1 Corinthians 5:1-2, Dealing With Sin

1 Corinthians 5:1-2 It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife. And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.

The church that does not deal with sin but allow sin to fester taints and compromises the testimony of Christ in His body. The church consists of God’s people called out from the world unto holiness with God. When the church allows the world and its filth into the church, it loses its divine power. The purpose of dealing with the sin is help the errant believer come back to God. It is restorative.

Zodhiates warns, “Telling the truth is the Christian’s duty, but it becomes a sin when the motive is wrong. If it is not spoken in love, truth is not an implement for corrective surgery, but the weapon for killing the patient.”

The church in their refusal to deal with this errant believer suggest a general condition of spiritual sickness. Such a one ought to have been admonished and disciplined. The Apostle Paul has to write to awaken them out of their spiritual pride and that evil might be kept out of the church.

May God be merciful to preserve His church. Amen.