Passage: 1 Corinthians 5
Notes: Accommodation is exactly what the spirit of this day would have us do...and
don't we have a lot of leaven leavening the dough of the Church today. Yet, how
do we avoid legalism on the other hand? Who has the spiritual wisdom and the
guts to correctly lead a congregation so that church discipline heals rather
than destroys? How will an entire community have the spiritual discernment to
differentiate between a 'wicked person' and the one who is genuinely desiring to
follow God, but still battling the fleshly nature (as in progressive
sanctification)? How would a pastor even broach this subject in a culture that
looks to cultural values ("live and let live") over biblical teaching? Yet, how
do we avoid abuse in so fleshly a Church if the church attempts to practice
church discipline? On the other hand, in a large and more anonymous church, how
many people does it take so that "the Church" is making a decision - or will
anonymity shield any but the most obviously wicked person? "Not associate with"
- where we're not sure, may we err on the side of love and associate, or will we
then just ignore this teaching, not really knowing anyone well enough?
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