Sue J Love
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1 Corinthians 5:1-8 NKJV
“It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles—that a man has his father’s wife! 2And you are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he who has done this deed might be taken away from among you. 3For I indeed, as absent in body but present in spirit, have already judged (as though I were present) him who has so done this deed. 4In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when you are gathered together, along with my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, 5deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
“6Your glorying is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? 7Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us. 8Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.”
The Situation Here
So, what is the situation here? One man, among the fellowship of the believers in Jesus Christ, was in a sexual relationship with his father’s wife, and the church, the body of Christ, was overlooking this situation. They were not doing anything to try to stop the man from doing this and to spare the body of believers in Christ from being influenced by this, either. They were not grieved over this at all. Rather they were proud of their fellowship. And this is what is taking place today, only multiplied over one hundred times.
In our present age, at least here in the USA, sexual immorality is largely being overlooked, ignored entirely, and/or embraced within the gatherings of what are called “the church.” So many pastors are either engaged in sexual immorality themselves, or else they are ignoring and/or are embracing people in their sins while calling what they are doing “grace, love, and compassion.” And “the enemy” are all those who call out these sins and who call for repentance, and who beg the church to obey the Scriptures.
A Personal Example
It is a well known and well documented fact that my husband of 53 years has been addicted to sexual immorality most all of his life. And he has made this fact known publicly, and he is presently writing about his addiction on an internet site called “Substack.” And multiple times I have taken this matter to pastors of “churches” who did nothing about it. In one institutional church the pastor and elders said they did not know how to address this situation, so they just sent him to a counselor who did nothing to help the situation.
In another situation I began to address this with a former pastor of ours, and he immediately stopped me and turned to my husband and asked him if he gave his permission for me to tell him what was going on. So, even though my husband had been addicted to sexual immorality the whole of our marriage, and before that, my husband had to give his permission for me, the one who was being sinned against, to tell about how I was being sinned against. That just is not biblical. And nothing ever came of that, either.
Then, in a third encounter with another pastor, the pastor took the side of my husband and he came against me, instead – me, the one being sinned against, even though I was not the one sinning. And my husband did not support me, and he lied to the pastor. And then my husband continued in his sexual addiction. But the Lord encouraged me to remain with my husband and to set some biblical boundaries for my own protection, which is what I did. And my husband agreed to those boundaries and we remained together.
The Explosion!
Because so much of “the church” is now embracing people in their sin, and they are not calling out sin for what it is, and they are not dealing with sin within the church in a biblical manner, all sin appears to be being generally accepted and not dealt with. And those who are being sinned against are just “out of luck,” so to speak, with no one to stand with them and to help them and to support them. And many people are being faced with either the possibility of just having to put up with it or to leave and to be on their own.
But this is not how it is supposed to be! This is not what God intended, that the church should ignore deliberate and habitual sin among its fellowships and allow such sins as these to fester and to spread throughout the congregation in direct disobedience to the commands of God and at the expense of injuring the possible innocent subjects of such sinful acts. Yet, I believe this is what it has come down to in the vast majority of gatherings called “church” in this day and age, though I believe there are exceptions.
And I believe a big reason why this is taking place is the influence of the world and of “big business” and so much of “the church” partnering with the world and with the government in turning their gatherings into places of business to be marketed to the people of the world. And so they are altering the gospel message to make it less offensive and more appealing to the flesh. And thus they are not calling out sin, and dealing with it biblically, but many are embracing people’s sins and are giving them permission to sin.
God’s Plan and Purpose
But Jesus Christ taught that to come to him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin), and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to living in sin and for self, we will lose our lives for eternity. But if we deny self, die daily to sin, by the Spirit, and we walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in his power, then we have eternal life with God. For not everyone who calls him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God (see Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23).
For by God-gifted faith in Jesus Christ, which is not of our own doing, we are crucified with Christ in death to sin and raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin but as slaves to righteousness in walks of obedience to God’s commands. We are no longer to permit sin to reign in our mortal bodies to make us obey its desires. For if sin is what we obey, it results in death. But if obedience to God is what we obey, it results in sanctification, and its end is eternal life with God (see Romans 6:1-23).
