WEBVTT 00:00.300 --> 00:05.260 Amen, you are there in 1 Corinthians chapter 6. Let's look at verse number 9 again. The Bible says 00:05.900 --> 00:12.700 Knowing not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God be not deceived neither fornicators nor idolaters nor 00:13.180 --> 00:21.160 Adulters nor effeminate nor abusers of themselves with mankind nor thieves nor covetous nor drunkards nor 00:21.700 --> 00:27.860 Revilers nor extortioners shall inherit the kingdom of God and such were some of you, but ye are washed 00:27.860 --> 00:33.680 But ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit 00:33.900 --> 00:38.420 of our God and the title of the sermon this morning is 00:38.420 --> 00:42.580 such or some of you, such or some of you 00:42.580 --> 00:45.740 okay now many people will twist this passage 00:45.740 --> 00:50.060 and teach a lot of false doctrines right false doctrines like works based 00:50.060 --> 00:50.940 salvation 00:50.940 --> 00:55.100 false doctrines like losing your salvation false doctrines like sodomites can 00:55.100 --> 00:55.820 still be saved 00:55.820 --> 00:56.600 right 00:57.100 --> 01:03.780 Now I want to go through this passage this morning with a somewhat of a doctrinal sermon, 01:03.780 --> 01:10.460 but the book of 1 Corinthians was written to a real church but with serious problems. 01:10.460 --> 01:14.060 In fact, go to 1 Corinthians chapter 1, let's look at the context. 01:14.060 --> 01:17.100 1 Corinthians chapter number 1. 01:17.100 --> 01:20.540 at verse number one, 1 Corinthians 1, 1, the Bible says... 01:21.200 --> 01:25.900 Paul called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God and 01:25.900 --> 01:31.880 sustenance our brother. Verse number two, unto the Church of God, so it's a real 01:31.880 --> 01:37.720 church which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus called to 01:37.720 --> 01:42.140 be saints. So it's written to the saved church. It's a real church. It's written 01:42.140 --> 01:47.000 to save people with all that in every place called upon the name of Jesus 01:47.000 --> 01:49.200 Christ our Lord both theirs and ours. 01:49.200 --> 01:55.000 Okay, so the book was written to save Christians the book is was written to a real church 01:55.200 --> 02:02.540 But this church has serious issues. They were full of divisions. They were carnal and they didn't kick the wicked 02:03.280 --> 02:07.260 Fornicator out and they were doing the Lord's Supper wrong and many other things, right? 02:07.440 --> 02:13.040 So knowing the context of the book, let's get into the passage go to 1st Corinthians chapter 6 02:13.160 --> 02:16.700 By the way, keep a place in 1st Corinthians 6. We'll leave it and come back to it 02:17.200 --> 02:23.440 So point number one this morning is brothers should not go to law with brother. 02:24.000 --> 02:30.400 Brother should not go to law with brother, you know, that means sister too. Okay, that's the spirit of laws by the way 02:31.180 --> 02:35.740 First Corinthians chapter 6 look at verse number 1 there any of you having a matter against another 02:36.260 --> 02:40.140 Go to the law before the unjust and not before the saints 02:40.400 --> 02:47.420 So when you have an issue or matter against another was the context of another another? 02:47.620 --> 02:52.000 Brethren, right? You know, don't you dare to take it before the unjust? 02:52.000 --> 02:58.020 Who are the unjust? Are they just bad people? Are they just sinners? What's the 02:58.020 --> 03:03.680 contrast? The saints, right? So the unjust is referring to those people who are not 03:03.680 --> 03:08.100 saints or those people who are not saved. So the Bible says when you have a matter 03:08.100 --> 03:13.800 against your fellow Christian, don't go to the unsaved. Don't go to the unjust. 03:13.800 --> 03:15.800 In fact, look at verse number five. 03:16.200 --> 03:29.200 I speak to your shame. Is it not so? Is it so that there's not a wise man among you? No, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren, but brother goeth to law with brother and die before the unbelievers." 03:29.200 --> 03:38.700 So that was very clear. The unjust is referring to the unbelievers. Okay? So what's verse one teaching there? Don't sue your fellow Christians. 03:38.700 --> 03:44.200 Don't take someone who is saved to court. You should go before the saved. You should go before the Christian. 03:44.200 --> 03:46.200 Christians. 03:46.200 --> 03:53.000 And by the way, verse one does not teach that you can't sue unbelievers because the whole 03:53.000 --> 03:56.480 premise is don't sue your fellow brethren. 03:56.480 --> 04:02.320 So if an unbeliever trespass against you, commits some violation crime, hey, you can 04:02.320 --> 04:05.780 sue unbelievers, just not believers. 04:05.780 --> 04:10.200 And then Paul gave the reason why we shouldn't take our brethren before the end save. 04:10.200 --> 04:11.600 We'll catch verse number two. 04:12.200 --> 04:15.960 Do we not know that the saints, the saved, shall judge the world? 04:15.960 --> 04:22.040 And if the world shall be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters? 04:22.040 --> 04:23.880 So what's Paul's argument? 04:23.880 --> 04:28.280 In the future, the saved will judge the world. 04:28.600 --> 04:32.100 When would that be? That's the millennial reign of Christ, right? 04:32.100 --> 04:34.400 So Paul's argument is, you know, is like, 04:34.400 --> 04:38.400 if you are going to judge the entire world in the future, 04:38.400 --> 04:41.600 why can't you judge the petty small matters right now? 04:41.800 --> 04:43.300 That's Paul's argument. 04:43.300 --> 04:44.440 Okay, verse number three. 04:44.440 --> 04:46.460 Knowing not that we shall judge angels, 04:46.460 --> 04:49.300 how much more things that are pertained to this life. 04:49.300 --> 04:51.140 So we will even be judging the angels, 04:51.140 --> 04:53.300 the cherubim, seraphim, right? 04:53.300 --> 04:57.580 So if the saved will someday participate 04:57.580 --> 05:00.300 in the judgment involving angels, 05:00.300 --> 05:05.300 then surely Christians ought to be able to settle disputes 05:05.480 --> 05:08.200 concerning things that pertain to this life. 05:09.300 --> 05:11.200 So for that reason... 05:11.300 --> 05:20.540 It is shameful for a Christian to act as though an unsafe judge is more competent to settle 05:20.540 --> 05:27.220 disputes among brethren than Christians who are in duels with the Spirit of God. 05:27.220 --> 05:29.860 That's Paul's entire argument here. 05:29.860 --> 05:36.020 In fact, he actually went on by saying, verse number four, if then ye have judgments of 05:36.020 --> 05:39.020 things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who they are. 05:39.300 --> 05:42.460 who are least esteemed in the church. 05:42.460 --> 05:44.620 Notice what Paul is saying here. 05:44.620 --> 05:48.300 Even a carnal, stupid, newly saved Christian 05:48.300 --> 05:51.460 is still better than someone who is unsaved, right? 05:51.460 --> 05:53.180 But again, Paul was not saying 05:53.180 --> 05:56.820 that we should have a carnal Christian to judge the matter. 05:56.820 --> 06:00.060 He was simply making a point that any saved person 06:00.060 --> 06:02.600 is still better than the unsaved judge. 06:03.000 --> 06:07.400 Because he went on in verse number five by saying, 06:07.400 --> 06:08.680 I speak to your shame. 06:08.680 --> 06:11.640 Is it so that there's not a wise man among you? 06:11.640 --> 06:15.480 No, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren, 06:15.480 --> 06:17.720 but brother goeth to law with brother 06:17.720 --> 06:19.720 and that before the unbelievers. 06:19.720 --> 06:22.520 So essentially that's Paul's argument. 06:22.520 --> 06:24.360 You have the entire church. 06:24.360 --> 06:25.880 You have the word of God. 06:25.880 --> 06:27.720 You have spiritual leadership. 06:27.720 --> 06:29.080 You have mature believers. 06:29.600 --> 06:35.600 Yet you cannot find one wise Christian capable of helping settle the matter. 06:35.600 --> 06:37.600 Right? That's post-argument. 06:37.600 --> 06:39.600 By the way, keep it placed in 1 Corinthians chapter 6. 06:39.600 --> 06:41.600 Go to Matthew 18. 06:41.600 --> 06:43.600 Matthew 18. 06:43.600 --> 06:48.600 So the point is Christians ought to settle disputes among themselves. 06:48.600 --> 06:51.600 And I know we are familiar with the Matthew 18 process, 06:51.600 --> 06:52.600 but let's look at it again. 06:52.600 --> 06:54.600 Matthew chapter 18. 