1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,700 This evening, I'd like to invite your attention to the book of 2 00:00:03,708 --> 00:00:07,000 1st Corinthians. The fifth chapter, and we want 3 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:09,900 to read a few verses there. And then we'll read two verses 4 00:00:09,900 --> 00:00:14,300 in the book of Titus. First Corinthians chapter 5 and 5 00:00:14,300 --> 00:00:17,900 beginning. In verse 1, the Apostle Paul 6 00:00:17,900 --> 00:00:21,600 said it is reported commonly that there is fornication among 7 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:26,900 you and such fornication as is not so much as named among the 8 00:00:26,900 --> 00:00:29,500 Gentiles. That one should have his 9 00:00:29,500 --> 00:00:32,500 father's. Father's wife and ye are puffed 10 00:00:32,500 --> 00:00:35,000 up and have not rather mourned that. 11 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:39,900 He hath done, this deed might be taken away from among you, for I 12 00:00:39,900 --> 00:00:44,700 verily as absent in body, but present, in spirit, have judged 13 00:00:44,700 --> 00:00:48,100 already as though, I were present concerning him. 14 00:00:48,100 --> 00:00:52,000 That have so done this deed, in the name of the Lord Jesus 15 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:55,500 Christ, when you are gathered together and my spirit with the 16 00:00:55,500 --> 00:00:59,800 power of our Lord, Jesus Christ to deliver such an one unto 17 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:03,500 Satan for the destruction of the flesh that the spirit may be 18 00:01:03,500 --> 00:01:06,100 saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. 19 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:09,800 And then in verse number 11, Paul says, but now I have 20 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:14,400 written unto you not to keep Company If any man that is 21 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:18,400 called a brother, be a fornicator or Covetous, or an 22 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:23,500 idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner with 23 00:01:23,500 --> 00:01:26,300 such an one. No, not to eat. 24 00:01:26,700 --> 00:01:30,400 Now, in the book of Titus, the third chapter will read Verses 25 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:35,400 10 and 11. A man that is in heretic after 26 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:40,400 the first and second admonition, reject knowing that he that is 27 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:45,900 such is subverted and sinneth being condemned of himself. 28 00:01:46,900 --> 00:01:51,100 This morning as a quick review, we talked about what do we do? 29 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:55,700 What does the child of God do? And what does the church do with 30 00:01:55,700 --> 00:02:00,200 reference to one that has sinned against another personally? 31 00:02:00,900 --> 00:02:04,000 We talked about what Jesus said, Jesus said, If thy brother 32 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:07,400 trespass in the King James version, it says trespassed. 33 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:10,500 And that word means sin. That if your brother sins 34 00:02:10,500 --> 00:02:12,500 against you, your to go to your brother. 35 00:02:12,500 --> 00:02:16,900 And between the two of you and only the two of you, you are To 36 00:02:16,900 --> 00:02:21,900 rebuke or reprove, your brother. And Jesus said that if he hears 37 00:02:21,900 --> 00:02:25,700 you you've gained your brother but if not the second step would 38 00:02:25,700 --> 00:02:30,300 be to take one or two others. And if he neglects to hear those 39 00:02:30,300 --> 00:02:33,000 folks, then it goes before the church. 40 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:37,300 And if he will not hear the church, Jesus said, let him be 41 00:02:37,300 --> 00:02:41,900 as a heathen man and a Publican. But tonight for a little while, 42 00:02:41,900 --> 00:02:46,200 we want to talk about, what does the church do when one is guilty 43 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:51,000 of Of the immoral acts that are described in 1st Corinthians 5. 44 00:02:51,300 --> 00:02:53,900 And what do we do with the heretic? 45 00:02:54,300 --> 00:02:58,300 And what is that a trend prevails among churches in the 46 00:02:58,300 --> 00:03:04,200 religious world today to have unrestricted Fellowship within 47 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:07,400 its members? If the members are immoral 48 00:03:07,700 --> 00:03:11,800 immoral, in business, social life, or in their physical 49 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:15,700 relationships, or if they're living ungodly and 50 00:03:15,700 --> 00:03:18,700 unrighteousness, An unrighteous in any fashion. 51 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:21,400 They are deemed worthy of acceptance. 52 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:25,900 If they are inclined to be religious, if we do not accept, 53 00:03:25,900 --> 00:03:30,200 such we are considered to be narrow bigoted prejudiced 54 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:32,900 Hypocrites. We are charged with being 55 00:03:32,900 --> 00:03:35,700 unwilling to prove encouragement, to the very 56 00:03:35,700 --> 00:03:39,600 persons who need it. The most in fact, unless we 57 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:43,400 receive them with open arms, we are considered to be less worthy 58 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:46,500 than they. This truly is a sad commentary. 59 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:50,100 I'm Terry on our society in general and on the modern 60 00:03:50,100 --> 00:03:55,500 religious attitude, specifically today, the church at Corinth had 61 00:03:55,500 --> 00:03:58,200 its trouble along this very same line. 62 00:03:58,700 --> 00:04:02,200 Not only, did they have a member who was guilty of practicing 63 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:06,800 fornication, but the rest of the members were proud of the fact 64 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:10,200 that they were so open-minded, that they could Embrace such 65 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:13,200 people, it was bad enough to have one. 66 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:17,000 That was a member of that congregation guilty of Things 67 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:20,000 that he was guilty of, but it's even worse. 68 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:22,800 As the great Apostle Paul would convey to them. 69 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:26,800 When the entire congregation, the entire group were not 70 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:31,800 willing to do anything about not disturbed about, or even they 71 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:35,800 were puffed up about their condition at the very beginning. 72 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:38,900 Part of First Corinthians, chapter 5 and verse 1. 73 00:04:39,300 --> 00:04:44,700 Paul says these words, he said it is reported commonly that 74 00:04:44,700 --> 00:04:50,000 there is fornication among You and such fornication as is not 75 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:53,200 so much as named among the Gentiles. 