back to index2015-07-09 Study of 1 Corinthians Week 12
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And I pray, Lord, that in seeing these things, 00:00:11.160 |
we would not simply become dull or judgmental, even, 00:00:17.100 |
these are all things we need to be convicted of, 00:00:19.020 |
these are all things that we are susceptible to, 00:00:26.660 |
I pray, Lord, that in every time we read your word, 00:00:30.100 |
we would have a desire to apply into our lives. 00:00:37.340 |
All right, well, taking a look at our Bible passage 00:00:42.220 |
for today, 1 Corinthians chapter six, verses one through 11. 00:00:49.380 |
Does anyone of you, when he has a case against his neighbor, 00:00:59.380 |
Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? 00:01:03.860 |
are you not competent to constitute the smallest law courts? 00:01:13.960 |
So if you have law courts dealing with matters of this life, 00:01:27.500 |
all right, is it so that there is not among you 00:01:38.740 |
Actually then, it is already a defeat for you 00:01:46.880 |
On the contrary, you yourselves wrong and defraud, 00:01:59.340 |
Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, 00:02:02.900 |
nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, 00:02:05.660 |
nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, 00:02:08.300 |
nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 00:02:14.260 |
but you were sanctified, but you were justified 00:02:27.620 |
Remember I said that when you look at your Bibles, 00:02:33.580 |
of the writer was by looking at the verse numbers. 00:02:37.260 |
And if it's bold, you're seeing a kind of paragraph indent, 00:02:42.100 |
And so let's tackle the first paragraph together. 00:02:51.500 |
Identify what the Corinthians were doing wrong. 00:03:05.260 |
in the Corinthians church, they were suing each other 00:03:11.700 |
and having the court of law decide between them 00:03:24.340 |
What observations do you make of how Apostle Paul feels 00:03:38.520 |
Again, I know sometimes I ask obvious questions 00:04:01.900 |
How does he personally, do you think he feel about this? 00:04:13.420 |
This is kind of like funny because, you know, 00:04:23.100 |
people would use this term like, how dare you? 00:04:25.660 |
You know, they do something, you're like, how dare you? 00:04:28.420 |
You know, and I find that to be something of an indicator 00:04:42.580 |
Apostle Paul doesn't see this as a small problem, does he? 00:04:46.780 |
Rather, that kind of behavior is so far, far beyond 00:04:57.040 |
something really interesting about that term. 00:04:59.340 |
It's because he asks in this way about, you know, 00:05:07.060 |
before the unrighteous and not before the saints. 00:05:14.180 |
because it's used in many contexts as bold faced 00:05:22.820 |
So the way he's talking about it is he's almost like, 00:05:25.980 |
oh my goodness, you know, not only are you doing it, 00:05:38.580 |
Like that's the kind of tone I see with Apostle Paul. 00:05:46.620 |
Because you read the passage and the way he comes off 00:05:56.540 |
And then he asks in verse three, don't you know? 00:06:01.380 |
When you hear his tone then, as we're reading it, 00:06:09.140 |
about this particular sin and error in the church 00:06:12.380 |
of Christians taking each other to the courts, right? 00:06:16.460 |
I just wanna highlight the fact that there has been already 00:06:20.180 |
multiple things happening in the church, right? 00:06:23.940 |
Everything from pride, everything from selfishness 00:06:34.860 |
So we see Apostle Paul trying to express to them 00:06:41.060 |
this isn't something that you should be taking lightly. 00:06:46.080 |
But in so doing, my next question to you was, 00:07:01.540 |
Okay, that they're going to be judges themselves, right? 00:07:29.840 |
We take a moment now to think about this a little bit. 00:07:35.420 |
