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November 21, 2015 By Ryan Nelson   |   1 Comment

Living in Sin, the Body of Christ, and 1 Corinthians 5:5

Body of Christ

The church in Corinth had a problem. One of their own was actively engaging in sexual sin that went beyond the immorality of non-Christian Corinthians (1 Corinthians 5:1). This person was choosing to live in sin, despite being part of the body of Christ. Paul goes on to say that the best thing for both the church and the individual was for the church to remove the man from their fellowship. Then in 1 Corinthians 5:5, Paul puts it another way: “deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh . . .”

To us modern day Christians, Paul’s instruction sounds like a cliche misrepresentation of Christianity you’d see in a horror movie. But that’s not how Christians in Corinth understood it.

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Filed Under: Bible Study, Ministry Resources, Practical Theology Tagged With: church, corinth, cosmic geography, divine council, immorality, michael s. heiser, repentance, satan, sin, sons of god, supernatural, unseen realm

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