Matters of Judgement

1 Corinthians 5.1-13

Threats to Holiness in 1st Corinthians

1. Personality cults/source issues/divisions (1,3)
2. Worldly wisdom/oratory/public speaking (1,2)
3. Controlling/authoritarian behavior by going beyond what is written (4)
4. Disrespect of apostles and apostolic teaching (4,9) 
5. Polarity of inappropriate tolerance and inappropriate judgmentalism (4-5) 
6. Looking to the secular world to make judgments (6)
7. Self-absorption/lack of self-restraint/sexual immorality. (6,10)
8. Divorce, marriage, singleness. (7)
9. Disputable matters/questionable things and the value of one’s conscience (8-10)
10. Carnality & lack of commitment to discipleship (10)
11. Role of women in the church (11,14)
12. Abuse of spiritual gifts (12-14)
13. Living for earth versus living for heaven (15)
14. Giving (16)

Discerning between Appropriate & Inappropriate Judging (1 Corinthians 5)

1. Establishing The Proper Framework Matters (1-2; Matt 7.1-5)
2. Submitting to Apostolic Authority Matters (3)
3. Taking an Eternal Perspective Matters (4-5)
4. Moving from Individual to Community Matters (6-8)
5. Distinguishing Between Believer & Unbeliever Matters (9-13)