Shalom, my dear brothers and sisters and dear friends. We would like to continue in this ministry with the study of 1 Corinthians, this very interesting letter that Shaul Paul wrote to the Corinthians. Please open your Bibles to 1 Corinthians chapter 6. I will read 1 Corinthians chapter 6, verses 1 to 11 for this ministry meeting. And so we read in verse 1, Paul is challenging the Corinthians whose spiritual condition was far from what they were called to be. And he is charging them out of love and out of care and concern for their spiritual welfare. And Paul is saying in verse 1, Dare any of you having a matter against another go to law before the unjust and not before the saints?

Do you not know that the saints shall judge the world? And if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matter? Know ye not that we shall judge angels, how much more things that pertain to this life? If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are the least esteemed in the church, in the assembly. I speak to your shame is it so that there is not a wise man among you nor not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren but a brother go as to law with brother and that before the unbelievers Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you Because ye go to law one with another Why do ye not rather take wrong?

Why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded? Nay, ye do wrong and defraud And that your brethren Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived, neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners shall inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you, but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of our Lord Yeshua, our Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. Beloved brothers and sisters, I will stop here with the reading of the first 11 verses of 1 Corinthians chapter 6.

This chapter 6 is among the whole book of 1 Corinthians, the whole letter that Shaul Paul is writing to the Corinthians because of their said spiritual condition. Again, beloved brothers and sisters, it is one thing for one to become saint positionally. The word saint simply means that one is really set apart for God. The word saint in the word of God in Scripture, in Hebrew it is the word kadosh. And kadosh simply means to be set apart to God. To remind you that when the apostle Paul wrote to the believers at Corinth, he had already called them unto the assembly of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus called saints, called saints.

And the word saints, hagios, means simply set apart to God. They were set apart to God positionally, but sadly because of their behavior, they were not set apart to God practically. And therefore, the whole letter of 1 Corinthians, the Apostle Shaul Paul was correcting the Corinthians with respect to so many practical day-by-day lifestyle that existed in their lives. We mentioned already there that Apostle Paul was dealing with so many issues, beloved brothers and sisters. He was dealing with the divisions that existed among themselves. He was dealing with immorality. He was dealing with taking one another to court, as we will get to it here in chapter 6.

He was dealing with marriage error and problems in marriage. He was dealing with things connected with liberties of the believers. He was dealing with the fact that some did not believe in the resurrection in chapter 11. In chapter 12, 13, and 14, he was dealing with the problem with respect to the abuse of the spiritual gifts. In chapter 15, he was dealing with the fact that some did not even believe in the resurrection. And in 1 Corinthians chapter 16, there was problems in connection with giving and support. And the apostle Shaul Paul dealt this amazing letter that was written here for the help of the Corinthians and the help of all believers who are part of the body of Christ, the body of Mashiach, Yeshua.

And it is instruction to help all believers to realize the privilege that we have, but at the same time, the responsibility that comes along with it. And so notice, beloved brothers and sisters, here in these 11 verses, the apostle, Shaul Paul, continues, notice that this, sixth chapter flows out from the fifth chapter where the apostle Shaul Paul already dealt with the problem with sexual immorality that existed in the local assembly there at Corinth. If you remember in chapter 5, these 13 verses, he charged them to be wise with respect to discipline, That there is a need, a time to discipline in the local assembly where there is unjudged immorality or unjudged false doctrine that needs to be dealt with.

And the apostle Shaul Paul at the end of chapter 5 said that they are to put away that immoral person who lives immorally in the local assembly in Corinth. But now he's moving into another issue in the Corinthians condition. And that is the issue of taking one another to court and to the court of the unbelieving world. Imagine the Corinthians were saints positionally. They belong to the Lord Yeshua, Jesus, the Messiah. They were born from above. They are born again. They were part of the local ecclesia, called out ones. But apparently there were the problem with taking one another to court. And Paul is presenting here these three points in the first 11 verses of 1 Corinthians chapter 6.

With respect to taking one another into law. To have lawsuits against brethren, against believers. He is telling them three things here in this sixth chapter, verses 1 to 11. Number one, lawsuit is not wise. Number two, lawsuit is shameful. And number three, lawsuit really is unjust. Lawsuit is unwise to take believers to the unregenerated world, to the Judges in the court of the world. Lawsuit is shameful when we take one brother and another brother, one sister and another sister, taking the other to court among the unbelievers. And lawsuit is unfair, unjust, because it is not the manner whereby the believers are to behave. Well, easy to say it, easy to read it, easy to study that from 1 Corinthians 6, but it is another thing altogether to practice this in one's life.