76 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:56,300 That one should have his father's wife. 77 00:04:56,700 --> 00:05:00,600 I understand that the word commonly here as defined by mr. 78 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:06,000 Robinson, and also Thayer, it is defined as everywhere or 79 00:05:06,100 --> 00:05:10,200 commonly, strong, defines it as altogether. 80 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:14,300 So in other words, this was an act that everyone knew about 81 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:16,400 this was not something that was going on. 82 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:20,000 Behind the scenes that was private and only one or two 83 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:22,800 folks knew about it. This was something that was 84 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:27,700 commonly known throughout the entire Convoy congregation the 85 00:05:27,700 --> 00:05:29,500 revised Standard Version. Renders. 86 00:05:29,500 --> 00:05:34,200 This verse like this, it is actually reported that there is 87 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:38,600 immorality among you and of the kind that is not found. 88 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:44,600 Even among pagans for a man is living with his father's wife. 89 00:05:45,100 --> 00:05:50,400 The word fornication in our text is defined as illicit relations 90 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:54,700 of a sexual nature according to Thayer, it is defined by strong 91 00:05:54,700 --> 00:05:59,000 as Harlot re which includes adultery and incest. 92 00:05:59,300 --> 00:06:03,300 Historically, speaking, we are told that acts of fornication 93 00:06:03,300 --> 00:06:06,100 were prevalent among the Corinthian Gentiles. 94 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:10,800 However, the specific act that this brother was guilty of was 95 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:13,900 something that was even considered among the Greeks and 96 00:06:13,900 --> 00:06:17,200 Romans. Those pagans as That was 97 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:20,400 infallible. There was no one that would be 98 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:25,500 guilty of such things even when they would support other forms 99 00:06:25,500 --> 00:06:31,300 of sexual immorality. Because this involved a man and 100 00:06:31,300 --> 00:06:35,400 his father's wife and that is considered to be incest. 101 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:40,000 Now, acts of incest have always been strongly forbidden, not 102 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:43,500 only by the Christian standards, but also by the law of Moses 103 00:06:43,500 --> 00:06:48,700 Moses said, in Leviticus chapter 18 and Verse 8, the nakedness of 104 00:06:48,700 --> 00:06:54,200 thy father's wife, shall bow, not uncover, it is thy father's 105 00:06:54,300 --> 00:06:57,300 nakedness. The same instruction is also 106 00:06:57,300 --> 00:07:01,500 repeated in the long ago in the book of Deuteronomy, the 22nd 107 00:07:01,500 --> 00:07:05,200 chapter and in verse 30. Where the Bible says, a man 108 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:09,800 shall not take his father's wife under the law of Moses. 109 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:14,100 The penalty for such hideous sins was nothing shallow or 110 00:07:14,100 --> 00:07:18,200 nothing short of death. In Leviticus chapter 20 and 111 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:21,000 verse 11. The Bible says the man that 112 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:25,200 lieth with his father's wife, hath uncovered, his father's 113 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:30,700 nakedness, both of them, surely be put to death, their blood 114 00:07:30,700 --> 00:07:34,400 shall be upon them. The Apostle Paul says that even 115 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:39,300 the Gentiles would not have even done this, surely not even the 116 00:07:39,300 --> 00:07:42,900 Gentiles would have their father's wife. 117 00:07:43,300 --> 00:07:46,800 You know, that word have their that phrase have their Others 118 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:49,600 wife. That phrase is translated from 119 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:54,500 the Greek from a Greek phrase which means to have or use a 120 00:07:54,500 --> 00:08:00,600 woman unlawfully as a wife. That's what this man was guilty 121 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:04,200 of. He was guilty of having a woman 122 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:08,800 unlawfully as a wife. I believe that the phrase his 123 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:13,700 father's wife though, refers to someone other than his mother. 124 00:08:14,100 --> 00:08:17,100 Even though the Apostle Paul does not make the Distinction 125 00:08:17,100 --> 00:08:22,000 between a mother or a stepmother here in the Old Testament 126 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:26,000 Scriptures, it does make the distinction between the two 127 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:28,900 notice. In Leviticus chapter 18 and 128 00:08:28,900 --> 00:08:34,000 verse 7, the bible says, the nakedness of thy mother shalt 129 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:37,799 thou, not uncover. She is thy mother. 130 00:08:37,900 --> 00:08:41,400 Thou shalt not uncover, her nakedness. 131 00:08:41,500 --> 00:08:44,400 But we've already read in the very next verse in the 132 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:47,400 eighteenth chapter of The Book of Leviticus, Us and verse 8. 133 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:52,300 Now, the nakedness of thy father's wife, shalt, thou, not 134 00:08:52,300 --> 00:08:57,700 uncover It Is by father's nakedness and so therefore, it 135 00:08:57,700 --> 00:09:02,000 is more likely, I believe that this case involves a man who has 136 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:07,700 taken unlawfully his stepmother and not his natural mother, for 137 00:09:07,700 --> 00:09:11,500 the reasons that thus. Given the Apostle Paul says, in 138 00:09:11,500 --> 00:09:15,800 verse two, then he addresses their wrongful attitude toward 139 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:18,100 the man. You know, that tells me right 140 00:09:18,100 --> 00:09:21,900 there that Not only was the things that this man was guilty 141 00:09:21,900 --> 00:09:26,400 of hideous and horrible but also there's something other that 142 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:29,400 needs to be described here. There's something else. 143 00:09:29,500 --> 00:09:34,300 Paul doesn't just say addressing this one man sin, he's 144 00:09:34,300 --> 00:09:39,200 addressing now their attitude, their wrongful attitude and 145 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:43,800 their wrongful acceptance of this brother who was guilty of 146 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:48,000 such a horrible thing. Notice In verse 2, he did 147 00:09:48,008 --> 00:09:52,400 addresses that wrongful attitude and he said, you should have 148 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:55,100 been morning. You should be saddened. 