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Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from radical.net.

1st Corinthians chapter 5 verse 1.

It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you and of a kind that is not

tolerated even among pagans, for a man has his father's wife.

Thus begins a very challenging chapter in 1st Corinthians,

specifically with calling out the church for not addressing

unrepentant sin in its midst. So the picture here is sexual immorality that is detestable even in the world,

like take the world's standards of sexual morality and this is even worse than they would approve of.

Then he uses the example, a man has his father's wife.

So likely a picture of a stepmother.

We don't know all the details, but we do know.

This is clearly dishonoring to God this is

immoral based on God's word it's even immoral based on the low standards of the world.

Paul says, but the issue is notice in this verse

that Paul is not actually calling out the person here. He's calling out the person here he's calling out the church. So Paul is saying the

church is responsible for the holiness or lack of holiness of its members.

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