STOP AIRING YOUR DIRTY LAUNDRY- PART 2 (16 OF 53)
by Mike Stone
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:1-8
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Stop Airing Your Dirty Laundry- Part 2 (16 of 53)
Series: Straight Up Truth for a Messed Up Church
Mike Stone
1 Corinthians 6:1-8
As we've noted, Corinth was a messed up church. Paul lays out a doctrinal foundation in the first 4 chapters and begins dealing with specific problems in chapter 5.
This lesson is the continuation and conclusion of a message from Part 15 in this series.
Here in the 6th chapter Paul addresses the problem of the members of the Corinthian church taking one another to court. Members of the same church are literally suing each other at the Corinthian courthouse...and Paul takes them to task.
Having said that, while this passage is clearly about lawsuits, the problem was not the filing of lawsuits. The legal actions they were taking against one another was just another example of the self-centered carnality the Corinthians had sinfully embraced.
Just like the nature of immaturity prevents a person from knowing how immature they are, carnality blinds its victims to its spiritual attack.
Here, they are not handling their problems within the confines of the church and are rather at each other's throats before the on-looking public eye...letting the name of Jesus be blasphemed and ridiculed in front of the community.
One of the fundamental problems with their actions is not just WHAT they were doing or even WHY they were doing it, although those things were a problem. The bigger problem is WHERE they were doing it and BEFORE WHOM...
They were doing it before unbelievers. So I charge you again today to stop airing your dirty laundry. It's important to briefly review part 1 of this message but I want to give you some new material along the way.
1. The pointed accusation
In an ironic way, Paul indicts them over their view of lawsuits and embarks on a rigorous prosecution that none of them will like.
He issued a two-fold indictment.
A. The legal cases should have been seen as carnal
Part of Paul's rebuke is no ...
Series: Straight Up Truth for a Messed Up Church
Mike Stone
1 Corinthians 6:1-8
As we've noted, Corinth was a messed up church. Paul lays out a doctrinal foundation in the first 4 chapters and begins dealing with specific problems in chapter 5.
This lesson is the continuation and conclusion of a message from Part 15 in this series.
Here in the 6th chapter Paul addresses the problem of the members of the Corinthian church taking one another to court. Members of the same church are literally suing each other at the Corinthian courthouse...and Paul takes them to task.
Having said that, while this passage is clearly about lawsuits, the problem was not the filing of lawsuits. The legal actions they were taking against one another was just another example of the self-centered carnality the Corinthians had sinfully embraced.
Just like the nature of immaturity prevents a person from knowing how immature they are, carnality blinds its victims to its spiritual attack.
Here, they are not handling their problems within the confines of the church and are rather at each other's throats before the on-looking public eye...letting the name of Jesus be blasphemed and ridiculed in front of the community.
One of the fundamental problems with their actions is not just WHAT they were doing or even WHY they were doing it, although those things were a problem. The bigger problem is WHERE they were doing it and BEFORE WHOM...
They were doing it before unbelievers. So I charge you again today to stop airing your dirty laundry. It's important to briefly review part 1 of this message but I want to give you some new material along the way.
1. The pointed accusation
In an ironic way, Paul indicts them over their view of lawsuits and embarks on a rigorous prosecution that none of them will like.
He issued a two-fold indictment.
A. The legal cases should have been seen as carnal
Part of Paul's rebuke is no ...
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