06:54.600 --> 06:55.900 Look at verse 15. 06:56.000 --> 06:58.560 Matthew 18 verse 15. 06:59.400 --> 07:01.080 Here's the biblical process. 07:01.080 --> 07:02.920 Matthew 18.15 says this, 07:02.920 --> 07:06.120 Moreover, if thy brother shall trespass against thee, 07:06.120 --> 07:10.200 go and tell him his faults between thee and him alone, 07:10.200 --> 07:12.480 not online, not to other brethren. 07:12.480 --> 07:14.760 If he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. 07:14.760 --> 07:16.000 So that's the first step, right? 07:16.000 --> 07:18.080 If someone trespasses against you, 07:18.080 --> 07:20.880 go with him alone, call him alone, confront him alone. 07:20.880 --> 07:23.360 Verse 16, but if he will not hear thee, 07:23.360 --> 07:25.600 then take with thee one or two more, 07:25.600 --> 07:27.400 that in the mouth of two or three. 07:27.400 --> 07:31.960 witnesses, every worship may be established. So if he doesn't 07:31.960 --> 07:35.520 listen to you, then take one or two other brethren from the 07:35.520 --> 07:39.420 church with you just to have more witnesses. But then if he 07:39.420 --> 07:44.520 failed to listen to that, look at verse 17, and if he shall 07:44.520 --> 07:47.800 neglect to hear thee, tell it unto the church, that's a local 07:47.800 --> 07:51.640 church, okay, that's not a universal church. But if he 07:51.640 --> 07:54.760 neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as a heathen 07:54.800 --> 07:55.280 man and 07:55.400 --> 08:01.560 a publican. So that means that he'll be kicked out, he'll be cast off until he repents. 08:02.200 --> 08:07.200 Now, some Christians treat every argument like a nuclear war. 08:07.200 --> 08:13.340 You know, they would just immediately unleash their passive, aggressive attack on you by 08:13.340 --> 08:14.680 posting something online. 08:14.680 --> 08:16.880 But that's not a biblical process, right? 08:16.880 --> 08:19.880 You should confront him alone, then bring out the witnesses, and then tell it to the 08:19.880 --> 08:20.880 church. 08:20.880 --> 08:22.600 By the way, go to Matthew chapter 5. 08:22.600 --> 08:24.080 Matthew chapter number 5. 08:25.800 --> 08:31.400 It seems like Christians really don't like confronting brethren alone when something happens. 08:32.440 --> 08:38.840 Even preachers and pastors struggle at that because I think it takes courage, it also takes honesty. 08:38.840 --> 08:42.280 Right? You know, it takes integrity that you need to be real. 08:42.280 --> 08:44.840 But that's the biblical process, confront someone alone. 08:45.400 --> 08:48.440 Now you might wonder, what if that brethren doesn't go to my church? 08:48.440 --> 08:52.920 I don't have to follow the process, but let me show you Matthew chapter 5, look at verse 23. 08:52.920 --> 08:54.760 Matthew 5, 23. 08:55.800 --> 09:01.200 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath 09:01.200 --> 09:02.600 ought against thee. 09:02.600 --> 09:05.680 So the context is not just someone that goes to your church, right? 09:05.680 --> 09:12.040 If you see, if you know, if you remember a brother had something against you, verse 24, 09:12.040 --> 09:14.600 leave there thy gift before the altar and go thy way. 09:14.600 --> 09:18.400 First be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. 09:18.400 --> 09:22.560 The principle is, you know, is still the same, you know, trying to resolve the matter, you 09:22.560 --> 09:23.760 between you and... 09:23.800 --> 09:26.760 and the other person alone. 09:26.760 --> 09:29.560 To me, I think it's pretty interesting that there are people who preach hard against the 09:29.560 --> 09:33.520 sodomites, but they will not confront their brethren alone. 09:33.520 --> 09:34.800 These people are actually gay. 09:34.800 --> 09:43.880 By the way, I use gay as a polysemy because when I say gay, I mean soft and just cowardish. 09:43.880 --> 09:45.960 We need to learn to follow the biblical process. 09:45.960 --> 09:46.280 Amen. 09:47.300 --> 09:49.500 Now, with that being said, I think 09:49.500 --> 09:53.300 there's a difference between a civil dispute versus reporting 09:53.300 --> 09:54.660 a major crime. 09:54.660 --> 09:56.460 Let me just explain that to you, because that 09:56.460 --> 09:58.460 can be kind of confusing. 09:58.460 --> 10:02.260 Because a good question is where to draw the line, right? 10:02.260 --> 10:02.500 Thanks. 10:02.800 --> 10:09.080 You know, because I don't think we should draw the line as crime versus not crime. 10:09.080 --> 10:13.640 Because many disputes can be constituted as crimes, 10:13.640 --> 10:18.080 but they can be still settled among Christians, such as theft. 10:18.200 --> 10:23.920 Theft is a biblical crime, but I think it should be resolved among brethren. 10:23.920 --> 10:24.920 Property damage. 10:24.920 --> 10:31.080 If Stephen hit Brother Christian's car, if it's nothing major, I think that should be 10:31.080 --> 10:34.680 a saddle between the two of you without suing each other. 10:34.680 --> 10:41.800 That's why I mean the line of crime versus not a crime still can be argued, because the 10:41.800 --> 10:46.200 context in 1 Corinthians chapter 6 verse 2 mentions the smallest 10:46.200 --> 10:53.320 matters. Verse three mentions things that pertain to this life. And then verse number 10:53.320 --> 11:00.320 seven gives the example of why do we not rather take wrong, why do we not rather suffer yourselves 11:00.320 --> 11:07.920 to be defrauded. So I think financial disputes are perfectly within Paul's discussion here, 11:07.920 --> 11:11.400 even though theft is a crime. Okay? 11:11.400 --> 11:13.840 So if someone steals $100 from you... 11:14.200 --> 11:16.960 I think you should go through the matri-18 process. 11:16.960 --> 11:23.760 You could require confession, restitution, and the repentance. 11:24.200 --> 11:28.200 and even church discipline could follow if he refuses. 11:28.200 --> 11:31.480 Even though theft is a crime, but again, Paul says, 11:31.480 --> 11:33.640 hey, just suffer yourselves to be defrauded. 11:33.640 --> 11:36.520 So financial trespass, I do think 11:36.520 --> 11:39.560 is false under the first Corinthians, chapter number 6. 11:39.560 --> 11:42.800 Now go to Romans 13, Romans chapter number 13. 11:45.700 --> 11:53.860 I also wouldn't make the death penalty offense the only crime to sue your brethren. 11:53.860 --> 11:56.500 Allow me to clarify. 11:56.500 --> 11:59.720 In Romans 13, verse 4, Romans 13, verse 4 says this, 11:59.720 --> 12:04.820 For he, referring to human government, for he is the minister of God to the for good, 12:04.820 --> 12:09.540 but if thou do that which is evil, be afraid, for he, the government, 12:09.540 --> 12:09.900 Good. 12:10.000 --> 12:14.000 the government beareth not a sword in vain, for he is the minister of God, 12:14.000 --> 12:18.400 a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil." 12:18.400 --> 12:22.000 So the government's job is to wield a sword, 12:22.000 --> 12:26.960 which means that the government has the right to execute the death penalty, right? 12:26.960 --> 12:29.280 The church doesn't have the authority. 12:29.280 --> 12:33.280 We as individuals don't have the authority. 12:33.280 --> 12:34.280 However... 12:34.700 --> 12:40.140 There's a reason I said, you know, you know, I wouldn't really make the death penalty offense the only crimes to 12:40.500 --> 12:44.060 to sue your brethren and my reasoning is 12:44.940 --> 12:48.900 even though, even though adultery is a death penalty 12:49.420 --> 12:56.100 worthy crime based on the Bible, right? But the government doesn't really do anything about that. 12:56.380 --> 13:00.980 So what do we do as a church? Church discipline, right? We kick them out. 13:01.500 --> 13:04.160 Now, murder is different. 13:04.160 --> 13:06.120 Murder is completely different. 13:06.120 --> 13:10.120 Because the two parties could not remediate, 13:10.120 --> 13:14.360 you know, the two parties could not remediate 13:14.360 --> 13:18.760 the situation since one party is dead, right? 13:18.760 --> 13:22.160 You can't even settle the dispute when murder takes place 13:22.160 --> 13:23.960 because only the murder is left. 13:23.960 --> 13:26.200 That's why I believe in the case of murder, 13:26.500 --> 13:30.300 the authorities should be notified, right? 13:30.300 --> 13:32.700 Because the whole point is reconciling the matter. 13:32.700 --> 13:34.700 So if you kill someone, there's nobody 13:34.700 --> 13:38.180 to be reconciled from, right? 