1 Corinthians 5:5

Sometimes we just have to let someone "go"


You may have a (Christian) friend, family member or acquaintance who is stuck in a pattern of sin.


You have prayed, counseled, spoken, preached and badgered ~ to no avail.


This one does not mind talking about his/her problems ( in fact may be contacting you on a regular basis with his/her issues) and is probably in a state of conviction.
But they are just not willing or seeming able to follow thru in obedience.  
You find yourself in a place where you are beginning to "wear" their issues and stuff.  You are troubled, irritated, frustrated and weary ~ 


Verse 5 of 1 Corinthians 5 is a hard verse for us to swallow.
"hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of his flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord."


I have actually not only had to do this but have seen it "work" in a person's life to bring them back into obedience.  Sometimes it is a long haul ~  sometimes it happens quicker.


There is something about losing a friendship, a congregation or a confidant that can shake one to their core.  When one is told that they are no longer allowed to come over, will not have their calls answered and is distanced it has a way of "getting their attention"


It's not only hard for the one in sin but for the boundary maker himself.


You must believe a few  things:
1 God loves this person with an everlasting love
2 God can go and do what you cannot.
3. The Holy Spirit has a wonderful way of getting some one's attention by allowing them to be miserable in their sin.


Pray and ask if it's time.  
Ask for the words and opportunity to deliver the "word" and then pull back. 
 This is not mean.  
This is a tactic of the Lord, that we get out of the way and let the Lord do what He does best.
Sin puts one in the "unprotected area" thus they are in a sense "handed over to satan"  for the destruction of the flesh ( the rebellious stance)


We have become soft on sin and have become desensitized to the cancer that it grows.  The Lord will guide for,beloved, the Lord desires health and growth in His body not stagnant, unchanging lives.


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Blessings!