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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 • The White Hall Journal • www.whitehalljournal.com
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Sin In The Church By Stephen Harrison Family Church
There is a real difference between a church that deals with sin in a biblical way to help people overcome it and one that chooses to ignore, overlook, or confront sin. The church at Corinth was such a church. In 1 Corinthians 5:1-13 we see Paul addressing them in their sin because they had failed to do so themselves. They were a divided and disgraced church because not only was there blatant, known sin in their assembly, the church leadership was reluctant to do anything about it. While no church is perfect, there must be accountability when it comes to sin. Christians are supposed to be holy as He is holy (1 Peter 1:15-16) and expected to come out from the world and be separate (2 Corinthians 6:17). No church needs “righteousness rangers” policing and pointing out the faults of others for the purpose of shame, embarrassment, or gossip. But what a church does need is for all its members and leadership to be humbly and lovingly confrontive towards
sin to restore people to the fellowship. They should also willingly welcome confrontation towards sin in their own lives. A Christian who loves their church must ask the question, “If this sin goes unchecked what will it do to the church?" They will not stand by and permit sin to weaken and ruin the Lord’s church. So what is the right way to deal with sin in the church? 1 Corinthians 5:1-2 tells us there is sexual immorality in the church of Corinth and the church has not confronted it but is actually proud of it. Paul gets real specific here and calls out the sin of a man in the church who is sleeping with his father’s wife. This is not adultery, fornication and a form of incest in the community but in the church itself. Not even the kind the unsaved Gentiles practice (1 Corinthians 5:1). They should first mourn over it like mourning for the dead, feeling deeply sorry for the pain it is causing the Lord and in their church. Instead, they are bragging about how tolerant and “open minded” they are as a church that even
adulterers and fornicators can be members in good standing. Overlooking sin is never good. They should help the fallen believer like Galatians 6:1-2 says: “Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or also may be you tempted. Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.” I’ve met a lot of mean, selfrighteous Christians bent on hurting people in sin. A real Christian confronts out of love to restore fellowship and relationship with Christ. After mourning over the sin, Paul instructs the church to judge the sin (1 Corinthians 5:3-5). Judge? I thought we weren’t to judge others (Matthew 7:1). This is the most abused scripture in the Bible. It does not mean you should overlook sin and is certainly not a license to sin because “everyone does it”. Paul says in 1 Corinthians 5:12-13 Christians should judge those inside the church. Christians should expect Christians to act like Christ and obey the Scrip-
tures. Nobody likes a hypocrite. This was someone who claimed to be a Christian but refused to repent of known sin. Obviously Paul knew the steps Jesus gave in Matthew 18:15-19 for dealing with sin. If the person in sin would not repent, which cannot be forced, they were to apply church discipline and remove them from the church. While it may seem harsh, the purpose in this final step is to allow God to convict and hopefully restore someone who claims to be a Christian but blatantly disobeys and rebels against the Lord and His Scripture. God isn’t into throwing people away and neither should we be but sometimes as a last resort it is necessary to get their attention and destroy the fleshly desires of the sinner (1 Corinthians 5:5). Hopefully and prayerfully they will return to the church if they repent. The good news here is 2 Corinthians 2:1-11 indicates that this man did repent and was restored to the fellowship. Unrepentant and unchecked sin in the church will cause the church to lose its testimony and effectiveness in the community.
EVENT NOTICES:
LC LCS of AR, Inc. S
Lord Construction Services
General Construction Metal Building Sales Industrial Maintenance
247-2341
“Dedicated to Your Health, Happiness, and Well-Being” 9209 Dollarway Rd. White Hall, AR 71602 870-247-0800 Fax 870-247-0802
New & Previously Owned Cars & Trucks
Day by Day Support Group for Parents Who’ve Suffered the Death of a Child.
First United Methodist 200 W6th Pine Bluff 535-0935
Meets 1st Thursday of Every Month • Begins at 6:30 p.m. in the Parlor. All Meetings Are Private.