13:38.180 --> 13:41.780 And I do believe, in general, that that penalty offense crime 13:41.780 --> 13:43.700 should be reported. 13:43.700 --> 13:46.240 But I do think if the government doesn't do anything about it, 13:46.240 --> 13:49.220 hey, we just exercise church discipline, OK? 13:49.220 --> 13:51.300 Same as kidnapping. 13:51.900 --> 13:54.420 Because if you can't even reach the kidnapper, 13:54.420 --> 13:58.780 how are you supposed to reconcile the situation? 13:58.780 --> 14:01.180 I believe the authority needs to be notified. 14:01.180 --> 14:04.260 And even if you know where the kidnapper is, 14:04.260 --> 14:07.420 how can the pastor, how can the people of the church 14:07.420 --> 14:11.020 go to his place, investigate, and also arrest him? 14:11.600 --> 14:14.520 That's not something that can be handled by the church. 14:14.520 --> 14:18.080 So again, just exercise your description. 14:18.080 --> 14:19.400 But in general, yeah, I do believe 14:19.400 --> 14:24.600 the death penalty offense crime should be reported. 14:24.600 --> 14:27.760 Unless if the government chooses not to do anything about it, 14:27.760 --> 14:30.520 then we can just kick them out, because that's 14:30.520 --> 14:32.640 our own death penalty, quote unquote. 14:32.640 --> 14:34.280 So hopefully I'm not making sense. 14:36.920 --> 14:37.840 However, you know. 14:38.200 --> 14:44.000 Hopefully, I am making sense. 14:44.000 --> 14:45.600 Maybe because it's hot. 14:45.600 --> 14:50.320 However, child molestation are not part of the discussion. 14:51.000 --> 14:54.800 Since the context is taking your brethren to court, right? 14:54.800 --> 14:57.640 So people try to use that trying to shield predators, 14:57.640 --> 14:59.960 but that's not even the context. 14:59.960 --> 15:03.560 In terms of molestation, hey, notify the authority, 15:03.560 --> 15:06.320 because they are not even brethren to begin with. 15:06.320 --> 15:09.240 So do not use this to shield them. 15:09.240 --> 15:13.080 Some churches would use this to cover up pedophiles. 15:13.080 --> 15:14.100 But the problem is that they don't. 15:15.440 --> 15:14.100 They don't. 15:15.920 --> 15:14.100 They don't. 15:16.400 --> 15:14.100 They don't. 15:16.960 --> 15:14.100 They don't. 15:17.440 --> 15:14.100 They don't. 15:18.040 --> 15:14.100 They don't. 15:18.640 --> 15:14.100 They don't. 15:19.120 --> 15:14.100 They don't. 15:19.600 --> 15:14.100 They don't. 15:14.700 --> 15:19.020 is like I said before they are not even brethren so sue them bring the police okay 15:21.420 --> 15:26.460 so I said point number one brother should not go to law with with brother point point number two 15:28.220 --> 15:30.220 it is better to suffer wrong 15:31.200 --> 15:37.280 So Paul already made his point that, you know, on why we shouldn't go to law with brethren, 15:37.280 --> 15:42.000 churches should, you know, have at least one wise Christian to, you know, judge the matter, 15:42.000 --> 15:45.360 and even a carnal Christian is better than the insane. 15:45.360 --> 15:50.160 And then Paul is going to say something that would trigger, you know, that would trigger a lot of people. 15:50.160 --> 15:51.200 Look at verse number seven. 15:52.200 --> 15:58.880 Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because you go to law one with another. 15:58.880 --> 16:00.900 Why do you not rather take wrong? 16:00.900 --> 16:04.200 Why do you not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded? 16:04.600 --> 16:05.880 What's he saying here? 16:05.880 --> 16:07.880 Even if there's no restitution, 16:07.880 --> 16:09.880 even though there's no repentance, 16:09.880 --> 16:11.080 just take it. 16:11.080 --> 16:14.760 Suffer wrong and suffer yourselves to be defrauded. 16:14.760 --> 16:16.440 Let them rip you off, right? 16:16.440 --> 16:18.600 Let them, you know, let them offend you 16:18.600 --> 16:21.400 and let them cheat on you, just take it. 16:21.400 --> 16:24.440 That's what, you know, that's what Paul is saying here. 16:24.440 --> 16:26.360 That's why murder is not even part, 16:26.360 --> 16:29.240 you know, part of the scope of this discussion, 16:29.240 --> 16:30.680 because if you are dead, 16:30.680 --> 16:32.360 how are you supposed to suffer wrong? 16:32.600 --> 16:40.100 Okay, so, you know, to me, you know, that's not popular because, you know, your flesh may say, you know, but I'm right. 16:40.100 --> 16:48.100 Okay? Yeah, you are right. In fact, you are really being wronged. That's why Paul said, why do we not rather take wrong? 16:48.100 --> 16:54.100 You are indeed being trespassed. You are indeed being ripped off. But Paul told you just rather take wrong. 16:54.100 --> 16:58.100 Just suffer yourselves to be defrauded. And that is biblical Christianity. 16:59.200 --> 17:01.200 What if you don't get your money back? 17:01.200 --> 17:03.200 What if there's no restitution? 17:03.200 --> 17:07.200 What if the other person refuses to make it right? 17:07.200 --> 17:09.200 Of course you can go through the matru-rating process, 17:09.200 --> 17:11.200 but if he got kicked out, if he doesn't pay you back, 17:11.200 --> 17:13.200 just soft yourself to be defrauded, right? 17:13.200 --> 17:18.200 Keep replacing 1 Corinthians 6, go to Matthew chapter 5. 17:18.200 --> 17:20.200 Matthew chapter 5. 17:23.000 --> 17:31.400 So in other words, take the loss rather than degrace the name of Christ by dragging your 17:31.400 --> 17:33.800 brother before the unbelievers. 17:33.800 --> 17:37.960 That's the entire premise of Paul's argument here. 17:37.960 --> 17:42.240 By the way, Jesus Christ taught the same principle in Matthew chapter 5, look at verse 38, Matthew 17:42.240 --> 17:43.000 5, 38. 17:44.900 --> 17:51.140 The Bible says, ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. 17:51.860 --> 17:57.700 But I say unto you, that he resist not evil, but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, 17:57.700 --> 17:59.380 turn to him the other also. 18:00.600 --> 18:03.840 So the Bible does teach the principle of turn the other cheek. 18:03.840 --> 18:11.340 By the way, that's not teaching that if someone is literally trying to kill you or to inflict some serious bodily harm, 18:11.340 --> 18:14.640 that you can't even defend yourself, okay? That's not the scope of this. 18:14.640 --> 18:22.600 The principle is, you know, having the willingness to suffer wrong rather than, you know, insisting upon retaliation. 18:23.100 --> 18:24.600 Okay, verse number 40. 18:24.600 --> 18:27.000 And if any man will sue thee at the law 18:27.000 --> 18:30.320 and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. 18:30.320 --> 18:32.400 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, 18:32.400 --> 18:35.280 go with him twain, give to him that asketh thee, 18:35.280 --> 18:38.800 and from him that will borrow of thee, turn not thou away. 18:38.800 --> 18:41.400 Basically saying, let yourself to be ripped off, right? 18:41.400 --> 18:43.560 Suffer yourselves to be defrauded. 18:43.560 --> 18:45.080 In fact, go to 1 Peter chapter two. 18:45.080 --> 18:47.060 1 Peter chapter number two. 18:47.400 --> 18:50.140 Let me read to you Romans chapter 12 verse 19. 18:50.140 --> 18:52.700 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, 18:52.700 --> 18:54.460 but rather get placed unto wrath. 18:54.460 --> 18:59.140 For it is written, vengeance is mine. 18:59.140 --> 19:01.400 I will repay, saith the Lord. 19:01.400 --> 19:03.660 We should be placed unto God's wrath, 19:03.660 --> 19:05.500 because vengeance belongs to God. 19:05.500 --> 19:08.580 Do not insist upon retaliation. 19:08.580 --> 19:10.900 1 Peter 2, look at verse 19. 19:10.900 --> 19:12.540 1 Peter 2, 19. 19:13.900 --> 19:21.580 For this is thank worthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. 19:22.100 --> 19:23.500 Same idea. 19:23.500 --> 19:31.100 For what glory is it if when ye be buffeted for your faults ye shall take it patiently, 19:31.100 --> 19:37.500 but if when ye do well and suffer for it ye take it patiently, that this is acceptable 19:37.500 --> 19:38.500 with God. 19:38.500 --> 19:43.820 For even here unto where ye cause, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an 19:43.820 --> 19:46.100 example that ye should follow his steps. 19:46.400 --> 19:50.600 Jesus Christ is the perfect example of turning the other cheek. 19:50.600 --> 19:51.700 Look at verse 22, 19:51.700 --> 19:55.100 Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth. 19:55.100 --> 19:58.000 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again. 