Aug 21 – Do not boast – 1 Cor 5:6-7
Vs 6 – The Corinthians had been boasting of their spirituality but by them allowing this wrong relationship to continue they were allowing sin in the camp. Paul uses the analogy of baking by saying that a little yeast can work its way through the whole batch of dough and flavor and influence it. This is what happens when sin is allowed to flourish. It will sooner or later affect the whole church negatively.
Vs 7 – Get rid of the old yeast. They need to be a new batch of dough without yeast. They are new creatures in Christ so they need to live like redeem creatures in Christ. He follows it up with a Passover thought. Jesus is the Passover lamb who was sacrificed for sin. His death, burial and resurrection made them and us new and so we should live like new creatures without sin and malice.
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