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Have you ever heard someone say: "God's ways are not our ways." "His thoughts aren't our thoughts." "No one can know the mind of God." What if that's being misunderstood? In this Bible study, we walk through 1 Corinthians 2 and uncover what Paul actually meant when he said:

"Paul, writing from Ephesus, where he stayed for more than two years... [to] the Christian church at Corinth, which was then the largest town in Greece... It would have been full of a cosmopolitan crowd, and even in those days a byword for immorality." From the introduction. 

Welcome to The Daily, where we study the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every day. Read more about Project23 and partner with us as we teach every verse of the Bible on video. Our text today is 1 Corinthians 6:9-11. When believers forget who they are, they start acting like who they were. That's exactly what was happening in Corinth. The lawsuits, the fighting, the mistreatment, the "me-first" mindset—none of it fit who they had become in Christ. So Paul brings them back to the foundation: Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. — 1 Corinthians 6:9–11 Paul's list is not gentle. He names sins the Corinthians once embraced—sins they preferred not to talk about—sins that defined how they lived, what they desired, and who they believed they were. Then he hits them with four words that change everything: "Such were some of you." Past tense. Former identity. Old life. Dead self. Not who you are anymore. The Corinthians were living as if their old identity still held power over them. Paul reminds them of the supernatural reality that reshaped their entire existence: First | You were washed. Your filth is gone, not managed. Christ didn't rinse you—He cleansed you. Second | You were sanctified. Set apart. Made holy. Placed into a new category of belonging. Third | You were justified. Declared righteous. Given a new standing before God. Not because you earned it, but because Christ secured it. This was Paul's entire point: Believers acting unrighteously had forgotten they had been made righteous. Their behavior didn't match their identity. Paul is not saying, "Try harder." He's saying, "Remember who you are." Identity fuels obedience. Identity kills sin. Identity restores relationships. Identity corrects foolishness like lawsuits, bitterness, pride, and division. And identity always begins with what Christ has done—not what we achieve. Paul drags the Corinthians out of their petty battles and back into their eternal status: Washed from who you were Sanctified for who you are Justified for who you're becoming The gospel didn't just change your destination. It changed your definition. And when you remember who you are, you start living like who you truly are. DO THIS: Slow down today and say these three truths out loud: Washed. Sanctified. Justified. Let your identity shape your obedience. ASK THIS: Which part of my old identity tries to pull me back the most? Which truth—washed, sanctified, or justified—do I struggle to believe today? How does remembering my identity change how I treat others? PRAY THIS: Father, thank You for washing me, sanctifying me, and justifying me in Christ. Help me live from this identity, not from my past. Let my life show who You've made me to be. Amen. PLAY THIS: "Who You Say I Am"

February 25, 2026 In this week's podcast Mike Hanafee and Randy discuss boasting in a Christian worldview, God Choosing of the lowly and the importance of knowing God.

This was Dave Richards looking at 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 from our 10 am service on Sunday 22 February 2026. This is part of our The Cross Series.

