If you love me, you will keep my commandments. ~ John 14:15
Our goal in life is to be pleasing to God (2 Cor 5:9). Cain and Abel in Genesis 4:1-17. Both Cain and Abel brought an offering to God. Cain’s offering was not acceptable to the Lord. Abel’s offering was accepted. Cain did not understand that his problem was with God and with an insufficient offering, but instead got angry with Abel. Ultimately Cain killed Abel. The sin of jealousy and bitterness led to murder. Breaking the brotherly relationship horizontally and his relationship with God vertically. The public incestual relationship in 1 Corinthians 5:1-13. There was sin in the church, and it was widely known. The church was not addressing this sin and it was affecting church unity. Paul rebuked the church for not handling this sin.
We please God by restoring broken relationships, Christ’s church functions best when there is unity in the body. This unity comes about by handling sin issues promptly when they arise.
Sin is an affront to our great God. It is thinking and acting in a way contrary to God’s Word. It destroys our relationship with God. Yet God provided
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