Beloved brothers and sisters, this is exactly what happened in the history of the people of Israel. It is one thing to be a chosen nation and to be called by God a chosen people. It's another thing to behave as the chosen people same thing with their church the assembly it is one thing to be chosen in Christ in the Messiah before the foundation of the world to be part of the ecclesia it is another thing to behave as chosen one in a practical way among one another so notice this in the first three verses of 1 Corinthians chapter 6, the Apostle Paul is saying, How is it that you dare to take one another, this is believer taking another believer to court?

Notice, do any of you having a matter against another go to law before the unjust and not before the saints? You see it began with this question that word do any of you having a matter that matter can be directed into a word lawsuit or a grievance or a dispute when there is problem with one another among the people of God among the redeemed how do we handle this how do we handle this situation what do we do Paul is asking apparently they were taking one another to the unjust world to the unbelievers imagine two believers in Yeshua the Messiah who are claimed to be redeemed forgiven by the Lord now they have an argument with one another they have a grievance they have a dispute they have a matter they have a situation between themselves so they take one another to court they file the lawsuit and they're going to the law to the court and they are going to speak now to stand before a judge in the city, in the town.

And he who is not a believer, he will have to judge between them both. I wonder if they could present before him the gospel at the same time. And they. Could tell him, listen, you have sinned and Jesus, Yeshua love you and God love you and he gave his son for you. Well, obviously it will be very difficult. And so Paul is asking this question. He's really concerned about the corinthian situation and he's asking them in this first verse of chapter 6 it says dare any of you having a matter against another go to law before the unjust and not before the saints now notice when he's saying go to law before the unjust he's not saying now that the judge is unjust but what he's saying you are believers you are born from above you have the holy Spirit of God indwelling in you how come that you are willing to have an unbeliever in the court of the world that does not know God does not believe in Yeshua Jesus the Messiah how can you expect from him now to be the one who will deal between yourself why don't you he's saying why don't you go before the saints the believers now you see beloved brothers and sisters oftentimes we do not even share things between the saints because we have conflict and pride and arrogance and and all kind of cliques that exist in any local church today because of.

The fact that we are not simply living up to that where we should be and that's why there are all sort of situation that exists. But Paul is very straightforward. Just the same like Moshe was very straightforward with his people Israel. And any of the prophets of Israel who wanted the ways of the Lord in the life of the people of Israel, they were straightforward with the nation of Israel because when the nation of Israel violated God's word, they were so concerned for the nation and they were troubled when there was problem between one another see it was exactly what Habakkuk did in his time when he presented himself before his own people and he said he had a burden the word Habakkuk mean to hug to embrace he double embracer of Israel he says oh Lord how long shall i cry and i will not hear even i cry out unto thee for violence and thou will not save Why dost thou show me iniquity and cause me to behold grievance?

Hear the grievance among the people of Israel. For spoiling and violence are before me, and they are they that rise up to strife and contention. Therefore the law is slacked, judgment does not go forth, the wicked does compass about the righteous, and therefore wrong judgment proceedeth. You see, Habakkuk loved his people as Shaul Paul loved the brethren in Corinth. But you see, what we find out that God gave an answer to Habakkuk. And he says, for lo, I will raise up the Kaladins, that bitter hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land to possess the dwelling places that are not theirs. And you see, Habakkuk received an answer, God says, okay, when the people of Israel fight with one another, and there's no proper judgment, then God will bring the unbelieving world, the Chaladins, the Babylonians, to judge God's people.

You see, but then Habakkuk had a second dilemma. And he said to God, he said, art thou not for molesting, O Lord, my God, mine Holy One? And then he said, thou art purer than to behold evil. You cannot look upon sin. And he had trouble because he was troubled because God will bring the unbelieving nation to judge his own people. You see, that's what happened. And now we find out that the believers at Corinth were taking one another to the ungodly world. And that's why Paul says, why you go to law to have a lawsuit before the unjust and not before the saints? You see, the saints, again, the word Kedoshim, these are the ones that belong to the Lord.

These are the ones that are redeemed. And these are the brethren, the Achim, those that belong to the Lord. And they are set apart by God positionally. But apparently, beloved brothers and sisters, we find out that the brethren, instead of going to other believers, they were going to the unregenerated world. And so, beloved brothers and sisters, the apostle Shaul Paul continued in verse 2. And he said to them, don't you realize, notice that he, Paul is asking questions and giving and answers. He said in verse 2, do ye not know? In fact, in the portion that we have read from verses 1 to 11 of 1 Corinthians chapter 6, three times he would use the word, do ye not know?

