2 Corinthians--a Very Misunderstood Epistle

Many commentaries focus on Paul's defense of his ministry. Paul's main purposes have little to do with defending his ministry. The most common themes are: 1) reconciliation--between us and God, between fellow believers within the church, and between Paul and the Corinthians; 2) exhortation to ministry--Paul has been steadfast and uses his example to spur the Corinthians to look beyond their petty squabbles and reach out to the world, no matter how difficult it will be, because we have God and the rest of the world needs to be in relationship with Him. Be bold, be brave, get out of the pew!

Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Sinning is Fun?

In a recent leadership summit, the closing speaker polled the audience as to who thought ‘sinning was fun’. If anyone answered no, he postulated that the person either ‘did it’ incorrectly or was lying. I would say that anyone who thinks ‘sinning is fun’...never sinned to an extreme...was oblivious to the hurt they inflicted on others who were ‘in the way’ of the ‘fun’ and maybe the person was sociopathic...or really wasn’t committing a sin except in the eyes of church doctrine, not scripture.

Paul lists them out in Galatians 5.19-21:
...sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures, idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division, envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these.
I suppose you could say some of the lustful pleasures, the drunkenness and wild parties are fun. Who had fun the morning after if taken beyond moderation? The rest of the sins surely aren’t fun. When did anyone have ‘fun’ during outbursts of anger, hostility, quarreling, dissension and division?


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