19:58.000 --> 20:00.100 When he suffered, he threatened not, 20:00.100 --> 20:04.700 but committed himself to him, God the Father, that judgeth righteously. 20:04.700 --> 20:09.800 Again, that's the same principle of do not seek retaliation. 20:09.800 --> 20:11.700 Now go back to 1 Corinthians chapter 6. 20:11.700 --> 20:13.800 1 Corinthians chapter number 6. 20:16.100 --> 20:17.680 Obviously, if you get trespassed, 20:17.680 --> 20:19.220 and you follow the biblical process, 20:19.220 --> 20:22.220 have the gut, have the courage to confront the brethren alone. 20:22.220 --> 20:26.300 If that doesn't work, if he gets kicked out and still 20:26.300 --> 20:28.620 doesn't pay you back, just suffer yourself to be defrauded. 20:28.620 --> 20:31.460 Allow yourself to be ripped off. 20:31.460 --> 20:33.140 1 Corinthians 6, we'll have verse number 7. 20:33.140 --> 20:35.100 1 Corinthians 6, 7 says this. 20:36.800 --> 20:42.480 Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. 20:42.480 --> 20:44.680 Why do ye not rather take wrong? 20:44.680 --> 20:48.020 Why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded? 20:48.020 --> 20:51.920 So I believe Paul was speaking to the victims in verse number seven, right? 20:51.920 --> 20:54.280 Suffer yourselves to be defrauded. 20:54.280 --> 20:56.720 He told them, you know, just to take wrong. 20:56.720 --> 21:02.680 But then I believe he's switching to speaking to the offenders in verse number eight. 21:02.680 --> 21:04.680 Quintin 6-8 says this... 21:04.800 --> 21:08.400 may eat you wrong and defraud and die your brethren." 21:08.400 --> 21:11.400 Okay, now you could argue verse eight is, you know, 21:11.400 --> 21:15.680 is referring to that the victims suing the offender. 21:16.200 --> 21:21.200 And in doing so, they are actually defrauding the defrauder. 21:21.200 --> 21:23.640 But I can't believe Paul was addressing both groups, 21:23.640 --> 21:25.480 and Paul was addressing the victims. 21:25.480 --> 21:29.960 But now he's switching to the offenders in verse number 8. 21:29.960 --> 21:33.320 So basically, in verse 8, Paul is saying that, shame on you 21:33.320 --> 21:34.680 for doing the wrong. 21:34.680 --> 21:38.120 Shame on you for defrauding your brethren to begin with. 21:38.120 --> 21:41.400 So Paul is not excusing either side. 21:41.400 --> 21:44.200 One brother shouldn't be dragging another brother. 21:44.200 --> 21:48.880 before the unbelievers and the other brother shouldn't be defrauding his 21:48.880 --> 21:50.760 brother in the very first place. 21:50.760 --> 21:52.700 Okay so 21:53.000 --> 21:58.560 So essentially, I believe Paul's argument is, you know, verse 1 through 6, you know, 21:58.560 --> 22:03.240 it's basically, you know, Paul saying, why are you taking your brethren before the unbelievers? 22:03.240 --> 22:06.920 Let Christians from the church judge these matters. 22:06.920 --> 22:11.360 And then in verse number 7, Paul is saying that even when you are really being wronged, 22:11.360 --> 22:16.580 it would be better to take the loss than suing your brother before the unbelievers. 22:16.580 --> 22:20.960 But then in verse number 8, you know, Paul was making the argument, and worst yet. 22:21.000 --> 22:25.160 Some of you were not just refusing yourself wrong, 22:26.960 --> 22:29.080 you are the ones doing the wrong 22:29.080 --> 22:32.580 and defrauding your brethren yourselves. 22:32.580 --> 22:36.140 Basically, Nepal's argument is this, 22:36.140 --> 22:40.720 you are upset because somebody else wronged you, 22:40.720 --> 22:42.800 make sure you are not the one. 22:43.300 --> 22:45.140 wronging somebody else. 22:45.140 --> 22:53.340 Okay, again, it's the principle that Christians should have a higher standard of honesty. 22:54.900 --> 22:57.380 The Bible says in Ephesians chapter 4 verse 25, 22:57.380 --> 23:01.380 wherefore put away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbor, 23:01.380 --> 23:03.540 for we are members one of another. 23:03.540 --> 23:04.040 Right? 23:04.040 --> 23:07.540 We are, you know, we are the members of the body of Christ. 23:08.100 --> 23:10.180 That's why, you know, why are we lying to each other? 23:10.180 --> 23:11.460 Why are we defrauding each other? 23:12.600 --> 23:15.640 The Bible says in Ephesians chapter 4 verse 28, 23:15.640 --> 23:17.720 let him that stole steal no more, 23:17.720 --> 23:19.040 but rather let him labor, 23:19.040 --> 23:23.840 working with his hands a thing which is good. 23:23.840 --> 23:25.480 So the principle is, 23:25.480 --> 23:28.600 the context is addressing the Christians, 23:28.600 --> 23:31.080 let him that stole steal no more. 23:31.080 --> 23:32.200 Be honest. 23:32.800 --> 23:36.440 The Bible says in 1 Thessalonians chapter 4 verse number 6, 23:36.440 --> 23:42.280 that no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter, 23:42.280 --> 23:46.360 because that the Lord is the revenger of all such. 23:46.360 --> 23:47.720 So Paul was telling Christians, 23:47.720 --> 23:51.800 hey, do not defraud your brother in any area of life, 23:51.800 --> 23:54.520 because God is the avenger, because God will judge you. 23:54.520 --> 23:55.440 OK? 23:55.440 --> 23:57.600 So the practical example is, you know, 23:58.400 --> 24:02.400 Don't borrow money and just refuse to pay it. 24:02.400 --> 24:07.400 Alright? Don't agree to perform something and not do it. 24:07.400 --> 24:12.400 Okay? And don't take advantage of another brethren, you know, 24:12.400 --> 24:17.400 don't take advantage of another church member's generosity. 24:18.300 --> 24:21.500 You know, don't lie about what was agreed upon. 24:21.500 --> 24:29.100 Don't use, we are Christians, as an excuse for sloppy business. 24:29.100 --> 24:32.540 Because people do that all the time, okay? 24:32.540 --> 24:38.860 And never expect another Christian to forgive dishonesty instead of making restitution. 24:39.700 --> 24:44.160 Because you know to me being being a Christian should make you more trustworthy 24:44.980 --> 24:49.420 Should make you more trustworthy in business and not less, okay 24:49.540 --> 24:56.260 So just be honest people and make sure make sure you are you are not the ones who are actually defrauding others 24:57.700 --> 25:02.000 So I said point number one brother should not go to law with brother point number two 25:03.180 --> 25:05.180 It is better to suffer wrong 25:05.900 --> 25:07.300 point number three 25:07.400 --> 25:11.400 the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God. 25:11.400 --> 25:15.900 The unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God. 25:15.900 --> 25:24.400 So far, Paul's argument of not suing your brethren is that the saved should be able to judge the matters 25:24.400 --> 25:28.400 and if you don't get even, just take ground and move on. 25:28.400 --> 25:32.400 But then he's going to make another argument. Look at verse number 9. 25:32.400 --> 25:34.400 1 Corinthians 6, 9. 25:34.400 --> 25:35.200 No you not! 25:35.500 --> 25:39.660 that the unrighteous shall now inherit the kingdom of God. 25:39.660 --> 25:43.020 Now, who are the unrighteous according to the context here? 25:43.020 --> 25:47.100 The unjust or the unsaved or the unbelievers, right? 25:47.100 --> 25:50.700 So what's Paul saying here that the unsaved 25:50.800 --> 25:55.560 Won't go to heaven with you. So why are you bringing matters before them, right? 25:55.560 --> 26:01.440 Those are you know, the people of the unsaved. Okay. However, I do believe there's a there's another reason 26:01.640 --> 26:06.240 Why Paul is bringing this up because what's the context verse number eight? 26:06.560 --> 26:10.680 May ye do wrong and defraud and end at your brethren 26:10.680 --> 26:18.580 So Paul was addressing the people who were who were actually doing the defrauding and he's essentially saying that why are you a safe man? 26:18.800 --> 26:20.800 behaving like the unsafe, right? 26:20.800 --> 26:23.200 Why are you defrauding people just like the unrighteous, 26:23.200 --> 26:24.400 just like the unbelievers? 26:24.400 --> 26:25.940 Look at verse number nine again. 26:26.600 --> 26:31.080 Knowing not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God, be not deceived, 26:31.080 --> 26:35.960 neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, 26:35.960 --> 26:42.840 nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkard, nor revilers, 26:42.840 --> 26:48.040 nor extortioners shall inherit the kingdom of God." 26:48.040 --> 26:49.880 So why are you behaving like the insane? 26:49.880 --> 26:51.720 You know, that's one aspect. 