149 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:59,300 You should be absolutely overwhelmed with sorrow that you 150 00:09:59,300 --> 00:10:02,400 have that. You have a man among your midst 151 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:05,500 in the midst of your congregation, that is guilty of 152 00:10:05,500 --> 00:10:08,600 this. But he said this not only did 153 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:13,500 you accept it, but your puffed up about it, you're proud of it 154 00:10:13,900 --> 00:10:16,200 and so on. When you should have rather, 155 00:10:16,500 --> 00:10:18,900 Burned or lamented over the wicked character. 156 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:24,600 They were puffed up over that, even this shameful incestuous 157 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:27,100 relationship that was among them. 158 00:10:27,100 --> 00:10:30,300 Did not even moderate their self esteem. 159 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:35,200 Paul, then says, I am absent in body, but present in spirit. 160 00:10:35,300 --> 00:10:40,500 And therefore, I have judged already as if I were present. 161 00:10:40,500 --> 00:10:44,600 Let me just notice with you. Something here about this verse 162 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:49,700 Some Scholars said, well, what Paul was saying is is because he 163 00:10:49,700 --> 00:10:53,700 was an inspired man inspired by the Holy Spirit. 164 00:10:53,700 --> 00:10:58,200 He could be absent from body away from that congregation away 165 00:10:58,200 --> 00:11:02,600 from their midst and be able to judge accordingly as if he was 166 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:05,000 there. Other scholar says that what he 167 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:09,700 was saying is that he was saying that this is so obvious, you 168 00:11:09,700 --> 00:11:12,300 should have seen it. It's as clear as the nose on 169 00:11:12,300 --> 00:11:14,200 your face. You should have been able to 170 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:16,300 discern in this. Matter, you should have been 171 00:11:16,300 --> 00:11:19,300 able to judge in this matter but you have not. 172 00:11:19,300 --> 00:11:23,400 And so what he's saying is, I am outside of the body where you 173 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:24,900 are. I'm not present with you. 174 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:29,500 I'm present in spirit and I've judged already like I was there 175 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:32,500 either way. It's quite obvious that they 176 00:11:32,500 --> 00:11:36,800 should have known what to do and if they didn't know the steps of 177 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:40,800 discipline, they surely should have known to reject this man 178 00:11:41,500 --> 00:11:44,200 for doing the things that he had done. 179 00:11:44,500 --> 00:11:48,600 And as a Result of this the Apostle Paul pronounces, the 180 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:52,200 sentence by the authority of Jesus Christ. 181 00:11:52,300 --> 00:11:55,400 The first specification though, there are three things we got to 182 00:11:55,408 --> 00:11:59,600 notice the very first specification is it's to be done 183 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:02,800 when they the church are gathered together. 184 00:12:02,900 --> 00:12:05,900 You know, this teaches me tonight that no final Act of 185 00:12:05,900 --> 00:12:10,300 discipline can be done. Except when the church has met 186 00:12:10,300 --> 00:12:12,800 together. Now, what time or place that 187 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:16,300 this is, whether it's talking about, Some Scholars said it's 188 00:12:16,300 --> 00:12:19,400 talking about when they would normally come together in the 189 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:21,800 assembly. I know one thing I know when 190 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:24,000 they all came together in the assembly, that would be 191 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:26,900 acceptable because that would be a time when they all came 192 00:12:26,900 --> 00:12:29,900 together, whether Paul was saying, have a separate meeting 193 00:12:29,900 --> 00:12:32,900 and all of you come together. We really don't know. 194 00:12:32,900 --> 00:12:36,600 What Paul is saying is the very first thing specified. 195 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:41,000 Is you are going to pass down this judgment to this brother 196 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:44,100 when you are come together as the body of Christ. 197 00:12:44,100 --> 00:12:48,800 When Church has come together. That's the time that you're 198 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:52,500 going to do this. Secondly, and when they would do 199 00:12:52,500 --> 00:12:56,700 this, the Apostle Paul informs them that his spirit will be 200 00:12:56,700 --> 00:13:00,900 with them in this great and solemn action, which would be 201 00:13:00,900 --> 00:13:04,700 true of all congregational actions that are according to 202 00:13:04,700 --> 00:13:08,400 Apostolic teaching and that ladies and gentlemen, would 203 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:12,500 apply to you. And I today thirdly, moreover, 204 00:13:12,500 --> 00:13:15,000 this action would be backed up by the power. 205 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:18,300 Of the Lord Jesus Christ, so that it could never be 206 00:13:18,300 --> 00:13:22,900 considered as an act of personal revenge on the part of the 207 00:13:22,900 --> 00:13:25,600 Brethren. And so, here comes the verdict. 208 00:13:26,500 --> 00:13:30,700 He gave the specifications. And now comes the verdict. 209 00:13:31,300 --> 00:13:35,700 This is the verdict that Paul has going to pass down that must 210 00:13:35,700 --> 00:13:41,700 be made by the congregation also to coincide with what he said in 211 00:13:41,700 --> 00:13:45,700 the second letter and second Corinthians 2 and 6 that Maybe 212 00:13:45,700 --> 00:13:51,500 the action of many notice. This form of discipline is the 213 00:13:51,500 --> 00:13:54,900 action of. Not, just one man, not just to 214 00:13:54,900 --> 00:13:58,600 men, but this is the action of many. 215 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:02,400 It's to be done congregationally when they come together. 216 00:14:03,100 --> 00:14:06,800 Now, here's the verdict. Sounds rather harsh, doesn't it? 217 00:14:07,100 --> 00:14:13,200 Here's the verdict deliver. Such an one unto Satan for the 218 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:17,500 destruction of the flesh. This phrase, according to fair, 219 00:14:17,500 --> 00:14:22,600 is to give over into one's power or use. 220 00:14:22,900 --> 00:14:27,500 That's what he's saying. Deliver this one into the use or 221 00:14:27,500 --> 00:14:32,300 power of the prince and power of Darkness, The Prince and power 222 00:14:32,300 --> 00:14:37,800 of the are being Satan himself. Mr. Thayer further explains it 223 00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:43,100 in this place as follows, the phrase seems to have originated 224 00:14:43,100 --> 00:14:46,500 from the Jewish formula of Excommunication. 