Welcome to The Daily, where we study the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every day. Read more about Project23 and partner with us as we teach every verse of the Bible on video. Our text today is 1 Corinthians 6:7-8. Most people believe strength looks like fighting back, striking first, or refusing to let anyone take advantage of them. Paul flips that entire worldview in two sentences. To have lawsuits at all with one another is already a defeat for you. Why not rather suffer wrong? Why not rather be defrauded? But you yourselves wrong and defraud—even your own brothers! — 1 Corinthians 6:7–8 Paul doesn't merely say lawsuits are messy or unfortunate. He says they reveal defeat—a spiritual collapse long before a judge renders a verdict. Why? Because believers were willing to destroy each other to protect their pride, their possessions, their image, or their "rights." So Paul asks the question no one wants to ask: "Why not rather suffer wrong?" This cuts against everything the world teaches—yet it matches everything Jesus modeled. Strength in the Kingdom is not the ability to crush someone. It's the ability to be mistreated without becoming bitter. It's the willingness to take the hit without hitting back. It's the courage to absorb injustice—when necessary—for the sake of love, unity, and witness. This isn't weakness. It's Christlike power. It's the strength that made Jesus stay silent before His accusers. It's the strength that kept Him from calling legions of angels. It's the strength that absorbed the cross instead of avoiding it. The Corinthians thought they were strong by standing up for themselves. But in doing so, they didn't just protect themselves—they wronged and defrauded their own brothers. Paul is asking them—and us—to consider a harder path: Sometimes the strongest thing a Christian can do is suffer well. Because suffering wrong for the sake of righteousness is never defeat. In the Kingdom, it's victory. And sometimes choosing to lose makes room for Christ to win through you. Suffer well. Trust Christ with the outcome. DO THIS: Choose one place where you're tempted to fight for your "rights." Ask God if surrender—not retaliation—is the better witness. ASK THIS: Why does suffering wrong feel so impossible in the moment? Where am I choosing pride over peace? How might Christ be calling me to a harder, stronger path? PRAY THIS: Father, give me the strength to suffer well. Keep my heart soft when I'm wronged, and make me more like Jesus—strong, humble, and willing to trust You with every outcome. Amen. PLAY THIS: "Lead Me to the Cross"

Message - Kevin Dean  Scripture - 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 Date - February 22nd, 2026

Message - Kevin Dean  Scripture - 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 Date - February 22nd, 2026

In this sermon we look at three scriptures passages in order to explore the light of God that has been revealed in Jesus. May we encounter the crucified Christ raised from the dead in these words.

Does God call us? Do we call on God? Is salvation only up to God or do we play a role? Where does baptism fit in that scenario? Does baptism even fit? Does it matter when it comes to salvation? Is the only thing we have to do is to confess Jesus and believe in our heart? We tackle these question in this episode.

Sunday Service - February 22, 2026 - Tony Hauck  

BOOK FIVE 1 CORINTHIANS 14 The Chronological New Testament

David Johnson discusses 1 Corinthians 16:8—“Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.”

Welcome to The Daily, where we study the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every day. Read more about Project23 and partner with us as we teach every verse of the Bible on video. Our text today is 1 Corinthians 6:4-6. We all know what it feels like when a conflict gets ugly. But what Paul describes here is something deeper—something darker. When believers drag each other before unbelievers, it's not just a problem. It's a symptom of a spiritual disease. So if you have such cases, why do you lay them before those who have no standing in the church? I say this to your shame. Can it be that there is no one among you wise enough to settle a dispute between the brothers, but brother goes to law against brother, and that before unbelievers? — 1 Corinthians 6:4–6 Paul says it plainly: "I say this to your shame." He is calling out their foolishness—their lack of wisdom—with almost painful bluntness. Paul isn't shocked that believers disagree. He's shocked that a church claiming to have the Spirit, gifts, teachers, apostles, and the mind of Christ somehow has no one wise enough to help two Christians settle a grievance. That's not just sad. That's spiritually foolish. And that foolishness reveals something deeper than the conflict itself: The issue isn't the lawsuit. The issue is the heart that would rather win than reconcile. Dragging our spiritual family into court before unbelievers exposes a hidden sickness: Pride that won't yield Bitterness that wants public victory Immaturity that refuses correction Selfishness that doesn't care about the witness of the church A craving for personal justice instead of God's justice The lawsuit is only the surface-level problem. The deeper problem is a church unwilling—or unable—to address spiritual rot in its own members. Paul is essentially saying, "If you can't solve small disputes, what does that say about your spiritual condition?" Because when believers run to unbelievers to fix their relationships, it reveals: A failure of discipleship A failure of community A failure of wisdom A failure of courage A failure of love And the world watches all of it. Paul's sting is intentional. He wants them to feel the weight of their compromise—not to shame them into despair, but to wake them into maturity. Because a church that can't handle conflict will never be a church that transforms culture. The deeper message? Until the heart is healed, the conflict won't be. And no secular court on earth can fix what only the Spirit can restore. DO THIS: Bring one unresolved conflict before God today. Ask Him to expose anything in your heart—pride, stubbornness, or fear—that may be preventing reconciliation. ASK THIS: What does my response to conflict reveal about my spiritual maturity? Who in my church family can help me work through a difficult grievance biblically? What heart issue—not just the dispute—needs God's correction? PRAY THIS: Father, reveal the deeper issues in my heart that fuel conflict. Give me humility, courage, and wisdom to pursue reconciliation in a way that honors You. Heal what I cannot see and restore what is broken. Amen. PLAY THIS: "Give Us Clean Hands"