that for those who are in Christ, we are heirs with Christ. 00:07:40.940 |
That is a repeated theme in the Bible, right? 00:07:52.760 |
To tell you honestly, I don't know the details 00:07:55.340 |
of specifically what's that going to look like. 00:08:04.420 |
Who are we going to reign over in this passage, 00:08:28.420 |
So combination of that, it's just kinda like, 00:08:31.660 |
I don't know the details of what it's going to mean 00:08:33.840 |
for us as individuals, as redeemed in Christ, 00:08:36.860 |
to share in his authority and reign with Christ. 00:08:41.460 |
the dominion of which we are going to reign is expansive. 00:08:45.220 |
Not only is it going to be the world to come, 00:08:56.460 |
And I think that's something really interesting 00:08:59.100 |
to think about, because there's a sense in which 00:09:15.280 |
to have a perspective like, we are lowly sinners. 00:09:24.020 |
we're in the world, we're finite, all this kinda stuff. 00:09:30.840 |
But I don't think it's a humble thing to remain there. 00:09:37.220 |
with a forward, like future reality perspective. 00:09:41.820 |
And that's what I mean by how is Apostle Paul 00:09:54.720 |
From here, you move forward to positions of authority. 00:09:57.940 |
From here, you move forward to God's servants 00:10:03.200 |
in his kingdom, overseeing, exercising dominion 00:10:18.220 |
by which Apostle Paul now reasons with the church 00:10:20.820 |
in saying, so what in the world are you doing 00:10:29.820 |
He's saying, you are people that God has now begun 00:10:34.660 |
to sanctify to the point in which he's gonna glorify 00:10:38.780 |
And here you are now, deferring judgment to pagans. 00:11:06.040 |
Wow, sorry for the, again, another grammatical 00:11:11.740 |
What negative, oh, actually, that makes sense. 00:11:19.540 |
So what negative things result from Christians 00:12:04.540 |
Shame has the idea of evaluation from the community, okay? 00:12:14.140 |
who will be able to decide between his brethren? 00:12:21.500 |
There's that other aspect, before unbelievers? 00:12:39.180 |
he is talking about when two people who are believers 00:12:46.520 |
what are they showing the unbelievers about them? 00:12:58.960 |
I'm willing to see my brethren have their lives ruined. 00:13:04.880 |
Financially, I'm willing to rip whatever is in their hand 00:13:10.440 |
They're willing to air their arrogance and carnality 00:13:23.220 |
It's like what you show is that in your community, 00:13:25.900 |
guess what, there's not one single wise person. 00:13:28.460 |
I wanna share with you an interesting historical fact. 00:13:41.600 |
there was a governing system amongst the Jews. 00:13:44.040 |
And so if you recall the scenario with Jesus Christ, 00:13:59.120 |
Not only that, but historically, the Jewish community, 00:14:04.000 |
to take their court issues to the secular courts. 00:14:07.560 |
Because that would be giving authority to who? 00:14:18.480 |
Now the thing about it is, what's really interesting is, 00:14:20.800 |
the Roman government, the empire of the Roman nation, 00:14:26.500 |
but they allowed the Jews to maintain that authority. 00:14:38.520 |
They can consider them all these kind of stuff. 00:14:41.440 |
and that is why with Christ, they judged him first 00:14:43.680 |
on their hearing and then took him to Pilate to execute. 00:14:50.160 |
Now, I bring that up because then in the eyes of the Romans, 00:15:05.360 |
How do you think the pagans would see that culture? 00:15:21.600 |
The Romans at the time looked at the Christians 00:15:30.040 |
and they allowed them to operate in their own little circles 00:16:00.200 |
when a Christian takes another Christian to court? 00:16:03.560 |
- They're not following Jesus' first instruction 00:16:16.560 |
going to your brother and bringing him to the church. 00:16:25.040 |
you're not doing the process that Jesus Christ taught 00:16:33.600 |
you guys should have brought the two brothers together, 00:16:38.720 |
