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November 28, 2025 (Gregorian calendar/Day 331)
Friday, 19 Hidar 2018 (Ethiopian calendar/3rd month)
Marpaˀīym (Marpeim) םיאפרמ 6 (Enochian calendar/9th month/Remedies of plants)
November 24, 2025 (International Fixed calendar)
Overtone Moon 5, Silio 14 (13 Moon calendar/first quarter moon)
~ Overtone Peacock Moon of Radiance, November 15th – December 12th
Elder Moon: November 24 – December 23 (Celtic 13 Month calendar/13th month)
Day 9, 9th lunation at 51-62%, 6012 (lunisolar calendar)
13.0.13.2.5 10 Chicchan 3 Mak (Mayan Long Count calendar)
Make Your Own Head Day, Sinkie Day aka Dine Over Your Kitchen Sink Day

1 Corinthians 5:6-7
(Berean Study Bible)
Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?
7 Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.

summary:

Their boasting is dangerous, for “a little leaven leavens the whole batch of dough.” Christ, the Passover Lamb, has been sacrificed, so the community must keep the feast with sincerity, casting out the “old leaven” of malice and wickedness.

Practical Takeaways for Local Congregations
• Grieve over sin before celebrating achievements.
• Address public sin publicly; keep private offenses private until they become public.
• Exclusion aims at rescue, not revenge.
• Leaders must act, but the whole church affirms discipline.
• Tolerance of clear wrongdoing misrepresents Christ to the world.

Teaching Points:
The Influence of Sin
Paul uses the metaphor of leaven to illustrate how sin can spread: A little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough (1 Corinthians 5:6). This teaches the importance of addressing sin before it affects the entire community.

1 Corinthians 5: 6
(1599 Geneva Bible)
Your rejoicing is not good:
know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

The Call to Purity
Paul reminds the Corinthians of their identity in Christ, urging them to keep the festival, not with the old leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth (1 Corinthians 5:8). This calls believers to live in purity and truth.

1 Corinthians 5: 8
(1599 Geneva Bible)
Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven,
neither in the leaven of maliciousness and wickedness:
but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

In 1 Corinthians 5, Paul addresses a severe case of immorality within the Corinthian church. He reprimands the Corinthians for their complacency and prescribes strict church discipline. Using the metaphor of leaven, Paul exhorts the believers to moral purity. He also clarifies the church’s role in judging its members and dealing with the outside world.

The chapter jars modern sensibilities, yet its heartbeat is love: love for God’s holiness, for the church’s witness, and for a fallen brother’s salvation. Truth without grace wounds; grace without truth deceives. Paul binds them together, preserving a pure, caring, mission-minded family in Christ.

Examine Personal and Community Holiness
Regularly assess both personal and communal life for areas where sin may be taking root and address them promptly.

Cultivate a Spirit of Humility and Repentance
Approach sin with a heart of mourning and a desire for restoration, rather than pride or indifference.

Implement Church Discipline with Love
When necessary, practice church discipline with the goal of restoration and the spiritual well-being of the individual and the community.

Guard Against the Spread of Sin
Be vigilant in identifying and addressing sin to prevent it from influencing others within the community.

Live Out Your Identity in Christ
Embrace and live out the purity and truth that comes from being a new creation in Christ.

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