Verse 2 verse 3 do ye not know verse 9 do ye not know another you ought to know it you actually know it in your head but you haven't appropriate this into your own life and that's why in verse 2 he says don't you know that the saints again to remind you saints hagios the set apart one the chosen one that was set apart by God for salvation don't you know that the saints the kdoshim in Hebrew the mekudashim set apart don't you know that the saint shall judge the world and if the world shall be judged by you are ye unworthy to judge the smallest metal you see he is telling the believers at Corinth don't you know you should know and you know in your head but in your heart you haven't internalized this and practiced this don't you know that the saints will judge the world and if the world shall be judged by you are you unworthy to judge the smallest matter you see in other words the smallest matter and the largest matter.

The believers in the Lord Jesus the Messiah can deal with it if they will graciously and in a godly manner will deal with every situation that may rise up among the people of God You see, in Revelation chapter 2, we read in verse 26 and verse 27, when the Lord spoke to the Apostle John concerning the spiritual leaders in Thyatira, and you remember what he said to them in verse 26 and 27, And he that overcometh and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations. And he shall rule them with a rod of iron, as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers, even as I received of my Father.

Amazing what the Lord said to the church of Tyra writing this letter, giving to Yohanan this letter that Yohanan will send it to the seven churches in Asia Minor, the seven assemblies. And he's saying to them that those that are overcomers and live godly, they will be the one that will receive power over all the nations. And they will rule them with a rod of iron. In other words, the believers will rule and reign over this world, beloved brothers and sisters. And you see, it's not only that they will rule because they have been faithful, but the saints, because of their relationship with the Lord Yeshua, Jesus the Messiah, they will rule by virtue of their great salvation, which they have received from the Lord Yeshua, the Messiah himself.

Well, you know, the Lord spoke to the people of Israel concerning the future days in Daniel chapter 7. And he said to Daniel concerning Israel, the restored nation, in chapter 7, we do read that it says in verse 22, until the angel of day came. You know those times of the Gentiles will come to an end at the end of the tribulation period the church will be already in heaven prior to the tribulation Israel will be restored at the end of the tribulation and then the ancient of day come and judgment was given unto the saints here again the saints in the context of Daniel 7 has to do with the Jewish saints Israel saints during the messianic kingdom and they will be the one that will rule and reign with the Messiah during the messianic kingdom the saints of the most high and the time came and the saints possessed the kingdom this is when Israel as a nation will be restored and possess the kingdom but in connection with the assembly of the the saints of the church age we also who belong to the church will rule with the Lord and rule over this world don't you know that the saint shall judge the world beloved brothers and sisters to the apostles the Lord Yeshua the Messiah said in Matthew chapter 19.

That they have a unique position by virtue of the fact that they were the shlichim the apostles they will rule and reign over the 12 tribes of Israel during the Messianic kingdom according to Matthew 19 and verse 28 and there we read notice that he said then Yeshua said unto them verily I say unto you that ye which have followed me in the regeneration in the new age in the Messianic age when the son of man this is the Messiah who will come as a king He said, he will sit on the throne of his glory. You also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

The apostles will have a unique position during the Messianic kingdom, and they will rule over the twelve tribes of Israel. And then Israel, the saints of Israel, will rule over the world. And the church itself will rule as well over the world. Don't you know that the saints will judge the world, beloved brothers and sisters? This is fascinating when you really think about it. And so Paul is troubled by challenging the Corinthians because of this condition that existed there because of the fact in which they behaved so badly that he needed to correct them and to remind them that they will ultimately, they are called to rule the world.

And their behavior was very poorly and so notice now after he said it if the world shall be judged by you are you unworthy to judge the smallest matter he's saying to them can't you judge among yourself when you have a problem and just deal with it again brothers and sisters this is very practical this is something that we fail so much in it and we have to confess it that the reason that there are divisions and friction among the professing church, the believers, because we just simply do not oftentimes fail in living up to the call that God has for the believers of the church age.

