“Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump of dough?” (1 Corinthians 5:6)
Tolerance is supposed to be loving, right? But what if tolerance is hateful?
The church in Corinth tolerated a man’s sinful lifestyle, and it was hurting his soul and hurting the church. Their tolerance wasn’t love; it was acceptance of sin, and the wages of tolerance were the death of that man’s soul.
Sometimes, we need a zero-tolerance policy… zero tolerance of purposeful sin in our own lives… zero tolerance of intentional sin in the church. You have zero tolerance for adultery in your marriage – shouldn’t Jesus’ bride (the church) be the same?
A little accepted sin goes a long way. Like yeast, it spreads and changes those around us. Tolerance of sin isn’t love; it’s hate… hate of God and hate of the soul that is harmed by it.
Matthew 4:4 #Biblebites