26:51.720 --> 26:54.520 And the other aspect is why are you bringing, you know, a- 26:54.600 --> 26:58.880 matter between saved people to those unrighteous people. 26:58.880 --> 27:02.560 So I believe there are two layers to this. 27:02.560 --> 27:05.200 By the way, that's very similar to Galatians chapter 5, 27:05.200 --> 27:09.840 when it says that if you not know, 27:09.840 --> 27:11.680 Galatians 5 talks about the worst. 27:11.680 --> 27:12.180 that. 27:12.300 --> 27:18.700 talks about the works of the flesh that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. 27:18.700 --> 27:22.940 I believe anyone who lives in the flesh can do those things. 27:22.940 --> 27:27.020 In fact, the Bible says, actually go to Ephesians chapter 4. 27:27.020 --> 27:29.020 Ephesians chapter 4. 27:30.540 --> 27:35.020 The Bible says in Ephesians chapter 5, verse number 5. 27:35.300 --> 27:42.440 For this you know that no whoremongers nor unclean person nor a covetous man 27:42.440 --> 27:50.300 who is an idolater had any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. 27:50.300 --> 27:52.760 Okay, now let me just address this. 27:53.480 --> 28:01.660 These passages are now teaching that if you commit those sins you will lose your salvation or that you are not saved to begin with. 28:02.500 --> 28:05.940 When you are saved, you still have the sinful flesh. 28:05.940 --> 28:10.820 And if you live in the flesh, you will produce the fruits or the works of the flesh. 28:10.820 --> 28:17.540 That's why Christians are commanded in the Bible that they're not supposed to walk after the flesh. 28:17.540 --> 28:21.140 You are in Ephesians chapter 4, look at verse 17, Ephesians 4-17. 28:22.600 --> 28:29.320 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other gentiles 28:29.320 --> 28:36.040 walk, in the vanity of their mind." So again, that's a choice, right? Don't walk after the gentiles. 28:36.040 --> 28:41.640 Don't walk after the heathens. Go to Galatians chapter 5. Galatians chapter 5. Look at verse 25. 28:41.640 --> 28:43.600 Galatians 5, 5.25. 28:46.300 --> 28:49.740 The Bible says in Galatians chapter 5 verse 25, 28:49.740 --> 28:53.860 if we live in the spirit, that is salvation, 28:53.860 --> 28:56.180 let us also walk in the spirit. 28:56.180 --> 28:58.500 That's the progressive sanctification. 28:58.500 --> 29:01.100 So the Bible says, if you are saved, 29:01.100 --> 29:02.900 then walk like you are saved, right? 29:02.900 --> 29:03.100 you 29:03.300 --> 29:07.060 If we live in the spirit, let us also walk in the spirit. 29:07.060 --> 29:10.060 Let us not be desirous of vainglory, 29:10.060 --> 29:13.740 provoking one another, envying one another. 29:13.740 --> 29:18.060 Provoking people just to get some reaction and be envious 29:18.060 --> 29:20.140 is the works of the flesh. 29:20.140 --> 29:24.840 So let's not, of course, most of you here are saved. 29:24.840 --> 29:26.740 So act like you are actually saved. 29:26.740 --> 29:27.500 Amen? 29:27.500 --> 29:28.500 Good if Philippians chapter 2. 29:28.500 --> 29:29.820 Philippians chapter 2. 29:30.700 --> 29:37.420 because the flesh is not going into the kingdom in its present, corruptible condition. 29:38.540 --> 29:44.780 The Bible says in 1 Corinthians 15 that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God. 29:45.420 --> 29:50.780 However, at the resurrection, we will receive glorified body that cannot sin. 29:50.780 --> 29:54.300 We are in Philippians chapter 3, look at verse 20, Philippians 3.20. 29:55.900 --> 30:01.660 for our conversation is in heaven from whence also we look for the Savior the Lord Jesus Christ 30:01.660 --> 30:07.020 who shall change our vile body that's our sinful flesh that that in the fashion like unto his 30:07.580 --> 30:13.900 glorious body according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself 30:13.900 --> 30:20.460 so during the you know at the resurrection we will get glorified bodies which cannot sin so 30:21.300 --> 30:26.300 So what goes to heaven is not our sinful flesh but a glorified body. 30:26.300 --> 30:32.300 That's why the Bible is correct when it says that the fornicators or idolaters 30:32.300 --> 30:37.300 cannot inherit the kingdom of God because our sinful flesh will be changed. 30:39.300 --> 30:42.300 Because if you are saved, you will go to heaven no matter what 30:42.300 --> 30:46.300 because God has sealed you on the day of redemption. 30:47.100 --> 30:50.340 But Paul's point is, again, if you are saved, 30:50.340 --> 30:53.300 why are you living and acting like the unsaved? 30:53.300 --> 30:56.140 Why are you living and acting like the unrighteous? 30:56.140 --> 30:58.060 Why are you defrauding other people? 30:58.060 --> 30:59.660 Why are you so carnal? 30:59.660 --> 31:03.580 If you are saved, act like you are saved. 31:03.580 --> 31:08.020 Go back to 1 Corinthians chapter 6, 1 Corinthians chapter 31:08.020 --> 31:10.060 number 6. 31:10.060 --> 31:11.200 So I'll say point number 1. 31:11.800 --> 31:15.780 Brother should not go to law with with with brother point number two 31:16.520 --> 31:19.420 It is better to suffer wrong point number three 31:19.960 --> 31:22.760 The unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God 31:23.360 --> 31:25.360 point number four and 31:25.360 --> 31:30.620 Such was some of you and such was some of you look ever from none again first Corinthians 6 9 31:31.400 --> 31:35.000 Knowing not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God, be not deceived, 31:35.000 --> 31:42.520 neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with 31:42.520 --> 31:49.720 mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkard, nor revilers, nor extortioners shall inherit the 31:49.720 --> 31:54.200 kingdom of God." So here Paul listed 10 groups of sinners. 31:55.400 --> 32:03.000 fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, effeminate, abusers of themselves with mankind, thieves, 32:03.000 --> 32:09.720 covetous, drunkards, revoulers, and extortioners. But then he said this in verse number 11, 32:09.720 --> 32:18.300 1st clintin 6 11 the Bible says and such war some of you so 32:18.600 --> 32:32.280 So the natural reading of this passage is that all of these sins were committed by the people in the Caribbean church. 32:32.900 --> 32:38.740 you know, such, or some of you, you know, the Bible doesn't say one person has done all of that, 32:38.740 --> 32:45.300 you know, but some of the people have done things like that, okay? Now, some people would try to say 32:45.300 --> 32:52.180 that this list is not an all-inclusive list and that Christians could not commit some of those 32:52.180 --> 32:54.580 since. Personally, I do. 32:55.100 --> 32:59.740 I do disagree on that view because I believe some of the people from the 32:59.740 --> 33:03.760 Corinthian Church have done all these things because the natural reading is 33:03.760 --> 33:06.940 such what some of you have done. 33:06.940 --> 33:14.940 There's nothing in this passage that excludes a certain category from this statement. 33:14.940 --> 33:17.600 It will be super weird if Paul says 33:17.800 --> 33:23.560 You know, neither those who take the mark of the beast, nor blasphemers of the Holy Ghost, 33:23.560 --> 33:27.480 shall inherit the kingdom of God, and such will some of you. It will make no sense. 33:28.040 --> 33:32.440 That's why I believe, you know, saved Christians have done all these things, 33:32.440 --> 33:35.080 okay? Just based on a natural reading of this passage. 33:35.800 --> 33:40.780 Now the reason people don't think this is an all-inclusive list is that they want to 33:40.780 --> 33:47.820 explain away abusers of themselves with mankind because in their mind they think it's referring 33:47.820 --> 33:50.020 to the homosexuals. 33:50.020 --> 33:51.160 I get their intention. 33:51.700 --> 33:55.700 But that's simply not a natural reading of this passage. 33:55.700 --> 34:04.200 You know, it was clear that some of them were abusers of themselves with mankind, but they got saved. 34:04.200 --> 34:07.200 Now, I will address this later. 34:07.200 --> 34:13.200 Because we know what fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, thieves, cowiches... 34:13.600 --> 34:15.600 It's just all the other people are. 34:15.600 --> 34:22.120 And the two groups in question is the effeminate 34:22.120 --> 34:26.880 and the abusers of themselves with mankind. 