The Apostle Paul wrote that it only takes a little leaven to spoil the whole batch of dough. On Truth For Life, Alistair Begg shows us the obvious spiritual parallel. Alistair is teaching from First Corinthians 5 about Immorality in the Church.
Paul helped to establish the church in Corinth, but by the time he wrote his first letter to them, the church had already wandered from its foundation. Novel ideas were favored over solid biblical teaching, resulting in confusion, division, and spiritual infancy. Desiring that the church might be presented mature in Christ, Paul addressed a number of practical elements of faith. Noting striking resemblances between the Corinthian church and the Church today, Alistair Begg walks us through the warnings and exhortations of 1 Corinthians.
In volume two of this series, we consider 1 Corinthians 5-6, in which Paul confronts sexual immorality and lawsuits within the church. Exploring the biblical meaning of Christian freedom, Alistair Begg reminds us that once we become believers, we are not merely patched up versions of our pre-converted selves. Instead, we are brand new creations and should live in light of our redeemed nature.
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By different miracles, by various mercies, by strange deliverances Jehovah had proved Himself to be worthy of Israel's trust. Yet they broke down the hedges with which God had enclosed them as a sacred garden; they forsook their own true and living God and followed after false gods. Constantly the Lord reproved them for this infatuation, and our text displays God's remonstrating with them, "And now what do you gain by going to Egypt to drink the waters of the ...
By the time Paul wrote his first letter to the Corinthians, the church had already wandered from its foundation. Novel ideas were favored over solid, biblical teaching, resulting in confusion, division, and spiritual infancy. With a desire to help them mature, Paul addressed a number of very practical elements of faith. Noting similar struggles within the Church today, Alistair Begg walks us through the warnings and exhortations of 1 Corinthians.
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