7 - Corinth is LA
July 25, 2021
Sermon Description
Hi this is Wilson, with Renew Church OC. Thanks for tuning into our podcast. We’re a church for imperfect people only. We’re in our series LA is Corinth, because as we walk through 1 Corinthians, we see so many similarities between that city and ours. Like LA, it was a port city filled with wealth and immigration. It was a sports capital second only to the olympics. Like LA, it was extremely sexualized, with Aphrodite as the goddess of love, and her temple just outside of the city. A part of worshiping her was sleeping with one of her 1,000 priestesses. Lastly, like LA, the church was deeply divided along political lines. Sound familiar? And the whole time, Paul is trying to call the community of Christ to live Christian values, in the midst of this culture and it’s a fight. As we walk through this letter, we are encouraged and called int he same ways to live for Jesus while living in LA.
Pastor Dave teaches us today about godly, biblical church discipline and how to call the Christian believer that is mired in sin to repentance and restoration. P Dave tells us that excommunication is the last resort for an unrepentant believer.