- THE POINTED ACCUSATION
- The legal cases should have been seen as carnal
- 1 Corinthians 6:1
- Psalm 119:71
- The least Christian should have been seen as capable
- 1 Corinthians 6:5
- 1 Corinthians 6:4
- The legal cases should have been seen as carnal
- THE PROPHETIC ARGUMENT
- He contrasts the greater and the lesser
- 1 Corinthians 6:2-3
- He contrasts the godly and the legal
- He contrasts the greater and the lesser
- THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION
- Biblically, there are legal restrictions on believers
- Broadly, there are lifestyle restrictions on believers
- Believers must respond Biblically and not culturally.
- Christian maturity is not about rights but responsibilities and restraints.
- The reputation Jesus is more important than yours
- Legal and relational matters between Christians are spiritual issues.
- This teaching is in harmony with the teaching of Jesus.
- Matthew 5:40-48
- Matthew 18:32-35
- Philippians 2:3-5
- 1 Peter 2:21-25
- Such a response is completely unnatural…it only makes sense considering the gospel.
- None of this is possible without a covenantal connection to a church.