RESPONDING TO SIN IN THE CHURCH (9)
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 5:1-13
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Title: Responding to Sin in the Church (9)
Series: 1 Corinthians
Author: Robert Dawson
Text: 1 Corinthians 5
20 years ago, Boeing, who manufactures airplanes, rockets, missiles, and satellites, tested 10 new planes at Seattle's Boeing Field. All 10 planes experienced problems. As the mechanics inspected the engines with flashlights, they discovered tiny glass beads, about the size of granulated sugar, coating the inside of the engines.
After a little detective work, they identified the beads as the reflective ingredient in the paint used to mark the runway lines. Officials walked the tarmac and found where the tiny reflective crystals were separating from a recently painted section of the runway. A defect in the paint allowed the beads to detach and be sucked into the jet engines as they powered-up for take-off. The cost of that defective paint job? $50 million.
When something that is foreign to the innerworkings of an engine is pulled in through an intake, it diminishes its efficiency, harms the engine, and will eventually cripple the engine altogether. That is true of engines of any type, like a business or organization that has different parts that are required to work together to create a product and make a profit.
The same is true of the church. What we take in can lead to success or failure. What we absorb can lead to fruitful ministry and Gospel effectiveness or it can diminish our effectiveness or cripple us altogether.
- The church was made for a steady intake of God's Word. It is the fuel that keep us on the road to Christlikeness which brings glory to God.
- The church was made for a steady intake of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It is the fuel that empowers the church and keeps her moving forward while making a difference in the lives of its members and those in the community.
The church in Corinth managed to suck up the ideologies, practices, and convictions of the world around them. As a result, it gummed up the innerworkings of ...
Series: 1 Corinthians
Author: Robert Dawson
Text: 1 Corinthians 5
20 years ago, Boeing, who manufactures airplanes, rockets, missiles, and satellites, tested 10 new planes at Seattle's Boeing Field. All 10 planes experienced problems. As the mechanics inspected the engines with flashlights, they discovered tiny glass beads, about the size of granulated sugar, coating the inside of the engines.
After a little detective work, they identified the beads as the reflective ingredient in the paint used to mark the runway lines. Officials walked the tarmac and found where the tiny reflective crystals were separating from a recently painted section of the runway. A defect in the paint allowed the beads to detach and be sucked into the jet engines as they powered-up for take-off. The cost of that defective paint job? $50 million.
When something that is foreign to the innerworkings of an engine is pulled in through an intake, it diminishes its efficiency, harms the engine, and will eventually cripple the engine altogether. That is true of engines of any type, like a business or organization that has different parts that are required to work together to create a product and make a profit.
The same is true of the church. What we take in can lead to success or failure. What we absorb can lead to fruitful ministry and Gospel effectiveness or it can diminish our effectiveness or cripple us altogether.
- The church was made for a steady intake of God's Word. It is the fuel that keep us on the road to Christlikeness which brings glory to God.
- The church was made for a steady intake of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It is the fuel that empowers the church and keeps her moving forward while making a difference in the lives of its members and those in the community.
The church in Corinth managed to suck up the ideologies, practices, and convictions of the world around them. As a result, it gummed up the innerworkings of ...
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