At the opening of some TV shows or movies, you’ll often see a warning that the subject matter of that particular program isn’t suitable for younger audiences. I need to make that same disclaimer for our study on Sunday. It’s not that we’ll be covering anything graphic by any means, but there’s the possibility of a child raising questions about what is said that you may not want to answer in the moment – so I’m just wanting to warn us all that sexuality will be in view in the passage we’ll be reading this Sunday in our study of 1 Corinthians.

We’ll be reading 1 Cor 5:1-13 as we continue through Paul’s letter. The first four chapters were on divisions – and now the next three will be covering sexual morals, marriage and even singleness. The topics are more broad than just sexuality though – and we need to keep that in mind.

Paul has strong words for a man in a relationship with his stepmom. Paul uses the image of leaven in bread to describe the danger of that situation. What do you think he means by that – how might this situation have an affect on the whole church community?

In the last part of the chapter, Paul qualifies an earlier command by distinguishing between those outside the church and those inside. How would you put v12 into your own words, and how does that match with your own attitude as it touches the culture at large?

I won’t lie – this is going to be a challenging study to undertake – but well worth it in our spiritual journey. I hope you can join us this Sunday.

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