34:26.880 --> 34:29.080 And since the context is Christians 34:29.080 --> 34:30.960 have done these things, they have 34:30.960 --> 34:36.080 to be natural sins or sins that are common to men. 34:37.200 --> 34:40.480 Because in 1 Corinthians chapter 10, the Bible says, 34:40.480 --> 34:44.720 there hath no temptation taketh you but such as is common to men. 34:44.720 --> 34:45.220 Right? 34:45.600 --> 34:53.400 There are certain sins are common to men, but then there are other sins that are uncommon or against nature. 34:53.400 --> 34:58.400 Namely, men with men working that which is inseamly or women against women, right? 34:58.400 --> 35:04.400 These are, you know, these are sins against nature. In fact, Romans 1 is very clear on that. 35:04.400 --> 35:11.000 So Christians cannot commit sins against nature, going after strange flesh, okay? 35:12.600 --> 35:23.100 This means that the effeminate and the abusers of themselves with mankind cannot be referring to the sodomites. 35:23.100 --> 35:28.960 Because if saved Christians have done these things, these cannot be sins against nature. 35:28.960 --> 35:37.840 In addition, sodomites cannot be saved, so this could not be referring to the sodomites. 35:37.840 --> 35:40.000 Let me just read to you Jude 1-7. 35:40.600 --> 35:45.640 even as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities about them in like manner, 35:45.640 --> 35:50.440 giving themselves over to fornication and going after strange flesh, 35:50.440 --> 35:55.160 are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. 35:55.160 --> 35:57.400 So Sodomites cannot be saved. 35:57.400 --> 36:01.080 So by comparing Scripture with Scripture, 36:01.080 --> 36:07.080 that the effeminate and the abusers of themselves with mankind cannot be Sodomites. 36:07.080 --> 36:07.580 Okay? 36:08.200 --> 36:13.600 But then the question is, what exactly are they? 36:13.600 --> 36:15.360 Now, before I address that, let's look 36:15.360 --> 36:20.000 at the modern translations of the Bible. 36:20.000 --> 36:23.400 Again, that's why it's important to use the King James Bible. 36:23.400 --> 36:25.760 Here's what the NIV said. 36:25.760 --> 36:32.240 Neither the sexually immoral nor adulterers nor men 36:32.240 --> 36:34.120 who have sex with men. 36:35.600 --> 36:37.120 Here's the ESV. 36:37.120 --> 36:42.520 Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers 36:42.520 --> 36:46.000 nor men who practice homosexuality. 36:46.000 --> 36:48.960 Here's a New Living Translation. 36:48.960 --> 36:51.480 You know, those who indulge in sexual sin 36:51.480 --> 36:54.800 or who worship idols or commit adultery 36:54.800 --> 36:58.800 or are male prostitutes or practice homosexuality. 36:59.500 --> 37:07.180 Here's the New King James Version, neither fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers nor homosexuals nor sodomites. 37:07.180 --> 37:16.140 Notice the modern versions either omit effeminate or they equate effeminate with male prostitutes 37:16.140 --> 37:22.780 and they equate abusers of themselves with mankind with sodomites or homosexuals. 37:22.780 --> 37:24.780 That's why many liberal churches 37:26.900 --> 37:29.600 think they can reach the sodomites. 37:29.600 --> 37:31.740 Here's the main issue. 37:31.740 --> 37:33.740 Here's my main argument on that. 37:33.740 --> 37:37.900 Which author in the Bible knows more about reprobates 37:37.900 --> 37:41.540 the most in the New Testament? 37:41.540 --> 37:42.880 Apostle Paul. 37:42.880 --> 37:44.980 He wrote Romans chapter one. 37:44.980 --> 37:49.180 He also wrote 1 Corinthians chapter six. 37:49.180 --> 37:52.620 So if Apostle Paul wants to make it clear 37:52.620 --> 37:54.540 that sodomites can be saved, 37:54.800 --> 37:58.960 Don't you think he will use some of the wording like reprobates, 37:58.960 --> 38:03.360 man with man, or the terminologies in Romans chapter one, right? 38:03.360 --> 38:08.000 He chose to choose some other wording for a reason. 38:08.000 --> 38:12.320 Go to 1 Timothy chapter one, 1 Timothy chapter one. 38:12.320 --> 38:14.720 By the way, what is an effeminate? 38:14.720 --> 38:18.000 The word effeminate simply means soft. 38:18.000 --> 38:22.560 In fact, the same Greek word is also translated to soft. 38:22.900 --> 38:25.500 Because the word effeminate is a polysemy, okay? 38:25.500 --> 38:28.800 You know, let me just read to you Matthew 11 verse 8, Matthew 11, 8. 38:28.800 --> 38:31.200 But what went he out for to see? 38:31.200 --> 38:34.800 A man clothed in soft raiment. 38:34.800 --> 38:38.100 That's the same word as effeminate, okay? 38:38.100 --> 38:40.400 Because the word is a polysemy, amen? 38:40.400 --> 38:41.800 Soft, effeminate? 38:41.800 --> 38:46.900 Many men, you know, I've known men who lack masculine characters. 38:46.900 --> 38:49.700 A soft man is not a sodomite. 38:50.500 --> 38:55.500 I know men who talk softly, but they are not sodomites. 38:56.940 --> 38:59.500 Because an effeminate man can be saved. 39:00.500 --> 39:03.000 Some men may have effeminate sounding voice 39:03.000 --> 39:05.080 because of some medical conditions, 39:05.080 --> 39:07.540 but that doesn't mean they are sodomites. 39:07.540 --> 39:09.860 So don't label someone a reprobate 39:09.860 --> 39:13.200 solely because they have effeminate sounding voice. 39:15.500 --> 39:17.000 But if they talk like a queer. 39:18.000 --> 39:23.360 act like a queer, walk like a queer, dress like a queer, maybe they are queers. 39:23.360 --> 39:28.400 Okay, anyway. So the effeminate simply means soft, you know, soft men. 39:29.360 --> 39:35.840 But then the difficult part is the abusers of themselves with mankind. So let's compare 39:35.840 --> 39:40.240 scripture with scripture. I'm going to go back to the Greek later, okay? 39:42.000 --> 39:45.040 You are in 1 Timothy chapter 1, we'll have verse number 9. 1 Timothy 1, 9. 39:45.500 --> 39:47.500 again written by the Apostle Paul. 39:48.600 --> 39:55.200 Knowing this, that the law is not made for righteous men, but for the lawless and disobedient, 39:55.200 --> 40:02.440 for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and 40:02.440 --> 40:09.320 murderers of mothers, for manslayers, for whoremongers, for them that defile themselves 40:09.320 --> 40:10.320 with mankind." 40:10.320 --> 40:14.560 So here we have a similar wording, you know, here we see a group called them that defile 40:14.560 --> 40:16.440 themselves with man- 40:16.600 --> 40:23.160 in 1 Corinthians, the Bible says abusers of themselves 40:23.160 --> 40:26.080 with mankind. 40:26.080 --> 40:32.200 So there is a group of people who defile or abuse themselves 40:32.200 --> 40:33.600 with mankind. 40:33.600 --> 40:36.560 So the question is, what is mankind? 40:36.560 --> 40:38.360 Mankind means people who are men. 40:39.000 --> 40:43.440 Now people use the word mankind to address all men and women, 40:43.440 --> 40:48.240 but biblically, there is mankind and there is womankind. 40:48.240 --> 40:52.720 In fact, let me just read to you Leviticus 20.13. 40:52.720 --> 40:57.920 If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman. 40:57.920 --> 41:01.200 So the mankind is different from woman. 41:01.200 --> 41:03.560 So mankind is people who are men. 41:03.560 --> 41:04.060 Got it? 41:04.900 --> 41:09.100 By the way, 1st Timothy chapter 1, verse 9 through 10, 41:09.100 --> 41:12.180 pretty much gives you a list of pairs. 41:12.180 --> 41:14.900 Let's read verse number 9 again. 41:14.900 --> 41:17.940 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, 41:17.940 --> 41:20.700 but for the lawless and disobedient. 41:20.700 --> 41:23.780 When you are lawless, you are being disobedient, right? 41:23.780 --> 41:26.940 For the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, 41:26.940 --> 41:28.620 again, synonyms. 41:29.000 --> 41:32.560 for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers 41:32.560 --> 41:33.920 for manslayers. 41:33.920 --> 41:35.560 These are murderers. 41:35.560 --> 41:37.760 But then it says for whoremongers, 41:37.760 --> 41:42.800 for them that defile themselves with mankind. 41:42.800 --> 41:45.600 So those who defile themselves with mankind 41:45.600 --> 41:48.080 is paired with whoremongers. 41:48.080 --> 41:49.280 Who are the whoremongers? 41:50.000 --> 41:54.160 Whore mongers are men who sleep with other women, right? 41:55.200 --> 41:58.000 So what's the other side of the spectrum? 41:58.000 --> 42:02.160 Women who defile themselves or sleep with men or mankind. 42:03.600 --> 42:06.840 Who are the women who sleep with men? 42:06.840 --> 42:09.040 Those are called whores. 42:09.040 --> 42:13.040 So Paul's report is comparing whore mongers and whores. 