225 00:14:46,700 --> 00:14:50,100 Because when a person is banished from the assembly, he 226 00:14:50,100 --> 00:14:55,100 was regarded as deprived of the protection of God and delivered 227 00:14:55,100 --> 00:14:58,900 up to the power of the devil. What's the idea? 228 00:14:58,900 --> 00:15:03,100 Very simply the ideal is that by expelling him from the 229 00:15:03,100 --> 00:15:06,800 congregation, it may cause him to realize the terrible 230 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:10,900 condition that he is in on account of having lived for the 231 00:15:10,900 --> 00:15:13,800 gratifications of his fleshly desires. 232 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:18,600 And as a alt he will be his crucifying of the flesh with the 233 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:22,800 affections and lust as Paul said in Galatians chapter 5. 234 00:15:23,800 --> 00:15:27,100 And verse 24. Then we just insert something 235 00:15:27,100 --> 00:15:31,400 here as we did on a number of occasions this morning, let me 236 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:34,500 just insert here. The idea is to restore the 237 00:15:34,500 --> 00:15:37,000 brother. And by the way, what seems to be 238 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:41,000 very harsh and what would seem to be absolutely ridiculous in 239 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:43,900 the world's eyes today, especially in the religious 240 00:15:43,900 --> 00:15:46,800 world for the church to take a stand such as that. 241 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:49,700 I'm going to tell you something. It worked and if you reach 242 00:15:49,700 --> 00:15:52,300 Second Corinthians in the second letter, we find that this 243 00:15:52,300 --> 00:15:55,100 brother Stood and I'll tell you something. 244 00:15:55,300 --> 00:15:58,100 This is God's plan. Now man's Wisdom. 245 00:15:58,100 --> 00:16:00,600 I might think no, wait a minute. That might be a little harsh. 246 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:02,600 I think I'll just do it this other way. 247 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:09,400 That's what man thinks God's way worked God's way of does work. 248 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:13,000 But there's another reason too, and I'll get to you that a 249 00:16:13,008 --> 00:16:17,100 little bit later of why we would put one outside of the 250 00:16:17,100 --> 00:16:20,000 congregation for that. The phrase delivered on just 251 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:23,300 Satan is not anything new by Paul Paul used. 252 00:16:23,300 --> 00:16:26,700 In another time you remember and First Timothy chapter 1 and 253 00:16:26,700 --> 00:16:31,000 verses 19 and 20, where he says holding faith and a good 254 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:35,200 conscience which having which having which some having put 255 00:16:35,200 --> 00:16:40,000 away concerning Faith, hath made shipwreck of whom is hymenaeus. 256 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:44,600 Us and Alexander, who might have delivered unto Satan that they 257 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:50,000 may learn not to blaspheme. That's the reason they needed to 258 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:53,700 learn something they needed to change their ways. 259 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:59,100 So he said he delivered them over to Satan, he rejected them. 260 00:16:59,100 --> 00:17:03,900 He separated himself from them, that they might learn a lesson. 261 00:17:04,099 --> 00:17:08,700 A lesson is this the lesson is for him to repent. 262 00:17:08,700 --> 00:17:12,700 Stop doing those things. And be saved in the day of the 263 00:17:12,700 --> 00:17:15,599 Lord. The obvious outcome that Paul 264 00:17:15,599 --> 00:17:17,800 desired. Is that the brother would 265 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:22,000 because of the church's actions, repent and put himself in a 266 00:17:22,008 --> 00:17:25,500 position to be restored to The Fellowship of the Saints where 267 00:17:25,500 --> 00:17:29,600 he can so live that his Spirit or his Immortal being may be 268 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:33,400 saved when the Lord comes again. Next. 269 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:36,900 We find that these Corinthians were so full of Pride over there 270 00:17:36,900 --> 00:17:41,200 supposed strength that they seem to think that, A simple case of 271 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:44,200 wickedness would not hurt them spiritually. 272 00:17:44,700 --> 00:17:48,100 But then Paul uses the illustration of Levin to show 273 00:17:48,100 --> 00:17:51,500 how this complacent attitude was wrong. 274 00:17:51,800 --> 00:17:54,900 And in this illustration, it would certainly make sense to 275 00:17:54,900 --> 00:17:57,800 all those. That would understand a little 276 00:17:57,800 --> 00:18:01,400 something about leather. And there was enough, Jewish 277 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:04,700 Christians in the area, they'd understand about Levin. 278 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:07,500 You know what else? There were Gentiles that were 279 00:18:07,500 --> 00:18:09,900 watching Jews when they were practicing. 280 00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:15,600 Under Jewish law to understand, also, the Jew and Levin, and 281 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:19,300 they would understand phrases like Purge out the old. 282 00:18:19,300 --> 00:18:23,200 Leaven, they would understand that about getting rid of Leaven 283 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:26,300 someone that would bake something would know this too. 284 00:18:26,500 --> 00:18:28,600 And I think that's what Paul's message is here. 285 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:32,200 Notice if you're going to make a loaf of bread, and the bread is 286 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:35,600 going to be this big. You don't have to have Levin. 287 00:18:35,700 --> 00:18:38,800 That is this big? You only have to have leaven 288 00:18:38,900 --> 00:18:40,400 that is ever so small. Mall. 289 00:18:40,400 --> 00:18:42,300 And it will leaven the whole lump. 290 00:18:42,300 --> 00:18:45,300 It will expand. It will grow, and it will 291 00:18:45,300 --> 00:18:49,200 overtake it, and it will make the entire loaf rise. 292 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:53,700 You see what he's saying? He's not talking about bread, is 293 00:18:53,700 --> 00:18:57,500 he he's saying that something that you people are looking at 294 00:18:57,500 --> 00:18:59,600 that? You don't consider could harm 295 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:03,300 you or hurt you as the body of Christ in any way because this 296 00:19:03,300 --> 00:19:06,000 is just one offense, one offending brother. 297 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:09,300 You were looking at this like it could not harm you or hurt you 298 00:19:09,300 --> 00:19:13,300 but let Tell you a little something about Levin and that's 299 00:19:13,300 --> 00:19:18,500 what Paul gives as an example. Oh, they could understand this. 300 00:19:18,700 --> 00:19:22,400 They can understand this greatly, likewise one bad 301 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:25,000 character. Who is permitted to remain in a 302 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:29,500 congregation will finally defile the whole body. 303 00:19:29,900 --> 00:19:31,600 You know, this coincides with something. 