Emmanuel Baptist Church - Podcast

The Corinthian church had a member of their church, a brother in Christ, one who would have called himself and a believer and disciple of Jesus, who was presently involved in an illicit affair with his step-mother. This was a plain sin, a public sin, and a persistent sin that was actually being applauded in the Corinthian church. In response, the Apostle Paul demanded that the believers in Corinth mourn this sin rather than celebrate it and that they remove this supposed brother from the congregation and bar him from fellowship until he decided to repent. In order to protect the church, save the flagrant sinner, and honor the atoning sacrifice of Jesus, the Corinthian church had to purge this brother.