Musings on 1 Corinthians 6
After thinking so much about unity over the past few days, I appreciated hearing a discussion regarding it tonight during weekly Bible study with my local church. We are currently studying 1 Corinthians 6. Paul discusses here several glaring instances of discord, or lack of unity, in the Corinthian church.
First, the issue of Christian brothers and sisters taking each other to court is discussed. A few things seemed relatively clear to me: the two are in a quarrel based on at least one wronging the other, they are not handling it between themselves with repentance and/or forgiveness, and the church appears incapable of providing the wisdom needed to resolve it.
Next, the lack of unity with Christ is handled by defining the characteristics of an ungodly, Christ-forsaking world and how those things are creeping into the lives of the Christians in the church. This description moves on into the dangers of licentiousness--particularly gluttony and fornication. Both of these sins are a display of a lack of unity between ourselves and God. Gluttony is seeking satisfaction in food and not in God and fornication is union with another body who does not belong to us--seeking satisfaction in sexual union with another person instead of in spiritual communion with our heavenly Bridegroom. When we were made One with Christ, He became the One for whom we are to forsake all others, for richer or poorer, and as long as we should live.
( Will be continued)
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