By: Dr. Wayne Barber; ©1998 The church of Corinth had a perverted view of sex, even in marriage. They equated sexual intimacy in marriage with immorality, which was in the pagan culture around them. As verse 5 said, they were weak in their flesh regarding immoral temptations that they were facing..   Read Article 1…

By: Dr. Wayne Barber; ©1998 There are three things we’re going to see in verses 4 and 5. First of all, we’re going to see a willingness on each person’s part in this determination to make this thing work, a willingness to surrender one’s rights to their own body. Second, a willingness to surrender the…

By: Dr. Wayne Barber; ©1998 At some point in our lives, folks, we have got to stop living out of our past and live as products of the cross. We have got to let the Word of God renew our thinking and get our ideas not from what society tells us, not from what experience…

By: Dr. Wayne Barber; ©1998 After talking about the sin of immorality, coming down to the fact that our bodies are the temple of God, he changed gears. But you have to continue the flow of that thought because that dictates how we live, whether He lives in us to rule and reign through us.…

By: Dr. Wayne Barber; ©1998 We’ve seen that choosing immorality is harmful and choosing immorality is demeaning. But choosing immorality is also a sign of spiritual ignorance to a believer..   Read Article 1 Corinthians 6:15-20 – The Terrible Sin of Immorality – Part 2     Keywords: 1 Corinthians 6:15-20

By: Dr. Wayne Barber; ©1998 We’re picking up in verse 12 where there are things I want you to see about the terrible sin of immorality: first, choosing immoral sin is harmful; second, choosing immorality is demeaning..   Read Article 1 Corinthians 6:11-14 – The Terrible Sin of Immorality – Part 1     Keywords:…

By: Dr. Wayne Barber; ©1998 We’ve looked at the painful act of church discipline. We looked at the crucifying effect of church discipline. Now we’re going to look at the particular focus of church discipline. Church discipline’s focus is on believers, not unbelievers. We share the Gospel with unbelievers, we pray for them, but we…

By: Dr. Wayne Barber; ©1998 When we’re offended, particularly when it comes to affecting our pocketbook, that’s when our flesh usually takes over. We refuse to die to self; we refuse to seek a biblical solution; and our testimony in the world is ruined..   Read Article 1 Corinthians 6:7-10 – The Sin of Demanding…

By: Dr. Wayne Barber; ©1998 Paul is saying, If you’ll go to the cross and let Jesus get involved in the situation, then your witness is protected. Can’t you do that? You’re going to rule over the nations. Can’t you solve your own problem? Can’t you, yourself, die to that situation and let God handle…

By: Dr. Wayne Barber; ©1998 You would think that when you join a church, surely you’re going to find a better bunch of people than you would find in the world. Well, hopefully, you do. But that doesn’t mean there are not going to be people who fight and grumble and that sort of thing.…