1 Corinthians 5&6

Paul reminds me that we Christians, God’s body, His temple, represent Him to the world. If we treat sin in our midst like the world treats sin (with tolerance or celebration or with compromise), what does that say about the Holiness of God? If we allow quarreling and gossip in our midst, what picture of God does a non-believer see?

Yes, we should be calling each other out for unrepentant sin. We ought to be protecting the Holiness of God in our fellowships.

I think it’s addressing the plank in our collective eye so that we can address sin in our neighborhoods.

I think the fact we don’t address sin in the church has resulted in the accurate accusation that Christians are hypocrites. Maybe it’s time the Church stops making excuses, that we quit compromising, and reset our standard of living to holiness.

Holiness.

That’s who God is. He deserves (and demands) that His Body reveal His holiness to the world.