Corruption In The Church!
Part
1
Racism:
In JESUS’ Body we have all kinds
of racism; skin tone, ethnicity, language, dialect, nationality, tribe. JESUS’
Body is One Body and we must Love each member as JESUS does. The sin of racism
keeps JESUS’ Body dysfunctional and ineffective! James tells us if we know to
do Good and we do not do it, it is sin! (1 Corinthians 1016-17; 1 Corinthians
12; Ephesians 4:1-6; James 4:11-17; 1 Peter 2:1-10)
Here is the Truth about unity (Psalm
133; Matthew 5:38-48) if this is how we are to treat non-believers and enemies,
then how much more are we to treat one another with Love, Mercy and Grace, if
want to receive the Blessing?
Sexual immorality of every kind:
Fornication, adultery,
homosexuality, bestiality, pornography, virtual sex of every perversion, polygamy.
(Exodus 20:14, 18; Leviticus 20:10-22; Matthew 5:27-32; Romans 1:18-32; Revelation
21:8, 22:15) All of these exist in The Body of CHRIST! How can JEHOVAH GOD
Bless us with all this disunity and sexual immorality?
Greed:
Called covetousness in The First Covenant,
it is lust. Lust for what ever we do not have or think we need. It is never
having enough and doing whatever it takes to get it. (Matthew 6:19-24; Luke 12:13-21;
1 Timothy 3:1-7, 6:3-10; James 1:12-18, 4:1-10)
Pride:
Vanity, self-aggrandizement, pride
has many names, but what it means is that you think you are better and/or smarter
than everyone else, so therefore you deserve special recognition and treatment.
Everybody knows pride goes before a fall except the proud. (Psalm 73:1-9;
Proverbs 12:9, 13:10, 16:18-19, 26:12; Daniel 4, 5:13-30 [Nebuchadnezzar and Belshazzar];
Mark 7:14-23; Luke 12:16-21;1 Timothy 3:6-7 ; 1 John 2:15-17) Andrew Murry, in
his book Humility, said, “All sin comes through pride!”
Hatred:
There are many reasons that people
hate other people, they may be personal or national or international; they may
be reasonable or unreasonable but it is in your heart and it is destructive!
(Matthew 5:21-26, 43-48) Hate leads to bitterness and sin! JESUS tells us to Forgive!
(Matthew 5:23-26, 6:9-15; Ephesians 4:25-32; Colossians 3:12-14) Forgiveness
breaks the power of hatred.
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