‘Sensible People.’
Proverbs 19:11.
a) Control their temper.
b) Are slow to get angry.
c) Earn respect from other people by overlooking wrongs done against them.
(This QT shows me some of the virtues of Sensible People)
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‘Biblically Dealing With Immorality In The Church.’
1 Corinthians 5:6-8.
a) 1 Corinthians 5:6. The first step should be humility in the Church.
b) 1 Corinthians 5:6. The second step is to understand that the entire body of the Church is made dirty by one person’s sin of immorality.
c) 1 Corinthians 5:7. The immoral person must be removed from the Church and only allowed back into the Church if repentance is really shown in their lives.
d) 1 Corinthians 5:7. The Church can then be renewed and the feast of the Lord’s Table can be remembered in purity.
e) 1 Corinthians 5:8. In the Church there need to be maintenance of:-
1- Purity.
2- Sincerity.
3- Truth.
(This Second one teaches me that we should be Biblically Dealing With Immorality In The Church and not pretending that it does not happen)
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Chris.
Sensible people are slow to get angry. This is something that we all need to apply to our lives. How easy it is for us to flare up in anger and cause hurt to other people and embarrassment to ourselves. We need to live as sensible people.
