CONDUCTING JUSTICE IN THE CHURCH
1Corinthians 6.1-8Paul declared that if a church is a family of Christians why then they go to secular judges and courts outside the church. Does church cannot resolve their own issues inside the church between brothers and sisters?
It is quite shameful that the church who has Law of GOD and has been taught in the Gospel of Christ still seeks help from outside world. Indeed, why church do not search for any wise man among them, with prudence and fear of GOD who knows the Laws of GOD and sufficient in the knowledge of the Gospel?
Paul also made another interesting statement saying that we will judge angels. This unique statement is not a figure of speech but most likely very direct and real in its truth. It is a possibility that some souls of the Christians in Heaven may be the judges against fallen angels and would decide their fate. The point is, if a church has no reasonable, knowledgeable in Bible intelligent man to judge between Christians in the church on Earth, how much more then any of the Christians can judge fallen angels in Heaven?
In the message of the Lord to the seven churches (Revelation 2.1-29, 3.1-22) GOD called each pastor as "angel." The word angel under all contexts means "servant." So, as an angel, after physical death on Earth, some of the Christians would become judges, and for others GOD perhaps also will assign some duties, which is suggest that we will replace the fallen angels and will serve our Lord as we served Him on Earth, doing and executing His will.
Paul wants to see church united and separated from the world. So, if the church has any inside problems it must resolved inside the church wrong and not seek help from outsiders and unbelievers.
REFERENCE OF TRANSGRATIONS
1Corinthinas 6.9-11
Paul urged the church to deal not only with sexual immorality in the church but also and with other iniquities and transgressions, binding them in one bundle as a thing that the church must deal with, according to the Law and the Gospel of Christ.
Paul also specified here what none of these sinners mentioned by him will enter the Kingdom of GOD, which is very obvious to anyone who has knowledge and understanding of the Holy Scripture. Reference of similar and others sins also have been mentioned by Paul and in other places of the Bible (1Corinthians 6.9-10) (Galatians 5.19-21) (Ephesians 5.5), probably telling us that all these mentioned by Paul issues and transgressions have been the most abundant and common in the Christian community of Gentiles.
This mean that if the church contains and did not resolve these iniquities and transgressions in its midst and let it go, the church became unclean and defiled by such sins and will lose its holiness and sanctification and justification of Christ as His church, in which will be no presence of the Holy Spirit.
The church that tolerates the sins of its members will not enter into the Kingdom of GOD and will be left behind the Gates of the Holy Kingdom of GOD.
1Corinthians 6.12
"All things lawful" means that the secular laws allowed us to do many things what are not always compatible with Christian Principals and Ideals and the Laws of GOD. If secular world allow all do some inappropriate, wicked, dishonest, evil, and sinful things, it does not mean that the Christian should do them because secular law does not forbid them. Christians must always remember that Christian standards are very different than secular standards in morality and in the laws, and no true Christian should be tempted by freedom of sin, even if it completely lawful to do according to the world , but all true Christians must remember that they are under different Laws and different Standards, and their master is not the president but GOD and only GOD, and no one else.
The second part of the same verse shows that we shall not be under influence of these lawful permissions of the secular laws and not driven by them because they are completely lawful in their sight. Whatever is lawful for this world, may be is not lawful for us as Christians and we should avoid it at all costs.
We have our own Laws, and we shall stick to them as the only source and guidance for our life in Christ and avoid the laws unjust and crooked laws of this world even if they benefit us.
1Corinthians 6.15-18
"Your bodies are members of Christ," means member of Christ for good deeds what Christ Himself did during His lifetime. If we give our body to a harlot, this means that we are no longer the body of Christ but the body of the harlot.
This may relate almost to everything, to which object or to whom we attach ourselves to, so to which thing and to which person we belong. For this reason, Paul mentioned the Statement of GOD, "'The two will become one flesh." (Genesis 2.24).
This is true not only in Physical term but also and in Spiritual term. If we attach our soul to a certain teachings, doctrines, traditions, or certain principals and ideals what are not of Christ, we will become as one soul and one body with them, and not with Christ.
Verse 18 underlines the point of Paul's saying that if we sin, we sin against our own Physical body and against our own Spirit. As it is said that our bodies are members of Christ, and so we must attach ourselves in Physical body and in our Spirit only to Christ.
In Spirit we attach to His Gospel with Mercy, Love, Hope, and Compassion, in Physical bodies we attach ourselves to His Works of Good Deeds. By doing this we will become the One Body with Christ (verse 18).
As verses 19-20 specify, we are Temple of the Lord (1Corinthians 3.16-17) (1Corinthians 6.19), and we are not our own. A great price had been paid for us, the price of the Life of Christ. And so, we must be vigilant and always on alert not to fall for numerous traps and temptations what the world provides for us, in order not to fall and be trap by them, but always, throughout our lives, be One with GOD in Spirit and with Good Works of Faith, to the end of our lives.
And the words of Jesus Christ come to mind, "Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." (Luke 12.34).