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  Wednesday, December 14, 2023   INTRODUCING 1 CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER 5 In chapter 5 Paul continues to confront the Church at Corinth. In chapter 4 he was stern with them regarding their arrogance and pride. The Believers in Corinth were behaving as if they were unaccountable as if they would not be confronted for their behavior. In Chapter 5 Paul chastises the church for their inaction in response to a member of the body who is openly committing incest. Paul commands them to remove the man from their community by turning him over to satan for the destruction of his flesh , in hopes that his spirit would be saved. He told them that they shouldn't even share a meal with anyone who continues to engage in unrepentant sin despite teaching and chastisement. In this chapter, Paul distinguishes between the judgment of believers with that of non-believers.   (https:// www.bibleref.com/1-Corinthians/5/1-Corinthians-chapter-5.html Dealing With a Case of Incest, Part 1, Verses  1-4,  DESTINY 1

  Wednesday, December 13, 2023   INTRODUCING 1 CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER 4 First Corinthians 4 continues Paul's insistence to the Corinthian Christians to stop making themselves judges of each other. Only the Lord's judgment matters. They are living as if their wealth and status are all they need, while the apostles serve Christ in poverty and under persecution, imitating Christ. Paul urges them to change course and imitate his life.   (https:// www.bibleref.com/1-Corinthians/4/1-Corinthians-chapter-4.html The Nature of True Apostleship, Part 1, Verses  1-7, TBA This, then, is how you ought to regard us: as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the mysteries God has revealed.   2  Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful.   3  I care very little if I am judged by you or by any human court; indeed, I do not even judge myself.   4  My conscience is clear, but that does not make me innocent. It is the Lord who judges me.   5  Therefore judg