For God’s grace, which is bringing us salvation, is training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives while we wait for Jesus’ return. For it is not the one who claims he is “in Christ” who is “in Christ,” but it is the one who has denied self, died with Christ to sin, and who is now walking in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in practice, and no longer in sin. We have the hope and the promise of eternal life with God in heaven (see Titus 2:11-14; 1 John 1-3).
In Conclusion
So, believe God! Believe the teachings of the Scriptures on the subject of habitual and deliberate sin within the lives of individuals who profess faith in Jesus Christ, and within the gatherings of the church, as a whole. God will judge his church! And he will judge all of us on the day of judgment according to our works (deeds). And many will claim that they knew Jesus and that they did good deeds, but he will say to them, “I never knew you! Depart from me you workers of lawlessness.” So, don’t let that be you!!
[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]
Walking in The Light
Based off 1 John 1-2
An Original Work / November 16, 2011
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
When I lift up my voice, and sing praise unto God,
I will fellowship with my Lord and Savior, King.
In Him there is no darkness. He is in the light of truth.
If we walk in His light, from sin He purifies.
If we repent of our sins, He’ll forgive us now,
When we humble ourselves, and before Jesus bow.
The man who says, “I know Him,” but does not obey His truth,
There is no truth in him. In darkness still he’s found.
Do not love the world of sin, for it is hell bound.
If you follow the world, you’ll not in Christ be found.
The world and its desires will not last; they’ll expire.
The one who does God’s will, receives eternal life.
See that what you have heard from Christ remains in you.
Then, you’ll remain in Christ, and in His Father, too.
This is what He promised us – His eternal life with God.
So, continue in Him, and you’ll receive a crown.
Sexual Immorality Among Us
An Original Work / June 11, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
P.S. On Substack, my husband goes by the name, “RecoveringArtificialChristian.” You can read my husband’s Substack posts at RecoveringArtificialChristian | Substack.
“It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles—that a man has his father’s wife! 2And you are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he who has done this deed might be taken away from among you. 3For I indeed, as absent in body but present in spirit, have already judged (as though I were present) him who has so done this deed. 4In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when you are gathered together, along with my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, 5deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
“6Your glorying is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? 7Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us. 8Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.”
The Situation Here
So, what is the situation here? One man, among the fellowship of the believers in Jesus Christ, was in a sexual relationship with his father’s wife, and the church, the body of Christ, was overlooking this situation. They were not doing anything to try to stop the man from doing this and to spare the body of believers in Christ from being influenced by this, either. They were not grieved over this at all. Rather they were proud of their fellowship. And this is what is taking place today, only multiplied over one hundred times.
In our present age, at least here in the USA, sexual immorality is largely being overlooked, ignored entirely, and/or embraced within the gatherings of what are called “the church.” So many pastors are either engaged in sexual immorality themselves, or else they are ignoring and/or are embracing people in their sins while calling what they are doing “grace, love, and compassion.” And “the enemy” are all those who call out these sins and who call for repentance, and who beg the church to obey the Scriptures.
A Personal Example
It is a well known and well documented fact that my husband of 53 years has been addicted to sexual immorality most all of his life. And he has made this fact known publicly, and he is presently writing about his addiction on an internet site called “Substack.” And multiple times I have taken this matter to pastors of “churches” who did nothing about it. In one institutional church the pastor and elders said they did not know how to address this situation, so they just sent him to a counselor who did nothing to help the situation.
In another situation I began to address this with a former pastor of ours, and he immediately stopped me and turned to my husband and asked him if he gave his permission for me to tell him what was going on. So, even though my husband had been addicted to sexual immorality the whole of our marriage, and before that, my husband had to give his permission for me, the one who was being sinned against, to tell about how I was being sinned against. That just is not biblical. And nothing ever came of that, either.
