GET RID OF THE OLD YEAST

1 Corinthians 5:1-13

Key Verse 7

“Get rid of the old yeast, so that you may be a new unleavened batch—as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.”

1. Read verses 1-5. What serious problem did the Corinthian church have? (1) What was the attitude of the Corinthian Christians toward this problem? (2) How did Paul instruct them to deal with the man in Jesus? (3-5)

2. Read verses 6-8. What would be the consequence if such a public sin as sexual immorality were ignored in the church? (6) Why should a Christian fellowship get rid of the old yeast? (7, 8)

3. Read verses 9-13. How should we deal with the sexually immoral, the greedy, an idolater, a slanderer, a drunkard, or a swindler in the church? (9-11) Why should we expel the wicked person from among us? (12-13)