Rev Allan Thong 

Rev Allan Thong ( Malaysia-Kulai )  encourage us to look at the church today- from pastor to members, our spiritual and prayer life, the ministries and cell group activities and the state of the church today. The issues confronting the Corinthian churches are also happening to churches of today, such as sexual morality issues in 1st Corinthian 5:1. How to keep the house of God clean ?

The house of God must be clean. We must never allow sins to enter the church. There are so many things happening in the world and if we allow worldliness to enter the church- the church becomes stagnant- and can also be heading towards troubles.  We must be watchful of people who engage in witchcraft prayer and cursing and seeking to destroy the churches of Jesus. There is no refuge for these people and we must rebuke them and revoke their curses.  For sinners’ sake, this is their place of safety and refuge. The church and the cell groups are the foundation and pillars of our faith. We need to spent more time to soak ourselves in the presence of God to allow Him to do a deeper work in our hearts- and do not be afraid to sob  and surrender when the spirit leads.

Leaders in the church must be faithful and know the word of God. We must love our pastor because of Christ and not in any other way. Draw close to God, care for another and love one another.

Members of the congregation are encouraged to turn away from sins- to check our lives and thumb our sins.The blood of Jesus washes away our  sins and iniquities. So, we must start  by keeping our bodies clean. Our body belongs to God and is the temple of God and Holy Ghost/ Holy Spirit.  It is the spiritual home and therefore, pray in the spirits. Enter into the spirit and into the presence of God  and allow Him to strengthen you, heal you  and set you free.

Pray for each other – brothers and sisters for deliverance, healing  and build up one another in faith. All of us have our private sides and these secrets are entrusted to our care, therefore,  do not gossip about other’s secret problems/sins. You may go to your pastor and he will pray with you.

People in the world are looking for truth and reality. People are living aimlessly, in bondage and powerless to change. They want peace , love and joy.   Can we be the light of the world. Yes, if we keep the house of God clean and allow the light of Jesus to shine forth the light of glory in our faces.

1 Corinthians 5:

Verses 1-5 

Verses 9-11

¹It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that does not occur even among pagans: A man has his father’s wife. ²And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have been filled with grief and have put out of your fellowship the man who did this? ³Even though I am not physically present, I am with you in spirit. And I have already passed judgment on the one who did this, just as if I were present. ⁴When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus and I am with you in spirit, and the power of our Lord  is present, ⁵hand this man over to Satan, so that the sinful nature^£ may be destroyed and his spirit saved on the day of the Lord.

 ⁹I have written you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people—¹⁰not at all meaning the people of this world who are immoral, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world. ¹¹But now I am writing you that you must not associate with anyone who calls himself a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a slanderer, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat. 

¹⁵if I am delayed, you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.