And so even the smallest matter, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matter? Then he tells them, notice that in verse 3, again, when you remember the thought here in verses 1, 2, and 3, court, believers of the church age, taking one another to court is unwise, unbiblically and unwise. He continues in verse 3, and the second, know ye not, is not only that the church, the saints among the church will be the one that not only will judge the world according to verse 2, but in verse 3 he says, know ye not, that we, he is including himself, we shall judge angels how much more things that pertain us to this life in other words we are going also to judge angels now the question of course is which angels are we going to judge you see we don't have necessarily a clear indication as to according to second Peter chapter 2 and verse 4 we read there for if God spare not the angels that sinned but cast him down to hell and deliver them into chains of darkness to be reserved unto judgment you see the angels they did not believe and fail God and fell and followed Satan they are not as dead they are kept in chain of darkness they until they are reserved until the day of judgment you notice these beloved brothers and sisters and.

Therefore there is a time coming where the judgment upon the disobedient angels will be coming soon even though right now they are reserved in chain until the day of judgment We do read in the book of Jude, in verse 6, concerning angels as well. The angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he has reserved, notice that, in everlasting chain under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. Whichever way, beloved brothers and sisters, the Lord will use the saints to judge angels, that the Apostle Paul revealed this to us here, as he received it by Revelation from the Lord, he is reminding the Corinthian believers who took one another to court and had lawsuits against one another.

They had grievance and dispute and matters, and instead of dealing with this in the local assembly, They were taking one another to the unregenerated world. Paul, Shaul, is saying to them, it is unwise to do so. Don't you know that the saints shall judge the world? Verse 2, don't you know that we shall judge angels? Verse 3, how much more things that pertain to this life? You see, amazing to think of things that pertain to this life day by day matters can be helped if we would have the mind of the Lord, if we are spiritually minded, we would be able to help one another and to build the assembly of the believers.

Let me just remind you in Galatians chapter 6, where the apostle said to the brethren, Brethren, if any man be overtaken in a fall, this is Galatians 6 and verse 1, Ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness, considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. Or also tested. In other words, brethren, if there is a challenge and a problem in the local assembly, those that are spiritual, those that are spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of meekness. The spiritual believers in the local assembly can be helpful when the saints begin to take one another to court among the unbelievers they can come to the spiritual to the godly among the local assembly of believers and they should be able to help them therefore be wise and not unwise in taking matters to the court outside to the unjust Judges of the world now he continued now in verse 4 all the way beloved brothers and sisters in these next verses verse 4 to 8 Paul is pointing to the fact that having lawsuits is not only unwise but it is a shameful thing to happen among the believers you notice these beloved brothers and sisters that Paul is very practical he is really desiring the best for the corinthian believers and so he says in verse 4 notice that if then ye have judgment or law suit judgment of things pertaining to this life set them to judge who are the least esteem in the assembly in the church i speak unto your.

Shame is it so that there is not a wise man among you no one that shall be able to judge between his brethren but brother goes to law with brother and that before the unbelievers now and he began to tell them in verse 7 and 8 he says to them why don't you rather take the wrong rather than take your brother or your sister to court before the unbelievers and you notice what he does beloved brothers and sisters Paul is very practical as I mentioned earlier he says if you have the law court a lawsuit of the thing that pertaining to this life you know there are so many issues things could be have to do with money with power with position with Job with all sort of things among the believers among the believers which should not be a problem but it just shows us how our sin nature is so easily active here in this world because we are still here in this world.

And as Paul said in Galatians chapter 5 walk in the spirit and you shall not fulfill the last of the flesh well when we walk in the flesh we do fulfill the last of the flesh and we are not able to manage to rise above all things pertaining to this life, even among one another, never mind among the unbelievers. And so he said, if there is a judgment or a matter or a situation that needed some help, well, what are you doing? He said, you know, if it's pertaining to this life, you know, go to people among your brethren, believers, who are even the least esteemed in the assembly in the church even the one that are not as so-called respected believers or respected brethren they are just simply godly brethren who are walking with the Lord go to them even to the least and they will be able to help you with a right judgment as they are seeking the mind of the Lord in verse five the you notice by the way that in verse four he says the one who will least esteem in the church in other words the church is not a building the church is a composition of all true believers in other words go to the one that is least esteem among the called out one that's what is meaning the word church assembly called out one go to them they will be able to help you so in verse five he's saying i speak unto your shame you notice that it is really a shame when believers cannot handle matters among themselves.

It is really a shame and it is a shame on us as those of us who are part of any local church local assembly when we are unable to settle matter with one another graciously with a a spirit of forgiveness you see I speak verse 5 this unto you to your shame Shaul Paul is saying is it not that that there is not a wise man among you not even one that shall be able to judge or to deal with to give counsel between his brethren don't you have even one godly brother one wise brother that will help you to deal with your problems. Shaul Paul is saying to the Corinthians.