• St. Joseph Catholic Church | W. 6th & Laurel Sts in Pine Bluff | Educational Bldg •
Moore
870-534-4701 for more information
Area Church Directory CoRNeRSToNe APoSTolIC CHuRCH 9500 Dollarway Road
ASSEMBLY OF GOD FIRST ASSeMBlY oF GoD 801 W. Hoadley Rd.
PINe GRove BAPTIST 110 S. Bryant St. SHIloH BAPTIST 13701 Hwy. 270 uNITeD BAPTIST CHuRCH 411 S. Oleander St.
BAPTIST CHURCH OF CHRIST Calvary Baptist Church 1214 Robin Rd CANAAN BAPTIST 5510 W. Malcomb St. CeNTRAl BAPTIST 6107 Dollarway Rd. ClAuD RoAD BAPTIST CHuRCH 1821 Claud Rd. FIRST BAPTIST WHITe HAll 8708 Dollarway Rd. FIRST BAPTIST DeWDRoP 1707 N. Bryant St. HAPPY HoMe BAPTIST 4312 Hwy. 365 South Jefferson HARDIN BAPTIST 300 Todd Lynn Dr. KeARNeY BAPTIST 1900 S. Hwy. 365 Redfield MARANATHA BAPTIST 5820 W. Holsey Ave. MT. olIve BAPTIST 8523 Princeton Pike NoRTHSIDe BAPTIST 7743 Sheridan Rd. oAK GRove
CHuRCH oF CHRIST 102 Sheridan Rd. Redfield
METHODIST ReDFIelD uNITeD Redfield ST. luKe AMe 9908 Princeton Pike ST. luKe uNITeD 32 School Street (behind Dollarway School) ST. luKe AMe Redfield WHITe HAll uNITeD 300 Church Dr. White Hall, AR 71602
WHITe HAll CHuRCH oF CHRIST 304 White Hall Ave.
MISSIONARY BAPTIST
CHURCH OF GOD
BeTHANY 7122 Sheridan Rd.
BARNeS TeMPle CHuRCH oF GoD Princeton Pike Loop
leMoNWooD 920 Shephard Dr.
eTeRNAl lIFe CHuRCH oF GoD 503 S. Pryce St. FIRST PeNTeCoSTAl CHuRCH oF GoD 5400 Windham St. NeW HARveST CHuRCH oF GoD 9016 Hwy. 270 PeNTeCoSTAl CHuRCH oF GoD 1012 Jo Ann Dr. Redfield RIveR RoAD RIveR oF lIFe CHuRCH oF GoD 1209 River Rd. Redfield
JEHOVAH’S WITNESS JeHovAH’S WITNeSSeS 5601 Cheatham St.
MouNT PleASANT 3211 Barlett Rd. Redfield NeW BeTHel 2522 N. Pryce St. oAKlAND HeIGHTS 9620 Sheridan Rd. oRIoN 3826 Stagecoach Rd. Redfield PINeCReST 5910 Carbon St. ReDFIelD 500 Davis St. Redfield
SOUTHERN BAPTIST FAMIlY CHuRCH 2500 Highway 104
OTHER CeNTeNNIAl FelloWSHIP 1400 Centennial Ln.
2505 Olive St., Pine Bluff www.welchnissan.com
Outdoors and more
THE COUNTRY KITCHEN 4322 Dollarway Road • 535-4767 •BREAKFAST • PLATE LUNCH & DINNER
Pine Bluff Heating & Air Conditioning Co.
It’s Hard To Stop A Trane 536-3998 800-235-1342
605 E. 6th Pine Bluff
CHuRCH oF THe lIvING GoD 3120 Gravel Pit Rd. HARDIN NeW lIFe APoSTolIC CHuRCH 10608 Hwy. 270 RIveR RoAD CHuRCH Route 1, River Rd. Redfield TRuTH TeMPle HolINeSS 9711 Dollarway Rd.
Pine Bluff Cotton Belt Federal Credit Union 535-6305 888-249-1904
1703 River Pines Blvd., Pine Bluff
PENTECOSTAL ReDFIelD uNITeD PeNTeCoSTAl 515 Sheridan Road Redfield WHITe HAll uNITeD PeNTeCoSTAl 7745 Sheridan Rd. WHISPeRING PINeS CoWBoY CHuRCH Meeting at Hestand Stadium 420 Blake Street, Pine Bluff uNITeD CHRISTIAN 907 Dawson Rd.