Today, the Enemy of God wants to target God's Holy Temple. He wants to defile your temple by deceiving you into believing that what you do with your body doesn't matter. He wants to make your temple accessible to your boyfriend or your girlfriend outside of sacred marriage. He wants to make your temple accessible to someone else's spouse. He wants to make your temple accessible to prostitutes and pornography. He wants to make you believe that it's your body, your choice. Whatever your body wants or needs, have at it. Everything is lawful and permissible! Yet the question at the very root, for the Corinthians back then and for all Christians today: does your physical body matter to God as much as your spiritual soul? YES 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 |You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body. Christ paid for your body with his blood. To be one with you… his Spirit to dwell in you… because one day God will resurrect you, forever.

Packinghouse's Sunday morning worship service from February 22, 2026 1 Corinthians 1:18–31 — The Wisdom That Saves Paul reminds the Corinthians that the message of the cross lands very differently depending on the heart: to a world chasing status and intellect it sounds foolish, but to those being saved it is the very power of God. He contrasts human “wisdom” that produces pride and instability with God's wisdom that comes through Christ crucified—an upside-down plan no one would invent, yet the only one that truly saves. God doesn't build His kingdom on human bragging rights; He delights to call the weak, the overlooked, and the humbled so that no one can boast in themselves. The point isn't that knowledge is bad, but that information can't reconcile us to God—only surrender to Jesus can. So the only right “glory” is this: not in our strength, success, or smarts, but in knowing the Lord and coming to Him just as we are. - Ed Rea - Sunday, February 22, 2026

Sermon Handout 1 Corinthians 14:33–40 For God is not a God of confusion but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints, 34 the women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be in submission, as the Law also says. 35 If there is anything they desire to learn, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is shameful for a woman to speak in church. 36 Or was it from you that the word of God came? Or are you the only ones it has reached? 37 If anyone thinks that he is a prophet, or spiritual, he should acknowledge that the things I am writing to you are a command of the Lord. 38 If anyone does not recognize this, he is not recognized. 39 So, my brothers, earnestly desire to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues. 40 But all things should be done decently and in order.

Zach walks through the first five verses of 1 Corinthians 2, where Paul shows how his weakness in preaching demonstrates the Spirit's power.

Neil continues our 1 Corinthians series by examining how the church should respond to sin, both corporately and individually. He calls believers to walk in humility, courageously practice biblical confrontation, and pursue purity in the body of Christ through accountability and submission to godly leadership.  