If that didn't work, you should have brought the church. 00:16:41.880 |
So, right as number two, you undermine the church. 00:16:52.740 |
look at verse four and what it says in verse four. 00:16:58.240 |
so if you have law courts dealing with matters of this life, 00:17:10.880 |
Basically, these secular judges, they have no account. 00:17:19.920 |
How are you all of a sudden giving them the authority 00:17:26.320 |
And so, what you do is you disrespect the church. 00:17:45.320 |
to the secular courts, you actually, in so doing, 00:17:54.720 |
the process and authority by which God gave to the church. 00:18:05.960 |
- You end up being judged by ungodly standards. 00:18:10.560 |
You end up being judged by ungodly standards, good. 00:18:14.000 |
I'm gonna have us think about that a little bit. 00:18:21.160 |
you're supposed to be judged by godly standards, 00:18:42.320 |
is you, in so doing, you are putting on case, 00:18:47.320 |
like, if God has called us to love, to forgive, 00:18:58.080 |
now you're functioning off of their standards, 00:19:09.240 |
Do we operate under God's standards or their standards? 00:19:21.720 |
I'm gonna operate under the definitions of the world, 00:19:36.120 |
Either it was erroneous because it could never be met, 00:19:39.440 |
or it was insufficient to cause us to solve this problem. 00:19:45.520 |
If you choose to function under worldly definitions, 00:19:48.720 |
there is something you indirectly say about God's standard. 00:19:51.680 |
For a people who claim to have the resources of God, 00:19:55.120 |
for people who claim to have the truth of God, 00:20:07.800 |
they were not reachable, they were not sufficient to help us. 00:20:11.320 |
And now I wanna put myself under pagan standards. 00:20:17.120 |
okay, I wanna judge between you guys, what did you do? 00:20:21.680 |
and then, you know what's really interesting is, 00:20:23.960 |
back then, it wasn't so far different from today. 00:20:37.080 |
All you guys writing it off like, I'm, you know, 00:20:42.320 |
You know, but you have these third party individuals 00:20:46.840 |
come in, and in their almost, like, you know, 00:20:50.980 |
in their way of thinking, they're gonna start deciding, 00:20:52.860 |
okay, is this man right or is that man wrong? 00:20:59.060 |
So Apostle Paul, he's pointing this stuff out, 00:21:01.740 |
you know, when he starts saying like, let's see, 00:21:10.580 |
or do you not know the saints will judge the world? 00:21:12.820 |
If the world is judged by you, are you not, what, 00:21:15.580 |
competent to constitute the smallest law courts? 00:21:24.760 |
What he's pointing to is, if you are going to have 00:21:27.520 |
the resources to judge that grand scale future kingdom, 00:21:45.420 |
And to tell you truthfully, I think, you know, 00:21:49.660 |
more Christians should have a level of confidence 00:21:58.340 |
well, you know, I could be wrong, I don't know. 00:22:00.700 |
I actually think it's a more humble thing to say, 00:22:04.500 |
I've read the scriptures, and in as much as I have right 00:22:07.740 |
what the scripture says, this is right, this is wrong. 00:22:23.100 |
eh, I know, yeah, well, this side has this side 00:22:26.780 |
they all have their good points, and who's to say? 00:22:35.180 |
according to God's truth and through his spirit. 00:22:38.140 |
And I think more Christians need to have that strength 00:22:41.040 |
and foundation from evaluating the scriptures, okay? 00:22:47.980 |
by application of just these first six verses, 00:23:16.660 |
- Okay, studying so that you can be approved, 00:23:27.260 |
To apply this verse, these verses, you need that. 00:23:30.620 |
We need to all study well and divide the word of God 00:24:07.940 |
But just think about it more than just that, okay? 00:24:17.060 |
- He mentions it's better for you to be wrong 00:24:29.360 |
So he's talking, we're gonna start talking about 00:24:34.720 |