You see, he continues and he's saying in verse 6, but brother goes to law with brother. And that before the unbelievers. Can you imagine going there to unbelievers to ask them to help you to deal with metal And then you who belong to the Lord Yeshua, Jesus the Messiah, or part of the called out one, aren't you able to deal with matter among yourselves? In 2nd Corinthians chapter 6 and verses 14 and 15 we read, Be ye not unequal yoke together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with unrighteousness? What communion has light with darkness? What concord has the Messiah with Blyal? And what part has he that believeth with an infidel?

And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For ye are the temple of the living God, as God has said, I will dwell in them and walk in them and I will be their God and they shall be my people. Of course, the Apostle Paul is quoting what the Lord said to these people, Israel, and he applying it to the local assembly in the church. He says, listen, you are to be showing that you are godly, that you are an example, but notice that a brother goes to law with brother and dad before the unbelievers you see beloved brothers and sisters we cannot accuse perhaps one another but we can say we can search our hearts and we can say that these things is failure on a part of the people that belong to the Lord and that shows carnality shows that we fail it shows that We need the grace of God to be restored into fellowship like the Corinthians needed.

And that's why this letter was written, in order to draw them to be restored to God, to the Lord Jesus. And not only to be positionally saints, but to be practically behaving as the saints that belong to the Lord. So, he continued and he's saying to them, and listen to this, beloved brothers and sisters. Now therefore, as he's saying here in verse 7, now he says, therefore there is utterly fault among you. Paul is observing this. He's pronouncing. He's saying, really, it is only your fault. There is fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. And he says, why do ye not rather take wrong?

Why do you not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded or really being taken by someone even if if somebody cheated us why don't you rather take accept the fact that someone was successful to cheat you why don't you rather take the wrong why don't you really forgive basically what he's saying to the corinthian believers that they should simply as believers they are to forgive one another rather than to take them to the unbelievers to the court of the unbelievers because they will one day judge the saints they judge the world they will judge the world one day they will judge angels once we will be taken to be with the Lord well in view of this what a shame it is, when they take, the believers taking one another to court of the world, of the unregenerated world.

Well, notice what the Apostle Paul said to the Ephesians in Ephesians chapter 4 and verse 31 and 32. He said, he said, let bitterness with wrath and anger and clamor and evil speaking be put away from you with all malice and be kind one to another tender-hearted forgiving one another even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you what a standard what a standard the apostle is requiring from the Corinthians and the Ephesians to have now mind you there are times where one has to go to the unbelieving world, to the court for some issues and situation that may arise, but to take one another as believers to court, according to the Apostle Paul, he spoke to their shame in verse 5.

And he says, how is it you're going before the unbelievers? And he says, why don't you rather take the wrong? Why don't you rather suffer, suffer yourself to be defrauded? And so, beloved brothers and sisters, what a standard, what a standard it is. In verse 8, nay, he says, you do wrong, and you defraud, and that your brethren, apparently, from that verse 8, apparently, the believers were even oppressing one another, defrauding one another. In other words, they cause one another to even be destroyed by the manner whereby they were behaving. And in a sense, to be defrauded is to take advantage of one another to the extent that the believers suffer from their death.

That verse 8, here in verse 8, some translation used to be cheated. No, it says you yourself do wrong and you cheat. And you do these things to your brethren. You're the one who defraud. You do wrong to your brother. In other words, some time when believers can behave worse than the unregenerated world. They are cheating. They are doing wrong to one another. To one, to a brother, to a sister. And that is where it is dishonoring to the Lord. It's not benefiting anyone. God is, through the apostle Paul, is seeking to help the Corinthians not to behave in such a way. In 1 Thessalonians chapter 4 and verse 6, we do read that no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter because the Lord is the avenger of all such as we have forewarned you and testified.

See Paul wrote to the Thessalonians as well he says you among yourself do not defraud one another and the word defraud can be used the word to oppress one another one brother against a brother in any matter because that the Lord is the one that will be the one who will avenge he is the avenger of all that do such a thing as this and Paul said we have said this to you Thessalonians he's saying it to the Corinthians he told the Ephesians the importance of forgiveness and so Paul here is saying it is shameful in first Corinthians chapter 6 verses 4 to 8 lawsuits are shameful for believers to practice before the unregenerated world why because if two believers who claim to belong to Yeshua the Messiah come to the world and to the Judges of the unbelievers and stand before them.