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
MISSIONARY NON-DENOMINATIONAL WoRD oF TRuTH MINISTRIeS Discipleship Training 1200 Dogwood Redfield
534-1551 1-800-WElCH99
102 Clark Road White Hall 247-0707
Inquiry Program on What We Believe • Sept. 9th at 6pm
APOSTOLIC
White Hall
Nursing & Rehab Center
WElCH Nissan
• WH United Methodist Church | 300 Church Drive •
BAPTIST 13112 Dollarway Rd.
All Certifications MBMA AISC
5210 Industrial Drive South
NoRTHSIDe 5603 W. Holsey St.
I-530 Exit 39, North 1 Mile • Pine Bluff • 1-888-879-8940
Harold Pointer Car & Truck Accessories
Wheels, Tires and Custom Accessories For Your Car or Truck
Visit Our Showroom Home of the Camo Caddy
on Hwy. 79 at I-530 879-3766
Kellie Harris Neighborhood Exclusive Agent Weldon & Carolyn Wynne Sales Associates
Allstate Insurance Company 2007 W. 28th, Suite 3, Pine Bluff, AR (870) 534-4055 • Fax (870) 534-4062
SPLASH CAR WASH 2 Automatic Car Washes 7003 SHERIDAN RD.
Passion For GOD
Commercial Printing Promotional Products Screen Printing Embroidery
Column above courtesy of: Stephen Harrison Senior Pastor Family Church 2500 Hwy 104 870.247.3300 www.familychurch.ws
534-7202 888-530-7202 3004 Midland Dr. So
247-3300 2500 Hwy. 104 www.familychurch.ws
Compassion For People
let Us take Care of ALL Your Printing Needs!
247-4700 7400 Dollarway Rd. Suite E www.whitehalljournal.com
Wednesday, August 20, 2014 • The White Hall Journal • www.whitehalljournal.com
RELIGION
EVENT SUBMISSIONS Email to: [email protected] or by fax to: 870-247-4755 limited to: • 20 words or less per event and • Subject to content editing and space availability.
QUESTIONS? Contact Vicki Kelly at 870-247-4700 or [email protected]
Page Sponsors
Sin In The Church By Stephen Harrison Family Church
There is a real difference between a church that deals with sin in a biblical way to help people overcome it and one that chooses to ignore, overlook, or confront sin. The church at Corinth was such a church. In 1 Corinthians 5:1-13 we see Paul addressing them in their sin because they had failed to do so themselves. They were a divided and disgraced church because not only was there blatant, known sin in their assembly, the church leadership was reluctant to do anything about it. While no church is perfect, there must be accountability when it comes to sin. Christians are supposed to be holy as He is holy (1 Peter 1:15-16) and expected to come out from the world and be separate (2 Corinthians 6:17). No church needs “righteousness rangers” policing and pointing out the faults of others for the purpose of shame, embarrassment, or gossip. But what a church does need is for all its members and leadership to be humbly and lovingly confrontive towards
sin to restore people to the fellowship. They should also willingly welcome confrontation towards sin in their own lives. A Christian who loves their church must ask the question, “If this sin goes unchecked what will it do to the church?" They will not stand by and permit sin to weaken and ruin the Lord’s church. So what is the right way to deal with sin in the church? 1 Corinthians 5:1-2 tells us there is sexual immorality in the church of Corinth and the church has not confronted it but is actually proud of it. Paul gets real specific here and calls out the sin of a man in the church who is sleeping with his father’s wife. This is not adultery, fornication and a form of incest in the community but in the church itself. Not even the kind the unsaved Gentiles practice (1 Corinthians 5:1). They should first mourn over it like mourning for the dead, feeling deeply sorry for the pain it is causing the Lord and in their church. Instead, they are bragging about how tolerant and “open minded” they are as a church that even
