In chapter 5 of 1 Corinthians Paul the Apostle lays down the hammer for sexual sin. He will call out the guy who was having sex with his step mother, Paul will prescribe the treatment, and the long term prognosis. Check it out.

Another sin emerges in this passage. Paul says in vss. 2 and 6 …you are so proud of yourselves (for this sexual sin)…your boasting about this (sin) is horrible.

Pride…the act of firing God.

I am proud, I fire Jesus, I then disconnect from moral conscience. I pink slip the living God and distance his character from the everyday workings of my life.

Another sin results…I do nothing about sin. I wink, slap the proverbial back of sinful choices and pretend I am ok.

Now that is another thing to consider.

The way sin works is that it is not just about me. My sin impacts community. Ever heard someone say their sin is only about them? Not true.

Ask the child of a broken home, or children of parents who drink, drug, criticize, gossip.

Paul prescribes direct treatment for sin to protect the community of faith. He says this sexual sin is like leaven that corrupts the whole.

I don’t feel a calling to be a Holy Hall Monitor, you know getting into everybody’s stuff. But when community is in crisis, family, faith, work community…time to step up…call it like it is…no more abuse, no more sin…time to rehire Jesus and put him back to work in the moral mess of our culture.