Then, in a third encounter with another pastor, the pastor took the side of my husband and he came against me, instead – me, the one being sinned against, even though I was not the one sinning. And my husband did not support me, and he lied to the pastor. And then my husband continued in his sexual addiction. But the Lord encouraged me to remain with my husband and to set some biblical boundaries for my own protection, which is what I did. And my husband agreed to those boundaries and we remained together.
The Explosion!
Because so much of “the church” is now embracing people in their sin, and they are not calling out sin for what it is, and they are not dealing with sin within the church in a biblical manner, all sin appears to be being generally accepted and not dealt with. And those who are being sinned against are just “out of luck,” so to speak, with no one to stand with them and to help them and to support them. And many people are being faced with either the possibility of just having to put up with it or to leave and to be on their own.
But this is not how it is supposed to be! This is not what God intended, that the church should ignore deliberate and habitual sin among its fellowships and allow such sins as these to fester and to spread throughout the congregation in direct disobedience to the commands of God and at the expense of injuring the possible innocent subjects of such sinful acts. Yet, I believe this is what it has come down to in the vast majority of gatherings called “church” in this day and age, though I believe there are exceptions.
And I believe a big reason why this is taking place is the influence of the world and of “big business” and so much of “the church” partnering with the world and with the government in turning their gatherings into places of business to be marketed to the people of the world. And so they are altering the gospel message to make it less offensive and more appealing to the flesh. And thus they are not calling out sin, and dealing with it biblically, but many are embracing people’s sins and are giving them permission to sin.
God’s Plan and Purpose
But Jesus Christ taught that to come to him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin), and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to living in sin and for self, we will lose our lives for eternity. But if we deny self, die daily to sin, by the Spirit, and we walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in his power, then we have eternal life with God. For not everyone who calls him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God (see Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23).
For by God-gifted faith in Jesus Christ, which is not of our own doing, we are crucified with Christ in death to sin and raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin but as slaves to righteousness in walks of obedience to God’s commands. We are no longer to permit sin to reign in our mortal bodies to make us obey its desires. For if sin is what we obey, it results in death. But if obedience to God is what we obey, it results in sanctification, and its end is eternal life with God (see Romans 6:1-23).
For God’s grace, which is bringing us salvation, is training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives while we wait for Jesus’ return. For it is not the one who claims he is “in Christ” who is “in Christ,” but it is the one who has denied self, died with Christ to sin, and who is now walking in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in practice, and no longer in sin. We have the hope and the promise of eternal life with God in heaven (see Titus 2:11-14; 1 John 1-3).
In Conclusion
So, believe God! Believe the teachings of the Scriptures on the subject of habitual and deliberate sin within the lives of individuals who profess faith in Jesus Christ, and within the gatherings of the church, as a whole. God will judge his church! And he will judge all of us on the day of judgment according to our works (deeds). And many will claim that they knew Jesus and that they did good deeds, but he will say to them, “I never knew you! Depart from me you workers of lawlessness.” So, don’t let that be you!!
[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]
Walking in The Light
Based off 1 John 1-2
An Original Work / November 16, 2011
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
When I lift up my voice, and sing praise unto God,
I will fellowship with my Lord and Savior, King.
In Him there is no darkness. He is in the light of truth.
If we walk in His light, from sin He purifies.
If we repent of our sins, He’ll forgive us now,
When we humble ourselves, and before Jesus bow.
The man who says, “I know Him,” but does not obey His truth,
There is no truth in him. In darkness still he’s found.
Do not love the world of sin, for it is hell bound.
If you follow the world, you’ll not in Christ be found.
The world and its desires will not last; they’ll expire.
The one who does God’s will, receives eternal life.
See that what you have heard from Christ remains in you.
Then, you’ll remain in Christ, and in His Father, too.
This is what He promised us – His eternal life with God.
So, continue in Him, and you’ll receive a crown.
Sexual Immorality Among Us
An Original Work / June 11, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
P.S. On Substack, my husband goes by the name, “RecoveringArtificialChristian.” You can read my husband’s Substack posts at RecoveringArtificialChristian | Substack.