42:13.040 --> 42:14.040 Okay, see that? 42:14.040 --> 42:16.800 Because they defile themselves with men. 42:16.900 --> 42:20.780 Now, go back to 1 Corinthians chapter 6, 1 Corinthians chapter 6. 42:20.780 --> 42:25.120 Whores are women who abuse themselves. 42:25.120 --> 42:29.000 Whores are those who defile themselves with men. 42:29.000 --> 42:35.300 By the way, it's the exact same Greek word in 1 Corinthians chapter 6 and 1 Timothy chapter 1. 42:35.300 --> 42:39.560 Okay, defile, abuse, again, same wording. 42:40.800 --> 42:47.800 Now the other possible theory is that these could be men who lie with other men for power but not for pleasure. 42:47.800 --> 42:51.800 However, you can argue that people who do those things are sodomized themselves. 42:51.800 --> 43:01.800 And you can also make the argument that the act itself doesn't mean reprobation if it's forced or some kind of abuse context. 43:01.800 --> 43:06.800 But all I'm trying to say is this. Paul used a specific wording for a reason. 43:07.300 --> 43:11.300 Personally, I think those are talking about women who defile with men. 43:13.300 --> 43:16.300 And what's interesting is Paul went on by saying this. 43:16.300 --> 43:18.300 Look at 1 Corinthians chapter 6 verse 13. 43:18.300 --> 43:20.300 1 Corinthians 6, 13. 43:20.300 --> 43:25.300 Meats for the belly and the belly for meats, but God shall destroy both it and them. 43:25.300 --> 43:29.300 Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord. 43:29.300 --> 43:30.600 And the Lord for the body. 43:30.900 --> 43:33.900 and God had both raised up the Lord, 43:33.900 --> 43:37.140 and will also raise up us by his own power, 43:37.140 --> 43:40.220 knowing now that your bodies are the members of Christ, 43:40.220 --> 43:42.660 shall I then take the members of Christ 43:42.660 --> 43:45.340 and make them the members of, and what? 43:45.340 --> 43:48.760 Harlot, God forbid, because harlots 43:48.760 --> 43:51.140 abuse their bodies with men, right? 43:51.140 --> 43:54.340 Abusers of themselves with mankind. 43:54.340 --> 43:58.060 So just to summarize my argument here. 43:58.600 --> 44:01.720 Number one, the natural reading of this passage 44:02.400 --> 44:07.320 indicates that some Corinthian Christians have done all of the above 44:07.320 --> 44:12.700 or sins like the above. Number two, Christians cannot commit sins against 44:12.700 --> 44:15.640 nature. Number three, Apostle Paul knows the 44:15.640 --> 44:20.680 rubber bait doctrine very well and he didn't use those verbages. Number four, the 44:20.680 --> 44:25.080 same wording is also used in 1st Timothy chapter 1 which is paralleled with 44:25.080 --> 44:27.520 with whoremongers, number five. 44:27.520 --> 44:30.400 The same underlying Greek word is used in both channels. 44:30.400 --> 44:32.160 chapters. 44:32.160 --> 44:33.600 So I think, you know, so the Bible 44:33.600 --> 44:35.400 is saying that whores can be saved. 44:35.400 --> 44:38.120 Soft men can be saved. 44:38.120 --> 44:39.840 Now, I do want to go back to the Greek, 44:39.840 --> 44:41.240 because I think it's kind of fun, 44:41.240 --> 44:43.520 because I'm in the Greek kick right now. 44:43.520 --> 44:46.080 Because people like to go back to the Greek 44:46.080 --> 44:48.400 to prove sodomites can be saved. 44:48.400 --> 44:51.360 Because the Greek word used in 1 Corinthians 6 and 1 44:51.360 --> 44:55.360 Timothy chapter 1 is, you know, archenochetes. 44:55.360 --> 44:55.860 OK? 44:55.860 --> 44:55.900 you 44:56.300 --> 45:00.700 Now, the problem is this Greek word is used so few times 45:00.700 --> 45:07.460 in the entire Greek literature that it is dishonest 45:07.460 --> 45:12.420 to say this word 100% refers to homosexuals. 45:12.420 --> 45:14.700 The usage was so scarce. 45:14.700 --> 45:17.340 OK, you cannot make that argument. 45:17.340 --> 45:20.540 But what they will do is they will say the word 45:20.540 --> 45:23.900 arsenokites, again, one word is a compound word. 45:24.900 --> 45:28.540 Because the word arson means man or male, 45:28.540 --> 45:31.460 but then kitties means bed. 45:31.460 --> 45:34.420 So the word means man bed, one word. 45:34.420 --> 45:36.780 So they take this as a compound word, 45:36.780 --> 45:40.620 and they take this as that it means a man who 45:40.620 --> 45:44.140 lies with another man. 45:44.140 --> 45:47.500 But the issue is you cannot determine 45:47.500 --> 45:50.940 the meanings of compound words by their separate parts. 45:52.200 --> 45:57.200 For example, butterfly does not mean the animal is made of butter and fly. 45:58.200 --> 46:00.200 That's a terrible argument, right? 46:00.700 --> 46:02.200 What about a lady killer? 46:02.700 --> 46:07.200 I mean, a lady killer is not even talking about a lady who is a killer. 46:07.200 --> 46:10.200 Lady killer is referring to a man who is charming, 46:10.200 --> 46:14.200 a man who is attractive to women, like Brother Jared. 46:16.600 --> 46:20.320 Yesterday at Seouling, he just got pairs and pairs of women 46:20.320 --> 46:21.960 talking to him. 46:21.960 --> 46:26.680 At the end, I got so tired of being rejected by the women. 46:26.680 --> 46:29.080 Whenever I see a women, whenever I see a lady, 46:29.080 --> 46:33.040 I just point them to your brother, Jared. 46:33.040 --> 46:39.640 So Lady Killer is a man who is charming or whatever. 46:39.640 --> 46:40.960 So my whole point is. 46:41.600 --> 46:44.180 You cannot determine the meaning of a compound word 46:44.180 --> 46:47.160 by its separate parts. 46:47.160 --> 46:52.760 Likewise, arsenokites literally means man bed. 46:52.760 --> 46:58.160 So can it mean that women who are on the bed with men? 46:58.160 --> 47:01.760 Why does it have to mean a man who is on the bed 47:01.760 --> 47:03.120 with another man? 47:03.120 --> 47:06.120 So people add the meaning to the word, 47:06.120 --> 47:08.760 while the word simply means man bed. 47:09.000 --> 47:12.520 or man better. 47:12.520 --> 47:14.360 And the other thing people would do 47:14.360 --> 47:16.480 trying to justify that sonomans can be saved 47:16.480 --> 47:19.560 is they will go back to the Septuagint. 47:19.560 --> 47:22.240 They will argue that back in the Septuagint, which 47:22.240 --> 47:25.440 is the Old Testament in Greek. 47:25.440 --> 47:31.280 So back in the Septuagint in Leviticus 20, 13, 47:31.280 --> 47:36.560 the Septuagint uses the words arsenos and chitin. 47:37.700 --> 47:44.700 They will say that this is where Paul created the word form in 1 Corinthians chapter 6. 47:44.700 --> 47:48.700 But the problem is we don't hold to the subtyogen. 47:48.700 --> 47:54.700 Additionally, back in the subtyogen, it does not use the compound word. 47:55.400 --> 47:57.760 You know, back in the Septuagint, 47:57.760 --> 48:01.760 it doesn't call the offender an archinochitis, 48:01.760 --> 48:05.720 because their rendition of Leviticus 20 13 48:05.720 --> 48:09.200 describes someone who lies with a male. 48:09.200 --> 48:12.520 Again, two words versus a compound word. 48:12.520 --> 48:15.920 And now to mention that the King James Old Testament 48:15.920 --> 48:18.840 was translated from the Masoretic text 48:18.840 --> 48:20.440 and not from the Greek Septuagint. 48:20.440 --> 48:20.940 OK? 48:21.500 --> 48:23.760 Because even back in the Septuagint, 48:23.760 --> 48:26.520 the whole thing is describing the offender 48:26.520 --> 48:31.000 as someone who lies with a male and not as a compound 48:31.000 --> 48:34.620 calling the offender, arsenic or ketis. 48:34.620 --> 48:36.700 Hopefully I'm making sense. 48:36.700 --> 48:39.820 So the point is just trust your King James Bible, amen? 48:39.820 --> 48:41.740 So you're in 1 Corinthians chapter number 6. 48:42.200 --> 48:49.160 So I said point number one, brother should not go to law with brother. Point number two, it is better to suffer wrong. Point number three, 48:49.640 --> 48:55.460 the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God. Point number four, and such was some of you. Point number five, 48:56.220 --> 48:58.120 that's my last point. 48:58.120 --> 49:00.120 The power of salvation. 49:00.880 --> 49:05.560 So Paul just listed a bunch of sins, and then he said this, look at verse number 11, 49:07.080 --> 49:09.000 And such was some of you, 49:09.300 --> 49:14.980 but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, 49:14.980 --> 49:23.940 and by the Spirit of our God." Verse 11 is a beautiful verse because Jesus saves sinners. 