the applications that he gives in the next verses. 00:24:37.600 |
And so let's take a look at the next verses here. 00:24:42.380 |
Actually then, it is already a defeat for you 00:24:53.920 |
On the contrary, you yourself wrong and defraud. 00:24:59.920 |
Let's begin with verse seven and take a look at it 00:25:10.360 |
saying, you know, look what you're doing to the church, 00:25:14.680 |
look what you're doing against the standards of God 00:25:20.440 |
But he says, well, actually, you already lose, okay? 00:25:25.440 |
When you got there, before your case was even decided, 00:26:18.940 |
because we're talking about legal cases, right? 00:26:22.560 |
And he uses this term like you're already defeated 00:26:25.920 |
in the context of them taking each other to court 00:26:31.280 |
They are, what do you say, defaming God, right? 00:26:42.720 |
So in what way are they already losing, right? 00:27:02.360 |
these are all contributing to the broader scope 00:27:10.760 |
it's not just obviously that they're taking people to court. 00:27:13.920 |
There is a failure of how they're perceiving their lives, 00:27:29.440 |
he starts talking more specifically and says, 00:27:47.560 |
You guys are talking about they lose in the sight of God. 00:27:55.720 |
They lose in terms of succeeding to which God has purposed. 00:28:04.900 |
But what I find really interesting is he says, 00:28:31.720 |
you lose because you are losing your character. 00:28:35.720 |
And I want you to notice that starting from verse seven 00:28:40.120 |
he starts talking about personal character quite a bit. 00:28:45.000 |
what traits you have, what habits you have and whatnot. 00:28:56.920 |
And in these lawsuits, this is what you have, okay? 00:29:00.640 |
First and foremost, I mentioned to you this idea 00:29:05.120 |
the Christians had a right to judge for themselves, 00:29:37.440 |
Now, here's the interesting thing though, okay? 00:29:51.720 |
It leads me to believe that they're doing more 00:29:56.960 |
Notice how he starts talking about defrauding a brother. 00:30:10.800 |
So I bet you, part of the reason why an individual 00:30:13.880 |
couldn't just take this to a Christian court, 00:30:17.680 |
is because whatever they're doing was probably unethical. 00:30:22.220 |
For example, for example, if in the US right now, 00:30:28.520 |
you were wronged or you experienced some kind of injustice, 00:30:31.740 |
you could sue, and typically you sue for a lot more 00:30:40.760 |
like, "No, I just wanna get what's due to me," 00:30:43.980 |
that's already established, but if you want more, 00:30:58.720 |
a fleshly desire, to win more than what was due, okay? 00:31:03.040 |
They were trying to take advantage of each other. 00:31:17.440 |
just the fact that you are here in the pagan court, 00:31:21.180 |
you already lose, not because you lose the court case, 00:31:26.180 |
but because you lose your dignity, you lose your character. 00:31:31.600 |
It's just like, I think I used this analogy before, 00:31:36.720 |
but I actually wrestled in high school in my ninth grade, 00:31:58.920 |
So thankfully, I didn't have to wrestle a girl, 00:32:03.920 |
Well, one of our buddies, he had to wrestle a girl. 00:32:16.000 |
Shooting is you just go for the heels of both legs, 00:32:18.880 |
and you put your noggin right in the person's stomach, 00:32:41.160 |
"Er," like he won, nobody was gonna be like, "Good job." 00:32:45.100 |
Why, because he completely lost the respect of all the guys, 00:32:53.080 |
In the same way, there are things you can win, 00:33:05.880 |
You just don't do it because you win the match, 00:33:12.880 |
not on the side of the other team, like nobody, okay? 00:33:19.240 |
"I think you guys have the absolute wrong definition 00:33:36.860 |
As a matter of fact, actually, you lost, okay? 00:33:40.860 |
That's the point that Apostle Paul is making. 00:33:43.640 |
