SUNDAY SCHOOL

1 CORINTHIANS 5:1-13

OUTLINE
• FORNICATION IN THE CHURCH (1-
8)
• PUT AWAY THE WICKED (9-13)
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• FORNICATION IN THE CHURCH (1-8) AND/OR THE DISORDERS IN THE CHURCH

- THE FORNICATION WAS INCEST,

FORBIDDEN BY LAW. INFLATED BY
FALSE LIBERTY, THE CHURCH WAS
PUFFED UP. A CHURCH NEVER
PREVENT EVIL ABSOLUTELY, BUT IT
SHOULD ALWAYS PRACTICE
DISCIPLINE.
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• FORNICATION IN THE CHURCH (1-8) AND/OR THE DISORDERS IN THE CHURCH

- PAUL HAD ALREADY JUDGED THE

MATTER IN SPIRIT. HIS WORDS GAVE THEM
DIRECTIONS REGARDING PROPER ACTION.
TO DELIVER SATAN IS DIFFICULT (1 TIM.
1:20). IT PROBABLY REFERS TO
COMMITTING THE MAN TO THE WORLD
AS BELONGING TO SATAN (1 JOHN 5:19).
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• FORNICATION IN THE CHURCH (1-8) AND/OR THE DISORDERS IN THE CHURCH

- DESTRUCTION OF THE FLESH HAS BEEN TAKEN

IN THE MORAL SENSE OF THE ANNULMENT OF
THE FLESHLY APPETITES. DESTRUCTION IS TOO
SEVERE FOR THIS VIEW, ALTHOUGH, OF COURSE,
DISCIPLINE IS TO BE REMEDIAL. IT IS PROBABLY
BETTER TO SEE HERE THE THOUGHT OF BODILY
CHASTISEMENT, TO WHICH PERSISTENT SIN
LEADS, ACCORDING TO NT TEACHING, NOT
ONLY IN THIS LETTER, BUT ALSO ELSEWHERE.
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• FORNICATION IN THE CHURCH (1-8) AND/OR THE DISORDERS IN THE CHURCH

- IN VERSE 6 THE PRINCIPLE BACK OF THE

NEED OF DISCIPLINE IS HERE. “NEVER SAY
BY WAY OF EXCUSE THAT AFTER ALL IT’S
ONLY ONE CASE.” ONLY ONE BUT IT WILL
INFECT THE WHOLE GROUP. SIN ALWAYS
SPREADS AND CONTAMINATES IF LEFT
ALONE, JUST AS POISON, WEEDS, AND
CANCER DO.
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• FORNICATION IN THE CHURCH (1-8) AND/OR THE DISORDERS IN THE CHURCH

- THEREFORE. DECISIVE ACTION IS

NECESSARY. AS YE ARE LEAVENED EXPRESSES
THE POSITION OF THE BELIEVERS, TO WHICH
THEIR CONDITION IS TO CORRESPOND. THEIR
CLEANSING IS TO BE MANIFESTED IN CLEAN
LIVING. THE BACKGROUND OF THE
APOSTLE’S REMARKS IS THE FEAST OF THE
PASSOVER AND UNLEAVENED BREAD.
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• FORNICATION IN THE CHURCH (1-8) AND/OR THE DISORDERS IN THE CHURCH

- THE PASSOVER PREFIGURED CHRIST AS

GOD’S LAMB, WHO WOULD TAKE AWAY THE
SIN OF THE WORLD BY HIS SACRIFICE ON
GOLGOTHA. THE FEAST OF THE UNLEAVENED
BREAD, DURING WHICH THE ISRAELITES
WERE TO HAVE NO LEAVEN IN THEIR HOMES
(LEAVEN REFERRING , OF COURSE, TO SIN
TYPICALLY), CONTINUED FOR THE WEEK
FOLLOWING THE SLAYING OF THE LAMB.
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• FORNICATION IN THE CHURCH (1-8) AND/OR THE DISORDERS IN THE
CHURCH

- THIS FEAST PREFIGURED THE LIFE OF

HOLINESS THAT SHOULD FOLLOW THE
SLAYING AND EATING OF THE LAMB,
SEVEN DAYS BEING A COMPLETE CIRCLE
OF TIME. THE PASSOVER, THEN, IS
TYPICAL AND ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE
WORK OF CHRIST IN DYING FOR HIS OWN.
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• FORNICATION IN THE CHURCH (1-8) AND/OR THE DISORDERS IN THE CHURCH

- THIS HAS TAKEN PLACE, SO PAUL WRITES IS

SACRIFICED FOR US. THE FEAST OF UNLEAVENED
BREAD IS ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE BELIEVER’S
WALK IN HOLINESS, A CONTINUOUS THING, AND
SO PAUL WRITES LET US GO ON KEEPING FEAST.
AND JUST AS A CRUMB OF LEAVEN IN THE HOUSE
OF THE ISRAELITE MEANT JUDGMENT, SO SIN IN
THE BELIEVER’S LIFE MEANS JUDGMENT. HENCE,
THE NEED OF DISCIPLINE.
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• FORNICATION IN THE CHURCH (1-8) AND/OR THE DISORDERS IN THE
CHURCH

- PURITY AND RECTITUDE WERE TO

CHARACTERIZE THE BELIEVER, NOT
THE WICKEDNESS OF THE MAN AND THE
CHURCH IN THIS MATTER OF INCEST.
THESE GODLY VIRTUES WERE TO BE THE
FOOD OF THE CHRISTIAN’S FEAST.
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• PUT AWAY THE WICKED (9-13)

- THE APOSTLE NOW CLARIFIES

INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN IN A PREVIOUS
LETTER, A LETTER NOW LOST.
CHRISTIAN MUST HAVE SOME CONTACT
WITH THE WORLD; OTHERWISE HE
WOULD HAVE TO GO OUT OF THE
WORLD, A MANIFEST IMPOSSIBILITY.
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• PUT AWAY THE WICKED (9-13)

- THE APOSTLE KNEW THAT SOME

FELLOWSHIP WITH THE WORLD MUST TAKE
PLACE IN THE DAILY PURSUITS OF LIFE.
HOWEVER, THE BROTHER UNDER
DISCIPLINE WAS TO BE DENIED FELLOWSHIP,
AND PARTICULARLY WERE THE BELIEVERS
NOT TO EAT WITH SUCH AN ONE, THE MOST
OBVIOUS ACT OF FELLOWSHIP.
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