1 COR 1:10 “Now I exhort you, brethren…that you all agree, and there be no divisions among you, but you be made complete in the same mind and in the same judgment.”

SOMETHING IS WRONG 1 Cor. 5:1-8 How Do God’s People React?

Something Is Wrong In Corinth  This Was Something Not Even the Gentiles Would Commit or Allow.  Second Problem = Their Reaction  They Did Nothing, They Became Arrogant.  They Needed to Fix the Second Problem First, Then They Could Attempt to Fix the First Problem.

God Determines Right From Wrong  1 John 2:15-16 “Do not love the world, nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.”

God Determines Right From Wrong  Col 3:17 “And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.”

God Determines Right From Wrong  Isa 5:20-21 “Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;, Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness;, Who substitute bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, And clever in their own sight!”

Common Reactions to Wrongdoing  Disgust – a reaction, but not an action.  Complaint – an action, but not a solution.  Apathy (Ignore the Problem) – conflict avoidant (Luke 18:2-4).  Concern – want it fixed, but by someone else.  Vindication/Justice – The deep desire to fix the wrong.

Fixing the Wrong  Discipline  Teaching the Wrong Doer – Patience and Understanding.  Speaking to the Wrong Doer – Firm, but Loving.  Removing the Wrong Doer - Withdrawing

Fixing the Wrong  2 Cor. 7:9-11  2 Cor. 2:5-9 Right