And for us, there's a point of conviction there, 00:33:48.480 |
sometimes I have that kind of heart sometimes. 00:33:53.480 |
I don't know if you guys have ever experienced 00:34:01.640 |
"Just actually here and take some more," or whatever. 00:34:04.720 |
And then for some odd reason, somebody does something, 00:34:10.520 |
And it comes out of you, and you just realize, 00:34:19.480 |
No, you're just not gonna get the best of me. 00:34:24.400 |
Sometimes we just, maybe it's because we're competitive, 00:34:27.440 |
and we don't want people to get away with wrong. 00:34:32.520 |
"I'm not a pushover, and you can't do this to me." 00:34:37.000 |
And so you retaliate, or you just kind of avenge yourself. 00:34:44.120 |
of which Apostle Paul is getting at, isn't it? 00:34:57.620 |
And I ask this question, what is the principle 00:35:15.300 |
after we look at some of these cross-references, 00:35:21.120 |
I just thought it would be spiritually really good for us 00:35:23.640 |
to remind ourselves of some of these principles. 00:36:07.680 |
You lose a goat, you're gonna have to give a goat, 00:36:24.180 |
"If anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, 00:36:38.140 |
"you shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy, 00:36:43.220 |
"so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. 00:36:47.260 |
"For he causes his son to rise on the evil and the good 00:36:50.000 |
"and sends his reign on the righteous and the unrighteous. 00:37:09.320 |
There's so much to be said just from that short excerpt 00:37:13.960 |
I don't believe this idea of if someone slaps you, 00:37:16.560 |
turn to the other one applies in every single circumstance. 00:37:33.000 |
this is supposed to be something unique about you 00:37:40.940 |
to be able to love beyond what's expected, right? 00:37:57.440 |
Another passage, 1 Peter 3, verse eight through nine. 00:38:01.160 |
He says, "To sum up, all of you be harmonious, 00:38:04.160 |
"sympathetic, brotherly, kindhearted, and humble in spirit, 00:38:07.800 |
"not returning evil for evil or insult for insult, 00:38:39.720 |
And this is what, again, the word of God says. 00:38:42.460 |
He says, "Never pay back evil for evil to anyone. 00:38:48.020 |
"Respect what is right in the sight of all men. 00:38:58.800 |
"but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, 00:39:01.740 |
"'Vengeance is mine, I will repay,' says the Lord. 00:39:09.440 |
"for in so doing you will heap burning coals on his head. 00:39:12.480 |
"Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good." 00:39:17.100 |
I think there was a sense in which a lot of this 00:39:24.440 |
It's like, "Dude, let me borrow this, you know? 00:39:28.160 |
Two months later, "Sorry, I can't pay you back. 00:39:30.720 |
"But you're a Christian, so let it go, right?" 00:39:40.920 |
And you can imagine, in a church, we can have fights, 00:39:50.260 |
Well, one of the questions I wanna ask you first 00:40:04.040 |
When Apostle Paul says, "Why not rather be wrong? 00:40:10.200 |
what's a good way to summarize this principle 00:40:23.200 |
in a brief, concise, your own words kind of way? 00:40:50.420 |
that Apostle Paul is wanting the church to live by 00:40:55.020 |
when he asks the question, "Why not rather be wrong? 00:41:18.140 |
- Showing grace as you've been showing grace yourself. 00:41:39.960 |
So now, let's talk about practically applying this, okay? 00:41:44.960 |
How would you make some practical applications 00:42:10.360 |
underneath that stuff, but we don't have to go 00:42:12.720 |
just according to what I wrote as applications I drew. 00:42:15.960 |
I want you guys to think about how do we apply this? 00:42:28.000 |
Even if I'm mad, I'll never take someone to court. 00:42:31.160 |
But we just realize he's digging deeper than just that. 00:42:36.400 |
You know, he's talking about certain attitudes. 00:42:50.760 |