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Welcome to The Daily, where we study the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every day. Read more about Project23 and partner with us as we teach every verse of the Bible on video. Our text today is 1 Corinthians 6:1-3. We crave justice—deeply. When someone wrongs us, cheats us, mistreats us, or lies about us, something in our soul cries out, "Make this right." But too often we run to systems that don't share our worldview, don't understand our values, and don't operate under the Lordship of Christ. It's no wonder Paul is stunned: believers are running to secular courts to solve spiritual family matters. Before Paul rebukes them, he raises their identity: When one of you has a grievance against another, does he dare go to law before the unrighteous instead of the saints? Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases? Do you not know that we are to judge angels? How much more, then, matters pertaining to this life! — 1 Corinthians 6:1–3 This is Paul at his sharpest—and most surprising. "You will judge angels." He's not talking about cute heavenly messengers. He's talking about evil angels—fallen beings—those who rebelled against God. That's cosmic responsibility. That's eternal authority. That's weight reserved for the redeemed. Paul's point is simple: If God trusts you with cosmic judgment, why can't you handle everyday conflict? The Corinthians were acting spiritually powerless, begging unbelievers to settle disputes that believers—with the mind of Christ—were more equipped to handle. Their shame was magnified because they were behaving like spiritual infants while being destined for heavenly authority. Paul isn't telling Christians to reject the legal system entirely. He's telling them to stop outsourcing what God equipped the church to handle spiritually and relationally. You're going to judge angels. You're going to judge the world. You're entrusted with eternal authority. So act like it now. Paul's rebuke invites us to recover something the modern church has nearly lost: Spirit-filled, Scripture-shaped, wise believers resolving disputes in the household of faith. We're not powerless. We're not dependent on the world for wisdom. We're not helpless victims needing secular referees. God has given His people everything they need—truth, Spirit, counsel, unity, courage—to handle conflict within the family of God. Paul's message is this: You carry future authority, so live with present responsibility. Don't act like someone who needs the world to fix what the Spirit can resolve. DO THIS: Ask God to help you handle conflict with spiritual maturity. If there's a grievance you've been tempted to take outward, bring it inward—to wise believers who can help you resolve it with grace and truth. ASK THIS: Where have I run to worldly systems for justice instead of pursuing reconciliation within the body of Christ? Who in my church family could help mediate a conflict biblically and wisely? How does my future role in God's kingdom shape how I handle conflict today? PRAY THIS: Father, give me wisdom and courage to handle conflict in a way that honors You. Remind me of the authority You've given Your people, and help me pursue reconciliation with humility and strength. Amen. PLAY THIS: "Justice"

February 22, 2026 In this week's sermon Mike Hanafee admonishes us to boast in the Lord on how we became Christian, on who we were before salvation, and for what Christ did for us.

1 Corinthians 15:35-44 Dr. Steven Roby

FPC Knoxville's 2/22/26 Sunday Sermon - “Looking Foolish” - Rev. Mark Curtis  (Matthew 5:1-12/1 Corinthians 1:18, 21-25)Hymn of Response:  "O for a World" performed by Scot Scheetz and our Ault Choir

Against Arrogance - 1 Corinthians 4:6-21 - Stephen Watson

Pastor Dan taught that God's plan of salvation through Christ was decreed before time began—hidden from human wisdom but revealed through the Spirit in Scripture. He emphasized that salvation cannot be discovered by human effort but only received by faith, urging believers to spend time in God's Word to know His wisdom and respond to the gospel. #FaithAlone #GodsDecree #HiddenWisdom #GospelTruth #SavedByGrace #Scripture #HolySpirit #ChristCentered #CalvaryTilton

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Tolerance feels kind. Until it destroys a soul—and a church. SUMMARY Our culture celebrates tolerance—but Paul draws a hard line in 1 Corinthians 5. When a church confuses love with silence, grace with affirmation, and maturity with tolerance, sin spreads and souls are damaged. This chapter reminds us that real love doesn't ignore sin—it confronts it for the sake of repentance, restoration, and the integrity of the church. REFLECTION & SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Where have you seen tolerance confused with love—personally or in the church? Why do you think silence often feels easier than truth? What stood out most to you about Paul's response in 1 Corinthians 5? How does false grace differ from biblical grace? Why does tolerated sin eventually affect more than just one person? How does church discipline actually protect both the sinner and the church? Where do you need to confront sin in your own life rather than excuse it? What fears keep believers from having hard but loving conversations? How should churches balance compassion and conviction today? What does it look like to restore someone without affirming their sin?  

