Romans 2:23-24 “You who make your boast in the law, do you dishonour God through breaking the law? (24) For "The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you," as it is written.”
When sin is tolerated in the church it has a direct negative impact on society in general. In the above quoted passage of scripture the apostle Paul rebuked the Jews who were walking in disobedience to God’s laws, for he said that their lifestyles had the effect of blaspheming the name of God in the world. That same principle is also applicable to the church however, for when Christians walk in disobedience to the laws of God they too blaspheme the name of God in the earth. It is impossible for the Holy Spirit to convict the world of sin if the world can clearly see sin in the church. And so we see that if the church does not purge sin within her midst she will have little or no impact on the morality of the world around her, and the world will continue to spiral downward in moral decline.
Michael E.B. Maher
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