The Either/Or Dilemma
1 Corinthians 5 & 6
Part of Blueprints—God's Design for the Church
September 24, 2023

Condemnation – expression of very strong disapproval.

Approval – the action of declaring something as satisfactory.

Acceptance – receiving something as it is as adequate or suitable, typically to be admitted into a group.

Understanding the Differences between Condemnation, Approval, and Acceptance
1. Biblical Acceptance means

someone into relationship of their current condition. (1 Corinthians 1:18)
2. Cultural Approval means officially with someone that their current behavior is to God. (1 Corinthians 5:6a)
3. God us without any . (Romans 5:8)
4. God does not of our behavior that with His ideas of right and wrong. (Jeremiah 6:14)
5. Jesus Biblical Acceptance with the woman caught in . (John 8:9-11)
6. We are invited to this idea of acceptance with as God accepts us. (Romans 15:7)