49:24.800 --> 49:28.880 First he said, ye are washed, because sin makes us filthy, 49:28.880 --> 49:31.400 but salvation makes us clean. 49:31.400 --> 49:37.080 The Bible says in Isaiah 118, though your sins be as scarlet, 49:37.080 --> 49:39.800 they shall be as white as snow. 49:40.400 --> 49:48.400 Revelation 1 5 says, you know, Jesus Christ, you know, unto him that loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood. 49:48.400 --> 49:55.300 We are washed by the blood of the Lamb, meaning that we don't have to wash ourselves to be saved. 49:56.100 --> 49:58.420 We don't have to be baptized to be saved. 49:58.420 --> 50:02.660 We don't have to do anything to wash away our sins to be saved. 50:02.660 --> 50:04.500 Jesus Christ is all you need, right? 50:04.500 --> 50:06.980 You are washed by the blood of Christ. 50:06.980 --> 50:09.780 But then he says, you are sanctified. 50:10.300 --> 50:13.660 Now what sanctified means set apart. 50:13.660 --> 50:19.660 You know, every saved person is positionally sanctified once we got saved, right? 50:19.660 --> 50:21.180 Hebrews 10, 10 says, 50:21.180 --> 50:29.580 by the which we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Christ Jesus once for all. 50:29.580 --> 50:31.340 So the point is we belong to God. 50:31.340 --> 50:32.380 We are a special people. 50:32.380 --> 50:35.180 We are set apart as a chosen people. 50:36.100 --> 50:39.380 But then he says, you are justified. 50:39.380 --> 50:46.220 Now, justification means that God has declared you righteous. 50:46.220 --> 50:50.020 Not because you stopped sinning, not because you joined a church, 50:50.020 --> 50:54.100 not because you got baptized, not because you clean up your life, 50:54.100 --> 50:56.620 but because you trust in Christ. 50:56.800 --> 51:03.680 Romans 3 23 says, for all have sinned and come short of the word of God being justified freely 51:03.680 --> 51:09.760 by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. So God declares us righteous 51:09.760 --> 51:16.480 because of the substitutionary atonement of Christ. Go to Titus chapter 3, Titus chapter number 3. 51:18.000 --> 51:19.520 So why did Paul tell them all that? 51:20.500 --> 51:24.980 Because everything ties back to the main theme of not taking your brother to court 51:26.540 --> 51:29.260 Why should you be willing to forgive your brother? 51:30.060 --> 51:32.380 Why should you suffer yourselves to be defrauded? 51:33.180 --> 51:41.580 Why shouldn't you be be consumed with with vengeance right? Why shouldn't you destroy your brother over money? 51:42.380 --> 51:44.380 Why shouldn't you lie to your fellow? 51:45.100 --> 51:47.100 Brother and defraud other people 51:47.400 --> 51:50.900 because and such were some of you." 51:50.900 --> 51:52.780 So what's Paul's point here? 51:52.780 --> 51:55.240 You were a sinner too, and you still sinned, 51:55.240 --> 51:57.400 but God saved you, he washed you, 51:57.400 --> 52:00.000 and he sanctified you, and he justified you. 52:00.000 --> 52:03.240 So why are you still doing those things? 52:03.240 --> 52:04.500 Titus, chapter three, look at verse one. 52:04.500 --> 52:05.500 Titus 3, one. 52:08.800 --> 52:12.100 Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, 52:12.100 --> 52:15.100 to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work, 52:15.100 --> 52:16.700 to speak evil of no man. 52:16.700 --> 52:18.400 Don't say harmful speech. 52:18.400 --> 52:19.700 Don't slander people. 52:19.700 --> 52:22.500 To speak evil of no man, to be no-brothers, 52:22.500 --> 52:25.000 but gentle, showing all minkings unto all men, 52:25.000 --> 52:28.600 for we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, 52:28.600 --> 52:32.100 deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, 52:32.100 --> 52:35.500 living malice and envy, hateful and hating one another. 52:35.500 --> 52:36.700 But after... 52:36.800 --> 52:40.900 that the kindness and love of God our Savior toward men appeared, 52:40.900 --> 52:44.180 not by works of righteousness which we have done, 52:44.180 --> 52:46.700 but according to His mercy He saved us 52:46.700 --> 52:52.580 by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost, 52:52.580 --> 52:55.780 which He shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 52:55.780 --> 52:58.980 that being justified by His grace we should be made heirs 52:58.980 --> 53:01.300 according to the hope of eternal life." 53:01.300 --> 53:02.100 So. 53:02.200 --> 53:11.200 So the point in Titus chapter 3 is, you know, if you are saved, you know, salvation is not by words of righteousness that we have done, 53:11.200 --> 53:16.200 but only through Christ's mercy, but after you are saved, why are you still doing those sins? 53:16.900 --> 53:20.500 Why are you still being a brawler and being disobedient, 53:20.500 --> 53:23.980 foolish, deceived, and then just hating your brethren? 53:23.980 --> 53:25.700 Why are you still doing those things? 53:25.700 --> 53:28.500 In fact, go to Ephesians chapter 4. 53:28.500 --> 53:30.700 Go to Ephesians chapter number 4. 53:36.300 --> 53:38.300 Okay, verse 31. 53:39.500 --> 53:44.000 Ephesians chapter 4, verse 31. 53:47.800 --> 53:49.360 The Bible says this, 53:49.360 --> 53:52.440 let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor 53:52.440 --> 53:56.600 and evil speaking be put away from you with all malice 53:56.600 --> 54:00.200 and be kind one to another, tender-hearted, 54:00.200 --> 54:02.120 forgiving one another even as God 54:02.120 --> 54:04.320 for Christ's sake had forgiven you. 54:04.320 --> 54:07.520 Again, ties back to 1 Corinthians chapter six, right? 54:07.520 --> 54:10.040 You know, don't seek. 54:10.400 --> 54:14.560 You know, don't always have a vengeful spirit. 54:14.560 --> 54:17.520 Just realize that when you sin, 54:17.520 --> 54:20.320 that Christ has forgiven of your sins. 54:20.320 --> 54:22.320 Okay, that's why we should be forgiving each other. 54:23.680 --> 54:25.280 Colossians 3.13 says, 54:25.280 --> 54:28.960 Forbearing one another and forgiving one another. 54:29.760 --> 54:31.920 If any man have a quarrel against any, 54:31.920 --> 54:35.600 even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. 54:37.600 --> 54:42.200 So again, the premise of Paul's argument is, 54:42.200 --> 54:45.800 you want your brother to pay every penny back, 54:45.800 --> 54:49.320 remember that Christ has forgiven you. 54:49.320 --> 54:50.320 Right? 54:50.320 --> 54:55.440 I mean, you want revenge because somebody wronged you? 54:55.440 --> 54:58.880 Just remember, how many times do you have wronged Christ? 54:58.880 --> 55:00.160 You cannot look down. 55:00.600 --> 55:04.480 your nose at every sinner when your testimony is 55:04.480 --> 55:06.480 in such or some of you. 55:06.480 --> 55:07.440 Right? 55:07.440 --> 55:09.040 Realize that Christ has saved you. 55:09.040 --> 55:10.800 Christ has justified you. 55:10.800 --> 55:14.800 So cut each other some slack, forgiving each other, 55:14.800 --> 55:19.480 and don't live like the unsaved. 55:19.480 --> 55:24.000 So what's the conclusion of the sermon? 55:24.000 --> 55:27.200 Number one, if you have been run by a brother, 55:27.200 --> 55:27.400 you 55:27.400 --> 55:32.400 Seek reconciliation and not revenge. Follow the biblical process. 55:32.400 --> 55:37.400 Right? And if you don't get, you know, what's, you know, what's, you know, 55:37.400 --> 55:41.400 if you don't get what's been defrauded, you know, like Apostle Paul said, 55:41.400 --> 55:44.400 why do we not rather take wrong? Okay? 55:44.400 --> 55:50.400 Don't destroy a church over something you could forgive or let go. 55:50.400 --> 55:54.080 Number two, if you wronged your brother, make it right. 55:54.700 --> 55:58.620 Because like Paul said, ne, ye do wrong and defraud, 55:58.620 --> 56:01.120 and die your brethren. 56:01.120 --> 56:03.460 Number three, if you are not saved, 56:03.460 --> 56:07.740 you need to be washed and justified. 56:07.740 --> 56:09.280 You don't have to clean up yourself. 56:09.280 --> 56:11.920 Just believe on Jesus Christ. 56:11.920 --> 56:13.340 Let's pray. 56:13.340 --> 56:14.780 Thank you all for First Corinthians, 56:14.780 --> 56:15.620 chapter number six. 56:15.620 --> 56:17.700 And thank you for being a forgiving God. 56:17.800 --> 56:23.480 But I pray that you'll help us have a Christian loving spirit that will just let go of the 56:23.480 --> 56:26.440 petty things and just follow the biblical process. 56:26.440 --> 56:30.240 I pray for unity of this local body and just strengthen us. 56:30.240 --> 56:31.880 I pray this in Jesus' name, amen.