STOP AIRING YOUR DIRTY LAUNDRY - PART 1 (15 OF 53)
by Mike Stone
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:1-8
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Stop Airing Your Dirty Laundry - Part 1 (15 of 53)
Series: Straight Up Truth for a Messed Up Church
Mike Stone
1 Corinthians 6:1-8
Here in the 6th chapter Paul begins to address 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 problem he brought up in chapter 5.
Namely, they are so immature, 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 in the community.
One of the fundamental problems with their actions is that they were doing it before unbelievers. So I charge you today to stop airing your dirty laundry.
There's a song I'd like you to watch that really sums up today's lesson. I apologize in advance because this song has a deep theological meaning that may be difficult for some to follow. But if you listen carefully, with your ''thinking caps'' on, I believe you will get some small sense of what we're talking about today.
Video - Keep Yo' Business Off of Facebook
I think that song belongs in the next edition of the Baptist hymnal.
Now, I recognize that most of you did not come today with a question about whether you could sue your Sunday School classmate. But there are principles in this text that address that issue while simultaneously speaking to matters far beyond lawyers and litigants.
1. The pointed accusation
In a legal case, there is a plaintiff and a defendant. That is, someone is accusing and someone is accused.
A man who was on trial when a witness suddenly became the accuser. The DA asked, ''Do you know the defendant?'' The witness, the town ...
Series: Straight Up Truth for a Messed Up Church
Mike Stone
1 Corinthians 6:1-8
Here in the 6th chapter Paul begins to address 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 problem he brought up in chapter 5.
Namely, they are so immature, 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 in the community.
One of the fundamental problems with their actions is that they were doing it before unbelievers. So I charge you today to stop airing your dirty laundry.
There's a song I'd like you to watch that really sums up today's lesson. I apologize in advance because this song has a deep theological meaning that may be difficult for some to follow. But if you listen carefully, with your ''thinking caps'' on, I believe you will get some small sense of what we're talking about today.
Video - Keep Yo' Business Off of Facebook
I think that song belongs in the next edition of the Baptist hymnal.
Now, I recognize that most of you did not come today with a question about whether you could sue your Sunday School classmate. But there are principles in this text that address that issue while simultaneously speaking to matters far beyond lawyers and litigants.
1. The pointed accusation
In a legal case, there is a plaintiff and a defendant. That is, someone is accusing and someone is accused.
A man who was on trial when a witness suddenly became the accuser. The DA asked, ''Do you know the defendant?'' The witness, the town ...
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