Welcome to The Daily, where we study the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every day. Read more about Project23 and partner with us as we teach every verse of the Bible on video. Our text today is 1 Corinthians 5:13. Some threats don't walk through the front door shouting. They slip in quietly, sit in the pew, smile during worship, and destroy slowly. Paul ends this chapter by ripping the mask off one of the greatest dangers to a church's health: unrepentant sin that everyone sees but no one confronts. God judges those outside. "Purge the evil person from among you." — 1 Corinthians 5:13 Paul doesn't whisper this. He doesn't soften the command. He ends the chapter with a call so sharp we can feel the edge of it: remove what is destroying the body of Christ before it destroys you. He's not talking about someone who's struggling or fighting sin. He's talking about the person who refuses correction, rejects repentance, and insists on living in open rebellion while claiming the name of Christ. This kind of sin doesn't stay contained. It spreads. It shapes culture. It numbs conviction. It confuses new believers. And eventually it corrupts the whole church. First | Unrepentant sin isn't just harmful—it's contagious. This command echoes Jesus' words about cutting off a hand or tearing out an eye. Some things must be removed decisively because they can't be managed gently. If we don't cut out what kills us, it will cut out what's holy in us. And Paul draws a hard line that every believer must take seriously... Second | God judges the outside world. The church must judge what's inside. Our job is not to police unbelievers—God handles that. Our job is to protect the church. Not to condemn the world, but to guard the family of God. Not to rage at culture, but to confront the compromise within our own community. This means addressing sin when we see it—not ignoring it, excusing it, or hoping it disappears. When a believer we love is drifting into rebellion, we step in. We speak clearly. We call them back. We risk the awkward conversation. That's what love does. It also means raising concerns when leaders overlook sin. Paul's command applies to pastors, elders, small group leaders, and every believer in the house. If something poisonous is spreading, silence is not faithfulness. Silence is surrender. And sometimes—this part is hard—the right response is to leave. If your church normalizes what God condemns, if leaders minimize sin or celebrate what Scripture calls destructive, if purity is treated as optional and holiness is mocked as legalism, then the command of Paul lands on your doorstep... Third | Flee. Don't let corruption disciple you. Don't stay where sin is protected. Don't remain where truth is optional. Leaving isn't betrayal. Leaving is protection. Leaving is obedience. Leaving is spiritual survival. Paul ends the chapter with a decision-point: Will we be a church that trims sin—or a church that tolerates it? Purge what pollutes. Remove what corrodes. Cut what kills. Protect what's holy. Guard what Christ died to make clean. The world doesn't shape us. Sin doesn't define us. And compromise doesn't get a seat at the table. Christ leads us. Holiness marks us. Courage protects us. This is how chapter 5 ends—with fire and clarity. And now it's our turn to act. DO THIS: Ask God to reveal one area of compromise—personal or within your church—that needs decisive action. Speak up, confront it, or walk away if needed. Protect what's holy. ASK THIS: What sin have I tolerated that God wants removed? Where do I need to speak up instead of staying silent? Is my church confronting sin—or quietly accepting it? PRAY THIS: Father, give me courage to remove whatever harms my walk with You. Help me protect the purity of Your church and confront sin with boldness, humility, and conviction. Keep me faithful and fearless as I follow Your Word. Amen. PLAY THIS: "Clean Heart"