They lost their testimony completely by dealing with one another before the unbelieving Judges. So may God help us with this as the Apostle Paul is instructing the Corinthians in this matter. Now you notice, beloved brothers and sisters, Here in the next verses, 1 Corinthians chapter 6, and this time it is the passage that deals specifically with the third challenge that Paul is presenting before the Corinthians, that lawsuits are also unjust and unfair not only that they are not wise not only that they are shameful but lawsuits also are unjust and unfair verses 9 10 and 11 of first Corinthians chapter 6 and so listen to this beloved brothers and sisters here Paul continue I will read verses 9 10 and 11 know you not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God be not deceived neither fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers nor effeminates and no abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners shall enter into the kingdom of God.

And he continued in verse 11, and he said, Then such were some of you, but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of our Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God. In other words, beloved brothers and sisters, in these three verses of 1 Corinthians 6 verses 9 to 11, the Apostle Paul is now continuing to point to these Corinthians the fact that they ought to know, beloved brothers and sisters, they ought to know that there are those who practice things such as unrighteousness, fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, effeminists, abusers themselves with mankind, thieves, covetous drunkenness, railers and extortioners. They will not inherit the kingdom of God.

What does he mean here when we read such an amazing verses here, beloved brothers and sisters? Paul is giving to us an instruction concerning the fact that those who live out this kind of lifestyle, those who are not judging themselves, those who live like this, they will not inherit the kingdom of God. He mentioned twice here the kingdom of God. In Hebrew it's called Malchut Ha'Elohim. Malchut Ha'Elohim, the kingdom where God is the one that is ruler. Now again, there is a kingdom that will come in a future day when God himself in the person of the Son, the Messiah Yeshua, he will rule in this world as a king of Kings and Lord of lords over the world and the Lord Yeshua, Jesus the Messiah, will rule and reign over this world as King of Kings and Lord of lords.

But what he is speaking here about is the kingdom of God in the sense that no one will ever enter into the kingdom of God where God is ruler and God is the one that is having authority in any period of time of human history, whether it is today where the kingdom of God the Lord Jesus as a king is ruling over the hearts of his own people the believers even though he is a king of Kings he is not yet ruling over this world but he's ruling over the hearts of the believers who are willing to be subject to him and so the believers who are belonging to him the Lord Jesus in the present day is ruling over their hearts And they will not live on an ongoing basis in unrighteousness, in idolatry, in adultery, in homosexuality, in abusing themselves with mankind, in thieving, in coveting, in being drunkard, in revilers, in extortionists on an ongoing basis without judging themselves.

In other words the true believer may fall into any one of these sins but he or she will not leave this out and condone it and say i'm right that's the way i want to live of course not because they could never be part of the kingdom of God where God is ruling whether he's ruling over hearts today whether he's going to rule over Israel and the world in the future whether he ruled in any as a king of Kings God is a supreme he's a ruler he's ruling over the world but only those that are subject to him are part of that kingdom where God's rule in relationship with him although God is ruling over the whole world but the world of the unregenerated unbelievers set him aside they said we will not have him to rule over us but the kingdom of God in relationship to God's people he is ruling over those that are willing to be subject to him they accept him, they accept his will they accept his word, they accept his anointed, the Mashiach, the Messiah.

They accept his will and they will seek with his own help to be subject to his will, so what Paul is saying, he said, don't you know if you Corinthians are taking one another to court and you don't pause and consider that's wrong i should not do so i fail in doing so and then they repent and they turn back if you're going to continue to do these things and practice this on an ongoing basis defrauding one another it may very well show that you really do not belong to the Lord in the first place you are not part of the kingdom of God because remember that the Lord Jesus the Messiah said to Nicodemus in chapter 3 of the gospel of John except the man be born again he cannot see the kingdom of God this is verse 3 John 3 3 and John 3 5 verily verily I said to you except the man be born of water and of spirit he cannot enter.

Into the kingdom of God so in order to be part of the kingdom of God one must be born of the holy Spirit born from above being having new birth a believer a child of God and here we see and he's saying to the Corinthians he's reminding them Paul reminding them he said don't you know brethren you belong to the Lord you are saints this kind of behavior is not supposed to be practice in among yourself among the assembly in the church in the local assembly among the believers don't you know and if it is practice among you and you're defrauding one another and you you're actually causing another one to be destitute you are robbing one another you are cheating one another practically on an ongoing basis don't you know that this kind of behavior is unacceptable before God that's why beloved brothers and sisters the apostle Paul in verse 9 and 10 mentioning twice don't you know that the unrighteous the one who practice unrighteousness on an ongoing basis without the Judges only prove that he or she do not belong to the.