adulterers and fornicators can be members in good standing. Overlooking sin is never good. They should help the fallen believer like Galatians 6:1-2 says: “Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or also may be you tempted. Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.” I’ve met a lot of mean, selfrighteous Christians bent on hurting people in sin. A real Christian confronts out of love to restore fellowship and relationship with Christ. After mourning over the sin, Paul instructs the church to judge the sin (1 Corinthians 5:3-5). Judge? I thought we weren’t to judge others (Matthew 7:1). This is the most abused scripture in the Bible. It does not mean you should overlook sin and is certainly not a license to sin because “everyone does it”. Paul says in 1 Corinthians 5:12-13 Christians should judge those inside the church. Christians should expect Christians to act like Christ and obey the Scrip-
tures. Nobody likes a hypocrite. This was someone who claimed to be a Christian but refused to repent of known sin. Obviously Paul knew the steps Jesus gave in Matthew 18:15-19 for dealing with sin. If the person in sin would not repent, which cannot be forced, they were to apply church discipline and remove them from the church. While it may seem harsh, the purpose in this final step is to allow God to convict and hopefully restore someone who claims to be a Christian but blatantly disobeys and rebels against the Lord and His Scripture. God isn’t into throwing people away and neither should we be but sometimes as a last resort it is necessary to get their attention and destroy the fleshly desires of the sinner (1 Corinthians 5:5). Hopefully and prayerfully they will return to the church if they repent. The good news here is 2 Corinthians 2:1-11 indicates that this man did repent and was restored to the fellowship. Unrepentant and unchecked sin in the church will cause the church to lose its testimony and effectiveness in the community.
EVENT NOTICES:
LC LCS of AR, Inc. S
Lord Construction Services
General Construction Metal Building Sales Industrial Maintenance
247-2341
“Dedicated to Your Health, Happiness, and Well-Being” 9209 Dollarway Rd. White Hall, AR 71602 870-247-0800 Fax 870-247-0802
New & Previously Owned Cars & Trucks
Day by Day Support Group for Parents Who’ve Suffered the Death of a Child.
First United Methodist 200 W6th Pine Bluff 535-0935
Meets 1st Thursday of Every Month • Begins at 6:30 p.m. in the Parlor. All Meetings Are Private.
• St. Joseph Catholic Church | W. 6th & Laurel Sts in Pine Bluff | Educational Bldg •
Moore
870-534-4701 for more information
Area Church Directory CoRNeRSToNe APoSTolIC CHuRCH 9500 Dollarway Road
ASSEMBLY OF GOD FIRST ASSeMBlY oF GoD 801 W. Hoadley Rd.
PINe GRove BAPTIST 110 S. Bryant St. SHIloH BAPTIST 13701 Hwy. 270 uNITeD BAPTIST CHuRCH 411 S. Oleander St.
BAPTIST CHURCH OF CHRIST Calvary Baptist Church 1214 Robin Rd CANAAN BAPTIST 5510 W. Malcomb St. CeNTRAl BAPTIST 6107 Dollarway Rd. ClAuD RoAD BAPTIST CHuRCH 1821 Claud Rd. FIRST BAPTIST WHITe HAll 8708 Dollarway Rd. FIRST BAPTIST DeWDRoP 1707 N. Bryant St. HAPPY HoMe BAPTIST 4312 Hwy. 365 South Jefferson HARDIN BAPTIST 300 Todd Lynn Dr. KeARNeY BAPTIST 1900 S. Hwy. 365 Redfield MARANATHA BAPTIST 5820 W. Holsey Ave. MT. olIve BAPTIST 8523 Princeton Pike NoRTHSIDe BAPTIST 7743 Sheridan Rd. oAK GRove
CHuRCH oF CHRIST 102 Sheridan Rd. Redfield
METHODIST ReDFIelD uNITeD Redfield ST. luKe AMe 9908 Princeton Pike ST. luKe uNITeD 32 School Street (behind Dollarway School) ST. luKe AMe Redfield WHITe HAll uNITeD 300 Church Dr. White Hall, AR 71602
WHITe HAll CHuRCH oF CHRIST 304 White Hall Ave.
MISSIONARY BAPTIST
CHURCH OF GOD
BeTHANY 7122 Sheridan Rd.
