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1 Corinthians 6:9-20
Paul is seeking to help us understand the process of being set apart from the rest of the world. We were designed to live set apart from the ways of the sinful world; we are set apart for something greater.
To be set apart is a life that all Christians are called to live.
Although we play a part in our sanctification, it is a work God does in our lives as we follow him. The Christian life is a life of growing in sanctification.
In verses 9-10 Paul gives a list of sins that represent all the major types of ungodly behaviors that should never be characterized with the lives of those who identify with Christ.
Those who practice these sins as a habitual lifestyle will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Read verses 9-10
Read Gal 5:19-21
The life of Gods’ people should be characterized by faithfulness and purity.
Read verse 11
God has made Christians holy, not perfect, by the work of his Holy Spirit, and we are therefore called to live as his holy people.
God gives us everything we need to live a holy life in this world (read 2 Peter 3-4).
Our way of life is to be distinctly different from the unholy world around us. Every part of our lives should reflect the transforming work of the Holy Spirit.
The spirit of our God has set us apart for new behavior.
Therefore it is inappropriate for anyone who is united to Christ to violate the Christian body which has become a sanctuary of the living God and is therefore claimed by God himself.
Read verse 12-17
The Corinthian believers thought they were free to sin with no impact on their spiritual lives.
The believe that what we do physically has no affect on our spiritual lives comes from a heresy called Gnosticism. One aspect of this heresy was the idea that only thing that mattered was the spiritual. Our bodies were not important but Paul spoke against this idea. He is teaching that our physical bodies belong just as much to Christ as our spirits do.
For believers the question should never come down to whether something is lawful or a right, but whether is it is beneficial.
The body is for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. This means that believers belong to God and their behavior should reflect it. Believers should not use their bodies for dishonorable purposes, rather for God’s glory.
Read 18-20
In submitting to Christ , we submit in both body and spirit. We are set apart-sanctified-in Christ and our bodies are no longer to be used as vessels for sin. Instead, our bodies are to be vessels to glorify Christ.
Does your life reflect a daily progression and the transforming work of the Holy Spirit?
Do you glorify god with you being?
What can you do to glorify God with your life?
If you are living a life indulging in sin submit to Christ and allow him to begin a work in you.
The goal is not to be sinless but to sin less. Only Christ was sinless but with the help of the Holy Spirit we can sin less and glorify god with our being.
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1 Corinthians 6:9-20
Paul is seeking to help us understand the process of being set apart from the rest of the world. We were designed to live set apart from the ways of the sinful world; we are set apart for something greater.
To be set apart is a life that all Christians are called to live.
Although we play a part in our sanctification, it is a work God does in our lives as we follow him. The Christian life is a life of growing in sanctification.
In verses 9-10 Paul gives a list of sins that represent all the major types of ungodly behaviors that should never be characterized with the lives of those who identify with Christ.
Those who practice these sins as a habitual lifestyle will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Read verses 9-10
Read Gal 5:19-21
The life of Gods’ people should be characterized by faithfulness and purity.
Read verse 11
God has made Christians holy, not perfect, by the work of his Holy Spirit, and we are therefore called to live as his holy people.
God gives us everything we need to live a holy life in this world (read 2 Peter 3-4).
Our way of life is to be distinctly different from the unholy world around us. Every part of our lives should reflect the transforming work of the Holy Spirit.
The spirit of our God has set us apart for new behavior.
Therefore it is inappropriate for anyone who is united to Christ to violate the Christian body which has become a sanctuary of the living God and is therefore claimed by God himself.
Read verse 12-17
The Corinthian believers thought they were free to sin with no impact on their spiritual lives.
The believe that what we do physically has no affect on our spiritual lives comes from a heresy called Gnosticism. One aspect of this heresy was the idea that only thing that mattered was the spiritual. Our bodies were not important but Paul spoke against this idea. He is teaching that our physical bodies belong just as much to Christ as our spirits do.
For believers the question should never come down to whether something is lawful or a right, but whether is it is beneficial.
The body is for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. This means that believers belong to God and their behavior should reflect it. Believers should not use their bodies for dishonorable purposes, rather for God’s glory.
Read 18-20
In submitting to Christ , we submit in both body and spirit. We are set apart-sanctified-in Christ and our bodies are no longer to be used as vessels for sin. Instead, our bodies are to be vessels to glorify Christ.
Does your life reflect a daily progression and the transforming work of the Holy Spirit?
Do you glorify god with you being?
What can you do to glorify God with your life?
If you are living a life indulging in sin submit to Christ and allow him to begin a work in you.
The goal is not to be sinless but to sin less. Only Christ was sinless but with the help of the Holy Spirit we can sin less and glorify god with our being.