Today we are reading 1 Corinthians 5. In this chapter we read about sexual immorality in the church. “It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not tolerated even among pagans, for a man has his father’s wife. And you are arrogant! Ought you not rather to mourn? Let him who has done this be removed from among you. For though absent in body, I am present in spirit; and as if present, I have already pronounced judgment on the one who did such a thing. When you are assembled in the name of the Lord Jesus and my spirit is present, with the power of our Lord Jesus, you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord. Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.” 1 Corinthians 5:1-7 ESV Sexual immorality is not to be tolerated in the Christian church. Our society is rampant with immoral practices. While we cannot control what happens outside the church, God makes it clear that the church is a place where sexual purity must be taught and encouraged. How are you teaching your children and grandchildren to be sexually pure? May God bless you to be a role model and advocate of sexual purity. Pastor Tim