BARNeS TeMPle CHuRCH oF GoD Princeton Pike Loop
leMoNWooD 920 Shephard Dr.
eTeRNAl lIFe CHuRCH oF GoD 503 S. Pryce St. FIRST PeNTeCoSTAl CHuRCH oF GoD 5400 Windham St. NeW HARveST CHuRCH oF GoD 9016 Hwy. 270 PeNTeCoSTAl CHuRCH oF GoD 1012 Jo Ann Dr. Redfield RIveR RoAD RIveR oF lIFe CHuRCH oF GoD 1209 River Rd. Redfield
JEHOVAH’S WITNESS JeHovAH’S WITNeSSeS 5601 Cheatham St.
MouNT PleASANT 3211 Barlett Rd. Redfield NeW BeTHel 2522 N. Pryce St. oAKlAND HeIGHTS 9620 Sheridan Rd. oRIoN 3826 Stagecoach Rd. Redfield PINeCReST 5910 Carbon St. ReDFIelD 500 Davis St. Redfield
SOUTHERN BAPTIST FAMIlY CHuRCH 2500 Highway 104
OTHER CeNTeNNIAl FelloWSHIP 1400 Centennial Ln.
2505 Olive St., Pine Bluff www.welchnissan.com
Outdoors and more
THE COUNTRY KITCHEN 4322 Dollarway Road • 535-4767 •BREAKFAST • PLATE LUNCH & DINNER
Pine Bluff Heating & Air Conditioning Co.
It’s Hard To Stop A Trane 536-3998 800-235-1342
605 E. 6th Pine Bluff
CHuRCH oF THe lIvING GoD 3120 Gravel Pit Rd. HARDIN NeW lIFe APoSTolIC CHuRCH 10608 Hwy. 270 RIveR RoAD CHuRCH Route 1, River Rd. Redfield TRuTH TeMPle HolINeSS 9711 Dollarway Rd.
Pine Bluff Cotton Belt Federal Credit Union 535-6305 888-249-1904
1703 River Pines Blvd., Pine Bluff
PENTECOSTAL ReDFIelD uNITeD PeNTeCoSTAl 515 Sheridan Road Redfield WHITe HAll uNITeD PeNTeCoSTAl 7745 Sheridan Rd. WHISPeRING PINeS CoWBoY CHuRCH Meeting at Hestand Stadium 420 Blake Street, Pine Bluff uNITeD CHRISTIAN 907 Dawson Rd.
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
MISSIONARY NON-DENOMINATIONAL WoRD oF TRuTH MINISTRIeS Discipleship Training 1200 Dogwood Redfield
534-1551 1-800-WElCH99
102 Clark Road White Hall 247-0707
Inquiry Program on What We Believe • Sept. 9th at 6pm
APOSTOLIC
White Hall
Nursing & Rehab Center
WElCH Nissan
• WH United Methodist Church | 300 Church Drive •
BAPTIST 13112 Dollarway Rd.
All Certifications MBMA AISC
5210 Industrial Drive South
NoRTHSIDe 5603 W. Holsey St.
I-530 Exit 39, North 1 Mile • Pine Bluff • 1-888-879-8940
Harold Pointer Car & Truck Accessories
Wheels, Tires and Custom Accessories For Your Car or Truck
Visit Our Showroom Home of the Camo Caddy
on Hwy. 79 at I-530 879-3766
Kellie Harris Neighborhood Exclusive Agent Weldon & Carolyn Wynne Sales Associates
Allstate Insurance Company 2007 W. 28th, Suite 3, Pine Bluff, AR (870) 534-4055 • Fax (870) 534-4062
SPLASH CAR WASH 2 Automatic Car Washes 7003 SHERIDAN RD.
Passion For GOD
Commercial Printing Promotional Products Screen Printing Embroidery
Column above courtesy of: Stephen Harrison Senior Pastor Family Church 2500 Hwy 104 870.247.3300 www.familychurch.ws
534-7202 888-530-7202 3004 Midland Dr. So
247-3300 2500 Hwy. 104 www.familychurch.ws
Compassion For People
let Us take Care of ALL Your Printing Needs!
247-4700 7400 Dollarway Rd. Suite E www.whitehalljournal.com