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Welcome to The Daily, where we study the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every day. Read more about Project23 and partner with us as we teach every verse of the Bible on video. Our text today is 1 Corinthians 5:12. It's easy to get worked up about everything happening "out there." We shake our heads at culture, critique the headlines, and grow frustrated with people who don't follow Jesus—as if their choices should shock us. But before Paul gives direction, he gives clarity: you can't expect the world to live by a standard it never agreed to. For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Is it not those inside the church whom you are to judge? — 1 Corinthians 5:12 Paul tells the Corinthians to stop policing people who don't claim Christ. Unbelievers behaving like unbelievers is not a crisis. It's expected. What is a crisis is when believers behave like unbelievers and no one says a word. When Christians focus more energy on condemning the outside world than shepherding their own community, everything gets upside down. Jesus didn't police the world—He moved toward it. Paul didn't police the world—he preached to it. The early church didn't police the world—they loved it and reached it. But inside the church? They confronted sin, practiced discipline, and protected one another with humility and truth. They judged behavior not to shame but to restore. That's the difference. Many believers today get trapped in endless cycles of judging outsiders. We complain about politics, cultural decay, Hollywood, the news, and the morality of people who don't even claim to follow Christ. Meanwhile, friends we love are drifting, compromising, and slipping into patterns that are far more dangerous—and we stay silent. We end up policing the wrong people and ignoring the ones God called us to shepherd. The real problem isn't worldly people acting worldly. The real problem is God's people acting worldly and no one having the courage to intervene. Policing outside breeds resentment. Policing inside breeds restoration. So what does it look like to lovingly "police" believers in a biblical way? Ask honest questions instead of assuming everything is fine: "Hey, you seem distant lately. How are you doing spiritually?" Address what you see, not what you hear: "This is something I've noticed myself, and I care too much not to bring it up." Correct gently and clearly: "I'm saying this because it's dangerous for your walk, and I want to help." Refuse to normalize what God condemns: "I can't pretend this is okay. I care about you too much." Aim for restoration, not embarrassment: "I'm with you in this, and I'm not giving up on you." This is policing with a shepherd's heart—firm, honest, and aimed at rescue rather than ridicule. It's the kind of accountability that leads believers back to health and strengthens the whole church. DO THIS: Choose one believer in your life who may be drifting. Pray, reach out, and take a loving step toward honest conversation or gentle correction. ASK THIS: Where have I spent more time judging the world than shepherding believers? Who in my life needs loving accountability right now? What step could lead someone I love toward restoration instead of ruin? PRAY THIS: Father, help me stop policing the world and start loving, correcting, and restoring the believers You've placed around me. Give me wisdom and courage to speak truth with humility and protect the purity of Your church. Amen. PLAY THIS: "Take My Life and Let It Be"

The church at Corinth was jacked up in all kinds of ways...just like the church in our day! People make comments how they don't want to go to “church” because it's full of hypocrites. Churches are full of people...people are jacked up...we ALL need Jesus! However, the church in Corinth seemed to bring a lot of their culture into the church instead of allowing the Holy Spirit to shape them but in all of that, Paul still tells them, “You are God's holy people.” Despite being jacked up in all kinds of ways, they said “yes” to Jesus and his blood washes their sins away...just like you and me if we have said “yes” to him.

This is Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life – a time for you to relax your body and refocus your mind to experience the reality of God's presence. I'm Dave Cover. I want to help you with Christian meditation where you can break through all the distractions and experience God's presence through biblically guided imagination.  2 Corinthians 4:17-18 CSB “For our momentary light affliction is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory. So we do not focus on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” Romans 8:17-18 NIV “...If we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory. I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.” 1 Corinthians 2:9 ESV “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him” 2 Corinthians 12:3-4 NIV “...Whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, but God knows — [I] was caught up to paradise and heard inexpressible things, things that no one is permitted to tell. Who can you share this podcast with? If you found this episode helpful, consider sharing it on social media or texting it to a friend you think might benefit from it. Follow Dave Cover on X (Twitter) @davecover Follow A Bigger Life on X @ABiggerLifePod Our audio engineer is Matthew Matlack. This podcast is a ministry of The Crossing, a church in Columbia, Missouri, a college town where the flagship campus of the University of Missouri is located. 

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Why Is This Happening To Me? | Christ For YouText: Genesis 3:19; 1 Corinthians 4:7 | Ash WednesdayWhen life hurts, do you put God on trial? When life goes well, do you take the credit? Have you prayed, “God, why is this happening to me?” like an accusation? Like you deserve better? Like God owes you answers?Ash Wednesday cuts you off. What do the ashes say about you? What do they silence? What do they expose? Are you dust? Mortal? A sinner? Then what is left to do but repent?Scripture presses harder: “What do you have that you did not receive?” Did you give yourself breath? Keep your heart beating? Hold your life together for one second? If you want “credit,” will you take it for what is truly yours: sin and the death it brought? And if suffering is not always tied to one specific sin, do you still see its root in the fall and the curse?Then the Gospel: Jesus takes what you earned, guilt, shame, curse, death, and bears it on the cross. Why was He forsaken? For you. What do you get instead? Forgiveness. Peace with God. Life. So where will you take your “why” now? Will you go looking for explanations, or will you go to Christ who gives Himself to sinners?Subscribe & Share:Spotify: Christ For YouPortuguês: Cristo Para VocêWebsite: ZionWG.orgLooking for a Lutheran Church near you?Support the preaching of God's Word