304 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:37,100 He said later in this letter in 1st Corinthians, 15 and 33. 305 00:19:37,100 --> 00:19:42,500 Paul said, evil Communications. Corrupt, good manners. 306 00:19:42,900 --> 00:19:46,500 And so, Paul has introduced the subject of Leaven for the 307 00:19:46,500 --> 00:19:50,000 purpose of illustration, you know, I'll just mention this 308 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:52,600 though because they could understand this and exodus 12, 309 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:55,600 it talks about purging out the old leaven here, notice the 310 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:58,700 connection, notice how it fits. You remember that, at the time 311 00:19:58,700 --> 00:20:02,700 of the Feast of the Passover, in the seven days following, The 312 00:20:02,700 --> 00:20:06,400 Jews were required to put away, leaven out of their houses. 313 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:13,300 Exodus 12 and verse 15 in order that they might keep their feast 314 00:20:13,300 --> 00:20:16,100 acceptably. That's the whole point. 315 00:20:16,400 --> 00:20:20,600 They had to get rid of the leaven in order to have their 316 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:24,800 feast acceptably. What's he talking about now? 317 00:20:24,900 --> 00:20:27,700 He's talking about doing something, you got to do 318 00:20:27,700 --> 00:20:30,300 something. Now, you as the body of Christ, 319 00:20:30,300 --> 00:20:35,000 you as the church at Corinth, do something in that your feast or 320 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:39,200 your service would be acceptable to notice. 321 00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:43,900 Paul uses this language on this occasion for the instructions to 322 00:20:43,900 --> 00:20:47,400 these Brethren. He says Purge out therefore the 323 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:55,200 old leaven and that is purged out that Wicked fornicator and 324 00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:57,700 when they would do that, they would be a new lump. 325 00:20:57,700 --> 00:21:01,800 Meaning the church would be free from the leaven of this wicked 326 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:04,300 man. And in so doing, they would 327 00:21:04,300 --> 00:21:07,200 become fit for the service of our Lord and Savior Jesus 328 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:11,500 Christ. Having now the education become 329 00:21:11,900 --> 00:21:17,900 on leavened. I know sometimes we don't think 330 00:21:17,900 --> 00:21:23,700 that outer influences affect us so but they do, let me just say 331 00:21:23,700 --> 00:21:30,500 this to, we know, we know beyond a shadow of a doubt that if we 332 00:21:30,500 --> 00:21:35,100 leave these doors and go through our week, And in all of our 333 00:21:35,100 --> 00:21:38,000 associations, if we are completely Associated and 334 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:41,400 surrounded with worldly things, we know that's going to weigh us 335 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:43,600 down. We understand that. 336 00:21:44,100 --> 00:21:48,500 But the church God's people is our place of Refuge that stuff 337 00:21:48,500 --> 00:21:52,400 can never go on here. And Paul said, you have to do a 338 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:54,700 couple of things. First of all, there's a couple 339 00:21:54,700 --> 00:21:57,200 of reasons. Number one, you have to have 340 00:21:57,200 --> 00:21:59,200 your set your service be acceptable. 341 00:21:59,300 --> 00:22:01,800 So you got to be unleavened. You got a purge out? 342 00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:03,300 The old leaven now, what are you? 343 00:22:03,300 --> 00:22:08,000 You're a new New lump, you are fit for the service as they were 344 00:22:08,100 --> 00:22:12,900 in the book of Exodus as well under the Old Law of Moses. and 345 00:22:12,900 --> 00:22:16,700 it will not influence you as the body of Christ negatively by 346 00:22:16,700 --> 00:22:21,100 doing so, Paul is telling them to treat this brother, who is a 347 00:22:21,100 --> 00:22:24,900 fornicator in the very same way that God will treat him. 348 00:22:24,900 --> 00:22:29,000 Paul is saying how you do it. You don't keep company with and 349 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:32,000 that word means you don't be intimate with them. 350 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:37,400 You don't associate with them, Paul said in Ephesians 5 and 351 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:42,200 verse 5, he said for this, you know, that no whoremonger or 352 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:47,200 unclean person or Covetous, man, who is an idolater hath any 353 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:51,900 inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and of God to the 354 00:22:51,900 --> 00:22:54,900 Thessalonians. Paul said you remember have no 355 00:22:54,900 --> 00:22:59,100 company with but any but with those but he said this, here's 356 00:22:59,100 --> 00:23:04,500 the reason that they may be ashamed of the evil Deeds that 357 00:23:04,500 --> 00:23:09,600 they have committed. Now he says, don't keep company 358 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:12,800 with the fornicator, but we're not talking about those that are 359 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:15,700 in the world. We have to live among them. 360 00:23:15,900 --> 00:23:18,000 We live in the world. We're not of the world, that's 361 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:21,200 what's different. We have to live among them. 362 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:25,500 We have to go out and work possibly for a boss that is 363 00:23:25,500 --> 00:23:29,200 guilty of fornication. We might be in a classroom of 364 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:32,200 students and have a teacher that's guilty of fornication. 365 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:35,500 We may have all manner of associations in the world that 366 00:23:35,500 --> 00:23:39,200 we have no say in In that we have to do something with them 367 00:23:39,300 --> 00:23:42,600 or have something to do with them in our daily lives. 368 00:23:43,100 --> 00:23:47,900 But Paul is saying this as that is impossible, to make sure that 369 00:23:47,900 --> 00:23:51,100 you rid yourself from any fornicator in this world. 370 00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:55,800 There's something you can do though if one be called a 371 00:23:55,800 --> 00:24:01,500 brother, if one is a Christian and that's what he says. 372 00:24:01,500 --> 00:24:04,500 And he says, but I have written unto you not to keep Company If 373 00:24:04,500 --> 00:24:06,700 any man that is called a brother, be a fornicator. 