Lord or it's only proof that he or she are acting in the flesh and do not walk as they are called to walk in a godly manner then he continued no fornicators those who live out their life someone may fall into sin but he or she ought to repent and be restored to the Lord no fornicators and idolaters and adulterers and effeminate and abusers of themselves with mankind no thieves no covetous no drunkenness no revilers no extortioners shall inherit the kingdom of God in other words those who live out this kind of lifestyle on an ongoing basis they only show that they not belong to the kingdom of God they cannot inherit it they cannot enter into it so believers who are already in the kingdom of God should seek by with God's help to separate from practicing these things so they can enjoy the relationship which they have as believers who are part of the kingdom of God of malchut ha-Elohim kingdom malchut God Elohim the.

Kingdom that belongs to God where he reigns over his own people and so it's not only that taking one another to court to defraud one another is not wise when one does so be before the unbelievers not wise to do it at all but don't go to court and go take one another to unbelievers secondly it's not only that it is not wise but it is a shame verses 4 to 8 to take one another to the unbelieving world because it's put the believers to shame you call yourself a child of God and look what you're doing and then thirdly it is also unjust it's not right because verses 9 10 and 11 tells us that the one that are born of the Spirit of God and belong to the kingdom of God have to realize that that kind of lifestyle that kind of behavior belong to the outside world where there is unrighteousness where there is idolatry and adultery and effeminate and abusers of oneself with mankind thievery and covetousness and drunkenness and revilers and extortioners.

That is the way the world the unbelievers live in fact you notice what Paul is saying here in verse 11 first corinthian chapter 6 in verse 11 he's reminding the Corinthians who were pagan who came from the world who came from a paganistic kind of lifestyle immorality lifestyle before they came to hear the message of the gospel from Shaul Paul and others and became born of the Spirit of God he's saying to them you see Corinthians verse 11 such were some of you what a reminder it is beloved brothers and sisters that all of us we all came from the world and its system we all are sinners by nature we all receive forgiveness we all came on a basis of the finished work of Yeshua Jesus the Messiah he paid for my sins for your sins we have all came from such a condition praise God that God is in a business to save sinners God is in a business to save sinners and if someone who thinks that he is righteous or she.

Is righteous and they don't need God they will find themselves outside of the kingdom of God they will never be able to be part of the redeemed company, redeemed people of God, because if they justify themselves and they say, no, no, I am righteous, I am fine, well, they will find themselves outside of the kingdom of God. They will not inherit the kingdom of God. They will not enter into the kingdom of God. They will ultimately be judged by God in a day of judgment. And so, beloved brothers and sisters, listen to what we read here. Know ye not, verse 9, 10, and 11, 1 Corinthians 6, 9, 10, and 11, Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God, be not deceived, neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunken, nor revilers, revilers nor extortioners shall inherit the kingdom of God those that live out this life never turn to the Lord Yeshua Jesus the Messiah they will never inherit the kingdom of God why because sin will never be able to enter into the presence of God and one of those sins is defrauding one another but you see these Corinthians now are saints positionally so They just show us that believers, if they are not judging themselves and walking in the power of the Spirit of God, believers in Yeshua the Messiah, if they are not judging themselves and walking in the Spirit and not in the flesh, their flesh is not better than the unregenerated people in the world.

Your flesh and mine is just as sinful as the old nature of the unregenerated people. Why? Because, notice, verse 11, such were some of you. You were, before you became believers, you were unrighteous, you were idolaters, you were adulterers, you were effeminates, you were abusing themselves with mankind, you were thieves, you were covetous, you were drunkards, you were revilers, you were extortioners. That's where you came from. That's where you and I came from, beloved brothers and sisters. But ye were, before you came to belong to the Lord Yeshua, Jesus the Messiah, you were such. And it's good to remember this. Because if we are not forgiving one another, we will never be able to enjoy the forgiveness that the Lord has forgiven us.

Can you imagine, beloved brothers and sisters, this is exactly why we are to bear in mind what the Messiah has done for us. Oh, beloved brothers and sisters, notice that. Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and evil speaking be put away from you with all malice and be kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiven one another, even. Even how is God, for Mashiach's sake, for Messiah's sake, for Christ's sake, He has forgiven you for all these sins of unrighteousness and idolatry and adultery and effeminate and abusing oneself with mankind and thievery and covetousness and drunkenness and revilers and extortioners. We were all such.