Welcome to The Daily, where we study the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every day. Read more about Project23 and partner with us as we teach every verse of the Bible on video. Our text today is 1 Corinthians 5:11. Before Paul gives one of the sharpest relational boundaries in the New Testament, he reminds us of something we often forget: love doesn't just embrace—it protects. And protection sometimes requires distance. With that in mind, Paul writes: But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler—not even to eat with such a one. — 1 Corinthians 5:11 Paul draws a line most believers today avoid. He doesn't tell Christians to distance themselves from the world but from those inside the church who claim the name of Christ while openly rejecting His authority. He says not to associate with them—not even to share a meal. The reason isn't superiority or harshness. It's because the table represents fellowship, unity, and spiritual agreement, and Paul refuses to let the symbol of unity become a place where rebellion is quietly affirmed. This is where many Christians struggle. We soften. We overlook. We make excuses for people we care about. We keep sitting at the table, laughing, talking, and living as if nothing is wrong. And without meaning to, we enable them. Enabling is not compassion—it is participation in their destruction. Many believers have watched loved ones drift deeper into sin because the people closest to them confused silence with kindness. They avoided hard conversations. They feared losing the relationship. They didn't want to be labeled judgmental. And all the while, the person they loved took another step toward ruin. But Paul's instruction turns that thinking upside down. Sometimes the most loving thing you can do is create distance—not abandonment, not humiliation, but a clear and honest boundary that says, "I love you too much to pretend this is okay." This kind of boundary isn't rejection. It's rescue. It's the same heart behind the last passages: the goal is never shame but repentance, never punishment but restoration. Enabling, however, numbs the sinner to their condition, cushions the very fall God may be using to wake them up, and convinces them everything is fine when it isn't. Love doesn't enable destruction. Love intervenes. Love speaks truth. Love risks misunderstanding for the sake of someone's soul. The call of Christ isn't to protect comfort—it's to protect people from the destruction sin brings. That sometimes requires courage, clarity, and boundaries. DO THIS: Identify one relationship where your silence or closeness may be enabling destructive choices. Pray for courage, and take one loving step toward honest clarity or a healthy boundary. ASK THIS: Where have I confused enabling with compassion? Who is drifting toward destruction while I remain silent? What boundary might awaken repentance instead of reinforcing rebellion? PRAY THIS: Father, give me the courage to love others enough to stop enabling what destroys them. Help me speak truth with grace, create boundaries that honor You, and seek restoration over comfort. Amen. PLAY THIS: "Together"

This is Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life – a time for you to relax your body and refocus your mind to experience the reality of God's presence. I'm Dave Cover. I want to help you with Christian meditation where you can break through all the distractions and experience God's presence through biblically guided imagination.  2 Corinthians 4:17-18 CSB “For our momentary light affliction is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory. So we do not focus on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” Romans 8:17-18 NIV “...If we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory. I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.” 1 Corinthians 2:9 ESV “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him” 2 Corinthians 12:3-4 NIV “...Whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, but God knows — [I] was caught up to paradise and heard inexpressible things, things that no one is permitted to tell. Who can you share this podcast with? If you found this episode helpful, consider sharing it on social media or texting it to a friend you think might benefit from it. Follow Dave Cover on X (Twitter) @davecover Follow A Bigger Life on X @ABiggerLifePod Our audio engineer is Matthew Matlack. This podcast is a ministry of The Crossing, a church in Columbia, Missouri, a college town where the flagship campus of the University of Missouri is located. 

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