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1 Corinthians 5:1-13
In 1 Corinthians 5 Paul criticizes the Corinthians for not protecting the community from sin and using their "freedom in Christ" as an excuse to tolerate sin amongst those who claim to be followers of Christ. He then clarifies that it is not our job to condemn those who do not claim to be followers of Christ, but it is our job to love each other enough to hold each other accountable when our actions don't line up with our words. Sometimes the most loving thing to do (as a last resort) is to help someone face up to the destructiveness of sin by asking them to leave the community.
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Acts 1:8
Jesus calls us to be witnesses of what we have experienced of God to the ends of the earth. But this call wasn't fulfilled in Acts 2:42-47, nor was it a full expression of what the church was meant to be. They didn't start to realize their full missional potential until Acts 8:1 when persecution made them scatter to the very places Jesus called them to go in the first place.
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1 Corinthians 1:4-17
Bob Hyatt continues our discussion of 1 Corinthians in 1 Corinthians 1:4-17
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