Welcome back! Great to have you here again to share another slice of Daily Bread. Our study today is about a very controversial topic ... Fornication.

          Judging anyone about this matter is out of the question since every adult that ever lived is guilty of it according to these words:

          Okay, now let’s get that letter from Paul back out, and unroll the parchment out to Chapter 5 of 1 Corinthians and see what he has to tell us about this. Apparently there was fornication going on in Corinth. Not only was it fornication, but incest. It was known about publicly and the circumstances were very shameful. This kind of thing wasn’t known to be a common occurrence among the Gentiles.

In his concern and bewilderment, Paul can't believe that the Corinthians were "puffed up," about the incident instead of mourning about it because in such circumstances, the punishment would be excommunication.

          What does this mean, “puffed up”? Well, it could mean that they’re boasting about it (similar to today’s world where adultery is promoted in all kinds of media), or advertising it like scandals are usually gossiped about, or, it could mean they’re angry about it. In any case, they weren't mourning about it, which was the response which Paul thought would be the proper one.

FORNICATION BIBLE VERSES HOPE AND FORNICATION BIBLE VERSES BLESSING         

Before you read the next verse, recall that Paul said in Chapter 2, Verse 15, He that is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.

          Does this sound extreme to you? Look at it this way. As long as this person is within the congregation, and the congregation is accepting his behavior by not taking any action against him, the entire congregation is brought down by it, because remember, we are one body. If the hand gets a cut and has an infection the whole body suffers from it. So would you have God punish the whole lot? Of course not, so Paul is saying, separate the offender, cast him out and then God can deal with him separately. Incidentally, what happens when you’re thrown out? You’re away from God. You’re alone with the enemy. How much more efficiently can you show a person that they need to get back on the right path? One bad apple spoils the whole bunch. Paul relates this same thing using leaven as a good analogy for the fornicator, or ... we may even use it for as an analogy for Sin.

Purge (cleanse) out therefore the old leaven (sin),
that you may be a new lump (pure), as you are unleavened.
For even Christ our Passover is sacrificed (put to death) for us:
Therefore let us celebrate the feast, not with old leaven,
neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness;
but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and TRUTH.
 

FORNICATION BIBLE VERSES WARNING OF FORNICATION BIBLE VERSES DANGERS AND FORNICATION BIBLE VERSES CONCERNS

Paul then explains that in a previous letter, he told them not to company with fornicators, or several other kinds of evil doers of the world, but then explains, that one cannot totally and completely avoid any kind of contact with them, since the world is so full of them that one would have to leave the world. But now, Paul says, I'm telling you not to associate with those who profess to be Christians and practice these things.