But You Were Cleansed

Meditations in First Corinthians 

May 10, 2022

But You Were Cleansed

But you were cleansed; you were made holy; you were made right with God by calling on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

1 Corinthians 6:11b

Read: 1 Corinthians 6:9-11

Corinth was characterized by all manner of sins, especially sexual sins. Paul makes it clear that those who engage in sinful behavior will not inherit the Kingdom of God. He also makes it abundantly clear that God’s saving grace is sufficient to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. For our purposes, I believe it is essential for our grounding in faith to hold to the truth of God’s way of life for his Holy Ones.

On May 1, 2022, a new Christian denomination was launched, The Global Methodist Church. This is a split from the United Methodist Church that is the result on long standing disputes over the understanding of human sexuality. A highly respected UMC Bishop resigned his office to join the new denomination, and in his letter of resignation noted that the disputes mask the deeper and truly significant disagreement over what constitutes fidelity to the historic confession of the Christian faith expressed in the normative nature of Holy Scripture as the primary rule of faith.  Put succinctly, the ongoing argument is over just what constitutes the theological and moral foundations of the contemporary church.

Put even more succinctly, the Word of God in 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 was not optional for the first century church, and it is not optional for the twenty-first century church.

My Takeaway: If 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 is not applicable in today’s church, then neither is verse 11 quoted above. If verse 11 is out, then none of us are saved.

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

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