1 CORINTHIANS. 4;1-21 APOSTLES OF CHRIST' SERVANTS SHOULD BE CONSISTENT NOT CRITICAL.

1 CORINTHIANS 4;1-5 SERVANTS SHOULD BE CONSISTENT,NOT CRITIICAL PAUL REFUSED TO PASS JUDGEMENT ON THE QUALITY OF HIS OR ANYONE'S WORK FOR CHRIST,REALIZING THAT CHRIST WOULD SOMEDAY DO THIS AT THE BEMA JUDGEMENT SEAT(SEE EXPO ON 1COR.3;10-17)UNTIL THEN,AS A SERVANT OF CHRIST, HIS JOB WAS TO REMAIN FAITHFUL.)(MOVE ON DOWN TO I COR.4; 6-13> HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIVE LIKE US?"PAUL HAD USED HIMSELF AND APOLLOS AS AN EXAMPLES OF THE NEED TO BE HUMBLE STEWARDS(4;6 ALSO SEE 3;5-6)BUT HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE CORINTHIANS KNEW HE WAS DIRECTING HIS REMARKS AT THEM(SEE 3;6-7) WITH MILD SARCASM,HE CONTRASTED THE CORINTHIANS' LOT IN LIFE WITH HIS AND TIMOTHY'S WHILE THE CORINTHIANS WERE LIVING COMFORTABLY,PAUL AND TIMOTHY SUFFERED GREAT HARDSHIP.WHILE THE CORINTHIANS WERE CONGRATULATING EACH OTHER ON THEIR WISDOM,PAUL AND TIMOTHY WERE BEING MADE FOOLS FOR CHRIST'S SAKE(4;10) PAUL REMINDED THEM THAT WHILE IN CORINTH, HE HAD SUPPORTED HIMSELF THROUGH MANUAL LABOR(4;12 ALSO SEE 1THESS.1;9)(MOVE ON TO 1CORINTHIANS 4;14-21 PAUL WAS NOT WRITING SUCH HARSH WORDS TO SHAME THE CORINTHIANS BUT RATHER AS THEIR SPIRITUAL FATHER,TO WARN THEM AND URGE THEM TO FOLLOW HIM(4;14-16) HE HAD SENT TIMOTHY TO MINISTER TO THEM AND WOULD SOON BE THERE HIMSELF, WHETHER THAT VISIT WOULD BE PLEASANT OR PAINFUL WAS UP TO THEM.).+++( DISORDERS IN THE CHURCH 1 CORINTHIANS 5;1-8> IMMORALITY AND INDIFFERENCE' PAUL'S SOLUTION, AS THE PROUD CORINTHIANS DOTED ON THEIR FAVORITE LEADERS(5;2 ALSO SEE 4;6), THEY WERE TOLERATING AN UNTHINKABLE SIN WINTHIN THEIR CHURCH,A MAN WAS SEXUALLY INVOLVED WITH HIS FATHER'S WIFE (5;1-2)(PAUL TOLD THEM TO EXCOMMUNICATE THIS MAN,HOPEFULLY TO BRING HIM TO REPENTANCE(5;3-5) AND TO KEEP HIM FROM LEADING OTHERS ASTRAY(5;6-8)(PAUL DESCRIBED THE EXCOMMUNICATION AS DELIVERING THE MAN IN TO SATAN'S HANDS,"FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF THE FLESH(5;5)(TO PARAPHRASE "IF THIS FELLOW IS HAVING SO MUCH FUN IN HIS SIN,THEN REMOVE HIM ENTIRELY FROM YOUR FELLOWSHIP AND LET SATAN KICK HIM AROUND A LITTLE,LET HIM TASTE WHAT IT'S LIKE TO FACE A HOSTILE WORLD WITHOUT THE PRAYERS AND MINISTRY OF THE CHURCH" PAUL WAS LATER FORCED TO TAKE SIMILAR ACTION AGAINST TWO OTHER PEOPLE (SEE 1TIM 1;19-20 ALSO SEE MATT.18;15-20 ALSO SEE 2 THESS. 3;6-15),(THE GREEK FOR SEXUAL IMMORALITY 5;1 "FORNICATION" KJV) PAUL USED THIS WORD 17 TIMES IN HIS WRITING, 11 OF THOSE TIMES IN 1 CORINTHIANS,)( MOVE TO 1COR 5;9-13> THE HABITUALLY SINNING SAINT, ANY CHRISTIAN WHO WILLFULLY PERSISTS IN SIN SHOULD BE AVOIDED UNTIL HE OR SHE REPENTS, WHILE THE CHURCH IS NOT CALLED TO POLICE SOCIETY,IT IS RESPONSIBLE TO JUDGE AND DEAL STRONGLY WITH IT'S OWN MEMBERS.)( PRAISE THE LORD BROTHERS AND SISTERS' KNOW THA I'M PRAYING FOR EVERYONE, AND KNOW THAT I LOVE AND MISS ALL OF YOU IN THE NAME OF JESUS , MAY THE LORD KEEP YOU AND PROTECT YOU AND YOURS ALWAYS' YOUR BROTHER AND FELLOW SERVANT IN THE LORD' PEACE SERVANTGODGIVETH.