupt tax collector


LoveBut NOT an ISOLATED Community!Love Hurts!It Means Changed Lives! (See 2

Cor. 2:5-8) The World System: “I don’t wanna deal with

you!”

THE WISDOM OF MAN…


1 Jn.4:16

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