Disorderly Conduct

Disorderly conduct – 1 Cor 11:17-18

Vs 17 -  Paul now rebukes the Corinthians for what their meetings have become.  The following directives were designed to bring order back into the services.  

Vs 18 – Paul states that when they come together in a public manner that there are divisions among them.  He is shock by not surprised.  Division is a tool in which satan can divide and disrupt the church.  Paul points out in Titus 3:11 that people who sow division are selfish, sinful and self condemned.  Division is a product of a heart that is full of rebellion.  1 Samuel says that rebellion is like witchcraft.  Witchcraft tries to control without confrontation.  Division is manipulation without direct attack.  Rebellion uses gossip, slander and contention to do its dirty work.  As an agent of division a person will always attack the character of another by accuses, slandering or gossiping about them.  The way to shut division down is confront the person who is doing it and tell them to stop.  If they do not expose them for what they are doing.  Paul told Titus to do this twice to a divisive person and then have nothing to do with them.