- Think highly of the church and seek out wisdom. 00:42:55.840 |
Think highly of the church and seek out wisdom, you know? 00:42:59.180 |
There's been a lot of times for me personally 00:43:06.440 |
They've already tried to reconcile their own way. 00:43:17.120 |
I'm like, oh, I wish you would've talked to me 00:43:28.520 |
for many, many years, and they have wisdom to share. 00:43:32.600 |
And we as members of the church need to seek counsel 00:43:58.420 |
- It's better to be faithfully than selfishly. 00:44:03.360 |
It's better to lose gracefully than win selfishly, okay? 00:44:07.000 |
It's better to lose gracefully than win selfishly. 00:44:14.080 |
Sometimes, as a man, I make my decisions on like, 00:44:23.680 |
But sometimes, you have to consider this fact, 00:44:26.840 |
like, you know, in this decision that I'm making, 00:44:29.760 |
my goal is not just to win, or my goal just isn't 00:44:38.200 |
So if it's gonna look like I'm just being selfish, 00:45:02.760 |
because like, you know, there's a great Christ, 00:45:06.560 |
and yet, you're supposed to hold your life accountable 00:45:16.360 |
There is a balance of holding each other accountable 00:45:21.920 |
where if someone brought an issue to the church, 00:45:25.120 |
then they're going to exercise wisdom and justice 00:45:30.080 |
But between the two parties, there's always room 00:45:33.240 |
and actually need for grace and mercy, right? 00:45:40.100 |
Because in order to practice what he's saying, 00:45:44.060 |
you do have to be able to, and so point two for me, 00:45:47.640 |
you know how it says, as a Christian, we can, 00:45:51.340 |
For me, as a practical application, for me, I wrote, 00:45:57.560 |
For Jesus Christ, our Savior, he was able to absorb what? 00:46:08.600 |
And one of the things that we do then, uniquely as Christians 00:46:17.520 |
I want you to go in your Bibles to Matthew 18 00:46:22.160 |
and I want you to realize that there is an element of cost 00:46:39.160 |
And this is what Jesus says as he's teaching Peter. 00:46:47.920 |
"Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me 00:46:57.280 |
"up to seven times, but up to 70 times seven." 00:47:01.560 |
And as you guys have probably heard in many sermons 00:47:08.440 |
but it's an idiomatic phrase saying completely. 00:47:14.400 |
As long as he is repenting and coming to you, 00:47:19.160 |
He says, "For this reason the kingdom of heaven 00:47:21.240 |
"may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts 00:47:25.680 |
"one who owed him 10,000 talents was brought to him. 00:47:28.360 |
"But since he did not have the means to repay, 00:47:32.060 |
"along with his wife and children and all that he had 00:47:40.300 |
"Have patience with me, I will repay you everything. 00:47:49.580 |
"But that slave went out and found one of his fellow slaves 00:48:03.700 |
"Have patience with me that I will repay you. 00:48:06.220 |
"But he was unwilling and went and threw him in prison 00:48:11.740 |
"So when his fellow slave saw what had happened, 00:48:15.880 |
"they were deeply grieved and came to report to the lord 00:48:21.800 |
"You wicked slave, I forgave you all the debt 00:48:26.840 |
"Should you not also have had mercy on your fellow slave 00:48:35.080 |
"removed his, say, and his lord removed with anger, 00:48:37.680 |
"sorry, moved with anger, handed him over to the torturers 00:48:42.520 |
"My heavenly father will also do the same to you. 00:49:12.280 |
to forgive somebody still without bearing cost. 00:49:16.000 |
I might forgive you because I might have felt offended 00:49:18.680 |
and I'm not gonna be offended at you anymore. 00:49:23.880 |
But there's a sense in which we kinda lose this idea 00:49:32.400 |
and in order for the slave to forgive his friend, 00:49:48.120 |
I am willing to bear the injustice of my brother, 00:50:05.320 |
to do me a favor because I'm doing you a favor. 00:50:10.640 |
