1. In order for the church to be effective against sin, believers are to respond to immorality. Place a check beside all the reasons you believe church discipline is biblically prescribed.
to change behavior
to punish a sinner
to help a believer
to challenge a teaching
to demonstrate mercy
to make an example of a believer
to deter someone else
to expose a leader
to show God's love
to bring repentence
2. How is immorality more than a physical act?
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Devotion for Friday, March 12, 2010
1. Can you recal a time when your moral views were distorted because of entertainment or exposure to media? Circle any phrases below that describe what you do when confronted with immorality in media:
see the movie anyway
share the book with a friend
read the magazine while on vacation
buy a different magazine
cancel a subscription
forward the e-mail message
hide the book from your spouse
write a letter to the editor
2. How do believers become desensitized to sin?
see the movie anyway
share the book with a friend
read the magazine while on vacation
buy a different magazine
cancel a subscription
forward the e-mail message
hide the book from your spouse
write a letter to the editor
2. How do believers become desensitized to sin?
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Devotion for Thursday, March 11, 2010
Read 1 Corinthians 6:15-20 and answer the following questions.
1. Why is it important to teach the reasons to refrain from sexual immorality rather than to merely give a prohibition against it?
2. Why do we not have the right to do what we want with our own bodies?
3. What praise, thanksgiving, or confession did God lead you to as you read this passage?
1. Why is it important to teach the reasons to refrain from sexual immorality rather than to merely give a prohibition against it?
2. Why do we not have the right to do what we want with our own bodies?
3. What praise, thanksgiving, or confession did God lead you to as you read this passage?
Devotion for Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Sorry I didn't get this posted earlier today. That's what I get for sleeping in this morning and not getting up early to do my devotion! I'll get it in now but it sure is better for me to do it first thing in the morning. I wonder how everyone else feels about that- morning, night, or trying to squeeze it in somewhere during the day?
Read 1 Corinthians 5:9-13 and answer the following questions.
1. How can a church practice discipline without being hypocritical since all people are sinners?
2. Why are we more willing to tolerate rather than discipline immoral church members?
3. How can church discipline be redemptive and loving?
4. What praise, thanksgiving, or confession did God lead you to as you read this passage?
Read 1 Corinthians 5:9-13 and answer the following questions.
1. How can a church practice discipline without being hypocritical since all people are sinners?
2. Why are we more willing to tolerate rather than discipline immoral church members?
3. How can church discipline be redemptive and loving?
4. What praise, thanksgiving, or confession did God lead you to as you read this passage?
Monday, March 8, 2010
Devotion for Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Read 1 Corinthians 5:3-8 and answer the following questions.
1. What does it mean to hand someone over to Satan?
2. How would this work to save his spirit?
3. What does yeast teach us about the nature of the Corinthians problem?
4. What praise, thanksgiving, or confession did God lead you to as you read this passage?
1. What does it mean to hand someone over to Satan?
2. How would this work to save his spirit?
3. What does yeast teach us about the nature of the Corinthians problem?
4. What praise, thanksgiving, or confession did God lead you to as you read this passage?
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Devotion for Monday, March 8, 2010
Read 1 Corinthians 5:1-2 and answer the following questions:
1. What was the attitude of the Corinthian Christians toward sin in the church?
2. What should have been the attitude of the Corinthian Christians toward sin in the church?
3. How do confrontation and redemption go hand in hand when confronting open immorality?
4. What praise, thanksgiving, or confession did God lead you to as you read this passage?
1. What was the attitude of the Corinthian Christians toward sin in the church?
2. What should have been the attitude of the Corinthian Christians toward sin in the church?
3. How do confrontation and redemption go hand in hand when confronting open immorality?
4. What praise, thanksgiving, or confession did God lead you to as you read this passage?
Getting ready for the week- March 14th
When Immorality comes to Church
1 Corinthians 5:1-13; 6:12-7:40
The 1960's are often described as a time of sexual Revolution in America. In that decade there was a deliberate rejection of marriage as a prerequisite to sexual activity. New methods of birth control, cohabitation, legalized abortion, and a growing acceptance of homosexuality were just some of the results. Social revolution became organized through political movements and radical legislation in liberal courts. Movies, television, and more recently the emerging Internet provided support for the movement. Many in America hail the rejection of traditional marriage and the approval of sexual immorality as social progress.
Many Christians and churches have conformed to the spirit of our age. Acceptance or passive neglect of immorality among church members has tragically become the norm. As you study the lesson this week, examine how Paul dealt with immorality in the early church and seek to understand how these principles should be followed today.
1 Corinthians 5:1-13; 6:12-7:40
The 1960's are often described as a time of sexual Revolution in America. In that decade there was a deliberate rejection of marriage as a prerequisite to sexual activity. New methods of birth control, cohabitation, legalized abortion, and a growing acceptance of homosexuality were just some of the results. Social revolution became organized through political movements and radical legislation in liberal courts. Movies, television, and more recently the emerging Internet provided support for the movement. Many in America hail the rejection of traditional marriage and the approval of sexual immorality as social progress.
Many Christians and churches have conformed to the spirit of our age. Acceptance or passive neglect of immorality among church members has tragically become the norm. As you study the lesson this week, examine how Paul dealt with immorality in the early church and seek to understand how these principles should be followed today.
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