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Originally Posted by Mayflower  Can someone give me please any thoughts and helps, how to
deal with this problem, and so that i can see and
explain 1 Corinth with many abuses that have been
using in the evangelical churches. |
Yes, several things to think about.
[1] Christians do sin, but they are different to the non-Christian in that they
don't like that they do sin. This is the sign of having a new heart (i.e. the new birth). Gal. 5:17 is eloquent testimony to this. The flesh (sinful nature) desires what is contrary to the spirit and
vice versa so that "you don't do what
you desire". That is, what we really
desire is not to sin. Hence our sin causes us grief.
[2] Paul writes to the Corinthians
precisely to deal with their specific sins and show they are incommensurate with being believers. Hence, 1 Cor. 3:1 must also be read in conjunction with 1 Cor. 6:9-11:
1Cor 6:9 (NIV) Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders 10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
Hence, if there wasn't some sort of repentance as a result of his letter, Paul could ask whether the unrepentant were truly believers who had been washed, sanctified, and justified.
Blessings brother.