mercy, and willingness God is expecting of us? 00:50:45.740 |
- Let me see if I understand your question correctly. 00:50:55.640 |
and then you take precautions to protect yourself 00:51:33.040 |
What I'm saying is, if I said, sure, I forgive you, 00:51:40.480 |
I think there is a disconnect between my forgiveness of him 00:51:50.720 |
I'm like, hey guys, I need somebody to watch my kid, 00:52:15.500 |
but to tell you truthfully, I knew I couldn't pay you back. 00:52:20.080 |
but there was no way I was gonna pay you back. 00:52:27.440 |
and he says, ooh, can I borrow a thousand bucks? 00:52:32.520 |
And he says, oh, you know, you just gotta trust me. 00:52:40.320 |
That's not going against my forgiveness of the individual. 00:52:49.360 |
the Book of Proverbs actually has a lot to say about that. 00:52:52.200 |
Both on the level of, when you're lending to people 00:52:56.560 |
or when you're entrusting to people, guard yourself. 00:53:05.680 |
Lend with an idea of, I'm gonna give this to this person. 00:53:09.420 |
And in that way, you're guarding your own heart, 00:53:12.440 |
And the Book of Proverbs actually teaches you a lot about, 00:53:20.680 |
as a guarantor of your loan, all that kind of stuff. 00:53:25.420 |
But, nonetheless, that protection of yourself 00:53:29.340 |
has nothing to do with, in my relationship with you, 00:53:35.680 |
I'm not gonna hold it against you in the future. 00:53:45.600 |
so that none of this kind of stuff happens again. 00:53:48.000 |
I'm not sure if, am I answering your question? 00:53:53.800 |
'Cause your facial expression kinda looks like, 00:54:15.920 |
any other applications that you see from this thing? 00:54:19.360 |
I mean, let me just give out some more, I mean, like, 00:54:36.680 |
I think about the litigation and you realize, like, 00:54:44.280 |
and it escalated from, like, you know, I don't know, 00:54:48.120 |
some guy did something and he turned into, oh my gosh, 00:55:01.680 |
well, anyway, you start judging the guy's character, 00:55:06.360 |
and the next thing you know, you start judging his character, 00:55:07.800 |
he doesn't care, like, he's so slob, he's lazy, 00:55:10.480 |
he's irresponsible, it's like, he just forgot, you know, 00:55:17.080 |
like, I've had occasions when you're just fighting 00:55:19.600 |
or you're just disagreeing and all of a sudden 00:55:21.920 |
you're disagreeing and it escalates to the next thing 00:55:25.920 |
and then you say something, it's like, oh my gosh, 00:55:27.400 |
you can't say this and the next thing you know, 00:55:32.800 |
And I think about getting to the point of lawsuit, 00:55:53.640 |
he, I think there's an escalation that you can see 00:55:56.920 |
just from the nature of looking at verse eight 00:56:04.200 |
on the contrary, you yourself is wrong in the fraud, 00:56:08.800 |
where you yourself, all of a sudden, are doing the wrong. 00:56:17.600 |
but for us, more typically, it's verbally, okay? 00:56:21.160 |
Someone hurts you, and what sometimes we're tempted to do 00:56:33.280 |
There's been times when, you know, I get into an argument, 00:56:36.040 |
and, you know, in the beginning, everyone's cordial, 00:56:54.680 |
and then, with words, you end up fighting, okay? 00:56:58.520 |
So my point is, we have to resist the temptation 00:57:09.980 |
He says, "Or do you not know that the unrighteous 00:57:25.880 |
"For fornification in this day and age is so rampant, 00:57:29.780 |
"we even call it now people being just romantic, 00:57:38.920 |
"It happens a lot, I know that it's difficult 00:57:44.860 |
"Idolaters, people who idolize various things 00:57:56.560 |
"Adulterers, effeminate, homosexuals, thieves, 00:58:09.820 |
what is Paul's purpose in listing these categories 00:58:16.780 |
What do you think is his purpose in his reasoning 00:58:21.940 |
Why he would sit and list this list of categories 00:58:47.160 |
I think there's a reason why he's sitting there 00:58:49.460 |
