Little Country Church on the edge of town

Do do do do do do

People coming every day from miles around

For meetings and for Sunday school

And it's very plain to see

It's not the way it used to be.

Welcome to the Word for today, featuring the Bible teaching ministry of Pastor Chuck Smith,

founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a chapter-by-chapter by chapter verse by verse study through the entire Bible.

And on today's edition of the word for today, Pastor Chuck continues his message,

immorality in the church, as we pick up in 1st Corinthians chapter 5, verse 1.

And now with today's study, here's Pastor Chuck.

Let's turn in our Bibles now to 1 Corinthians chapter 5.

The Corinthian letter of Paul was mainly corrective.

The Corinthian Church had innumerable problems.

Those from the House of Coy had reported to Paul many of the situations that did exist there in the Corinthian Church.

Part of the problem was the divisions that existed within the church

as they were dividing off into little sects of sorts,

little denominations.

I'm of Paul. I'm of Peter. I'm of Apollus.

And Paul said this was a mark of carnality.

Christ was not divided.

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