374 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:13,700 Or Covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an 375 00:24:13,700 --> 00:24:18,800 extortioner with such an one. No, not to eat the phrase to eat 376 00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:22,900 is from a word, which they are defines to eat with to take food 377 00:24:22,900 --> 00:24:27,800 together with the word refers to the physical act of partaking of 378 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:30,800 material food, the application to you. 379 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:34,600 And I today's this the application would be not to 380 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:39,900 participate with them in any Any act or any association that 381 00:24:39,900 --> 00:24:43,500 would indicate a social recognition? 382 00:24:44,100 --> 00:24:48,200 That's what it means. You know, when I invite somebody 383 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:52,200 into my home. And we sit down and we have 384 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:57,200 something to eat together. I am saying that this person is 385 00:24:57,200 --> 00:25:00,900 in association with me. That's an intimate thing. 386 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:04,200 Somebody comes into my home, they sit at my table. 387 00:25:04,500 --> 00:25:07,900 They eat food that my wife had fixed and we sit there together 388 00:25:07,900 --> 00:25:11,000 and we eat. I am basically in essence doing 389 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:14,100 this. I am taking my signature and I 390 00:25:14,100 --> 00:25:18,300 am signing my name to the behavior of this brother. 391 00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:23,300 If this brother is guilty of these sinful acts and he comes 392 00:25:23,300 --> 00:25:27,100 to my house, And I accept him in that way. 393 00:25:27,300 --> 00:25:30,500 How is he ever going to feel ashamed? 394 00:25:30,500 --> 00:25:36,000 So that he repents, you know, I made a little quick thing this 395 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:41,600 morning about how we handled folks that are out of Duty and 396 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:45,400 so on and so forth. And let me just say this to, I 397 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:48,200 don't believe if somebody's out of Duty, say you have a family 398 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:51,200 member that's out of Duty, but they're not guilty of these 399 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:53,100 sinful things that Paul describes here. 400 00:25:53,100 --> 00:25:55,600 I don't know that they're violating a scripture by 401 00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:58,500 associating with them in a social setting. 402 00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:01,600 But let me just say this, may I ask you something. 403 00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:06,600 If you have somebody that you dearly loved, that is not living 404 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:09,300 right? And there are Christian and you 405 00:26:09,300 --> 00:26:14,200 have complete association with them and you socialize with them 406 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:18,800 and are intimate with them. And every way, How are they ever 407 00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:21,300 going to feel the need to come back? 408 00:26:22,700 --> 00:26:26,700 you know, in the story of the prodigal, the father loved him 409 00:26:26,700 --> 00:26:29,900 so much. He longed for him and I would 410 00:26:29,900 --> 00:26:32,900 just imagine he stood on that porch and waited and waited and 411 00:26:32,900 --> 00:26:35,400 waited and looked and wanted him to come back. 412 00:26:37,100 --> 00:26:40,200 But you know what happened? With this young man, when he 413 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:44,100 finally finds himself among those pigs, do you remember, he 414 00:26:44,100 --> 00:26:46,100 thought of two things, didn't eat two things? 415 00:26:46,700 --> 00:26:48,900 What did he realized, you? Remember, you remember what he 416 00:26:48,900 --> 00:26:52,800 recognized? He realized number one, where he 417 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:58,500 was and number two, where he was not the third thing. 418 00:26:58,500 --> 00:27:04,000 He says, my father has servants that have food and to spare and 419 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:09,000 I perish with Hunger. I hear The purposing will arise 420 00:27:09,100 --> 00:27:14,400 and I will go to my father. But, what if? 421 00:27:15,900 --> 00:27:18,600 What if there was never associate a separation of that 422 00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:22,400 Association that fellow has the best of both worlds, doesn't he? 423 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:26,800 That's the danger of that, that's what I mean. 424 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:30,800 When I said what I said when somebody says all let me just 425 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:32,300 throw one right back to you Frank. 426 00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:35,700 What if it's Taylor and Tanner? That's what I meant this 427 00:27:35,700 --> 00:27:38,300 morning. What if I just pray that I would 428 00:27:38,300 --> 00:27:41,200 love them enough to do what's right? 429 00:27:41,700 --> 00:27:46,000 And just maybe just maybe they will feel the separation and 430 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:48,400 come back. You know, if you want to know 431 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:51,100 who the greatest kids in the world are I'll tell you later. 432 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:54,900 You know, how I feel about those little guys of mine. 433 00:27:55,800 --> 00:27:58,400 And as a preacher said, one time, I may lose my kids to the 434 00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:02,000 devil and I hope and pray. That doesn't happen, but it will 435 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:05,400 not be before the fight. Not tell you something. 436 00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:08,500 If they get the best of both worlds, we give them. 437 00:28:08,500 --> 00:28:14,800 Absolutely no reason to return. That's why folks not out of 438 00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:19,600 hatred out of real love. Real love in conclusion of this 439 00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:23,600 chapter Paul clearly expect explains the course of action 440 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:26,900 that the congregation is to take toward a brother. 441 00:28:26,900 --> 00:28:30,100 That's guilty of immorality. Six things real quick. 442 00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:34,700 Take him away from among you verse 2 number to deliver such 443 00:28:34,700 --> 00:28:40,000 an one unto Satan verse 53. Purge out the old leaven verse 7 444 00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:42,600 for not to keep company with him. 445 00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:46,900 Verse 9 5 with such an one. No not to eat verse 11. 446 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:52,000 And finally verse 13, put away from among you, that Wicked 447 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:55,800 person the removal of this immoral person has a two-fold 448 00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:58,400 purpose. Number one, it's done to keep 449 00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:02,200 the church pure and that's what we're a part of folks. 