The Triumphant ChurchOur lives should reflect a separation from the world and
a sanctification and separation unto God in holiness.
We need to be very careful that we don't allow the spirit
of the world to get into the Church—the Body of Christ.
The spirit of the world got into the Church at
Corinth (1 Cor. 5:1-5). Paul wrote to the Church about
the sexual sin that was being tolerated within that local
body of believers (1 Cor. 5:1). A man was cohabiting
with his stepmother. If you are a student of history, you
know that Corinth was one of the most licentious and
immoral cities of that day. And that immoral spirit had
gotten into the Church.
In this day, we are living in a time of lightness and
looseness. You can see it in many realms of life. That
same trend is happening in the spiritual realm. There is
such lightness and looseness in the world, as we've
entered into this age of "sexual liberation," as some
people call it. Sin is now considered acceptable by some
as long as you are an adult and your sin doesn't hurt
anyone else. That same spirit has gotten into the
Church.
In Colossians we can also see another area where
the spirit of the world has gotten into the Church today.
COLOSSIANS 3:8
8 ... PUT OFF ALL THESE: anger, wrath, malice,
blasphemy, FILTHY COMMUNICATION out of
your mouth.
We hear so much filthy communication in this day
by unsaved People who are subject to the spirit of the
world. But I am appalled sometimes at the way some
Christians talk. Some of them use filthy communication
too! If they would listen to their spirit, their conscience
would condemn them. But they are not living in the
spirit realm; then they wonder how the devil is getting