Dealing with Sin in the Church
Amen Podcast
Alex Wilson
5 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 25 August 2025
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
In this challenging message from our house church on Kauai, Alex examines Paul's direct approach to confronting serious sin within the Corinthian church. Drawing from 1 Corinthians 5:1-5, this sermon addresses the dangerous pride that can lead believers to overlook accountability and compromise moral standards.
Key topics covered:
* The difference between Christian freedom and sinful license
* Why church discipline is an act of love and restoration
* Understanding the power of the Holy Spirit in overcoming sin
* The role of the church community in spiritual protection
* Biblical evangelism that includes repentance, not just acceptance
This message challenges both individual believers and church communities to take sin seriously while trusting in God's power for transformation and restoration. Perfect for anyone wrestling with questions about accountability, church discipline, or the balance between grace and holiness.
Scripture Reference: 1 Corinthians 5:1-5
Speaker: Alex Wilson
Location: House Church, Kauai
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| 0:00.0 | Aloha, everyone. This is Locke-Elani from Amen Podcast. This week, we're sharing a powerful sermon that Alex preached this past Sunday at our house church here on Kauaii. If you've never been to house church, it's exactly what it sounds like. We gather in a garage every Sunday, and God shows up in beautiful ways in the simple space. This Sunday, Alex tackled one of the more challenging passages in Paul's letters, |
| 0:25.8 | 1 Corinthians 5, where Paul addresses sexual immorality in the Corinthian church. |
| 0:31.4 | Now, this isn't the kind of topic that makes for comfortable dinner conversation, |
| 0:35.2 | but it's exactly the kind of issue that the early |
| 0:38.5 | church and churches today have to wrestle with. What you're about to hear is Alex breaking down |
| 0:44.9 | how Paul handled a situation where the church was overlooking serious sin, possibly because |
| 0:52.1 | the person involved has had social status or influence. It's a message about |
| 0:58.0 | accountability, restoration, and what it really means to love someone enough to speak truth into their |
| 1:05.6 | life. This message really challenged our house church family and we believe it will speak to you too. |
| 1:11.4 | So here's Alex with dealing with sin in the church. |
| 1:15.7 | Amen. |
| 1:17.0 | We're going to be in 1st Corinthians chapter 5, 1 through 5. |
| 1:19.7 | It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, the kind of sexual immorality that is not even tolerated among the Gentiles. |
| 1:29.2 | A man is sleeping with his father's wife, and you are arrogant. Shouldn't you be filled with grief |
| 1:34.9 | and remove from your congregation the one who did this? Even though I am absent in the body, I am present |
| 1:42.0 | in spirit as one who is present with you in this way. |
| 1:47.2 | I have already pronounced judgment on the one who has been doing such a thing. |
| 1:52.7 | When you are assembled in the name of the Lord, Jesus, I am with you in spirit. |
| 1:57.9 | With the power of our Lord Jesus, hand over one, hand over that one to Satan |
| 2:03.9 | for the destruction of the flesh so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord. |
| 2:10.1 | Amen. You may have a seat. Father, we thank you for your word that illuminates parts of our lives |
| 2:16.7 | that are darkened. |
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