450 00:29:02,500 --> 00:29:06,100 And we need to keep it pure, we need to keep it acceptable. 451 00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:09,700 How do we do that? We get rid of any old. 452 00:29:09,700 --> 00:29:13,700 Leaven number two. As we've said that he Recognizes 453 00:29:13,700 --> 00:29:16,300 error. And therefore, by be saved in 454 00:29:16,300 --> 00:29:18,200 the day of the Lord Jesus. Incidentally, I'll just say 455 00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:21,800 this, Paul refers to this, man. Again, the second letter pretty 456 00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:24,000 harsh here, isn't it? You know, what he says? 457 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:26,700 When he repented you accept him, you love him. 458 00:29:26,700 --> 00:29:30,800 You forgive him that he might be, or might not be overtaken 459 00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:33,800 with overmuch sorrow. Listen, folks, when somebody 460 00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:37,000 makes it right, we need to embrace them and encourage them, 461 00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:41,400 strengthen them and do whatever. Guilt is a horrible thing. 462 00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:45,200 I was studying with the young lady this week, one of our new 463 00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:50,200 members and she said, sometimes the guilt just doesn't go away. 464 00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:54,500 When somebody has things in the past in their life, that they're 465 00:29:54,500 --> 00:29:59,500 not proud of, they know they're forgiving, but sometimes the 466 00:29:59,500 --> 00:30:04,800 guilt just doesn't go away. Well, listen, if God, can 467 00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:06,700 forgive me, I need to forgive myself. 468 00:30:06,700 --> 00:30:09,600 That's a, that's not a very strong suit of mine, but as they 469 00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:12,200 say, that's a whole nother Oprah. 470 00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:16,200 It's a whole nother deal, but I'm working on that. 471 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:20,900 But sometimes the guilt is so strong. 472 00:30:21,100 --> 00:30:25,700 It can overcome us even though we know we've been forgiven. 473 00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:29,200 So what do we do? Brothers and sisters, we embrace 474 00:30:29,200 --> 00:30:32,200 them. We love them and we encourage 475 00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:35,300 them. Because now they're doing that, 476 00:30:35,300 --> 00:30:38,900 which is right quickly. Now, one more thing that Paul 477 00:30:38,900 --> 00:30:42,200 talks about in Titus 3, he talks about a man. 478 00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:44,100 That's a heretic wonder what that is. 479 00:30:44,500 --> 00:30:47,500 A heretic. A heretic Paul, says, first of 480 00:30:47,500 --> 00:30:51,500 all, in verse 10, a man that is a heretic after the first and 481 00:30:51,500 --> 00:30:56,200 second admonition, reject knowing that he, that is such 482 00:30:56,600 --> 00:31:01,500 subverted and sinneth being condemned of himself. 483 00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:06,400 This word heretic appears only this one time in all the New 484 00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:07,700 Testament. Scriptures. 485 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:12,700 The words heresy though or heresies are found in other 486 00:31:12,700 --> 00:31:16,900 places of scripture in the New Testament, like acts 24 and 14. 487 00:31:17,100 --> 00:31:20,700 First Corinthians, eleven nineteen, Galatians, 5 and 20 488 00:31:20,900 --> 00:31:26,500 and second, Peter 2 and verse 1. Mr. Vine defines heresy, as 489 00:31:26,500 --> 00:31:32,500 that, which is chosen, hence an opinion, especially a self Build 490 00:31:32,500 --> 00:31:38,000 opinion which is substituted for submission to the power of Truth 491 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:43,100 and leads to division and formation of sect or a party. 492 00:31:43,300 --> 00:31:48,000 It carries the meaning of choice and the word denotes, a person 493 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:54,800 who chooses to follow erroneous opinions at the expense of the 494 00:31:54,800 --> 00:32:00,600 unity of the body of Christ. The word heretic refers to one 495 00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:05,800 who creates the Or faction by teaching opinions. 496 00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:09,500 A heretic would appear as we look in the case of Titus. 497 00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:13,800 A heretic that Paul might be referring to to Titus would 498 00:32:13,800 --> 00:32:17,700 appear to be someone who was dissatisfied with the doctrines 499 00:32:17,700 --> 00:32:21,400 that are found in the word of God, the apostles Doctrine, the 500 00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:25,400 preaching of Titus and would reject what he had said and said 501 00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:30,300 and basically I am dissatisfied with what Tidus is preaching and 502 00:32:30,300 --> 00:32:34,100 the doctrine he's delivering so So I am going to gather others 503 00:32:34,100 --> 00:32:38,100 around me who also are dissatisfied and we're going to 504 00:32:38,100 --> 00:32:42,900 create a party within the body. We're going to create a sect 505 00:32:42,900 --> 00:32:46,600 within the body. That is a heretic. 506 00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:54,400 Now, more about that. Not only does he have erroneous 507 00:32:54,500 --> 00:33:01,300 opinions but he propagates them and creates contentions over 508 00:33:01,300 --> 00:33:04,200 them. He's the same kind of person who 509 00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:09,600 causes divisions and offenses. Among you as Paul said in Romans 510 00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:14,800 16 and 17, let me just say this because this is really 511 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:18,900 important. Because somebody has a 512 00:33:18,900 --> 00:33:23,400 misunderstanding. About a passage of scripture. 513 00:33:24,500 --> 00:33:27,500 And preaches it with the right heart and spirit. 514 00:33:27,500 --> 00:33:33,000 He just as wrong on the subject that in itself, does not make 515 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:36,300 him a heretic or a false teacher. 516 00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:39,500 We gave a whole lot of definitions about this fella. 517 00:33:39,600 --> 00:33:44,000 First of all, it's a choice he's making he is making a choice at 518 00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:46,500 the expense of that which is right. 519 00:33:46,900 --> 00:33:50,800 And Paul knew that and Paul told Titus about this fella, this 520 00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:54,100 type of person and what they're doing is they're going to reject 521 00:33:54,200 --> 00:33:57,000 Eject the truth, they're going to go amongst the body of 522 00:33:57,000 --> 00:33:59,000 Christ. They're going to cause divisions 523 00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:01,700 and offenses and so on and they're going to draw into 524 00:34:01,700 --> 00:34:05,800 themself a faction or sect of people that also are 525 00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:09,199 dissatisfied and love. Not the truth. 