Eating With...

1 Corinthians 5:9-10


9 I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people-
10 not at all meaning the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world.
11 But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler- not even to eat with such a one.
12 For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Is it not those inside the church whom you are to judge?
13 God judges those outside. "Purge the evil person from among you."



Not even to eat with such a one! With all the possibilities of application that one might think of, in what way do we fail to practice this? Are we to zealous and cut fellowship with anyone that we might not see as perfect as ourselves, or do we entertain fellowship with those who claim to be brothers in Christ yet are wantonly Idolatrous.

A problem arises for me when I am in relationship with confessing Christians, (brothers in Christ) and they are Pharisees. They are idolatrous, covetous, and greedy. They are moral people, good people as the world might see them, but they are by all fruit inspections not in Christ. I feel as if at times I ignore the evil person and fail to: "Purge the evil person from among you (me)."

Anyway, much more to be written but what are your thoughts?