Such were some of you Corinthians. And such were some of us beloved brothers and sisters and dear friends but notice that and here is the Apostle Paul concluding these three point statements here to the Corinthians he says but but what Paul what are you saying he says but notice three things he says but you are washed you and I are washed by the blood of the Lamb beloved brothers and sisters Behold the Lamb of God Which taketh away the sin of this world Yeshua the Messiah Who came from heaven According to the plan of God All we like sheep have gone astray We have turned everyone to his own way But the Lord laid upon him The iniquity of us all He washed our sin We are washed by the blood of the Lamb Our sins are washed away How wonderful to know this Beloved brothers and sisters.

Not only that we are washed, beloved brothers and sisters, that the apostle reminds us in Revelation, if you remember in Revelation 1 verse 5, from Jesus Christ and the faithful witness and the first begotten of the dead, the prince of the Kings of the earth unto him that loveth us and washed us from our sins in his own blood. You see we were washed by the blood of the lamb by the blood of the Mashiach you were not redeemed with corruptible things of silver and gold from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers as Peter said to the early Hebrew believers but you were washed by the you remember that by the blood of the lamb 1 Peter chapter 1 and verse 18 for as much as you know that you were not redeemed with corruptible things as silver and gold from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers but with, in other words, you are redeemed with the precious blood of the Messiah as of a lamb without blemish and without spot who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world but was manifest in these last times for you for the early Hebrew believers that Peter wrote to or a little bit later on the gentle believers that Paul wrote to for you and I today we were washed by the blood of the Lamb we are redeemed by the blood of the Lamb ye are washed.

Corinthians, don't you know that he continued in 1 Corinthians chapter 6 to tell them in verse 11 not only that you are washed but you are sanctified he's telling them that they are set apart you see beloved brothers and sisters you see we are positionally cleansed washed by the blood of the lamb and also positionally we are sanctified because we are set apart that's come from the same word that we have in first Corinthians chapter one where the apostle Paul called them saints in verse two called saints the word saints hegeos mekudashim simply mean that they were set apart they were sanctified and again the same hagiazo come from the same root word they are sanctified in this case it is positional sanctification now practical sanctification apparently they were not that's why they were taking one another to court but positionally they were hagiazo they were sanctified ye are notice what he's saying to them in verse 11 again ye are sanctified they should be practically sanctified but positionally they are sanctified but not only.

That they are also justified notice the word justified but ye are notice but ye are justified what does that mean they were justified because once they've accepted the Lord Yeshua Jesus the Messiah they were justified once and for all they were saved from the judgment from the wrath that is going to come and they were now notice they were justified Paul said to the Romans but God commended his love towards us verse 8 that while we were yet sinners Christ the Mashiach died for us much more than be now justified verse 9 Romans 5 verse 9 be now justified by his blood we shall be saved from the rest to come in other words the believers are notice three things they are washed believers are washed by the blood of the lamb believers are sanctified by the work of Christ by the blood of the lamb and believers are justified because of the work of our Lord Jesus the Messiah notice he said in verse 11 in the name of our Lord Jesus and by the spirit of.

Our God notice that we have all the three persons of the Godhead that have been part in the work of redemption in the work of washing the believers of sanctifying the believers of justifying the believer in Yeshua the Messiah all the three persons notice in the name of the Lord Jesus this is God the son by the spirit this is God the holy Spirit by the spirit of our God this is God the father all the three persons of the Godhead were involved in the salvation of the corinthian believers who were washed who were sanctified who were justified by their behavior was not compatible with their positional their practice was completely opposite to where they were called to be as saints of God and beloved brothers and sisters how about us where do we all in a practical way fit into all this and may the Lord help us to learn from these a portion that the Corinthians needed correction you and I need correction in our lives our salvation is secure because we have been chosen in the Messiah in Christ before the.

Foundation of the world and therefore he have chosen we belong to him and he left us here in this world to live for him and to give a testimony to his name and therefore the believers are called to be careful walking in this world. And so, verses 1 to 11 of 1 Corinthians chapter 6, taking one believer, another believer to courts of unbelieving world, it is unwise, it is shameful, and it is unjust. It is far better to work things out among the people of God, lest the world will not receive the right testimony from those that belong to Yeshua, Jesus, the Messiah. May God help us, beloved brothers and sisters.

Well, until the next time, God bless you, and Shalom, Shalom.