526 00:34:09,199 --> 00:34:13,800 As Paul said in second Thessalonians chapter 2, got to 527 00:34:13,808 --> 00:34:16,800 love the truth. You can love the truth and make 528 00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:19,600 a mistake. You can love the truth, and 529 00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:25,300 teach something wrong, and not be a heretic, big difference 530 00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:31,000 between someone that's mistaken. And someone who is a heretic, a 531 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:34,800 heretic also is more than a person who has an erroneous 532 00:34:34,900 --> 00:34:40,000 opinion, but he uses the opinions to create that group, 533 00:34:40,199 --> 00:34:43,199 he is a factious person, creating a division in the 534 00:34:43,207 --> 00:34:48,000 church, Galatians 1 inverse. 9, the Apostle Paul said, in one of 535 00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:52,100 the few passages of scripture that repeats itself in 536 00:34:52,100 --> 00:34:57,100 Galatians, chapter 1, beginning in verse 8, Paul says he says, 537 00:34:57,100 --> 00:35:00,400 but if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that, which 538 00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:03,800 we have preached unto you let him be accursed as we said 539 00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:07,100 before. So, say I now again, if any man 540 00:35:07,100 --> 00:35:10,600 preach any other gospel unto you than that, ye have received, let 541 00:35:10,600 --> 00:35:14,900 him be accursed. Let him be separated from God. 542 00:35:16,300 --> 00:35:21,300 Well, what he says here is after the first and second admonition, 543 00:35:21,800 --> 00:35:26,400 you reject, the Greek word, reject means to beg off or 544 00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:29,400 refuse. It means to avoid all 545 00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:33,700 association with him. Paul is instructing the church 546 00:35:33,700 --> 00:35:37,600 to refuse or turn away from the one, who would create the 547 00:35:37,600 --> 00:35:40,300 faction. The congregation would no longer 548 00:35:40,300 --> 00:35:44,800 extend a hand of Fellowship to him as a faithful brother. 549 00:35:44,900 --> 00:35:48,300 Paul says, these people People are to be marked and avoided 550 00:35:48,300 --> 00:35:52,100 Romans 16 and 17. Paul tells Titus to admonish 551 00:35:52,100 --> 00:35:56,700 twice, then if he remained factious or continued to Foster 552 00:35:56,700 --> 00:36:02,200 division, he was to be shunned and avoided and then in verse 553 00:36:02,200 --> 00:36:12,500 11, In verse 11, he says knowing this knowing that he that is 554 00:36:12,500 --> 00:36:19,200 such is subverted and sinneth being condemned of himself. 555 00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:23,900 The word subverted means this. Here's the reason, here's the 556 00:36:23,900 --> 00:36:30,000 reason The word subverted means to turn aside from the proper 557 00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:33,100 course. That's what that word means. 558 00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:39,400 If I am some subverted, it means I've turned by way of Choice, by 559 00:36:39,400 --> 00:36:44,200 definition, I have purposely chosen to turn from the proper 560 00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:47,300 course, and there's only one proper course. 561 00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:50,800 Now something else, if I've turned from the proper course, 562 00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:54,100 it means I'm heading in a direction that I am lost without 563 00:36:54,100 --> 00:36:58,200 hope until I what I changed. The course, I changed my course 564 00:36:58,200 --> 00:37:02,800 of action, and as long as I am, subverted turn from that and 565 00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:05,500 heading in that direction, there is no hope. 566 00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:07,800 So, something desperately has to be done. 567 00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:12,000 I have to be woken up that I might return and get on the 568 00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:14,700 proper course. Nothing outside of the proper 569 00:37:14,700 --> 00:37:17,900 course can be, right? It follows that when a man 570 00:37:17,900 --> 00:37:21,800 leaves that course, he sins as is here stated. 571 00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:33,400 And finally Finally, get this. He is condemned of himself. if 572 00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:37,100 that is not a mouthful of personal accountability, I don't 573 00:37:37,100 --> 00:37:43,100 know what is he's purposely chosen to take the improper 574 00:37:43,100 --> 00:37:46,400 course. At the sake of loving, what was 575 00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:50,800 right? And now he is condemned of 576 00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:52,900 himself. This doesn't mean that he 577 00:37:52,900 --> 00:37:55,900 accepts his wrong either. You know what this means, he's 578 00:37:55,900 --> 00:38:00,200 made the choice, and he is lost, and it's his fault, because 579 00:38:00,200 --> 00:38:05,100 that's the path that he chose. That's a heretic, folks. 580 00:38:06,100 --> 00:38:12,500 He's condemned by the things that he himself is doing and he 581 00:38:12,500 --> 00:38:18,500 made a conscious choice to do. So three things, personal sin, 582 00:38:18,500 --> 00:38:20,900 one sins against another. We learned that, what you do, 583 00:38:20,900 --> 00:38:24,100 those are the steps of Matthew, 18, and only Matthew 18. 584 00:38:24,300 --> 00:38:27,200 And the idea is so that folks will come to the realization 585 00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:30,700 that they're lost in that sand, make it right and save the 586 00:38:30,700 --> 00:38:34,200 greatest possession they have and that's their sole one. 587 00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:38,100 That's living in an immoral. In moral environment one that's 588 00:38:38,100 --> 00:38:40,900 doing immoral acts. First Corinthians 5, we notice 589 00:38:40,900 --> 00:38:44,300 exactly what we're to do there to wear to reject those and 590 00:38:44,300 --> 00:38:47,300 Purge out the old leaven so that they will see the need to come 591 00:38:47,300 --> 00:38:51,300 back and also keep the body of Christ pure and finally the 592 00:38:51,300 --> 00:38:54,800 heretic who's chosen this path after the first and second 593 00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:57,000 admonition. Reject. 594 00:38:58,100 --> 00:39:02,700 You know, Bible talks about God is love, I have a talks about 595 00:39:02,700 --> 00:39:07,200 wonderful things, it does. But it also talks about 596 00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:13,100 disciplinary things as well. Let us never Embrace wrong at 597 00:39:13,100 --> 00:39:15,200 the expense of doing that which is right. 598 00:39:16,500 --> 00:39:19,100 We thank you for listening to our podcast, put on by the 599 00:39:19,100 --> 00:39:24,900 Church of Christ at 22:15 plans. 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