and then all of a sudden he just paints this big brush 00:58:51.620 |
and says, "This is like the types of sin that exists." 00:58:58.540 |
who won't enter the kingdom of God, you know this. 00:59:11.140 |
The emphasis of this whole segment comes in verse 11 00:59:16.140 |
because there exists a profound and emphatic contrast. 00:59:21.220 |
Notice how verse 11 reads, "But you were washed, 00:59:24.860 |
"but you were sanctified, but you were justified." 00:59:28.300 |
Those little contrasting words, connecting words, but. 00:59:32.900 |
In the Greek, there's actually multiple ways of saying that. 00:59:36.040 |
There's actually about six different ways to contrast. 00:59:39.080 |
This word happens to be the strongest contrasting word. 00:59:44.540 |
You guys know, you guys have probably heard in the Greek, 00:59:50.500 |
On the contrary, but it's like no, indeed no. 01:00:13.020 |
"He washed you, he sanctified you, he justified you." 01:00:18.060 |
I think this is a great way to encourage the church 01:00:25.280 |
"I'm gonna have my revenge, and I'm gonna set it right." 01:00:28.380 |
The challenge is to practice godly character. 01:00:36.860 |
You need to be willing to keep the peace in the church. 01:00:42.700 |
Apostle Paul has used the basic foundation of the gospel 01:01:13.380 |
but you're saying the NIV does not have the word effeminate, 01:01:31.340 |
and then you're gonna give us your finding after. 01:01:59.800 |
does this apply to Christian to Christian only, 01:02:04.740 |
or does it also apply broadly to Christian to non-Christian? 01:02:30.260 |
And so the church can come in and reason with both, 01:02:33.340 |
through the Spirit and through the Word, right? 01:02:41.100 |
So actually, now it behooves the Christian individual 01:02:59.700 |
Meaning, if a non-Christian does injustice to you, 01:03:02.620 |
they think you should actually cause that individual 01:03:05.740 |
to see in you a commitment to justice, to righteousness, 01:03:14.380 |
You're not upholding even what we believe in our, 01:03:17.300 |
like, you know, community and culture, to be righteous, 01:03:22.340 |
And so they can have a platform for the gospel. 01:03:37.940 |
I think it behooves the Christian individual to decide, 01:03:41.540 |
what do I do here to glorify the name of the Lord? 01:03:48.020 |
like, the context, how the other individual is responding, 01:03:52.100 |
and what is gonna be the best platform to share the gospel. 01:03:58.780 |
there is a difference between how Christian Christian 01:04:43.340 |
anything where, you know how there's a lot of, 01:04:54.060 |
or you can call them drag queens, or whatever you may be, 01:04:56.980 |
you know, dressing and behaving like another gender 01:05:02.500 |
that would be under the category of effeminate. 01:05:11.140 |
I hope you guys have a good time of discussion. 01:05:13.460 |
Part of it, I wanted you guys to have an opportunity 01:05:17.860 |
to just share personal stories, moments in which, 01:05:31.660 |
Heavenly Father, we thank you for your grace. 01:05:34.220 |
God, as we think about this topic of Christians, 01:05:43.580 |
and I pray, Lord, that we will be convicted, Lord. 01:05:52.860 |
who sacrificed, who absorbed such great pain, 01:06:00.220 |
how can we who call upon the name of the Lord 01:06:02.460 |
do that to those who also call upon the name of the Lord? 01:06:06.460 |
I pray, Father God, that if there is any hint 01:06:08.620 |
of this, I guess, angry sin, this bitter sin in us, 01:06:15.380 |
of thorough sanctification, that we would confess it, 01:06:18.020 |
we would repent of it, and desire to truly adopt 01:06:24.300 |
a heart of desire to do that which is best in your eyes. 01:06:35.620 |
but I pray, Father God, that we would always seek 01:06:37.660 |
to please you, and God, that we would always function 01:06:49.420 |
God, that our lives would be truly in line with your will,