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2025-03-02: Pastor Mark Quist – Christ Crushes the Little Compromises Before it Crushes Us
1 Corinthians 5 is on deck for this Sunday. We are well into this letter to the Corinthian church and the beauty of Paul’s teaching is becoming more deeply personal and more deeply communal. There is some big trouble in this church community that Paul confronts directly. Yet, Paul includes everyone in his teaching to include everyone.
It’s the little things, the little compromises that lead us into bigger trouble. The 10 commandments for example speak to ‘big’ things – lying, stealing, adultery and murder. Yet, these don’t happen in a vacuum or suddenly out of the blue. No. It’s the culmination of 100 preceding compromises that leads us there.
For example, Jesus teaches about this sinful nature in us by pointing out that – a little lust, a little hate, a secret this and that, a twisting of the truth – and before we know it, we are in deep trouble.
Why is this troubling? Because these little compromises leading to big trouble actually reveal the treasure of our heart. God’s solution? Jesus makes it simple, “Find your treasure in me.”
To side step bigger trouble, we must get at the treasure of our heart and rid ourselves of the little compromises that lead us away from our treasure, Jesus. In the cross of Christ and his resurrection power, we can be set free and empowered to follow Jesus wholeheartedly. What does that mean for the here and now-now? In our life in Christ moving forward, Christ crushes our little compromises before they crush us! So, find your treasure in Jesus today!
Text for Sunday is 1 Corinthians 5. What’s the big trouble? How does it involve everyone? What guidance does Paul give in moving forward and towards Jesus?
In his name,
Pastor Mark
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2025-03-02: Pastor Mark Quist – Christ Crushes the Little Compromises Before it Crushes Us
1 Corinthians 5 is on deck for this Sunday. We are well into this letter to the Corinthian church and the beauty of Paul’s teaching is becoming more deeply personal and more deeply communal. There is some big trouble in this church community that Paul confronts directly. Yet, Paul includes everyone in his teaching to include everyone.
It’s the little things, the little compromises that lead us into bigger trouble. The 10 commandments for example speak to ‘big’ things – lying, stealing, adultery and murder. Yet, these don’t happen in a vacuum or suddenly out of the blue. No. It’s the culmination of 100 preceding compromises that leads us there.
For example, Jesus teaches about this sinful nature in us by pointing out that – a little lust, a little hate, a secret this and that, a twisting of the truth – and before we know it, we are in deep trouble.
Why is this troubling? Because these little compromises leading to big trouble actually reveal the treasure of our heart. God’s solution? Jesus makes it simple, “Find your treasure in me.”
To side step bigger trouble, we must get at the treasure of our heart and rid ourselves of the little compromises that lead us away from our treasure, Jesus. In the cross of Christ and his resurrection power, we can be set free and empowered to follow Jesus wholeheartedly. What does that mean for the here and now-now? In our life in Christ moving forward, Christ crushes our little compromises before they crush us! So, find your treasure in Jesus today!
Text for Sunday is 1 Corinthians 5. What’s the big trouble? How does it involve everyone? What guidance does Paul give in moving forward and towards Jesus?
In his name,
Pastor Mark