AN END TO MY BOASTING
Today's reading: 1 Corinthians 5-6

"How terrible that you should boast about your spirituality, and yet you let this sort of thing go on. Don't you realize that if even one person is allowed to go on sinning, soon all will be affected." 1 Corinthians 5:6 NLT

Paul was talking to the church at Corinth about a flagrant sin being committed by one of its members. It was a sin, apparently, everyone knew about, yet it was overlooked.

Maybe the man sinning was a leader in the church. A deacon perhaps? A Sunday school teacher? A great tither?

Who ever it was, Paul was very specific in letting them know the sin could no longer be allowed to run rampant in the church.

Sure, they'd done some growing. Sure, the church had drawn folks in. Sure, there were people being affected by the Gospel.

But there were also folks in the congregation being touched by this sin.

I have some praying I need to do in regards to what I might be infecting my own church with. I have some attitudes and issues I need to place at the foot of the Cross. I have some opinions and plans that I need to have pre-approved by my Lord before I stand up and march forth with them.

I have nothing to boast of, except that I realize my overwhelming need for God's forgiveness and grace.