The Right Way to Deal With Sin In the Church

1 Corinthians 5:1-8

1. Grieve over sin

Verse 2

1 Corinthians 6:12-“All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.”

1 Corinthians 10:23-“All things are lawful for me, but not all things are helpful; all things are lawful for me, but not all things edify.”

Jude 4-“For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ.”

2. Confront the sin

Verse 3

Matthew 7:1-5-“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye’; and look, a plank is in your own eye? Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.”

3. Practice church discipline

Verses 5-7

Matthew 18:15-17-“Moreover if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother.But if he will not hear, take with you one or two more, that ‘by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.’ And if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church. But if he refuses even to hear the church, let him be to you like a heathen and a tax collector.”

Galatians 6:1–“Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness.”